Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 14, 2013

HP had a great training program for new managers, but I decided to add carefrontation to my management style and had great results almost immediately. It was clear that we would get a lot more done if we could move the culture toward a higher level of trust and cooperation and away from the zero sum game to which they were accustomed.

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Contract Manufacturing Leadership Cooper Covey 279

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2015

Leaders of many companies — in industries ranging from contract manufacturing, and software services to consulting and health care — tell us the same thing: “We want to move up the value chain.” Industries where this has occurred include personal computers, bicycles, software services, and musical instruments.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Contract Manufacturing Outsourcing Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2012

A contract manufacturing company that builds products for IT equipment makers, for example, had a dedicated team of speculative market analysts whose active trend monitoring led to a 15 percent return on investment. For example, use regression analyses of performance and 360-degree feedback data to determine training priorities.

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CEO 360-Degree Feedback Contract Manufacturing Supply Chain 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2011

While their potential rewards are far-off, big innovations create clear near-term costs in training staff, educating customers, and dealing with inevitable hiccups in a new proposition. People in these companies often live to make their quarterly quotas, and fundamentally new products take a while to move the sales needle.

Contract Manufacturing 11

Contract Manufacturing Licensing Retail Innovation 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Henry Chasen,* a director at a contract manufacturing company, managed Sean* for more than 15 years. When Helen* first started working for Kate Phillips, a training manager at Infinite Group, a UK-based consultancy, she apologetically told her new boss that she was "a bit of a perfectionist." Case Study #2: Redirect the focus.

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Kaplan Management How To Self-aware 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2012

He also approached his company's training and development office about developing a course that uses positive psychology to teach innovation and creativity. Nine years ago, when Shammy Khan took a job at a contract manufacturer based in Texas, he knew it wasn't the perfect job for him.

Contract Manufacturing 16

Contract Manufacturing Case Study Delegation Learning-by-Doing 16