Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2014

It was, in part, the rise of the technology industry that gave charm a new urgency, because tech companies needed managers on the inside who were "technical and charismatic." Indeed, "perhaps only in Silicon Valley would a group of engineers think they could hack their way to charisma with a series of neuroscientific shortcuts."

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Charisma Hamel Bureaucracy Meyer 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

For example, one earthquake engineer, Stuart, had a career breakthrough when he joined a large structural investigation project led by a team of senior partners in his firm. I never realized that we have behavioral economists on staff who can apply psychological and cognitive research to help clients with technology implementation projects.

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Chief Operating Officer Consensus How To Project 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

With Jeff Wald, the president and COO, an analytic thinker, she started with the metrics. “It required engineering resources being diverted and getting investors comfortable with that, and we had to make sure marketing could figure out how we were going to reposition ourselves.”

Influence 19

Influence How To Case Study Learning-by-Doing 19

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2014

Watch Your Mouth Sheryl Sandberg and Anna Maria Chávez on 'Bossy,' the Other B-word The Wall Street Journal Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and her Lean In organization want to ban the word "bossy" when it''s used to describe assertive girls and women. Crisis management Information & technology Technology'

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McGregor Information Technology Crisis Management COO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The keynote speaker was Sheryl Sandberg, famous both for her role as Facebook COO and for her advice to girls and women to “ Lean In.”. Sheryl’s own examples were that mentors had advised her not to take the job as an executive at Google and not to take the job as Facebook COO – the very roles that have made her rich and famous.

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Mentor Advice COO Self-aware 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

As Wasserman wrote for HBR: A technology-oriented founder-CEO, for instance, may be the best person to lead a start-up during its early days, but as the company grows, it will need someone with different skills. Sure enough, the company’s growth soon warranted yet another shift, and the board put COO Dick Costolo in the CEO role.

Succession 8

Succession Leadership CEO COO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

Some localities had bought lights but failed to fully utilize the accompanying technology, which meant they couldn’t service them properly or achieve the hoped-for energy savings. The board had unanimously approved the proposal from Cameron and his COO, Stacy Hamiko, to shift to that strategy. But not here , he thought.

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Case Study Business Model CFO Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

Sponsored by DXC Technology. Consider how Nest is networking its thermostats, smoke alarms, and cameras to create home security solutions, or how Caterpillar and GE are each networking their equipment and engines to save millions in maintenance costs. But platforms and networks can be developed in many different ways. Insight Center.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We’ll teach you our technology. And contrast that to Devon’s son who got out of college, chemical engineering degree, six figures. A couple of weeks ago, there was this operations officer and I said to the COO, “You gotta fire this guy. Can you get them to create excellence in your organization? We’ll teach you how to do coffee.

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Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We’ll teach you our technology. And contrast that to Devon’s son who got out of college, chemical engineering degree, six figures. A couple of weeks ago, there was this operations officer and I said to the COO, “You gotta fire this guy. Can you get them to create excellence in your organization? We’ll teach you how to do coffee.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2014

Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, speaking at City Colleges of Chicago. Sometimes the science we find so elegant or the technology we feel is so promising doesn’t look that way to others who view the world through a very different lens. Sometimes the hardest part is just getting started. Sometimes big dreams can be overwhelming.

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Career Planning CEO Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Determined to feature a global perspective, the authors include narratives of executives within India-based IT company HCL Technologies, the German division of online auctioneer eBay, and the marketing division of automaker Volkswagen in Europe. Willing to Take Chances.

Education 8

Education Innovation Execution Content 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

Determined to feature a global perspective, the authors include narratives of executives within India-based IT company HCL Technologies, the German division of online auctioneer eBay, and the marketing division of automaker Volkswagen in Europe. Willing to Take Chances.

Education 8

Education Innovation Execution Content 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

Lisa Shalett, who was COO of legal, compliance, and audit at Goldman Sachs before becoming its head of brand marketing and digital strategy, has a unique understanding of these challenges. But the business’s innovators typically don’t consider the challenges that legal and other approvers face by being brought in at the end.

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