Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Model cooperative behavior. Call attention to and recognize cooperative behavior. When it comes People, most traditional MBAs offer little that prepares you for the daily challenges of working with a team, with direct reports or working alongside other leaders.

Skills 115

Skills Cooper Books Benchmarking 115

Mike Cardus

AUGUST 9, 2013

The district managers operated under a control and command system and asking them to switch to coaching & feedback was met with great resistance. For years the team emailed and bugged people, sharing data on who was NOT getting the budget reports to finance. Fear of loss of group membership is more powerful than management.

Resistance 141

Resistance Franchising Power Management 141

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Yet this is exactly the challenge facing leaders of the finance function who are asked to help their organization improve the way that work is done. As finance shifts its focus from controlling costs to advising managers on improvement activities, CFOs must change their thinking and behaviors. At the center is the customer.

Finance 11

Finance CFO Budgeting Operations 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2014

In season three of Mad Men , Sterling Coopers rainmakers — including Don Draper and Roger Sterling — are planning to leave the ad agency and to take as many clients as possible with them. A paper reporting on that research , co-authored by Johann Peter Murmann, is forthcoming in Strategic Management Journal.

Cooper 9

Cooper Rogers Advertising Creativity 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

Even the near-term outlook has been quite negative: A 2016 report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said 9% of jobs in the 21 countries that make up its membership could be automated. Four years ago, an Oxford University study predicted 47% of jobs could be automated by 2033.

Company 10

Company Survey Finance Engineering 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2017

According to a 2009 report issued by the United States Government Accountability Office, a significant portion of independent contracting doesn’t pass the smell test and in fact represents misclassification of workers. Lacking capital, truckers purchased new vehicles through financing provided by these very same trucking companies.

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Document Insurance Construction Cooper 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Respondents rated whether various masculine qualities were highly prized in their workplace; they also reported on other organizational characteristics and their personal outcomes. rogue traders in finance). Organizations rely on cooperative teamwork to succeed. We surveyed thousands of workers in the U.S.

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Organization Cooper Bottom-up Reputation 8