Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Multiple options can linger, sapping an organization’s energy and killing a sense of completion. Timelines stretch while costs skyrocket. Consider the risks/costs of not doing something Asking the question, “What are the risks/costs of not making a decision?” Deciding not to decide has a price. We’re not evil.

Sharpe 120

Sharpe Self-aware Objective Motivation 120

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 14, 2013

My gut tells me that we should staff the business out of other offices until 2014 so our costs don’t get ahead of our revenue. The problem is that it takes time and energy to really think through the implications of a set of goals and facilitate a thoughtful process to vet them. Did someone make a decision I wasn’t aware of?

Goal 273

Goal Sharpe Teamwork Follow-up 273

In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 30, 2011

At Fortis we help businesses use natural gas more efficiently, save energy and seek innovative energy solutions to save money. They tell us what business they are in (gas), what they sell (efficiency), who they sell to (businesses) and how those customers will benefit (lower costs). This statement brings clarity.

Strategy 234

Strategy CEO Marketing Strategy Human Resources 234

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Today’s world is one of sharp contrasts. In fact, more than 21 million Americans are depressed, according to Mental Health America , costing U.S. I don’t have enough energy for this, and it is never going to stop. Yet, we are also more depressed, dissatisfied, and despondent than ever before.

Productivity 72

Productivity Products Six Sigma Chief Executive Officer 72

Tim Milburn

OCTOBER 2, 2013

It’s that among the sharp-elbowed hordes pushing through Washington’s corridors of power, they didn’t even stand out.” It narrates an engaging story about accountability in an energy-cogenerating firm called AES. The initial costs of entry, especially for marketing, will be prohibitive.

Waterman 140

Waterman Automotive Learning-by-Doing Industry 140

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

We need to decide how to best divide energies—whom to feed first. Being sharp means being succinct. Do what has to be done and don’t waste energy on fear that undermines performance— unless the doubt is a nagging hunch of a wrong direction! How do you best focus the time and resources you have?

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Advertising Sharpe 100

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

It''s that among the sharp-elbowed hordes pushing through Washington''s corridors of power, they didn''t even stand Out." It narrates an engaging story about accountability in an energy-cogenerating firm called AES. The initial costs of entry, especially for marketing, will be prohibitive.

Waterman 56

Waterman Follow-up Automotive Learning-by-Doing 56

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2012

As companies devote increasing time and energy in gathering massive quantities of data, many neglect a critical first step: Get most responsibility for data out of the IT Department. It is the business that bears the consequence of poor decisions, increased costs, and angry customers. Nor does IT feel the pain when the data is wrong.

Technology 15

Technology Sharpe Middle Management Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I heard it in the opening remarks of WEF founder Klaus Schwab who talked about a growing phenomenon of "burn-out" among world leaders with finite energy and time to put against seemingly bottomless complexity. Government is the most visible crucible for this clash of speed versus complexity, yet businesses are not far behind.

Competitive Advantage 15

Competitive Advantage Porter Goleman Emotional Intelligence 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2013

The shifting energy equation, for example, sets the stage for growth. Shale gas will allow the US to be energy independent, create an export industry, and reduce energy costs. Lower costs are already making some industrial sectors more competitive. Don''t become lax on cost as you begin to sense rising demand.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Market Segmentation Venture Capitalist Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2017

For example, in 2014, at the onset of the sharp deterioration in U.S.-Russian Russia’s recent economic downturn, precipitated by the collapse in energy prices, has also contributed to more conservative state policies at the expense of economic reforms – which undermines the business climate and long-term growth prospects.

Policies 8

Policies Supply Chain Politics Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2014

In simple terms, obesity is a result of an energy imbalance — we consume more calories than we use. What is driving the sharp difference in physical activity over the last few years? We find similar trends when we use a measure of family income instead of parental education to measure socioeconomic status.

Sports 8

Sports Trends Education Sharpe 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2011

So when it comes to motivating employees to change, it should be no surprise that leaders who rely on rationality typically spend time and energy on the wrong things, send messages that miss the mark, and create frustrating unintended consequences. Take a cost reduction program at a mortgage company, for example. Yet most do it anyhow.

Motivation 15

Motivation Gordon Sharpe Airlines 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

For more tightly focused not-for-profits , such as the Cleveland Clinic and the network of Food Banks around the country, the decline is not nearly as sharp. Another factor leading to incoherence, especially in times of tight money, is the immense pressure placed upon overhead costs. Why the disparity?

Crisis 13

Crisis Mayo Strategy Short-term 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2010

The Energy Challenge. They establish razor sharp 100-day goals that everyone drives toward. We must expand this $300 House challenge to the billions of people themselves who can and will benefit from low cost, energy efficient and better housing. The $300 House: The Challenge. The Financial Challenge.

Govindarajan 13

Govindarajan Globalization Sharpe Project 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2011

Some departments started trying it and some developed a few sharp ideas, which generated excitement. It made their jobs better, reduced costs, and improved customer satisfaction. After 2006 it reduced its attention and energy on the front-line improvement. Employees could suggest and implement small changes in their work.

Process 14

Process How To Attrition Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

They pointed to a very sharp decline in the used-car price of models that had been discontinued as evidence of that. That is, find the point where the marginal benefit of spending more money is just equal to the cost of spending more money, and choose that point.

Process 8

Process Uncertainty Analysis Industry 8

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Do you tuck tail and run desiring to avoid conflict at all costs? If opposing views are worth the time and energy to debate, then they are worth a legitimate effort to gain alignment on perspective and resolution on position. Therefore the art you speak of sculpts with a very sharp blade – the tongue. Here's the post.[link]

Blog 419

Blog Gordon Learning-by-Doing Open-book 419

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

If all went well, Blue Sky would soon be using Prime's components in its energy-efficient cars and trucks. "At There were laws against such things, but going through the Chinese court system rarely resulted in recovery of sufficient damages to cover the high cost of a lawsuit. Series is a simpler and less expensive way to go.

Case Study 8

Case Study Technology Tacit Knowledge Engineering 8

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Now both my sons are doing the tough balancing act, but their priorities are keeping their leadership skills sharp – leading family and companies. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. link] Bert Decker Great post Mike. I had to learn that lesson, and almost blew it many years ago. Our Freedom.

Blog 413

Blog Career Learning-by-Doing Advice 413

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

First, you need to inject new energy into a tired organization under stress. Third, you need to locate key employees at the front line and promote them — as a source of knowledge and energy, and as a signal that the future will be about merit and open-mindedness. Build a Re-Founding Team.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

This all came into a sharp focus when I realized, to my horror (but probably not to my surprise), that I had read just four books in all of 2014. Understanding Our Brains, Part 2: The energy costs of flitting around. Every time you pop out of your work to read an email, it costs you not just time, but energy too.

Books 8

Books Stress Energy Information 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

One obvious reason was that the huge trillion-dollar investment bets, most of it taxpayer money, in synthetic biology, robotics, nanotechnogy, space, and alternative energy did not pay off. The Corporate Elite continued to do what they did most of their careers: increase efficiencies, boost scale, and lower costs to maximize profits.

Innovation 12

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2013

In my experience, even very sharp business leaders tend to misunderstand three facts when thinking about climate change. Given our current rate of emissions, we''ll need a sharp slope towards a "carbon zero" world in order to stay within that budget. The first is how much action we need to take. and internationally.

Sharpe 9

Sharpe Technology System Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

But entrepreneurial know-how and energy can work very effectively in the context of plugging-in as a supplier, as Steve Cronce and thousands of others are learning. Taking this path isn’t a cake walk, however. Global supply chains can cut across many “cultures”: national, industry, technology, market segment, and more.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Consider the food, commodity, and energy price spikes likely to sweep the globe this year. Consider the costs of climate disruption. That's a sharp insight, but I'd argue (in my own new book ) that the problem's slightly different: not a high enough quality of innovation. The problem of dumb, empty "growth" is global.

Globalization 17

Globalization Sharpe Transportation Innovation 17