Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

As new technologies in social media, transportation, and telecommunications bring us closer together, it's more critical than ever for organizations to recruit, develop, and retain multicultural leaders who can skillfully navigate both the opportunities and challenges of a more connected world. The world is getting smaller.

Competitive Advantage 15

Competitive Advantage Leadership Telecommunications Talent Management 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

since the index was first developed in 2008. But boardroom diversity had not kept pace with the demands of international business activity. Technology, with a gap of 44%, was the outlier—not because the global presence in the boardroom is so low, but because the percentage of revenue from international sources is so high.

Globalization 15

Globalization Committee Telecommunications Consensus 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

There was similar, though less dramatic, variation across sectors as well: financial services, health care, utilities, and telecommunications were relatively welcoming to female leadership, while fewer women were found at the top in basic materials, technology, energy, and industrial sectors. The quota policy has its critics.

Bottom-up 8

Bottom-up Diversity Policies Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

The phenomenon of fast-track CEO succession appears to be most prominent in the retail, technology, media, and telecommunications sectors—all of which are particularly affected by disruptive business models and new competitors. Through this effort, we have observed certain characteristics of this emerging trend.

CEO 13

CEO Contingency Plans Telecommunications Planning 13

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 14, 2013

This trend means that leaders of successful organizations will need to develop different organizational structures, systems, and skills in order to meet these new customer requirements. Many technologies, such as computers, copiers, fax machines, and other office equipment are rapidly converging. Making complex, multi-business deals.

Telecommunications 111

Telecommunications Franchising Consultative Diversity 111

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

This is the kind of technology—and the type of firm—that will make renewable energy more efficient and more cost-effective. Indeed, in a world where globalization and rapid technological changes are the norm, manufacturing, high-tech development, and innovation clearly require a different level of support.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

Increasingly, Western companies are developing products in countries like China and India, and then distributing them globally. For example, GE developed an ultra-low-cost ultrasound for rural China which is now marketed in over 100 countries. and which they now sell in Europe and the U.S. and which they now sell in Europe and the U.S.

Glocalization 12

Glocalization Mass Marketing P&L Globalization 12

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

New DDI research explores leadership differences between men and women and makes the case for gender diversity in the workplace. The research also provides a snapshot view and analysis of gender diversity across countries and industries. The disparity in gender diversity has little to do with competence levels.”

Diversity 120

Diversity Globalization Transportation Industry 120

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

All companies that operate internationally face a striking dual challenge in dealing with public policy: Nations across the globe enact an ever-changing, ever-expanding array of detailed legislation and regulation to protect workers, consumers, investors, and the public welfare, and these diverse rules shape what companies can and cannot do.

Policies 8

Policies Politics Short-term Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2011

National circumstances heavily influenced the development of Traditionalists (born from 1928 to 1945) and Boomers (born from 1946 to 1960). Similarly, conditions in East Germany and the Soviet Union did not allow for the development of strong generational solidarity against the existing authority. Highlights from this research.

Education 14

Education Compliance White Paper Politics 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

Enrique Santacana of ABB North America, a power and automation-technology firm, voiced his concern this way: “An overarching issue was the exposure we had as a company,” Santacana explained, “For example, how information was being used or may be used in a way that was not conducive to good business practices. .”

CEO 8

CEO Stephenson Pharmaceuticals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

In one of the most comprehensive global surveys of corporate directors to date, we found that they were very worried about developing and enacting strategic plans that will enable their organizations to succeed. Not innovation, risk management, technology, debt, or the regulatory environment. Not competitive threats. Not rising costs.

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Company Telecommunications Management 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Facebook, Google, and Apple have 17%, 19% and 23% women in their technology staffs, respectively. computing and mathematical jobs are held by women, consistent with the data that around 26% of the STEM workforce in developed countries is female. In developing countries, those differences are even greater.

Globalization 8

Globalization Participative Telecommunications Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2015

I have often been struck by the way companies operating in industries as diverse as telecommunications and transport manage to collaborate in a competitive environment, yet health organizations find collaboration difficult even when they are not competing. But no country is delivering these transformational changes.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Telecommunications Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Our limited sample suggests that both groups agree that board leadership should serve as champions of board diversity, but they differ on the policies they advocate to increase board diversity. Meanwhile, Democrats place greater importance on technology expertise and risk management. Why does all this matter?

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8