Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 24, 2017

Guest post from Robin Speculand: Leaders across the world have been taught how to plan but not how to execute. Every university offering a business degree has on their faculty a professor teaching strategy but almost none have a professor teaching its execution. I call this the “Strategy Execution Skills Gap”.

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Execution Strategy Kleiner Norton 211

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Since the unit’s reported financial results were so good, the executives at the corporate headquarters didn’t ask many questions about the drivers of the unit’s profits – until it was too late. It turned out that the unit was driving profits by raising prices and cutting marketing and advertising expenditures.

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ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2014

He claimed that based on this insight he could anticipate their market moves one or even two steps in advance. From plumbing equipment to casinos, these executives all agreed: what Chambers said was not only true but almost an understatement. He had recruited other quant experts, such as Norton, formerly of American Express.

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CEO Norton Airlines Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

There are core competencies that every PM must have – many of which can start in the classroom – but most are developed with experience and good role models and mentoring. Performing market assessments. So, what should you consider if you’re thinking of pursuing a PM role? Running design sprints. Company Fit.

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Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Getting them to market demands more than corporate systems can handle, so they must beg for IT upgrades, recruit and budget themselves, and even take on sales responsibilities to explain innovations to customers — which adds to the workload. .” They can: Mastery: Help people develop deep skills.

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Motivation IPO Norton Open-book 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2017

“Dealing with colleagues who don’t listen is both hard and frustrating,” says Sabina Nawaz, a global CEO and executive coach. Jim Jacobs, president of Focus Insite, the market research firm based in West Chester, Pennsylvania, once worked with a colleague — we’ll call him Gary — who was not a good listener.

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How To Follow-up Norton Case Study 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

Let’s say you’re in the market for some new towels. At the same time, research is beginning to peel back the layers about what the general public knows about executive compensation — and all indications are that we’re woefully ignorant. Babo Schokker. Nice towels, oversized and made with 100% Turkish cotton.

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