Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Take Sarah, the head of IT at a global technology company. Her job was to develop new engagement technologies in her organization, but instead of embracing critical feedback on her ideas, she ignored it. Through my executive coaching work (and my own experience), I’ve developed a few conversation-centered techniques that help.

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Parcell Agility Executive Coaching Learning-by-Doing 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

What would new product development executives or project managers in the R&D lab tell you are the organizational dynamics that ice their best ideas? Executives may be playing favorites with one way to approach a particular opportunity, or it may be hard to envision how a tiny customer base can get big. Start with a survey.

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Venture Capitalist Company Due Diligence Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2017

And that is part and parcel of professional life. Case Study #1: Develop an understanding of your customer’s needs, and show empathic concern. Before he developed his pitch, Damian did his research. He talked to George’s colleagues to develop a deeper understanding of the CEO’s personal motivations.

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Skills How To Brainstorming Case Study 22

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2012

Most senior executives are well aware that their data are not up to snuff. Given the growing importance of data to every aspect of their business, they know they must develop an understanding of the costs of poor data quality, shortcomings in the methodology notwithstanding. First, develop a keen eye for non-value-added work.

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Quality Parcell Cost Deming 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

For example, it took Umicore, a global materials technology group, five years (2002–2007) to lay the basis for its transformation from a commodity supplier of base metals into a premium provider of emission control catalysts, rechargeable battery materials and other value-added solutions. Acquisitions are part and parcel of a transformation.

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Company Chemicals Short-term How To 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

Doing that required developing a new business model in which MedStar would get paid to keep patients well. “We needed an enduring strategy independent of any legislation,” recalls MedStar executive vice president Eric R. Connecting Three Different Business Portfolios.

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Strategy Long-term Health Care Insurance 8

Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 10, 2019

He is a leading authority on insurance, risk management, technology, and innovation. Failure comes part and parcel with invention” (Bezos 2013 letter). The S-Team (senior leadership team) developed Amazon’s flywheel. Given Amazon success, wouldn’t you want to understand and develop the flywheel that runs your business?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2015

It is nearly impossible to translate — let alone execute – a strategy that you don’t understand. McKinsey and Company reported similar findings from its Organizational Health Index as did Timothy Devinney at Australia’s University of Technology in a recent experiment. All of the sudden, they get it.

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Strategy Balanced Scorecard Sull Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

They not only grow their current business but simultaneously develop the next one that, ultimately, will enable a graceful transition from the first. They ask themselves big, searching questions like: "What new trends and technologies could possibly undercut our current business?" "Are Are our new ideas big enough? Valuable enough?"

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Parcell CEO Airlines Trends 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

By Paul Clarke, Chief Technology Officer, Ocado. Across the retail landscape, a war is going on, and the battles are being fought on multiple fronts: business models, channels, brands, customers, technologies, and more. Some of these are old scores reignited by new protagonists armed with new weapons, but quite a few are new clashes.

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