Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2017

For example, in 2014, at the onset of the sharp deterioration in U.S.-Russian Interestingly, all these intrusions into business operations typically do not come from the Kremlin but from local officials who seem eager to gain the Kremlin’s favor amid instances of elevated international tensions. ruble volatility) and policy (e.g.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2011

But there wasn't much activity until six months later when Mike Karol, vice president of operations, told his managers to make it their responsibility. Some departments started trying it and some developed a few sharp ideas, which generated excitement. After 2006 it reduced its attention and energy on the front-line improvement.

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Process How To Attrition Operations 14

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. Yet most do it anyhow. Less can be more when it comes to incentives.

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Motivation Gordon Sharpe Airlines 15

Coaching Tip

APRIL 19, 2013

Knowing who we are and what we are meant to do allows us to focus our energy and achieve sustained high performance. Values often influence people''s choices about where to invest their energies. Guiding Principles: A universal operating standard that guides decision-making both personally and organizationally. Sharp Insights.

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Chris Brady

DECEMBER 13, 2010

A child's innocence and energy are probably two of the most invigorating and appealing traits in the world and I have a load to learn from them. Sadly, it's one of the few things that a child's energy is not immune to and, given a little time, can quickly strip them of their innocence. From the biggest kid of them all.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2016

As Priya Anant, global head of vendor operations at Google, explains, “Sometimes team members see a dead end when it’s really just a sharp turn in the road.” You could literally feel the energy shift in the room.” Often I see people sit too long in a failure, ruminating over where they went wrong.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2016

But there is plenty of overlap in the way these terms are used in practice, and there is little to be gained by trying to draw a sharp line between the two. Many health systems invest a lot of energy in quality improvement work, as well they should. Now to the crucial point: There is enormous opportunity in the middle.

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Health Care Team Innovation System 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

At the other end of this dimension is the broader context, where politics operates at the organizational level. But conversely, the sharp edges of hard power can wreck a plan. Your best bet is to redirect the energy of a dysfunctional leader, either through reasoned argument or by appealing to their interests.

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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. All of these were worthy, and Rheedlen's reputation and competence attracted donations - up to $10 million by 1999 - but they required a far more diverse operation.

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Crisis Mayo Strategy Short-term 12

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. Fairly constantly in actual decision-making, it’s not so much choosing alternative A or choosing alternative B, but how you operate within the alternative you have chosen.

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Process Uncertainty Analysis Industry 8

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

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. Unfortunately, the wildcard is PEOPLE.

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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 Third, to be blunt, Blue Sky's engineers didn't seem all that sharp when it came to systems engineering. Lin could see that he was awed by the scale of the operation. Series is a simpler and less expensive way to go.

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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. They are demonstrating that meaningful work, social responsibility, and accountability are more important than raw titles and the next salary level. link] Bert Decker Great post Mike.

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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. The results were amazing.

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Company How To Business Model Engineering 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. Regaining an Innovation Surplus and reversing America's decline will take a generation in time and a sharp shift of economic strategy in policy making.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Rumelt (PublicAffairs, 2022) What passes for strategy in too many businesses, government agencies, and military operations is a toxic mix of wishful thinking and a jumble of incoherent policies. Blog Post ). The Crux : How Leaders Become Strategists by Richard P. Blog Post ).

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

It is the second smallest market in Latin America — a sharp difference compared with only a few years ago, when it used to compete with markets such as Argentina, Chile, and Colombia as the third largest market in the region, after Brazil and Mexico. Some of these companies are big multinationals such as Repsol, Mapfre, and BBVA.

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Sharpe Price Politics Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

embargo of Cuba (which remains firmly in place) and a consequently sharp improvement in Cuba’s economic conditions. and Cuba could implement over the next two years will be critical for helping business executives determine the level of urgency around developing their Cuba operation. A limited business opportunity.

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