Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2011

Written in a clear, professional and straightforward manner, it is relevant to the management of all types of projects, including IT, construction, engineering, telecommunications and government, as well as many others.

Project 56

Project Goal Management Budgeting 56

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

It starts with a focus on skills. Although many boards continue to select new members from their own networks, our research suggests that more are beginning to implement objective processes to select members based on the skills and attributes that boards need to be effective. In our survey, we also asked about specific skills.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate 8

Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Business ownership consumes large quantities of time and mental energy, even after it’s running well and succeeding. It consumed so much time and energy that I didn’t have much left for anything else. Are you good at resolving conflicts with people, or are you willing to work really hard to learn this skill?

Learning-by-Doing 255

Learning-by-Doing Long-term Automotive Open-book 255

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

But the focus was squarely on "energy saving, environmental protection, and the low-carbon economy" with other emerging areas — infotech, biotech, and modern materials — taking a distinctly secondary role. Then the November 16th issue arrived at my door and the cover story was about alternative energy. And on and on.

NGO 14

NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2014

Germany does a better job on innovation in areas as diverse as sustainable energy systems, molecular biotech, lasers, and experimental software engineering. Bell Labs used to do this in the United States for telecommunications, but Fraunhofer now does this on a much larger scale across Germany’s entire industrial sector.

Innovation 15

Innovation GDP Telecommunications Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2017

If information isn’t flowing between senior execs and front-line customer-contact people, leaderswon’t be able to keep up with the new skills and sales tasks they should be hiring for. Consider a large home energy provider in a mature, commoditized market where deregulation is driving down revenue and profit.

Execution 8

Execution Cost CRM Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

The factory floor at Pittsburgh’s Aquion Energy doesn’t look much like the steel mills that once populated this Rust Belt city. This is the kind of technology—and the type of firm—that will make renewable energy more efficient and more cost-effective. Aquion is a modern success story for American industry.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

But increasing public awareness of entrepreneurial skills isn't all we can do. Entrepreneurs in the Clean Energy sector would make invaluable assets to the Department of Energy. Entrepreneurs building businesses in telecommunications could predict the next wave of disruption for the FCC.

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Licensing Telecommunications Incubator 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Not long ago I worked with a software firm that supported hundreds of legacy applications for the telecommunications industry. If you realize however that much of the knowledge and skill in your organization will be walking out the door — and not returning — in just a few years, it might change the way you think about it.

Telecommunications 9

Telecommunications Chemicals Health Care Planning 9

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.

Bottom-up 8

Bottom-up Diversity Policies Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

You put together ad-hoc teams that involve not only analysts with relevant domain expertise but also represent skills from other domains, which brings new ways of thinking to old analytical problems. We recently participated in a data-dive type process at a major telecommunications company. Here''s how it works in data analysis.

Analysis 8

Analysis Storytelling Brainstorming Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

Swansea City was a club looking for a midfield player with flair and skill. For example, the power company Tenaga Nasional could send a leader with strong operating capabilities to work for several years at Malaysia Airlines, acquiring skills in turning around a troubled business. Why leave such valuable opportunities to chance?

CFO 8

CFO Leadership Development Telecommunications Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

I saw this firsthand when I was a PhD student, in the call center of a large telecommunications company. The skill mastery she described and demonstrated provided her with meaning, as did the way in which she incorporated this mastery into her identity as a helping professional.

Call Center 11

Call Center Telecommunications Stress Film 11

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

DDI’s High-Resolution Leadership study reviewed true assessment data from 10,000 global leaders and found no difference in the battle of the sexes for leadership skills. Men and women equally qualified in business drivers around hard- and soft-business skills—with neither gender scoring high. Goldman Sachs. 2014) Womenomics 4.0:

Diversity 120

Diversity Globalization Transportation Industry 120

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Divani (not her real name) is a senior analyst at a large telecommunications firm. More importantly, being a toxic handler also takes tremendous emotional energy to listen, comfort, and counsel. If you’re stepping in repeatedly, you’re not helping people acquire the skills and tools they need to succeed.

Stress 8

Stress Emotional Intelligence Learning-by-Doing Politics 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. Making these changes required skill, will, and time underpinned by rigorous process.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Telecommunications Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2011

We did not have a lot of competition for developing and producing high-value-added products like semiconductors, airplanes, software, complex electronic systems, high-end computers, telecommunications equipment, and pharmaceuticals. We were content to let the Chinese and the Indians take the low-valued-added, low-skilled stuff.

Real Estate 13

Real Estate Policies Telecommunications Industry 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Boards of companies operating in the consumer discretionary industry have a disproportionately high representation of Democrats, while boards operating in the industrials and energy and utilities industries skew more Republican. Democrat and Republican directors diverge on the skills they think are most important for board service today.

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8