Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

In addition to receiving traditional training, each participant designs and carries out a 100-day project that targets an important business challenge, such as increasing the firm’s footprint in the health care segment or developing new software to enhance mobile phones (these are real examples). Both teams exceeded their targets.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

For example, a large automotive parts company had just completed a merger, and the senior team — made up of leaders from both firms — struggled with making decisions. For example: To what extent do we reward individual vs. team results? To what extent do we share information broadly or parcel it out narrowly?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

PPG (originally “Pittsburgh Plate Glass”) is a splendid example of such a transformation. For example, the company may have identified the perfect acquisition target, but be outbid by a rival. Acquisitions are part and parcel of a transformation. For example, Umicore’s 2003 acquisition of PMG increased its revenues by 50%.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2015

Take Cisco, for example. The chart may appear to show merely that Cisco’s patent filings lagged its R&D spending by three years, but in fact the decline in spending and the rise in patents were part and parcel of a deliberate strategic shift by the company in 2001. The company’s R&D expenditures dropped by about $1.5

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2012

Investors have deserted equities in droves and pushed for costly anti-corporate legislation (say on pay, for example). BL: A misconception: Dealing with funds providers is part and parcel of running the company. Managers clearly have to respond to regain investors' trust. From the government? Ask Solyndra.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

Mindfulness meditation — the practice of cultivating deliberate focused attention on the present moment – has caught on as a way to bring focus, authenticity, and intention to the practice of leadership. Visualize positive outcomes : As Daniel Goleman argues , positivity is part and parcel of focused attention.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Here are just three examples: In his original 1997 letter Bezos states, “We will share our strategic thought processes with you when we make bold choices (to the extent competitive pressures allow), so that you may evaluate for yourselves whether we are making rational long-term leadership investments.” Jeff Bezos. It remains Day 1.”.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

According to a 2013 study by American Express , EQ is one of the biggest predictors of performance in the workplace and a strong driver of leadership and personal excellence. I have seen many examples of people being penalized for acting as a lone wolf instead of a good team player when covering clients or trying to provide client solutions.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

When it comes to stepping up to leadership, your network is a tool for identifying new strategic opportunities and attracting the best people to them. And in a connected world, build­ing stronger external networks to tap into the best sources of insight into environmental trends is also part and parcel of the leadership role.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

For women with leadership ambitions, there is no shortage of advice for how to reach the top. Senior leadership positions tend to come with bigger paychecks — and while your instinct might be to save the money, don’t forget that occasional self-indulgent spending can be a good investment, too. tomas robertson/unsplash.

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