Women on Business

JANUARY 10, 2011

Some of the writers pointed out that these were two different sports and couldn’t be compared. Whether it’s the style of play in a sport, or leadership style in the business world, men and women are clearly and obviously different. A lot of people said a lot of pretty dumb things. Can’t we all just get along?

Press Release 165

Press Release Discount PR Sports 165

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

In most sports I’m aware of you cannot play if you don’t suit-up and show-up. Leadership is a participation sport and never works well in absentia. Show-up : You can’t make a difference if you don’t show-up. It requires zero talent to be present mentally and physically.

Blog 412

Blog Leadership Loyalty Self-aware 412

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

Sure it would…Likewise, if I drove up in a new Bentley, wearing a $3,000 custom tailored suit, sporting a fresh manicure, a GQ hair-cut, and with an attitude of arrogance, wouldn’t that also color your opinion of my ability? While I have a few swiss watches, my Timex Ironman is still my favorite.

Blog 375

Blog Gordon Brand Media 375

N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Marshall Goldsmith : Leadership is a contact sport and it’s often messy. In fact, I hold Marshall in such high professional regard that he is one of only three other coaches that I’ll refer people to if I’m unable to meet their needs. The best thing a leader can do is to focus on making themselves a better human being.

Blog 338

Blog Leadership Brand Media 338

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. I have witnessed otherwise savvy executives place the need for emotional superiority ahead of achieving their mission (not that they always understood this at the time).

Blog 419

Blog Fashion Brand Self-aware 419

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

The only exceptions I’ve witnessed that contradict my observations mentioned above are situations where a purpose-aligned execution based on the desire to give selflessly in service exists. However, even in these circumstances personal leadership is still at the forefront of the success.

Bottom-up 366

Bottom-up Blog Objective Brand 366

Strategy Driven

JUNE 6, 2013

Freakonomics examines the commonly held myths surrounding: Campaign finance. Cheating schoolteachers and sports players. Recommended Resources – The Complete Executive. Recommended Resources – The 4 Disciplines of Execution. Crime rates. Child-rearing. Why You Should Read This Book.

Resources 50

Resources Levitt Incentives Analysis 50

The Idolbuster

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Here is a story from “Brian,” a silicon valley executive who gets 150 emails a day, and accumulates over 1000 unread emails every month. Here is how he describes his finances. “I For example, if I’m in Sports Authority and I see something I want, I’m going to buy it. I don’t like living my life with any financial uncertainty.

Finance 44

Finance Uncertainty Sports Advice 44

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Real life is not a spectator sport – it’s a participation sport, and in fact, I submit to you that it’s a full contact participation sport. When black & white becomes permanently blurred so that everything reads as shades of grey, things can become dicey.

Media 419

Media Blog Audience Ryan 419

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Teaches leadership to executives and emerging leaders around the world. Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Global Debt Registry (MHR). Corporate Executives. Rod MacKenzie – Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer for Pfizer, member of Pfizer’s Executive Leadership Team.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Nothing signals leadership trouble more than an executive who can’t make decisions. I’m always amazed at the number of senior executives who really struggle with even simple decisions…This next comment might hit a bit too close to home for some of you, but I’m hoping it may help bring you back to reality.

Blog 387

Blog Learning-by-Doing CEO Strategy 387

Women on Business

JANUARY 12, 2011

Tanya currently writes about leadership, in sport, work and life on Elevati’s Blog at www.elevati-inc.com/blog.  Each story brings a relevant analogy to the business issue at hand, making the learning more fun, the process guarantee more impact, and the happiness-meter on high.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount PR Magazine 100

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

These differences in philosophy and approach frequently differentiate those who advance to and succeed at the executive level — and those who stay in the ranks of middle management. These are all useful things to do, and successful executives invest time in them periodically. Don't get me wrong.

Execution 14

Execution Team Chief Financial Officer Finance 14

Chris Brady

MAY 8, 2010

" The context was in regards to parental training or something of the kind, and the admonishment was that a lot of the time and effort expended in learning techniques and approaches would not really be necessary if we could execute number 1 and 2 above. Does Christ's spirit come through in all we do?

Letter 115

Letter Blog Travel Examples 115

Chris Brady

JUNE 24, 2010

  An unknown number of others were laterrounded up and executed.   The Chinese government has never been able to produce theman, and claims to be unable to state whether or not he was executed.   Throughout the course ofdispelling the demonstrators, many people were killed and arrested.

Letter 109

Letter Blog Learning-by-Doing Travel 109

Chris Brady

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Excellence in practice, preparation, commitment, effort, attitude, relationships, goal setting, execution, measurement, analysis, improvement, and persistence produces excellence in results.  Excellence results from excellence. Excellent outcomes come from excellent inputs.

Letter 122

Letter Blog Travel Definition 122

Leading Blog

JUNE 21, 2011

In 1976, Harvard finance professor Michael Jensen and Dean William Meekling of the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester published a paper entitled Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure [ PDF ]. THE STORY BEGINS. Martin thinks we could take a lesson from the NFL.

Rogers 260

Rogers Simon Crisis Bottom-up 260

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2012

The committee organizing the London 2012 Olympic Games faced an extraordinary business challenge: How to price 8 million tickets in a way that allows equitable access to 26 sporting events, meets revenue and attendance targets, and adheres to the explicit social objective of making the Olympiad "Everybody's Games.". Be proactive.

Price 12

Price Committee Sports Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

In my early years as an executive search consultant in Argentina, I was frequently asked to hire senior investment bankers. You see it in business, in sports, in creative endeavors from movies to magazines. And then there are great sports examples, including Kyle Busch’s amazing six-man NASCAR pit crew. Citibank and J.P.

Team 8

Team How To Efficiency Groupthink 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

But it was crystal clear who’d made the negative comments in the assessment of one executive. Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. This had been a running joke among Barker’s executives for years. Nina laughed.

Case Study 11

Case Study Team CFO Merchandising 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2011

If you ask managers to name their favorite sport, you'll hear a wide variety of answers: Football, baseball, tennis. But what they won't tell you is the one sport that all managers play the most: The Game of Reorganization. As one senior executive said to me, "Every time we reorganized, we lost at least a year of innovation.".

Sports 13

Sports Cost Incentives Budgeting 13

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Metaphors from nature, sports, and travel are very useful to generate repurposed solutions. Talk to other entrepreneurs, but only accept advice from the successful. Seeking ideas from other industries does not take as much time as it takes paying attention to hone an awareness. Ideas come from everywhere! Try new approaches.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The resulting spike in both supply and demand for movies has created fierce competition for financing. Then, taking into account ancillary factors that have proven relevant to box office sales (such as weather, conflicting events such as sporting events, economic factors such as a recession, etc.),

Film 15

Film Franchising Budgeting Audience 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The resulting spike in both supply and demand for movies has created fierce competition for financing. Then, taking into account ancillary factors that have proven relevant to box office sales (such as weather, conflicting events such as sporting events, economic factors such as a recession, etc.),

Film 15

Film Franchising Budgeting Audience 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2015

It has long been widely acknowledged that legal skills are broadly applicable to all kinds of careers: business, politics, finance, even sports coaching, fiction writing, and journalism. Execute fast. Few people or organizations can match the speed with which a newsroom and its reporters can execute.

Career 8

Career Skills Health Care Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2016

To add to this growing body of work, here are some observations and suggestions about love in organizations based on our research with executives at varying levels, in numerous organizations, from financial services to non-profits to championship winning sports teams. LoveOS supports the “apps” of strategy, finance, etc.

Organization 8

Organization Power Reference Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2014

Others have argued that executive education programs are likely to be disrupted , as companies weigh the savings they could achieve by directing executives to MOOCs instead. At Wharton, nearly 20% of the annual revenue comes from executive education, while at Harvard Business School 26% does, and at IESE, it is nearly half.

Education 9

Education Course Class Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Founded in 2010 by Anthony Goldbloom and Jeremy Howard, the company seeks to make data science a sport, and an affordable one at that. A number of start-ups are jumping into this space—open-database firm Factual recently closed $25 million in series A financing, led by Andreessen Horowitz and Index Ventures. Take Kaggle , for instance.

Company 8

Company Ryan Software Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2018

Even people who have achieved a great deal of career success aren’t immune to these feelings, says Whitney Johnson, an executive coach and the author several books including Build an A-Team. Finances were a consideration. You know your opportunities aren’t endless, and you realize that time is finite,” he says.

Career 13

Career How To Learning-by-Doing Constraint 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

These executives have responsibilities we might expect to reside within marketing. At Dick’s Sporting Goods, Lauren Hobart was promoted from CMO to President, while at KFC, CMO Kevin Hochman became President and Chief Concept Officer. This is a break from the traditional paths of finance, sales, and operations to the top spot.

CEO 8

CEO Marketing Span of Control Sports 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Susaans work with senior executives over the last 30 years shows over and again that the people (mostly men) who rise to senior levels in organizations have a preference for operating in the abstract. Typically, these executives focus on the "what" and the "what if" and not the "how," which of course is the realm of process people.

Process 14

Process CEO Insurance Banking 14

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Leadership for the small-business owner (which usually deal with entrepreneurialism, sales, financing, and other basic management and business skills). To use a sports analogy, great teams don’t change their roster every few years and waste buckets of money hiring too many expensive free agents. Apple, Wal-Mart, IBM, GE, etc…).

Company 234

Company Leadership Maturity Loyalty 234

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

This is also true of executives. Three finance professors once asked more than 400 executives what they would do if their quarterly earnings targets were at risk. ” Of course, being too adaptive can also hurt tactical performance. Previously, working in the call center was a solo sport.

Organization 10

Organization Tactics Call Center Metrics 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

Instead of thinking about driving value from the perspective of IT, or HR, finance, sales, or operations, leadership teams will think about a problem they want to solve or a process they want to change, and then align the full breadth of services (IT, HR, operations) needed to accomplish it. Reinventing Corporate IT An HBR Insight Center.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Management Information Technology Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

This typically holds true for the highest-ranking and most dynamic slices of industry, whether financial services, professional sports, health care or high tech. While Goodwin may no longer be a knight, he got to keep a not ungenerous severance and pension.

Incentives 14

Incentives Committee Banking Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2017

Home Run Media, a media agency that helped its clients plan and carry out their marketing strategies, had been operating for more than a decade when a key client in the fantasy sports industry began to grow rapidly, thanks in part to Home Run’s work and to a healthy dose of venture capital that was fueling its growth. He wanted out.

Media 8

Media Hammer Software Company 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. More than a million workers lost their jobs at the affected companies, while company executives cashed out billions of dollars of their stock. Steroid scandals periodically rock the sports world.

Ethics 59

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59