Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2015

With Hillary Clinton’s tax proposals to encourage longer-term investing , the debate over whether American business is too fixated on the short term has moved from the dimly lit offices of earnest policy wonks into the klieg lights of U.S. R&D spending falls into the long-term bucket. primary season.

Hedge 8

Hedge Short-term Long-term EPS 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

We then virtually convened the project’s advisers for a roundtable discussion about what they viewed as the major issues raised in the interviews, and their own counsel for executives wishing to create long-term value through a sustainable business agenda. That needs to change.

Project 8

Project Advice Henderson Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2011

This type of short-term alliance allows us to further test our working relationship, which might later lead to collaboration on an article, and so forth. Once we've worked on a few limited scope projects and hammered out the rules of engagement, it's important to give authority to our collaborators.

Micromanagement 21

Micromanagement Hammer Drucker Short-term 21

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2011

An executive in the company's finance operations adopted a Six Sigma belt-driven approach to reduce costs in the company's global shared service centers. Many executives are attracted to push approaches, especially senior managers who need big results fast. Consider the competition between push and pull camps in a major oil company.

Six Sigma 15

Six Sigma Bottom-up Cost Project 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2018

When the hammer comes down, are you calm, collected, candid, curious, direct, and willing to listen? One executive we worked with was adamant and deliberate about creating a fun and supportive atmosphere where his team felt safe to try new things. The short answer is yes. That would be ideal, wouldn’t it?

Team 10

Team Management Stress Report 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Buying into Thomas Carlyle’s “great man” theory of history , we speak of leadership in solitary and personal terms. This is a point often hammered home by Harvard Business School professor and former Medtronic CEO Bill George, who is a vocal advocate for what he calls “ True North Groups.”

Leadership 8

Leadership Hammer Short-term Simon 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

And he sees little reason to expect Congress to pass a long-term solution to the fiscal cliff; instead, he thinks an "irresponsible," short-term "band-aid" solution. But whether European politicians will be able to hammer out a deal. To do otherwise is not just short-sighted, it's an abdication of responsibility.

Politics 8

Politics CEO Health Care Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2014

And: A diverse team is essential to survival, a point underscored by the impossibility of winning in D&D unless you have a warrior to beat things up and absorb damage, a wizard to fight magical foes and occasionally drop the hammer on something big, a cleric to heal your party members, and so on. Cho is facing a litany of challenges.

Management 8

Management Engineering Hammer Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2017

Hammering home the point, the client added, “It’s probably a good time to terminate our contract.” In doing so, he suggested agencies that could pick up where Home Run Media left off and execute the client’s strategies in a philosophically similar manner, and he offered to support the client in managing the transition.

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Media Hammer Software Company 8