The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 30, 2020

Despite this, there is a growing desire for corporations to be better stakeholders, with Wharton’s Sarah Kaplan outlining as much in her latest book, The 360° Corporation. Whereas the British Academy report seems to wish away the hard choices and trade offs companies must make, Kaplan’s book places them front and center.

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Kaplan Report Metrics Loyalty 87

Six Disciplines

APRIL 13, 2011

Effective execution of strategy seems to be an elusive goal. 92% of organizations do not measure performance indicators.[5]. Kaplan and D. Norton, Harvard Business School Press, The Strategy-Focused Organization, 2001). [2] Kaplan and D. Only 5% of employees understand their corporate strategy.[4].

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Norton Kaplan Execution Strategy 101

LDRLB

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Many leaders and organizations have finally recognized that real innovation isn’t about creating finely tuned processes, using new fangled methodologies, or creating 2×2 matrices. Measure what’s meaningful – Because “you get what you measure,” select metrics that reinforce your innovation goals.

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Innovation Kaplan Mission Statement Critical Success Factor 141

Six Disciplines

AUGUST 1, 2011

Key highlights from the interview: The research that Dr Robert Kaplan, myself and our colleagues at the Palladium Group have done over the years indicate that there are five common principle s that are found in successful companies. Align the organization. Strategy is the job of senior executives. Read the entire article here.

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Balanced Scorecard Kaplan Strategy Norton 98

The Practical Leader

MARCH 29, 2023

Gallen in Switzerland, and Jochen Menges, lecturer in human resources and organizations at the University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School. Author Adam Waytz is a psychologist and the Morris and Alice Kaplan Chair in Ethics and Decision Management at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

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Six Disciplines

AUGUST 1, 2011

Key highlights from the interview: The research that Dr Robert Kaplan, myself and our colleagues at the Palladium Group have done over the years indicate that there are five common principle s that are found in successful companies. Align the organization. Strategy is the job of senior executives. Read the entire article here.

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Balanced Scorecard Kaplan Strategy Norton 85

LDRLB

APRIL 23, 2012

This is a guest post form Soren Kaplan. One simple question lies at the heart of a continuous struggle that most leaders and organizations face: how do we succeed today while simultaneously creating the future? Innovation innovation kaplan Leadership' Some leaders consciously acknowledge this fundamental paradox.

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LDRLB

APRIL 23, 2012

This is a guest post form Soren Kaplan. One simple question lies at the heart of a continuous struggle that most leaders and organizations face: how do we succeed today while simultaneously creating the future? Some leaders consciously acknowledge this fundamental paradox. Provide an innovation vision – Create a vision for innovation.

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Innovation Kaplan Short-term Long-term 113

Strategy Driven

MAY 13, 2011

By developing their talent – their uniquely human ability to communicate – your organization will flourish in the digital age. Communispond can help you grow your leaders, increase your sales, and build communication expertise throughout your organization. If the boss isn’t clear on the project’s purpose, describe its goal.

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Kaplan Audience Chief Executive Officer Seminar 68

LDRLB

JANUARY 14, 2013

When it comes to business, great things can also happen when we apply the catalytic energy of the New Year to our teams and organizations. 2013 represents a great opportunity to leapfrog our mental models and innovate our way to breakthroughs for ourselves, our teams, our organizations and, of course, our customers.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. By developing their talent – their uniquely human ability to communicate – your organization will flourish in the digital age. He also served as President of Kaplan College, a division of Kaplan Inc.,

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Library Kaplan Newsletter Audience 70

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Even when the overall aim is stability, often there are still change goals: to reduce variability, cut costs, reduce the time required, or reduce turnover, for example. The organization becomes a perpetual motion machine. Instead, focus on some important goals that are not being accomplished.

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Management Kaplan Short-term Innovation 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. By developing their talent – their uniquely human ability to communicate – your organization will flourish in the digital age. Can the organizers of the meeting give you some insight into the group?

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Planning Audience Succession Library 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

By developing their talent – their uniquely human ability to communicate – your organization will flourish in the digital age. Communispond can help you grow your leaders, increase your sales, and build communication expertise throughout your organization. He also served as President of Kaplan College, a division of Kaplan Inc.,

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Power Audience Kaplan Short-term 56

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2011

It's when it becomes an obsession that it's a problem," says Robert Steven Kaplan, a Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School and author of What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential. No one loves to do things just adequately," says Kaplan.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

An idea, behavior, or product is creative if it is both novel and appropriate to some goal. They were appropriate to the artist's goal of creating "a contemplative space that encourages participants to linger and experience an all-encompassing art environment.". And it quite effectively served its murderous goal.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2011

McGonigal suggests that the four defining traits of any game — a goal, clear rules, a feedback system, and voluntary participation — can be applied to any challenge. Organizations have a lot of experience with goal setting, rules, and incentives. She even says game-playing makes us better people.

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Kaplan Health Care Incentives Sports 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2017

Prioritizing work can be frustrating, especially if you work for a hands-off manager or a company that doesn’t give you clear goals. ” It’s easy to point blame at our managers and organizations when we experience high levels of stress or an overwhelming amount of work. Most of us face this reality each and every day.

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Management How To Norton Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2016

Professors Steve Kaplan at the University of Chicago and Morten Sorensen at Copenhagen Business School have analyzed over 2,600 ghSMART assessments of candidates for C-suite positions and concluded that boards often overweight amicability in their hiring decisions. Your actions, however, actually run counter to that goal.

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CEO Consensus Kaplan Morale 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2011

Realizing that I am accountable for assuming career responsibilities commensurate with my life goals has been an epiphany for me. Lattice organizations provide options that align career aspirations and personal needs with corporate objectives and operational requirements. More than a few mornings I fell asleep in the shower.

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Kaplan Short-term Career Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2015

“The proper goal for any health care delivery system is to improve the value delivered to patients … To properly manage value, both outcomes and cost must be measured at the patient level,” Harvard’s Robert Kaplan and Michael Porter tell us. But, why do we only define patient value by outcomes and cost?

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Health Care Cost Kaplan Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

It's a goal that nearly every locale seems to have these days, but here there's a particular sense of urgency given the recent election of new mayors in both towns. They are the net-generation, with an unprecedented ability to self-organize, mobilize social change, and create their own economic opportunities.

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

That is one of the central findings of a team of scholars from London School of Economics and Harvard Business School , who have burrowed into the day-to-day schedules of more than 500 CEOs from around the world with hopes of determining exactly how they organize their time—and how that affects the performance and management of their firms.

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Execution Management Download Kaplan 112

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2015

In the last six years, a Harvard Business School team has worked with dozens of health care organizations to help them understand the true costs of their treatments for many medical conditions. One of the team’s central findings is that TDABC cannot be delegated to the finance function.

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Mayo Health Care Committee Project 8

LDRLB

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Setting Effective Organizational Goals – Sean Conrad on why most organizations fail at goal-setting and how to avoid their fate. Ten Questions to Inspire Innovation – Soren Kaplan with ten questions that can be used to evoke more creative thinking. The following ten posts were our top read pieces written in 2012.

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Strategy Kaplan Innovation Wilde 158

LDRLB

OCTOBER 22, 2012

As study author Steve Kaplan puts it, “Persistent leaders don’t give up>” Never giving up is common with successful company leaders and business entrepreneurs. The moment you stop improving your organization, it starts to die. Make it your goal to be better each and every day, in some small way.”

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Power Kaplan Entrepreneur Learning-by-Doing 167

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Sam Gilman and Andrew Kaplan , college juniors started Common Sense Action in 2012 with one chapter. CSA is building a movement across the country to organize around it. What if our youth started to take government back? Well, it''s happening. Read on, be proud of our next generation and get on board ! The setting?

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