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Succession Planning: Not Just for Older Leaders

N2Growth Blog

In fact, in research reported in the Strategic Management Journal (February 2006), Henderson, Miller and Hambrick found “in the dynamic computer industry, CEOs were at their best when they started their jobs, and firm performance declined steadily across their tenures, presumably as their paradigms grew obsolete more quickly than they could learn.”.

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This is Critical to Building an Agile, Change Adaptive Organization

The Practical Leader

” That’s a key conclusion of a major study by Harvard Business School’s Project on Managing the Future of Work and the Boston Consulting Group’s Henderson Institute. Look beyond the “spot market” for talent. Prioritize the things you control and get ideas/volunteers/plans to address them.

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The Big Picture of Business – Each Role Matters. The Value of Support Staff

Strategy Driven

Bandleaders on the late-night are vital #3 characters on the show, including Doc Severinsen, Skitch Henderson, Paul Shaffer and The Roots band. Study and utilize marketing and business development techniques. They had previously worked together on a game show, “Who Do You Trust” on ABC-TV. John Wayne and Roy Rogers had Gabby Hayes.

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A Partial Defense of Our Obsession with Short-Term Earnings

Harvard Business Review

HBS professor Rebecca Henderson , along with Hazhir Rahmandad of Virginia Tech and Nelson Repenning of MIT, set out to explore that apparent contradiction. I spoke with Professor Henderson about their research. Henderson: To answer that, I need to tell you about two different research interests. Do the firms do better?

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Caption Contest 2010.3

Chris Brady

Posted by: Jeanne Gehrke | February 23, 2010 at 02:30 PM I'll show the plan if you quit nagging me! Skipper Posted by: Skipper | February 23, 2010 at 04:30 PM That's just great,I tried to get my wifes cat out of the tree for last few days and even plan b failed. D-Do cut it down C-I forgot to check where I parked my truck!

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Unilever’s Big Strategic Bet on the Dollar Shave Club

Harvard Business Review

While Dollar Shave Club represents a growing share of the razorblades market, it is still tiny, it operates with low margins, is made up of an irreverent albeit engineering-savvy team – and is, as yet, unprofitable. And according to a market study by Technavio, the global wet shave market is expected to reach $31.41

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What Is Strategy, Again?

Harvard Business Review

Aggressive outsourcing and partnering to improve efficiencies (perhaps a reference to “ The Origins of Strategy, published in 1989 by the granddaddy of strategy consulting, BCG founder Bruce Henderson). Focusing on a few key success factors, critical resources, and core competencies (maybe a reference to C.