Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

The innovator's quest has been to find the win-win proposition: a great new product that can create differentiated value for consumers while supporting differentiated profits for the producer. The innovator's job is now to create wins across the board. But the focus on win-win can blind us to the needs of critical partners.

Innovation 13

Innovation Supply Chain Telecommunications Core Competence 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

As new technologies in social media, transportation, and telecommunications bring us closer together, it's more critical than ever for organizations to recruit, develop, and retain multicultural leaders who can skillfully navigate both the opportunities and challenges of a more connected world. When executed well, the results are astonishing.

Competitive Advantage 15

Competitive Advantage Leadership Telecommunications Talent Management 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2011

Cisco's clever little camcorder collapse provides picture-perfect insight into a pervasive innovation pathology: Ignoring — or disrespecting — the obvious. Cisco's leadership is very smart and Wi-Fi is part of the firm's core competence. The company knew digital devices were all becoming telecommunications tools.

Wireless 11

Wireless Management Telecommunications Innovation 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2014

They must manage to both craft the new world with smart strategy, often in the wake of disruption, and cause the organization to embrace the required change. Lou Gerstner’s arrival at IBM in 1993 is a classic example of leadership through a liminal period. Lawrence A. billion, and its revenues increased from $6.4 billion to $11.7

Leadership 8

Leadership Telecommunications Education Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

In the mid-90s as CEO of Medtronic, I was concerned about whether we could sustain the remarkable success in innovation that we had enjoyed during the previous 10 years. This process of "disruptive innovation" enabled new competitors to create entirely new product categories. Nevertheless, we steadfastly supported the venture.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Christensen Telecommunications Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Frequently, stressed and harried managers look up the organization hierarchy and assume that they'll have greater control of their time when they advance to the C-suite. And most of us revert to tried and true solutions — the enemy of breakthrough strategies and new innovations. There isn't any.

Stress 15

Stress Telecommunications Goleman Emotional Intelligence 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Innovations like Amazon price checks, or changes to healthcare or shipping enabled by mobile phones, are becoming commonplace. Organizations need to enhance their design and capabilities to survive and stay competitive in a world where innovation matters more. Swisscom AG is the major telecommunications provider in Switzerland.

Innovation 8

Innovation Telecommunications Technology Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Its the managers responsibility to lead their employees, manage performance, and provide guidance. Yes, managers often interview job candidates or identify the most talented employees as part of a talent management program. I would guess 90% of all managers believe in their ability to undertake professional interviews.

CIO 15

CIO Guidelines Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2013

When it comes to innovation in industries with strategically narrow windows of opportunities, speed is everything. This quickening pace — what academics and journalists have called innovation on steroids — is beginning to reach IT departments. Innovations were virtually prevented by stifling complexity.

Technology 8

Technology CIO Agility Software 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. I wrote a couple of months ago about Chinas leadership in the clean tech race , but at the macro level. The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad.

NGO 14

NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Across Africa, many unemployed men have managed small businesses, at least once in their lives. Organizations that move into developing nations to help small technical businesses, must help those businesses manage their finances. Across Africa, many unemployed men have managed small businesses, at least once in their lives.

Books 13

Books Guidelines Banking Telecommunications 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

We have reviewed hundreds of corporate announcements and websites, interviewed numerous leadership experts, and conducted an analysis of CEO changes and successions over the past five years at S&P 500 and Global 100 companies. Through this effort, we have observed certain characteristics of this emerging trend.

CEO 12

CEO Contingency Plans Telecommunications Planning 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

He wasnt a process manager. Operations : Approaches problems practically; stands firm on issues, perseveres; maintains a standard of consistency and quality; provides stable leadership and supervision; develops detailed plans and procedures; implements projects in a timely manner; keeps financial records straight. We all have.

Process 15

Process CEO Insurance Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

In my own work , I found that this might be particularly prevalent for utilities (gas, electricity and telecommunications). In my own work , I found that this might be particularly prevalent for utilities (gas, electricity and telecommunications). Ran Spiegler (with co-authors) has studied such strategies.

Retail 13

Retail Price Comparison Nalebuff 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

Big data managed this way may well improve your retention numbers but not transform your company. On the management side, there is increasing evidence that co-creative processes involving consumers and other stakeholders can have a transformative effect on key processes such as new product development. Innovation'

Analysis 8

Analysis Storytelling Brainstorming Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

As Tom Davenport, Larry Prusak, and I talk to people about our current research, we hear broad support for its central thesis: that good judgment is not only something required of individuals in leadership positions; it is something that must be embedded in organizations as a whole. Well need to enable cross-boundary judgment.

Guidelines 14

Guidelines Education Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

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Guidelines 14

Guidelines Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence Balanced Scorecard 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2015

As managers and mentors, we frequently encounter situations like these, when we come up against the limiting voices of self-doubt in the people we support. As a manager or mentor, one of the most powerful ways you can unlock your people’s potential is to give them a toolkit for managing self-doubt.

Mentor 8

Mentor Telecommunications Tools Learning-by-Doing 8

Chart Your Course

JANUARY 9, 2014

The most active hiring will be in the materials and IT & telecommunications sectors. billion in provincial tax revenues annually” This loss is due to the fact that “employers cannot find people with the skills they need to innovate and grow in today’s economy” In Argentina, the story is much the same.

Skills 159

Skills White Paper Case Study Telecommunications 159

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2015

Our new book, Harness the Power of the Purse: Winning Women Investors , based on recent research from the Center for Talent Innovation, indicates that there is a rising tide of female wealth worldwide. “Even in rural India, women manage the households and pay the bills,” she says. ” While women in the U.S.

Survey 8

Survey Diversity Telecommunications Focus Group 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

Skill development is clearly a major priority for companies and managers these days. Consider, for instance, the talent development program at Ascom, a global telecommunications company. Managers learn how to articulate a business opportunity in ways that energize team members.

Project 8

Project Parcell How To Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

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Banking 15

Banking Crisis Merton Guidelines 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

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Airlines 14

Airlines Report Guidelines Discount 14

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

New DDI research explores leadership differences between men and women and makes the case for gender diversity in the workplace. DDI’s High-Resolution Leadership study reviewed true assessment data from 10,000 global leaders and found no difference in the battle of the sexes for leadership skills. Wellins, Ph.D.,

Diversity 120

Diversity Globalization Transportation Industry 120

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Zimbabwe’s new leadership faces a challenging task. Zimbabwe’s largest telecommunication company Econet Wireless has found success with its online payment platform that helps Zimbabweans manage the challenges of its multi-currency system. Years of economic mismanagement.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

Not innovation, risk management, technology, debt, or the regulatory environment. Corporate directors identified talent management as their single greatest strategic challenge. We know that organizations commit enormous resources and effort to talent management, so why aren''t they doing a better job? Not rising costs.

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Company Telecommunications Management 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

In turn, reflection becomes the rocket fuel for experimentation, the lifeblood of high-level innovation, the spark of deeper meaning, and the wellspring of enduring purpose. If youre here to "innovate" sugar water, then thinking in terms of orthodox buyers and suppliers might do the trick. So throw Frederick W.

Short-term 15

Short-term Guidelines Mass Marketing Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

Many senior managers desire — and are qualified — to join a board. This is understandable but not good: The syndrome can lead to board timidity, herd mentality, and an aversion to innovation, which can hurt or even kill an enterprise. Or perhaps expertise in managing clinical trials you learned in biopharma? Collaborating.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence CEO Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

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Guidelines 15

Guidelines Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence Balanced Scorecard 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2013

I’ve seen this mistake numerous times in other industries — from a customer service fiasco by a major telecommunications company that launched DSL at too large a scale to NASA’s failure to recognize the implications of a foam strike in the Columbia shuttle tragedy. Celebrate intelligent failures as a source of innovation.

Company 8

Company Telecommunications CIO Learning-by-Doing 8

In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 10, 2011

Leadership. Sixty-five innovative operations - four in the state of California alone. EA says that would stifle innovation. The leaders of these companies aren’t ‘managing the store’; they’re building new stores. The leaders of these companies aren’t ‘managing the store’; they’re building new stores. Bottom line?

CEO 170

CEO Advice Company Competitive Advantage 170

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2015

It is clear to us that the failure of different parts of the system — payers, providers, patients, professionals, policy makers, politicians, the public, and the press — to pull in the same direction is a serious drag on innovation and progress. This failure to work together across a system continually exercises me.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Telecommunications Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2015

In 2012, Huawei surpassed Ericsson – at that time the world leader in telecommunications and networks – in terms of sales revenue and net profit, and this trend continued in the fiscal year of 2014 when Huawei reached an all-time high sales revenue of $46.5 billion and net profits of $4.49 billion (both in U.S.

Succession 8

Succession Golden Handcuff IPO Long-term 8