Eric Jacobson

MARCH 15, 2019

"Change is disturbing when it is done to us, exhilarating when it is done by us." - Rosabeth Moss Kanter.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Rosabeth Moss Kanter: An interview by @robertmorris313. The Death Of Expertise via @Mark_Sanborn: This is one of the most important articles I''ve read in a very long time. The art of delivering bad news by @gingerconsult. The Enemy of Trust and 6 Ways to Defeat It by @RandyConley. Will This Be The Year Leaders Put Employees First?

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 9, 2016

"Change is disturbing when it is done to us, exhilarating when it is done by us." - Rosabeth Moss Kanter.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 18, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Rosabeth Moss Kanter for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * In a volatile world, anxiety and uncertainty make people [.].

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

And it becomes possible to create productive partnerships with other organizations, change the competitive advantage to what Rosabeth Moss Kanter calls a Collaborative Advantage. People can do their job better when they have easy access to the information they need. Values-driven leadership is essential.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 3, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Rosabeth Moss Kanter for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out other articles and resources, and/or sign up for a free subscription to Harvard Business Review’s Daily Alerts, please click here. * * * Editor’s note: This post is part [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 29, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Rosabeth Moss Kanter for the Harvard Business Review blog (March 28, 2011). To read the complete article, check out other articles and resources, and/or sign up for a free subscription to Harvard Business Review’s Daily Alerts, please click here. * * * Of course, sitting still can [.].

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

As described by Rosabeth Moss Kanter in The Collaborative Advantage, they partner with suppliers, and even competitors, freely sharing information, while maintaining clear signs of continuing independence for all. Open boundaries while maintaining separateness.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

"Change is disturbing when it is done to us, exhilarating when it is done by us." - Rosabeth Moss Kanter.

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leaderCommunicator

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Three Things That Actually Motivate Employees By Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business Review The most motivated and productive people I’ve seen recently work in an older company on the American East Coast deploying innovative technology products to transform a traditional industry.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 5, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Rosabeth Moss Kanter for the Harvard Business Review‘s “The Conversation&# series.

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Women's Leadership Exchange

APRIL 3, 2009

I was totally engaged by an article written by the brilliant Rosabeth Moss Kanter, prolific writer and Harvard leadership professor. Kanter shares the following. " In every endeavor - whether in politics, business, sports, or the game of life - Kanter's Law kicks in: 'Everything can look like failure in the middle.'

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 20, 2016

Harvard professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter wrote, “Leaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach.”. It means becoming a resource to others and demonstrating the power of continued learning. What is important is that followers experience the leader actively in the process of learning. Helping Hands Talk To Each Other.

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Rosebeth Moss Kanter essentially argued this a few months ago in her Harvard Business Review blog. 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.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 19, 2017

Harvard professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter wrote: “Leaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach.” “Witness” leaders emphasize personal and professional growth by recognizing employees whose performance stands out and then using them as mentors of others.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 5, 2015

Special note: the First Friday Book Synopsis for July will be held on the Second Friday of July (because of the holiday weekend). —————— We are well into out 18th year of the First Friday Book Synopsis.

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Six Disciplines

MARCH 24, 2011

A while ago, Rosabeth Moss Kanter wrote a short but profound post about execution for Strategy & Business magazine entitled Our Ten Most Enduring Ideas. Below are excerpts from her article Execution: The Un-Idea. Twenty-five years ago, management meant control.

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

It’s an honor to be included with the leadership leaders who have inspired and taught me such as Warren Bennis, Tom Peter, Ken Blanchard, Jim Collins, Stephen Covey, Marshall Goldsmith, and Rosebeth Moss Kanter. Voting is now underway for the 2012 rankings. Who’s your favorite leadership guru?

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 27, 2014

Magazine which recognized me as one of the Top 100 Leadership and Management Experts , putting me alongside such leadership heavyweights as Sir Richard Branson, Vineet Nayar, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Peter F. Drucker, and placing one spot below Bill Gates.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Thiele discuss how changing the narrative is imperative when looking for ways to solve big problems. Following a successful career in finance, Torsten Thiele has devoted himself full-time to the challenging cause of ocean conservation and stewardship.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2020

Rosabeth Moss Kanter, professor at Harvard Business School, believes the world demands a new kind of business leader. Kanter is the author of the book “Think Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Small Innovation at a Time.”

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Rosabeth Moss Kanter likens these traditional approaches to castles. Kanter says the best way to deal with these entrenched systems is not to attack them head-on, but to go around or under, or even start something new that is so attractive that others flock to it. Advanced Leadership. Prototypes are fundamental.

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QAspire

JANUARY 16, 2011

Hence, Rosabeth Moss Kanter , a professor at Harvard Business School believes, “ The next big trend is simple: to simplify. ” In 20th Century, when Mahatma Gandhi and the nation fought for independence, simplicity worked. Today, in 21st Century, we have seen/are seeing the results of over-complexifying things.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 3, 2011

The quote “Everything looks like a failure in the middle&# (Rosabeth Moss Kanter) is often true. Perseverance is the act of persisting despite forces that keep you from achieving your goal. When you are in the midst of transition, things get messy. The work sometimes becomes overly complicated and bogged down.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2011

Rosabeth Moss Kanter , Harvard Business School professor, explains why executives must constantly consider both the big picture and the details. She is the author of the HBR article Zoom In, Zoom Out.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2012

An interview with Rosabeth Moss Kanter Harvard Business School professor and author of the HBR article Enriching the Ecosystem. For more, see the special insight center on American Competitiveness. Download this podcast.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Harvard Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter has seen this so frequently that she coined Kanter's Law : Everything can look like a failure in the middle. Experts dismiss technological assumptions. Partnership discussions stall. There is always something that causes this crisis of confidence.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

And Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter notes that numerical minorities in professional situations, such as a woman with a group of men, may feel pressured to laugh at jokes that demean the minority. Of course, there can be downsides to too much humor — or too much laughter.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Rosabeth Moss Kanter teaches that everything can look like a failure in the middle. They work tirelessly to bend reality to achieve their vision, with Steve Jobs and his "reality distortion field" serving as the prototypical example. There's no doubt that passion is a critical component of innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

And as Rosabeth Moss Kanter argued in HBR in November , the most durably successful corporations don't seem to focus all that much on shareholder value at all, delivering it instead as a byproduct of a focus on creating value for employees and society. And in that he sounds a lot like Michael Porter, Dominic Barton, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, etc.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Rosabeth Moss Kanter. Andy McAfee. Needs to Make More Jobs More Creative. Roger Martin. We Contemplated Winning and Losing. Ten Reasons Winners Keep Winning, Aside from Skill. When My Business Failed. Dan Pallotta. Penney: Ditch the Risky Pricing Strategy. Rafi Mohammed. None of Us Thought We Got Enough Done.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Thomas Seeley's The Five Habits of Highly Effective Hives reveals what we have in common with honeybees (Ndubuisi Ekekwe's The Leadership Lessons of Ants does something similar), and Rosabeth Moss Kanter's Adopt a Cow considers strategy as improvisational theater. In Creativity Crisis? What Creativity Crisis?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2012

People who study successful corporations — I'm thinking of Jim Collins , Rosabeth Moss Kanter , Michael Beer , and many others — keep reporting that one important trait that most of them share is that they don't emphasize the maximization of shareholder value.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Rosabeth Moss Kanter, recently wrote on this site about its importance.The sociologist Max Weber described it as being endowed with supernatural, superhuman, and exceptional powers. By far, the most common answer I hear from the thousands of leaders I've spoken with on the topic is "charisma.". And who would argue?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Rosabeth Moss Kanter is the Ernest L. Blockbuster innovations come along, such as gene therapy, home diagnostics, or foods that reduce obesity, but if too big too soon, they butt up against establishments and interests. That's why I'd like to see a thousand flowers bloom, or maybe a hundred thousand.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2011

Kanter's Law still holds — that everything can look like a failure in the middle. Volcanic ash, generally not on any company's worst case scenario list, disrupted air traffic for several weeks. Surprise!) As BP proved, minimizing crisis doesn't cut it, and failure to communicate honestly is the biggest mistake.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2015

More often than not, women are the ones who help others when asked — they plan the meetings, take the notes, and take on other types of “office housework,” in Rosabeth Moss Kanter’s immortal phrase. These thankless-but-necessary tasks keep organizations humming.

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