The Practical Leader

MARCH 29, 2023

“The Acceleration Trap” is a major problem I’ve cited often from a classic series of Harvard Business Review articles by Heike Bruch, professor of leadership at the University of St. Time to Assess How Your Team Uses Time We often work with leadership teams on their use of individual and collective time.

Kaplan 52

Kaplan Porter Absenteeism Participative 52

LDRLB

APRIL 23, 2012

This is a guest post form Soren Kaplan. This one little question lies at the intersection of two big fields – leadership and innovation. The other domain is leadership. Leadership used to be all about purpose, vision, mission, motivation and communication. Provide an innovation vision – Create a vision for innovation.

Innovation 113

Innovation Kaplan Short-term Long-term 113

First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 15, 2011

Kaplan and David P. The Strategy-Focused Organization: How Balanced Scorecard Companies Thrive in the New Business Environment Robert S. Norton Harvard Business Press (2000) The Perilous “Journey&# to Breakthrough Performance Note: This is another “business classic” I read when it was first published and then recently re-read it.

Balanced Scorecard 89

Balanced Scorecard Norton Kaplan Strategy 89

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Operating-cost productivity metrics might include the component costs for building an automobile or delivering a package, the rates of rework, and so forth. Pharmaceutical companies have long needed deep scientific-innovation leadership capabilities but relatively few general managers.

ROIC 62

ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Sometimes you can infer the way someone will process the information based on his or her job function. The thought process of HR professionals often will focus on people, while the accountants may focus more on quantitative information – the what , as opposed to the who. a K-12 education publisher focusing on mathematics.

Planning 50

Planning Audience Succession Library 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2015

The HBS team has been using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC), an approach initially proposed by one of us (Bob Kaplan) and Michael Porter, to help providers pursue the value-based delivery of care. Each Mayo Clinic value-improvement project must: gain senior leadership support, including an approved charter.

Mayo 8

Mayo Health Care Committee Project 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

Kaplan’s balanced scorecard or Clayton Christensen’s disruptive innovation. “The Processes of Organization and Management” (1998) explains why Garvin and others had grown so interested in using processes as a window into general management. . He didn’t produce one signature idea, like Robert S.

Management 9

Management Balanced Scorecard NPV Article 9

LDRLB

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Most leaders and organizations continually seek out new strategies, processes, and tools. The implications are vast – from leadership to innovation to product design to personal lifestyle design. But how often do we step back and ask, what should we remove, eliminate, or simplify? Forget about “less being more”.

Kaplan 163

Kaplan Policies Constraint Innovation 163