Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2012

That’s why I was thrilled when my friend and one of business model innovation’s gurus, Saul Kaplan , wrote a must read book sharing his real world experiences - The Business Model Innovation Factory. We know the importance of a living, adaptable, actionable strategic plan. 1] Kaplan, Saul. 2] (Kaplan, 2012), pg.

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Kaplan Business Model Levitt Christensen 151

Leading Blog

JANUARY 10, 2018

Cast relates a conversation he had with Stuart Kaplan, the director of leadership recruiting at Google to make this point: As you progress [in your career], your relationship with others is more important than your knowledge of and relationship with data. This includes being able to plan and prioritize tasks before a project is started.

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Career How To Kaplan Emotional Intelligence 190

Six Disciplines

APRIL 13, 2011

Only 27% of a typical company’s employees have access to its strategic plan. [3]. Kaplan and D. Kaplan and D. Only 5% of employees understand their corporate strategy.[4]. 92% of organizations do not measure performance indicators.[5]. Cited Sources: [1] (R. 3] (Strategy & Leadership Journal, May/June 1999). [4]

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Norton Kaplan Execution Strategy 101

Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Kaplan and Dr. David P. It's interesting to note that Kaplan and Norton's description of such a "closed-loop management system" very closely parallels that of the Six Disciplines complete strategy execution program. Plan Operations: improve key processes; develop sales plan; plan resource capacity; prepare budgets.

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System Balanced Scorecard Execution Strategy 98

Six Disciplines

AUGUST 1, 2011

Dr David P Norton, (co-inventor of the Balanced Scorecard) explains in OutlookBusiness magazine (India) how companies can grow successfully by adopting effective strategy planning and execution. Subsequently, Dr Kaplan and I wrote our second book, The Strategy Focused Organization, which describes these principles.

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Balanced Scorecard Kaplan Strategy Norton 98

Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Kaplan and Dr. David P. It's interesting to note that Kaplan and Norton's description of such a "closed-loop management system" very closely parallels that of the Six Disciplines complete strategy execution program. Plan Operations: improve key processes; develop sales plan; plan resource capacity; prepare budgets.

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System Balanced Scorecard Execution Strategy 85

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 15, 2011

Plan and Do Planning is important, but so is execution. Some leaders over plan and under execute. In some situations an hour spent planning makes the implementation go more smoothly. In some situations an hour spent planning makes the implementation go more smoothly. Bibliography Kaplan, R.E. It depends.

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Kaplan Planning Review Learning-by-Doing 251

Six Disciplines

AUGUST 1, 2011

Dr David P Norton, (co-inventor of the Balanced Scorecard) explains in OutlookBusiness magazine (India) how companies can grow successfully by adopting effective strategy planning and execution. Subsequently, Dr Kaplan and I wrote our second book, The Strategy Focused Organization, which describes these principles.

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Balanced Scorecard Kaplan Strategy Norton 85

First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Kaplan in his recently published book, What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential, published by Harvard Business School Press (2011). Here are some invaluable ideas provided by Robert S.

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Kaplan Construction Books Planning 85

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 24, 2017

Guest post from Robin Speculand: Leaders across the world have been taught how to plan but not how to execute. Kaplan and David P. Every university offering a business degree has on their faculty a professor teaching strategy but almost none have a professor teaching its execution. Norton and their Palladium associates.

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Execution Strategy Kleiner Norton 211

LDRLB

JULY 17, 2012

Adaptive Planning. Adaptive planning is an approach where action leads to results, we learn from them, and then we modify assumptions and approaches accordingly. Leaders must use whatever information they can obtain from any and all sources inside and outside the organization – but then be comfortable using their gut for the rest.

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Disruptive Innovation Innovation Christensen Kaplan 133

The Practical Leader

MARCH 29, 2023

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. Beware a Culture of Busyness That’s the title of the lead article in this month’s issue of Harvard Business Review.

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Kaplan Porter Absenteeism Participative 52

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

The most important thing is to actively think about your audience as you start planning your presentation. You can plan your strategy around what the audience knows and how they think. He also served as President of Kaplan College, a division of Kaplan Inc., Prior to joining Communispond, Bill was CEO of Digi-Block Inc.,

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Planning Audience Succession Library 50

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 25, 2016

After 20 years of working with corporations to build a more diverse and inclusive culture, authors Mark Kaplan and Mason Donovan wrote, The Inclusion Dividend. Consider Group Identity When Planning Staff Development – Provide strong support to all staff, and particularly strong and conscious support to members of outsider groups.

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Organization Kaplan Diversity How To 50

Mills Scofield

JUNE 1, 2015

Andrew Kaplan eloquently sums this up in his post below he wrote right before graduation. Our floors are sinking and our walls are thin; an open floor plan helps a whisper from the basement be heard in the third-floor attic. So much of our learning is from each other and I have learned so much from him over the past 3 years.

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Mills Scofield

JUNE 1, 2015

Andrew Kaplan eloquently sums this up in his post below he wrote right before graduation. Our floors are sinking and our walls are thin; an open floor plan helps a whisper from the basement be heard in the third-floor attic. So much of our learning is from each other and I have learned so much from him over the past 3 years.

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Kaplan Wilde Learning-by-Doing Class 70

The Empowered Buisness

JULY 6, 2015

So we couldn’t afford to go on a Mediterranean cruise we planned.”. Dan is also the author of 5 books, including the #1 business best-seller, Sales Autopsy (Kaplan, 2006). It’s a good story: “we really want at least a 10% return, so we can go on a Mediterranean cruise this fall.”. and you’ll get their direction soon enough.

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Motivation How To Kaplan Automotive 100

Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 3, 2013

After 20 years of working with corporations to build a more diverse and inclusive culture, authors Mark Kaplan and Mason Donovan wrote, The Inclusion Dividend. Consider Group Identity When Planning Staff Development – Provide strong support to all staff, and particularly strong and conscious support to members of outsider groups.

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Diversity Kaplan Self-aware Long-term 56

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Planning a presentation? As you plan the story that opens your presentation think of how the great authors and moviemakers tell their stories. Finish with a Flourish Plan your presentation’s close so it meets your objective, whatever its purpose. Point out the personal payoffs they’ll get by supporting your plan.

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Power Audience Kaplan Short-term 56

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

He also served as President of Kaplan College, a division of Kaplan Inc., Bill is responsible all aspects of the business including sales, marketing, content development, and the delivery of Communispond courses by certified faculty. Prior to joining Communispond, Bill was CEO of Digi-Block Inc.,

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Library Kaplan Newsletter Audience 70

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The simple answer is to skip the months spent creating a comprehensive plan to make the company more change-oriented. For example, Gary Kaplan, president of XL Catlin’s North American Construction insurance, got his division started by formulating some major strategic goals. How do you transition into such a company?

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Management Kaplan Short-term Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Chicago’s Steve Kaplan’s findings on the difference that managers can make are even more sobering. He studied the relative importance of management teams in 106 venture capital-financed firms from early business plan to IPO. So is there something different about the managers who do succeed?

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Stage-Gate Kaplan Competitive Advantage Intangible Assets 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

Learn how to master the art of the performance review: define job responsibilities, set goals, assess performance, provide recognition, and create development plans. By Robert Kaplan. By Dick Grote. The Devil's Derivatives: The Untold Story of the Slick Traders and Hapless Regulators Who Almost Blew Up Wall Street. By Nicholas Dunbar.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2011

When I graduated from business school and started my career with Touche Ross in 1982, I planned to stay just two years. I was no longer able to plan five years into the future as I had when I was younger, because my next move depended on the frequently changing needs of my family. People say how lucky I am to have "such a good life."

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2015

Robert Steven Kaplan. This article was adapted from What You’re Really Meant to Do , by Robert Steven Kaplan. Managing yourself Career planning Professional transitions' It helps you hang in there so that you can improve your skills, overcome adversity, and find meaning in your work and in your life. Adapted from.

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Self-aware Kaplan Career Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Rob Kaplan, Director of Sustainability at Walmart, gave an example of this important difference using electronics. But here’s the remarkable thing: Walmart plans to share its findings, at least with its big suppliers, and perhaps with all interested parties (I’d love to get my hands on it).

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Productivity Products Supply Chain Kaplan 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.

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CEO Consensus Kaplan Morale 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2015

But, as Michael Porter and Robert Kaplan of Harvard Business School have argued , we need to examine costs at a more granular level at which clinical outcomes are matched with the business and administrative processes.

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Health Care Insurance Price Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Creativity guru Saul Kaplan , founder of the Business Innovation Factory, warns that too many competitors in too many fields are content with being “share takers”—tweaking at the margins to win a little more business. I guess Ivy League schools are not the only organizations that engage in rampant grade inflation.

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Innovation Kaplan Insurance Business Model 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2015

In the end, I decided to bring only one: The Power of Nice: How to Conquer the Business World with Kindness by Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval. Deciding what books to take was a bit trickier. ” And that’s where nice comes in. In my experience, tough and nice don’t have to be incompatible.

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Forrester Kaplan Advice Team 8

Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

When top executives compare their top priorities to their time use, "they are usually surprised about the mismatch," says Robert Steven Kaplan, a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School. Source: The Wall Street Journal, February 14, 2012. Career Women Must Decide: To Be or Not to Be. You can have it all.

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Execution Management Download Kaplan 112

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

One of my favorite authors is Ismail Kadare from Albania. Over Valentine’s weekend, my husband and I had a romantic discussion of the Mid-East (ok, we’re ‘different’). Trust me, these are related. The media compares Egypt’s future to either Iran or what?

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Media Strategic Planning Disruptive Innovation Kaplan 98

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Saul Kaplan , Chief Catalyst at Business Innovation Factory, shares: "My life has been about searching for the steep learning curve because that's where I do my best work. As our learning crests, should we fail to jump to new curves, we may actually precipitate our own decline.

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Learning Curve Market Penetration Disruptive Innovation Kaplan 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

After several weeks of work, he came up with a detailed plan regarding display and placement for the product within each retail context: grocery stores, drugstores, and other consumer outlets. The senior vice president wanted every team member to be aware of the plans for all aspects of the launch. Robert Steven Kaplan.

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Project Advice Learning-by-Doing Productivity 8

LDRLB

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Big visions, carefully crafted strategies, and detailed plans are signs of great leadership. Most leaders are taught to avoid uncertainty. Surprise is the enemy. Could we be overlooking – even resisting – one of the most essential catalysts of personal and business breakthroughs?

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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. The report includes a comparison of the actual time line and resources used with those planned in the charter.

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Mayo Health Care Committee Project 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Shemeka Flores, an assistant with a penchant for event planning, handled the wine, cheese, other food, and decorations with input from Rob Aurigema, the chief operating officer and a wine connoisseur. And Jared Kaplan, a music buff from the technology department, volunteered to DJ the evening.

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