Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Cognitive Dissonance Even when I've gotten the greatest introduction as someone who can help others change for the better, I can still meet game-breaking resistance. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. I see this in my work every day. Life is good.

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Prahalad Commitment Open-book Resistance 120

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Some months after the launch, while at Google's offices, Randy presented the idea again but met with significantly less resistance. The well-known article on core competencies by Prahalad and Hamel (1991) best defines and lays out this rigorous task. You might be thinking, "Okay, this was just a savvy PR move."

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Core Competence Prahalad Hamel Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Prahalad in their HBR piece — Strategic Intent. It was from the slightly unexpected social entrepreneur Brad Pitt who, appalled by the lack of progress in rebuilding New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, started Make It Right with the intent "to build 150 affordable, green, storm-resistant homes for families living in the Lower 9th Ward."

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Mission Statement Document Prahalad Hamel 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Prahalad in their HBR piece — Strategic Intent. It was from the slightly unexpected social entrepreneur Brad Pitt who, appalled by the lack of progress in rebuilding New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, started Make It Right with the intent "to build 150 affordable, green, storm-resistant homes for families living in the Lower 9th Ward."

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Mission Statement Document Prahalad Hamel 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

So leaders need to treat new initiatives not as mere organizational governance, but as a grassroots movement of small, interconnected groups, each with varying thresholds of resistance—some enthusiastic, others hostile and many in between. Prahalad called this concept strategic intent. In nature, the purpose of a system is hardwired.

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Organization Airlines Prahalad Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

So leaders need to treat new initiatives not as mere organizational governance, but as a grassroots movement of small, interconnected groups, each with varying thresholds of resistance—some enthusiastic, others hostile and many in between. Prahalad called this concept strategic intent. In nature, the purpose of a system is hardwired.

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Organization Airlines Prahalad Hamel 8