LDRLB

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Companies short on momentum have a heck of a time finding it, and those who enjoy momentum can ride the big surf for extended periods of time. Leaders who suffer the tough days of turnarounds and manage to resurrect a business are the ones who think about momentum in strategic terms. Business isn’t all that different.

Rogers 101

Rogers Short-term Sports Long-term 101

LDRLB

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Companies short on momentum have a heck of a time finding it, and those who enjoy momentum can ride the big surf for extended periods of time. Leaders who suffer the tough days of turnarounds and manage to resurrect a business are the ones who think about momentum in strategic terms. Business isn’t all that different.

Rogers 60

Rogers Short-term Sports Long-term 60

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

Talk about some of the ideas that kind of led you both to wanting to write this book, and then we’ll get into what this term big bang disruption means. I should say we were talking off the air about- Thanks for ruining Everett Rogers’ curve for me. I’ve really enjoyed that for this book. LARRY: Sure. Thank you, by the way.

Early Adopters 60

Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Chris Brady

JANUARY 2, 2011

" The term itself deserves the quotes thus employed in the previous sentence because it conjures in people's minds many different definitions. Kings from just a few short generations ago did not live as well as the lower income brackets do today. I know, I know. I understand how crushing financial pressure can be.

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Rogers Short-term Blog Letter 124

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Another is that we wake up to reality, challenge the short-term profit demands of Wall Street, get strategic and build our businesses for sustainable growth. In harsh economic times, the gut reaction of many companies is one of prudence and cost control: to take short-term actions that reassure shareholders and citizens.

Tools 56

Tools Black-Scholes Magazine Rogers 56

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Senior executives need to balance the long- and short-term demands of their businesses, and meetings need to mirror this balance. Roger Schwarz. Leaders also like to solve problems and check them off, and short-term items provide us with visible ways to mark progress. How Top Salespeople Land Hard-to-Get Meetings.

Long-term 8

Long-term Short-term Strategy Brainstorming 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2011

How does the concept help business people make critical trade-offs between short and long term or between competing, legitimate concerns of stakeholders — employees, suppliers, customers and shareowners? Apple has paid no dividends since 1995. It hasn't used leverage. But this is at it should be.

Short-term 15

Short-term Rogers Long-term Price 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2011

And the flow of words is not likely to abate in the coming months, as articles on the need for a more holistic model of capitalism (including those contributed by Roger Martin , Michael Porter and McKinsey's Dominic Barton in HBR pieces) are expanded into books.

Short-term 11

Short-term Porter Long-term Rogers 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2014

Likewise, marketing wants to clearly quantify the impact of its long-term branding efforts while finance is more focused on macro-economic drivers of marketing performance, such as interest rates, employment levels, inflation and retail sales. It’s completely reframed the conversation.” The New Marketing Organization.

Finance 12

Finance Marketing P&L ROI 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2017

Dr. Derek Roger had spent 30 years researching why some people in difficult situations become overwhelmed, while others persevere. Of course, leaders must practice reflection — planning for the future or reviewing past lessons — but this is an analytical, short-term process, with positive fallout.

Stress 15

Stress Rogers Learning-by-Doing Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2012

In 1962, an academic by the name of Everett Rogers released a book called The Diffusion of Innovations. Rogers, who spent much of his early career studying the adoption of agricultural innovation, aptly pointed out that many innovations are slow to see adoption not for lack of appeal but for lack of an appropriate ecosystem.

Rogers 15

Rogers Telecommunications Disruptive Innovation Innovation 15

Lead Change Blog

MAY 31, 2016

Like some of you, I am currently trying hard to keep up with the informational fire hose that is the annual WBECS Pre-Summit series , where a large number of excellent and value-filled short presentations are available at no cost to those of us who identify as coaches, especially business, executive, and leadership coaches.

Motivation 150

Motivation Rogers Short-term Globalization 150

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2011

The poster child for his view was Roger Smith who was an MBA-trained accounting and finance specialist. And I don't believe that having an MBA or being in finance necessarily means that you are short-term focused or insensitive to customer demands. The result, he says, was inferior cars and a decline in the firm.

CEO 15

CEO Finance Rogers Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Segments of the public were outraged at the lightness of this penalty, and Commissioner Roger Goodell subsequently announced a new policy: a mandatory six-game suspension for a first incident of domestic violence. What is the long-term effect on football as a business if all the teams follow these short-term incentives?

Management 8

Management Short-term Long-term Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2014

It’s not enough to get people to do what you want, they also have to want what you want — or any change is bound to be short lived. In the former case, it was believed that illness was caused by an imbalance of humors and in the latter, the threat of online video seemed too distant to justify forsaking short-term profits.

Leadership 15

Leadership Early Adopters Video Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2014

And short-term numbers at that. Thought leaders like Christensen, Roger Martin , Michael Porter , and Steve Denning have all argued that shareholder value has been exposed as a flawed paradigm. In the end, your shareholders, the real ones—the ones who care about long-term performance — will thank you for it.

Levitt 11

Levitt Christensen Competitive Advantage Welch 11

First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 6, 2011

Doing Both: Capturing Today’s Profit and Driving Tomorrow’s Growth Inder Sidhu FT Press/Pearson Organizational transformation is not — repeat not – a zero-sum game One of the most self-defeating mindsets is suggested by the admonition, “You can’t have your cake and eat it too.&#

Review 75

Review Books Short-term Enterprise Architecture 75

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2015

After Everett Rogers famously made the distinction between early and late adopters , academics in marketing and technology identified a number of differences between those who take quickly to innovations and those who don’t. Making sure you don’t lose them can reduce long-term risk. Blackberry, and MySpace. What to do?

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Innovation Short-term Rogers 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2017

Differentiate between idea generation sessions and decision-making forums; separate meetings driving long-term strategic thinking from those driving short-term action and accountability. Roger Schwarz. Remember to state the purpose of the meeting in the agenda and then reiterate it at the start of the meeting.

Participative 8

Participative Idea Generation Short-term Rogers 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Last month, Fox News agreed to pay Gretchen Carlson $20 million to settle her sexual harassment lawsuit against Roger Ailes, the network’s former Chairman and CEO, who resigned in the summer. I just had a crown and a root canal last week.’” So what can we do to reduce fear around reporting sexual harassment?

Report 10

Report Long-term Training Short-term 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2016

Roger Schwarz. In the short term, try breathing exercises before you need to speak to calm yourself down. The longer-term solution is practice — the more comfortable you get, the less likely your body will react to the stress of the situation. You and Your Team Series. Do You Really Need to Hold That Meeting?

How To 8

How To Short-term Rogers Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2015

Many of us are familiar with the concept of Getting to Yes , an iconic negotiation strategy developed by Harvard professor Roger Fisher and others. For many managers, however, the more difficult day-to-day challenge is “getting to no” which is what we call the process for agreeing on what not to do.

Middle Management 8

Middle Management Rogers Media Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

Despite conceptually understanding that this change mandates fresh strategic approaches, Roger Martin (among others) has highlighted the mistakes companies continue to make by relying on processes and tools honed in a differently paced era.

Disruptive Innovation 9

Disruptive Innovation Advertising Gilbert Market Segmentation 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

What's more, those streaks were still made by the skillful, such giants as Ty Cobb and Rogers Hornsby. We looked at the length of streaks for all these mutual funds in terms of how many years they outperformed the S&P 500. And we found numerous streaks, both long and short, throughout the time of our dataset.

Management 14

Management Fashion Long-term Sports 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

To investigate this question, I interviewed Roger Martin , the Dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto in Canada. All of those things are right for the long-term. In a country where unions are on the decline, are sports the last bastion of organized labor?

Franchising 8

Franchising Airlines Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

Roger Schwarz. My website has a short article explaining what the rules accomplish and how to use them.). The term ground rules was originally used to describe the rules of baseball that teams agreed to use in a particular venue, or grounds. ” You and Your Team Series. How Top Salespeople Land Hard-to-Get Meetings.

Construction 8

Construction Rogers Commitment Team 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

More than 30 years after Drucker’s talk at NYU, the level of complexity confronting us has only continued to increase—or at least it feels to most managers like it has increased, given the outdated models and processes that most businesses tend to use (as both Steve Denning and Roger Martin have eloquently explained).

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Drucker Bottom-up Rogers Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

In short, the age of Post-Western globalization is upon us. All this represents a considerable turn away from anything resembling a Washington Consensus and towards a more highly managed system favoring preferential terms for developing countries and redistribution over competition and efficiency. But haven't we heard this before?

Globalization 11

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 11

Change Starts Here

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Create short term goals. Rogers diffusion of innovation curve. It got me thinking… How does the Rogers adoption model link to the Kubler-Ross model? The next model found was Kotter’s 8 steps : Increase the urgency for change. Build a team dedicated to change. Create the vision for change. Stay persistent.

ADKAR 60

ADKAR Management Early Adopters Rogers 60

Frank Sonnenberg Online

MARCH 7, 2019

Duncan: In one of your essays titled “You Get What You Expect” you write about Roger Bannister, the great runner who proved that a four-minute mile is possible. What advice do you have for someone who, at least in the short term, works in an atmosphere where relationships are toxic? What’s a good antidote for that?

Advice 81

Advice Learning-by-Doing Blog Morale 81

Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2012

Look forward in the short-term to the next paid vacation, in the long-term toward retirement. ” Will Rogers said, “Mr. Subscribe to the philosophy: ‘There are no wise decisions… only activities carried out according to company procedures.’ ’ Don’t Rock the Boat. Ford is wrong.

Business Development 51

Business Development Development Learning-by-Doing Ethics 51

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2017

It constantly plows capital into its long-term operations — often at the expense of short-term financial results. Lafley and Roger Martin coined the term cumulative advantage to describe the distinct strategic benefit of not changing. ” Continuity is the fertile soil in which change takes root.

Short-term 9

Short-term Drucker Resistance Restructuring 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2012

However, Roger Martin , Michael Porter , Christopher Meyer and Julia Kirby , and other thoughtful commentators have noted that the intent to maximize shareholder value has resulted in myopic management overly obsessed with short-term financial returns. Short-term profits. Employee satisfaction.

Christensen 13

Christensen Company Consensus Gilbert 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2017

The idea that companies face enormous pressure to deliver short-term results at the expense of long-term health is widespread among executives. Politicians like Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden have warned against short-termism, as have scholars at Brookings and the American Enterprise Institute. But not everyone agrees.

Short-term 8

Short-term Porter Long-term Kaplan 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2012

It is, in short, about you and I, and the places we seek for ourselves in the world. Let me couch this for you in the pedestrian terms of financial hydraulics — the tawdry terms which seem to substitute for thinking in what's become of our thin, shallow economic and political discourse.

Price 14

Price Short-term Proposal System 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Incentives to maximize shareholder value pushed managers toward decisions that paid off in the short term but were devastating to the long term viability of firms. Yet it also began to be evident that, even if the goal was to serve the interests of a single stakeholder, the pursuit could not be so single-minded.

Supply Chain 12

Supply Chain Bureaucracy Short-term Agility 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

The questions represent a short version of the survey I use with my students. b Between 1920 and 1930, for example, 87 percent of Broadway shows flopped despite being attached to big names like Rogers and Hammerstein, or Gilbert and Sullivan. To start, assess the network you have today.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8