Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

In a world that grows more complex every day, executives often face scrutiny as they lead through uncertainty. Our Leadership Experiences immerse leaders in powerful metaphors from professional sports, songwriting and human space travel to bringing leadership lessons into sharp focus.

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Training Execution Leadership Emotional Intelligence 52

Lead from Within

MARCH 24, 2015

We must lead with no agenda and be comfortable with uncertainty. Can our minds and hearts be big enough to handle uncertainty about who may be right or wrong? We must lead with open spaces and not sharp corners of judgment. Can we walk into a room with another person with no agenda or reason to make that person wrong or right?

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Uncertainty Sharpe Constraint Learning-by-Doing 60

The Practical Leader

MARCH 25, 2020

Based on this sharp change, he predicted all of China would improve in two weeks and stop in China by the end of March. When Nobel Laureate, Michael Levitt, first analyzed Chinese infection rates, he tracked an increase of 30% per day in Hubei province. At that rate, the entire world would be infected in 90 days. Face tough issues head-on.

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Crisis Levitt Peer Review Sharpe 91

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 22, 2023

The pandemic was an existential crisis that put into sharp focus the fragility of life and saw a merger of our personal and professional lives; we finally have agency over both, solidified by the trust and autonomy bestowed upon workers during long months of work from home mandates.

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How To Open-book Learning Curve Crisis 65

Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Fear will exist for all of us, especially in times of change and uncertainty. These exceptional circumstances are when the survival of the organization is at stake and extremely sharp short-term actions are required to ensure that the organization survives the immediate circumstance.

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Organization Short-term How To Long-term 126

N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

To reach and stay at the top of their game, every elite athlete continues to practice, keep their skills sharp, and grow their capacity to win. Leadership involves uncertainty. We know that. And still, you need to keep growing yourself as well. The very best rely on a coach or coaches to help them with their continuous development.

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Delegation Maturity CEO Execution 243

Strategy Driven

JUNE 18, 2019

Brexit uncertainty has, according to James Stewart of KPMG, “been sapping business confidence for months, and now it is causing the jobs market to grind to a halt. Brexit and recruitment. With unclear trading conditions ahead, many companies have decided to hit the pause button on new hires.”.

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How To Ryan Sharpe Globalization 51

Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

In sharp contrast to Hurricane Katrina, the collaboration between military organizations, federal authorities, and state and local agencies during Sandy led to purposeful and decisive support to victims and infrastructure. Radical flattening of organizations is a fashionable recipe for dealing with accelerating change and uncertainty.

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Agility How To Decentralization Morale 92

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

The answer is the sharp and unexpected rise of existential risk. How to successfully deal with a new radical state of uncertainty will require leaders to reset their organizations, reframe their perceptions of problems and opportunities, and, most important, rethink the way they think.

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Uncertainty Supply Chain Scenario Planning Sharpe 13

HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

"Unleashing Collective Genius" As globalization takes a sharp turn from government to business, the issue of global talent mobility rapidly moves up the agenda. I was at a conference recently and one of the speakers remarked that “Culture hedges against the risk of uncertainty.”

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Resources Human Resources Leadership Pipeline Learning-by-Doing 40

Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

Unquestionably, in times of crisis – when there is great uncertainty – those organizations that proactively build trust up and down the chain of command will weather the storm much better than those that do not. He always brought order out of chaos and uncertainty. Now, let’s talk about what leaders can do during Covid. Mark Brouker.

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Leadership Crisis Learning-by-Doing Team 134

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 16, 2020

The rapid spread of the coronavirus since the turn of the year has caused tremendous uncertainty across the global stock markets, with recent falls representing the worst single day’s performance since 1987. ” the researchers say.

Supply Chain 89

Supply Chain Sharpe Media Uncertainty 89

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

In 1968, Harvard Business School professor Howard Raiffa published a book called Decision Analysis: Introductory Lectures on Choices Under Uncertainty. They pointed to a very sharp decline in the used-car price of models that had been discontinued as evidence of that. Auto industry Decision making Managing uncertainty'

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Process Uncertainty Analysis Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

The sharp recession triggered by the 2008 financial crisis and the uncertainty created by the 2011 debt crisis have fundamentally reset the world. Reading HBR's List of Audacious Ideas is the perfect way to start 2012. The new reality is austerity. But that should only be fiscal reality.

Company 12

Company Succession Constraint Sharpe 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2017

For example, in 2014, at the onset of the sharp deterioration in U.S.-Russian But based on the experience and strategies of our clients, there are ways that they can manage the uncertainty. While relatively rare, there have been a few cases of the Russian government directly interfering in Western businesses’ affairs.

Policies 8

Policies Supply Chain Politics Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2017

In addition to improving longer-term patient scheduling, these technologies help schedulers manage an infusion center’s day-to-day uncertainty — last-minute add-ons, late cancellations, and no-shows — as well as optimize nurses’ workloads and the timing of breaks. Streamlining ED operations.

Airlines 8

Airlines Health Care Transportation Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2014

This kind of sharp price movement on seemingly modest news is not a new or isolated occurrence for Apple. That is to say, the uncertainties about Apple’s future trajectory — even over just the next couple of years — are staggering. As I write this, on Thursday morning, the loss for the week is nearing 10%.

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Price Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

To keep its sales people motivated despite the sharp ups and downs of the market, one technology company we spoke with shifted a greater proportion of its sales team’s compensation from variable to fixed pay. Their goal is to lower product prices to gain market share away from competitors who import into the country.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation B2B Price Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2012

Other harm to the companies — time and effort devoted to problems and not business, loss of reputation, uncertainty about the future of leaders — is palpable.

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CEO Committee Sharpe Report 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Their future prosperity, however, will depend on sharp increases in domestic consumer spending. In one area, however, deep uncertainties exist which must cause even the most pro-China investors to want to hedge their bets. There will still be significant new infrastructure needs for the over 60% of China’s population living there.

Education 8

Education Politics Globalization Hedge 8

Joseph Lalonde

APRIL 12, 2018

If there wasn’t uncertainty, the world wouldn’t need leaders. And the sharp people on your team can see your limp. And then Joseph had the courage to forgive his brothers. Joshua had no experience as a leader. Yet he was called to cross the Jordan River. A nation comes home due to a single act of courage.

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Sharpe Open-book Blog Uncertainty 122

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2015

A seasoned CFO with a sharp mind and an abrasive style, Arthur had lost his job over a disagreement with his company’s new CEO. This loosening of long-term bonds has brought more uncertainty to all workers, and more freedom to a fortunate few. When I met him, long ago, he was picking himself up after a tough year.

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Long-term Loyalty Uncertainty Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2012

You can be sure that sharp handicappers have figured out how to take advantage of I'll Have Another's mispricing. Indeed, analysis of a large sample of races shows that handicappers assess the ordinal finish of the horses with extraordinary accuracy. But when uniformed bettors, or investors, get on the bandwagon, they almost always lose.

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Beyer Tversky Price Kahneman 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Second, and more importantly, it reveals just how skeptical and sharp-minded today's business leaders must be in order to avoid falling victim to the latest and greatest guru thinking. First, it brilliantly reveals the flaws in just about every best-selling strategy book of the past three decades.

Senge 12

Senge Goleman Emotional Intelligence Politics 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2012

You can be sure that sharp handicappers have figured out how to take advantage of I'll Have Another's mispricing. Indeed, analysis of a large sample of races shows that handicappers assess the ordinal finish of the horses with extraordinary accuracy. But when uniformed bettors, or investors, get on the bandwagon, they almost always lose.

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Beyer Tversky Price Kahneman 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Generate high levels of social engagement, sharing, and brand interaction, which can lead to sharp increases in digital brand advocacy. Uncertainty. For instance, in 2012, the viral campaign “Kony 2012” for the Invisible Children organization garnered nearly 100,000,000 views, and was covered by most mainstream news organizations.

Marketing 19

Marketing Content Brand Audience 19

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The credibility of established business processes gives additional assurance to a large process-driven corporation — while allowing the intrapreneur to maintain the razor sharp focus of a start-up looking to nimbly capture a market opportunity. Entrepreneurship Execution Innovation'

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Innovation Constraint Analysis Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2017

However, the region has long been volatile and unpredictable (from coups and sharp changes in government policies, to currency shortages, to terrorism and large-scale population displacements), so operating under uncertainty is not new. Many companies are assessing their exposure to specific policy decisions (e.g., if the U.S.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation Contingency Plans Policies Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

It is the second smallest market in Latin America — a sharp difference compared with only a few years ago, when it used to compete with markets such as Argentina, Chile, and Colombia as the third largest market in the region, after Brazil and Mexico.

Sharpe 8

Sharpe Price Politics Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

It would bring enormous risks including, but not limited to, (1) a very sharp exchange rate movement that could lower the value of all the assets held by U.S. It would bring enormous risks including, but not limited to, (1) a very sharp exchange rate movement that could lower the value of all the assets held by U.S.

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Ryan Proposal Incentives Class 8