HR Digest

OCTOBER 17, 2020

And the lessons from most recent events in the last 20 years like the relatively mild swine flu (H1N1) in 2009, the dot-com bubble of 2001, and the 2008-09 Great Recession, are nowhere near suitable to withstand the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Spanish flu). A Sustainable Reset: Key Stages of Action.

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Short-term Committee Incentives Long-term 59

HR Digest

OCTOBER 17, 2020

And the lessons from most recent events in the last 20 years like the relatively mild swine flu (H1N1) in 2009, the dot-com bubble of 2001, and the 2008-09 Great Recession, are nowhere near suitable to withstand the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Spanish flu). A Sustainable Reset: Key Stages of Action.

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Short-term Committee Incentives Long-term 52

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

Long-term research by the Gallup Organization shows that 75 percent of American workers are disengaged and 15 percent of this group are so disengaged they regularly work against their organization’s goals. Navy, and they emulated his leadership style, which made the sailors under their command feel more connected.

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Long-term Consensus Class Follow-up 207

Women on Business

DECEMBER 24, 2010

These estates were set to owe no taxes because tax law passed by the Bush Administration in 2001 and 2003 gradually increased the estate tax exemption over ten years while lowering the estate tax rate, and allowed for the estate tax to disappear completely in 2010. So at least in the short term, we have a solution to the estate tax dilemma.

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Press Release Discount PR Magazine 202

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2014

Of course, the National Bureau of Economic Research classified two (2001 and 2008) of those 10 years as recession years. We found that family businesses handily outperformed non-family companies during both the 2001 and 2008 recessions in terms of a key metric, Tobin’s q. Leadership Marketing' during recessions.

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First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets Sample Metrics 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

The reason is failed leadership, and Apple – currently the dominant tech firm for the mobile era – is at risk of making the same mistakes. Great short-term gains but long-term prospects that are far less compelling. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. The result?

CEO 8

CEO Supply Chain Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Furthermore, these actions are taken seemingly without regard to the consequences for the community, the employees, the survival of the company as an institution, or the creation of long-term firm value. Investors favorably receive projects with long-term payoffs, particularly those in research and development.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Long-term Short-term Leadership 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2012

And in mid-July, CNet posted a long piece by Greg Sandoval that explores " Netflix's Lost Year.". Organizational leadership, we tend to assume, is akin to spatial navigation: Either leaders know where to take their company, and how to take it there — or they don't. Behind those two headlines, there's an oft-used metaphor.

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Long-term Short-term Engineering Price 20

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

But everyone else was making similar loans and as long as they could be off-loaded through securitization, the company could continue to make money and was under pressure to do what all the other major banks were doing. If the analyst didn't like the fact that this might constrain profits in the short term, he could sell the stock.

CEO 13

CEO Benchmarking Long-term Banking 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2015

The chart may appear to show merely that Cisco’s patent filings lagged its R&D spending by three years, but in fact the decline in spending and the rise in patents were part and parcel of a deliberate strategic shift by the company in 2001. So what was going on? Where will this period of discovery take the company?

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Innovation Parcell Wireless Competitive Advantage 8

Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Here are just three examples: In his original 1997 letter Bezos states, “We will share our strategic thought processes with you when we make bold choices (to the extent competitive pressures allow), so that you may evaluate for yourselves whether we are making rational long-term leadership investments.” Jeff Bezos.

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Letter Collins Long-term Parcell 88

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

between the ages of 16-30 years old in 2001, it found more than 90 percent of those surveyed rated “connection and community” as their greatest need. Although Millennials long to connect, they are becoming increasingly frustrated in meeting that desire, in part because of addictions to smartphones and other media.

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Stress Mentor Competitive Advantage Long-term 150

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2014

Focusing on the majority of them (19,456) who earned their degrees since 1980, we find that graduates during recession years (1980-82, 1990-91, 2001, or 2008-09) are just as likely today to value their degrees highly as those graduating in other years. Education Leadership development Managing yourself'

Survey 15

Survey Education Marketing Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

What happened to being rewarded for consistent, quality work over the long-term? In contrast to “transformational” and “authentic” leadership, which has been criticized for being fuzzy and wishy-washy , “fitness leadership,” as we refer to it, offers a more concrete approach.

CEO 8

CEO Company Sports Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

That's almost 14 years as CEO — a long time, considering that the average CEO tenure for large U.S. There is a long build-up period, followed by a rapid increase. Patience and a long-term view were hallmarks of this path to amazing performance. companies is around six years. million, a 35.4%

CEO 13

CEO Collins Long-term Analysis 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

There is no doubt that Kamprad’s personal tenacity, business savvy, and leadership skills account for IKEA’s success. Sometimes, strategic leadership is about coming up with a great plan and then executing it seamlessly. But how did it hit on this winning strategy?

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Succession Humphrey Business Model Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2013

For Venezuela, autarky had long meant creating economic ties with other Latin American nations. Many questioned the economic viability of this pipeline, but for Chavez the investment had political objectives in terms of the Latin America vision. The Andean Pact included Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

Politics 14

Politics Price Simon Long-term 14

Coaching Tip

JULY 10, 2012

To progress, we need to pay attention to the worldwide grassroots leadership movements and locally grow skilled grassroots leaders who are ready, willing and able to help others make a difference in the lives of all Americans. . The squeeze on middle America promises to be long lasting without change. . in the following two years.

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Class Price Bottom-up Health Care 110

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Levine talked with HBR about her firm’s sustainability efforts as part of the Future Economy Project, an HBR initiative that shares real-world lessons on sustainability leadership. Since then, we’ve continued to lead the way in terms of energy efficiency. HBR: Why did you decide to pursue a sustainability agenda?

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Project Energy Policies Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Leadership then specifies a plan that it believes will position the company to win in this predicted future. This mindset focuses leadership on making near-term decisions with the longer-term destination in mind, but it doesn’t presume that there is only one path from here to there. Value flexibility.

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Execution Strategy Contingency Plans Company 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2016

His horizon was exceedingly long-term. Leadership is changing — fast. Then came the September 11, 2001, attacks, followed by fully-fledged economic crises in the U.S. His ability to look back is what enabled him to see way forward so clearly. Insight Center. The 21st-Century CEO. Sponsored by Cognizant.

Management 8

Management Uncertainty Crisis Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2014

Ciena CEO Gary Smith, the company’s CEO since 2001, describes how his company survived, regrouped, and resumed its growth. SMITH: I’d joined in 1997, around the time it went public, and became CEO in 2001. By way of context, in 2001 we delivered $1.6 We never imagined it could get as bad as it did or last as long as it did.

Industry 10

Industry CEO Long-term Short-term 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Some argue that profits are stagnant because of short-termism—that decades of focusing on current profits over long-run innovativeness has resulted, now, in companies that are hollowed out. What’s behind the disconnect? In contrast, current profits penalize R&D, because accounting rules require R&D to be expensed.

Short-term 8

Short-term Decentralization Company Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

To learn more about how Harvard Business School can help you prepare for the challenges of global leadership, visit the program website. Gulati, whose research explores leadership and strategic challenges for building high growth organizations in turbulent markets, is the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor at Harvard Business School.

Education 13

Education Execution Content Cooper 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

But the article aimed higher, arguing that when corporate leaders invest with short-term results in mind, they put long-term performance at risk. A follow-up article, coauthored with Amy Edmondson and Francesca Gino, delved more deeply into such issues as psychological safety, openness to new ideas, and leadership attention.

Management 15

Management Balanced Scorecard NPV Article 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Innovation is widely regarded as important to long-term business performance. For example, Terry Semel, who succeeded Tim Koogle as CEO of Yahoo in 2001, had a media marketing background at Warner Brothers. But a little innovation goes a surprisingly long way.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

Executives never stayed long. The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. These observations are intended to contextualize the Enron case studies in broader terms than were reported in the news media: Conditions Which Allowed It to Occur. Accounting.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57

In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 8, 2016

Not long after, you took aim at the coffee bean itself, ruling out the seeds that didn’t quite fit your strict flavour and aroma standards. It wasn’t long before the competition matched Nabob’s vacuum pack, says Bell. That’s when the brand shifted its strategy, once again, and developed the long-standing “Better Beans.

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Brand Brand Management Advertising Management 100