Leading Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2019

When he took over as CEO in 2005, he laid out three strategic priorities saying it should be about the future, not the past : Recommit to the concept that quality matters, embrace technology instead of fighting it, and think bigger—think global—and turn Disney into a stronger brand in international markets.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 1, 2020

The number of people who work from home has increased by 140 percent since 2005. What earlier was just occasional remote handling of the team, is being done routinely through video calls and Zoom video chat services. AI, cloud, collaboration tools, and cybersecurity will be the technologies supporting this transformation.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

found that the number of women in top executives positions in Canada has fallen over the past year from 37 women in the highest-paying executive jobs in 2006 to just 31 in 2007. However, all hope is not lost for Canadian businesswomen. In April 2007, Catalyst surveyed all of the FP 500 companies in Canada, and at the time, 15.1%

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Mills Scofield

JULY 27, 2014

On 16 October 2005, an incredible feat was achieved sixteen miles West of Denver, Colorado. They effectively instilled in every member of the team that they were each doing something purposeful, meaningful and important, igniting a cycle of positive change that propelled the organization to heights no one had once thought possible.

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Goes With What It Knows: Making Stuff,” centers on how Immelt is leading the company away from financial services and “soft services” like broadcasting and back to its historical roots of technology driven manufacturing.   Seeing that clean energy was going to be a growth market, Immelt launched ecomagination in 2005. 

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Women on Business

JANUARY 23, 2011

Just six months later, eBay went public with its initial public offering, and by 2005, eBay was on fire with nothing stopping it. Niki Irmal Joins the Women On Business Writing Team I’m very happy to announce that another female business thought. Whitman took the helm when eBay employed only a few dozen people.

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Building Personal Strength

APRIL 4, 2011

2005 photo by Derek Jensen But in a way, paying for gas is less painful than it used to be. Pay-at-the-pump technology, now commonplace, makes the transaction quick and easy. The course taught the process and techniques of team creative problem solving. And, oh yeah - the price of gas.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2018

M&A deals that are made for the purpose of acquiring new technology can make or break a company. In 2005, eBay spent $2.6 But there was a little known fact complicating the situation: The purchase didn’t include full ownership of Skype’s underlying technology. Eugene Mymrin/Getty Images.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 26, 2011

Toward the end of 2005, I started preparing my exit strategy. It was time to let go of the illusion of control that the “big bucks&# created. Don’t get me wrong, big bucks rock! However, they will rock even louder on my terms as an entrepreneur and professional coach.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

So what’s the best way to tackle management of digital teams to keep engagement and output high? Here are five common ones I’ve seen or made myself: Mistake #1: Enabling team member silos, divorced from execution. Managers need to create a culture of continuous measurement on a team. To Twitter?

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

  On a trip to see a client in 2005, I flew into Newark and took the trains to Lower Manhattan.    A lot of this, I think, is driven by the 24/7 expectations that are made possible by our communications technology.    I used to work on Wall Street and knew the Ground Zero area really well. 

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2017

The blizzard of conferences, initiatives, articles, and reports on how to prepare for the changes technology will bring to our economy is important. Chess-playing computers can now beat even grandmasters like Garry Kasparov, but in so-called “freestyle chess,” human-computer teams beat computers.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

We believe the strength of any team is in the followers and there can be no leaders without followers, but the vast majority of research to date has focused on the leadership side of this equation. And there are other people who are great at following orders but cause teams to fail because of their reluctance to step up into leadership roles.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

Navy One example of a leader who intentionally developed a Connection Culture using all three bridges is Admiral Vern Clark, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 2000 until his retirement in 2005. Following are a few of the ways Admiral Clark and his leadership team built bridges so that everyone felt connected and a part of the Navy.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 30, 2017

Lean methods, such as value stream mapping and improvement projects carried out by cross-functional teams can break down barriers and increase understanding. These organizations help form teams with a better understanding of their work and system, instead of a department just being a collection of individuals.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 15, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full The Missing Link In Building The Perfect Team by Starbucker on March 15, 2010 They are often thrown into their jobs head first. More specifically, the leadership training. We must devote more time to our front-line supervisors.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

Back in 2005, Amazon Prime was conceived, developed, and launched in about two months. This innovation in innovation requires moving from predictive plans (based on increasingly unpredictable market conditions) to adaptive, agile innovation teams. Agile innovation teams are small.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2011

During our study we learned that a leader's everyday actions are one of the most powerful signals to their team and organization that innovation truly matters. Jobs assembled a team of brilliant engineers, gave them the needed resources, and infused the Macintosh team with a vision of what was possible.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2018

The basic fact is that technology eliminates jobs, not work. — National Commission on Technology, Automation and Economic Progress, Technology and the American Economy, Volume 1, February 1966, pg. in 2005 to 15.8% Humans have always shifted away from work suitable for machines and to other jobs.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. We insisted that the local team follow Yahoo reporting, systems, and governance requirements.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2011

When Jobs returned in 1998 he restructured his team with senior managers who possessed a rich mix of strong discovery- and delivery-driven skills, and as a result the company churned out hit after hit, from the iMac and iTunes to the iPad, iPhone, and iPad. Jobs did this when he saw the mouse and graphical user interface (GUI) at PARC.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

An office environment reflects and reinforces a business’s core values, through the placement of different teams and functions and design elements that reflect culture, brand, and values. To better understand how these work, try the exercise below on your own or with your team.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2013

And so she''s indicted that Tumblr team will maintain its independence within Yahoo! But Mayer and her team should act more boldly to integrate the micro-blogging site, because keeping Tumblr too separate would be a major strategic mistake. Google''s 2005 purchase of YouTube fits into this category.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

A famous example is YouTube, which began as a video dating site back in 2005. In 1992, to free-up warehouse space, the UK team promised free airline tickets to customers who purchased more than £100 worth of its products. marketing team offered the same promotion to U.S. A little later, the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

million from 2005 to 2015, a 67 percent jump. ” Managers should be trained on managing scope, launching teams, and providing feedback and coaching to individuals they do not formally control. And a pool of independent and highly skilled workers who can fill those needs is growing.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

My recent Harvard Business School Working Paper on small business credit explores new technology-driven entrants in the world of small business lending. Personal credit scores like FICO consider a combination of metrics such as payment history, current level of indebtedness, and types of credit used by potential small business borrowers.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2014

If lying — or even just exaggerating a bit — would help your team win, would you do it? teams, reports the New York Times , don’t like to fake fouls. There’s Steve Jobs, 2005 Stanford commencement speaker and technology icon. More provocatively: should you do it? But the players on the U.S. and the U.K.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2016

In a 2005 speech to Apple developers, Steve Jobs announced that the Macintosh would no longer be using the PowerPC processor and would shift to the Intel platform. In 1999, Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba, rallied his team to embrace the new mindset that inventive technology and tireless hours would help them win against rivals.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2012

A Unilever R&D team in India first developed and introduced the countertop product, which includes innovative four-stage germ kill technology, in Chennai, India in early 2005. The smart building router was the first product developed by the team in Bangalore first for the Indian market but is now available globally.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2015

They’re given state-of-the-art technology, $2,000 to build a home office, and a large travel budget so they can meet up with other team members twice a year in beautiful, exciting places such as La Paz, Mexico, and Amsterdam. grew by nearly 80% between 2005 and 2012. Advances in technology are keeping pace.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2016

In 2005 A.G. With the rise of new technologies like the internet and mobile, there are additional critical junctures for increasing the buying likelihood, including at the research stage. As customer experience becomes top priority for retailers, they must ensure internal teams within the organization are aligned.

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Terry Starbucker

APRIL 11, 2010

Let’s assume we are considering an investment in a new automated technology that could replace the need for certain personnel. Next there is the opportunity cost- that is, the cost of something we’ll be giving up to get this new technology. Or are we concerned that our initial assessment is a mirage, and we must dig in?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2015

My Bain colleagues and I estimated the odds of success of investments in major adjacency moves using a sample of nearly 200 companies’ experiences including “close-in moves” like expansion into a neighboring country and “distant” moves like a new business to new customers using new technologies. What has changed?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

These are jobs in R&D, technology, and other areas vital to a firm’s strategic direction, product development, and process efficiency. This role is common in technology, engineering, and life sciences companies, where domain expertise in narrow and arcane areas can be crucial to market success. Essential Experts.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

A technology company without strong internal innovation capabilities is a company on the verge of disappearing. The PC division was sold in 2005. and smooth succession to a new CEO in 2002, while continuing an innovation thrust that included grid technologies, cloud computing, and supercomputing. Get the best advisers.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Dan Bean and his team within Microsoft's Lync Test group set out to reinvent the ritual "reorg" by letting go of control and engaging everyone on the team as collaborators in the process. It's easy to feel like a box on the org chart, and easier still to take a step out the door, when your destiny is rerouted from on high.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2016

Figuring that their earnings would decline, the cutters were trying to block adoption, in part by misinforming owners about the benefits of the technology. About half of the firms that accepted this offer adopted the technology in the next six months. The second surprise was an exception to this general rule.

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