article thumbnail

First Look: Leadership Books for May 2013

Leading Blog

What You''re Really Meant to Do : A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential by Robert Steven Kaplan. The Three Rules : How Exceptional Companies Think by Michael E. Change Intelligence : Use the Power of CQ to Lead Change That Sticks by Barbara Trautlein. Raynor and Mumtaz Ahmed.

Books 282
article thumbnail

Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 6/24/13)

First Friday Book Synopsis

Raynor Mumtaz Ahmed Negotiation New Gallup Study: Most Americans unhappy at work Peter Bregman Robert Steven Kaplan: An interview by Bob Morris Russell Foster Suzanne Lucas TEDGlobal 2013 The Imperatives of an Organization Built for Speed The New York Times Vijay Govindarajan What the Dog Saw Why do some companies achieve exceptional performance while (..)

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How to Create a Culture of Innovation

LDRLB

It became one of the Magazine’s most popular articles of 2013. The reason: their company cultures stifle innovation. The 300 HR managers in the audience raised their hands in agreement when they were asked if “the soft stuff” was their company’s biggest barrier to innovation. Why such keen interest in this topic?

article thumbnail

Stop Me Before I “Innovate” Again!

Harvard Business Review

Journal writer Dennis Berman begins by citing Kellogg CEO John Bryant, the respected head of a well-run company, who was describing one of its “innovations” for 2013. But if the CEO of a major company can call Gone Nutty! That word is innovation, and it’s quickly losing whatever meaning it once had. The Gone Nutty! Seriously?

article thumbnail

Reflecting on David Garvin’s Imprint on Management

Harvard Business Review

Kaplan’s balanced scorecard or Clayton Christensen’s disruptive innovation. ” (2008), it seems to me, is that it serves as an assessment tool that allows managers and executives to benchmark their organizations against other units and companies. That quality made him (arguably) the quintessential HBR author.