Lead Change Blog

APRIL 17, 2015

“Great leadership is only found in the world of business,” my seatmate on a recent flight pompously boasted, “Certainly not in the government, churches or education where we desperately need it.”. The HPU story is nothing short of a leadership tour de force. And, the operating budget has climbed from $38M to $178M. He was not.

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Leadership Education Wireless Rogers 150

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

I should say we were talking off the air about- Thanks for ruining Everett Rogers’ curve for me. It’s a little more complicated than a five forces matrix or the Everett Rogers’ normal curve, diffusion and innovation curve. It’s not generally a technology problem; it’s a leadership problem. DAVID: Yeah.

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Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2014

Roger Federer can arguably be considered the greatest tennis player of all time, having won 16 Grand Slam titles—and yet he lost every French Open Championship he played against Rafael Nadal. And even though no one would deny Roger Federer’s overall tennis prowess, no one expects that he would win in every conceivable situation.

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Strategic Fit Rogers CEO Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

It’s a membership organization created to serve more than 350 independently owned and operated stations, each with its own board of directors, objectives, agendas and strategies. Executive leadership has your back. Also, PBS is the opposite of a top-down company. The idea was to deliver a clear message: Move fast. Iterate fast.

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Team Metrics KPI Rogers 13