Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2014

The CEO thought he needed to step out of the chief sales role to focus on operations and finances. By 2013, the CEO, his business partner and an early private equity investor received an offer to sell some of their shares to a large company. It’s a different story. Consider the case of a $30 million manufacturer.

Leadership 8

Leadership Leadership Pipeline Loyalty CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

The team’s mission was to come up with new products for the European market — and then, significantly, to convince senior management in South Korea to invest in those projects — several of which, it turned out, required Samsung to deviate from their current strategy within the product categories in question. Present a portfolio of options.

Innovation 8

Innovation Marketing Disruptive Innovation Project 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

With these rules in place, 8 cross-functional teams—each composed of middle managers, a consultant guide, and a sponsor from the leadership team—were formed. During an intensive 8-week pilot, each team was trained and then it analyzed the cost structure of one function and recommended cost reduction tactics. Capitalize on success.

Cost 8

Cost Health Care Six Sigma Insourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2015

In 2013, for instance, Buttigieg called for staffers in just 1,000 days to address, through rehabilitation or demolition, 1,000 vacant and abandoned properties blighting the city. A second area in which cities are operating at a world-class level is in gathering and analyzing data to enhance performance. Take Louisville, Ky.,

Drucker 8

Drucker Katz Innovation Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2013

Our new book, Fear Your Strengths (2013), is a cautionary tale based on 50 years of combined experience assessing thousands of leaders and coaching hundreds of executives. Coworkers can therefore indicate if a manager overdoes it on four dimensions of behavior: forceful, enabling, strategic, and operational.

Self-aware 8

Self-aware Middle Management Tools Audience 8

Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

As a result, Fitbit held 68 percent market share through 2013 versus 19 percent for Jawbone and just 10 percent for Nike. How Middle Management Leaders Can Advance. What about middle management leaders who want to fix things but also feel trapped. How do they advance the goal?

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