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Competitive Advantage from the Bottom of the Pyramid

LDRLB

Prahalad , the brilliant management guru. Instead, Prahalad introduces a new framework, the 4 As – Awareness, Access, Affordability and Availability. They provide advice on the spot and can create “trouble tickets” which are then handled by subject matter experts via a network, coordinated by a 24/7 call center.

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Three Traps to Avoid When Choosing a Successor

Marshall Goldsmith

As hard as it may be, you have to let him or her begin to make a bigger and bigger difference in developing strategy. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. Your successor is going to manage your organization in the future - not you.

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Become a More Effective Leader by Asking One Tough Question

Marshall Goldsmith

I may be the only executive educator who actually measures whether the participants in my leadership development courses actually do what I teach--and then measures if they are seen as becoming more effective leaders. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. Great question.

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Demonstrating the Entrepreneurial Spirit

Marshall Goldsmith

o Find your own market niche In the same way that successful entrepreneurs provide innovative solutions to market opportunities, you can work to develop a special competency that differentiates you from everyone else. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. Be creative.

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Possibility Maximizer: Fast Company's 30 Second MBA

Sales Wolf Blog

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (1978) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Walk The Talk The Dash, The Race, and Management, Training and Development Resources Workforce Management: information on employment law, human resource development and human resource management.

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The Timeless Strategic Value of Unrealistic Goals

Harvard Business Review

Prahalad's 1989 HBR article "Strategic Intent" brought about a discontinuous shift in my career — from a professor of accounting to a researcher on strategy and innovation. If Canon had followed that advice in the early 1970s, it would have never taken on Xerox. Hamel and Prahalad have an entirely different point of view.

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Businesses Serving the Poor Need to Get Over Their Unease About Profit

Harvard Business Review

If you've ever had anything to do with business initiatives among the world's poor — the so-called bottom of the economic pyramid — you've no doubt heard the advice that enterprises in this space need to aim for low prices, low profit margins, and high sales volumes. It's more than just conventional wisdom. Solae closed the pilot.