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Leadership Lessons from Outward Bound

Skip Prichard

This concept of service that [Outward Bound founder] Kurt Hahn felt was so important,” said Laura Kohler, senior vice president of human resources, stewardship, and sustainability for Kohler Co. I would rediscover this when I joined the leadership team of The Grappone Automotive Group in 2012. .” -Warren Bennis. .

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

I am very excited to announce the selection of the 100 Coaches in our pay-it-forward project! For those of you who haven’t heard of the project, here is a little back story. I made a 30-second video about the project for LinkedIn. Three iconic leaders inspired the 100 Coaches project. 100 COACHES. Corporate CEOs.

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The Questions Executives Should Ask About 3D Printing

Harvard Business Review

Imagine the changes afoot in the pharmaceutical, medical device, automotive, and consumer electronics industries. In some industries, 3D printing is projected to reach the mainstream in three to ten years. And last year saw the first demonstration of a digital printer producing multilayer, standards-based circuit boards.

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The "Loose Reins" Approach to Management

Harvard Business Review

Visitors to the 2012 Olympic Games enjoyed the shared space rework of London's cultural mecca, Exhibition Road, a three-year, multi-million dollar project. Several companies now allow "pet project" hours to break up the work day, institute mandatory downtime policies and dispense with confining job descriptions.

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Listen to Your Employees, Not Just Your Customers

Harvard Business Review

automotive, financial services, retail, telecomm, and hospitality sectors. At one 170,000-employee big box retailer, linking the feedback systems would require approvals from three different senior executives, the CMO, the chief human resources officer, and the president of retail. Organizational barriers are often the culprit.

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Case Study: Can You Fix a Toxic Culture Without Firing People?

Harvard Business Review

She’d gone to Arkansas to review operational plans and financial projections for the rest of the year with the team on the ground. FB Holdings had made it through the financial crisis of 2008 without losing money—but the climate control systems divisions, a Tier 1 automotive supplier, had not fared as well.