Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Reprinted with permission from the book, Outward Bound Lessons to Live a Life of Leadership by Mark Brown, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. I observed this power of mission-driven servant leadership multiple times during my career. took over leadership from their fathers. This is an excerpt. Serving Others.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Here, McBean shares the importance of leadership: Being a leader sounds like a great thing to be -- and it certainly is. But here is the rub: though the word "leadership" gets tossed around a lot, real, productive leadership is still very uncommon. Sure, leadership can be more complicated than this.

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Steve Farber

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

[ I’m happy to share this guest post from my friend and colleague, Michael Kennedy —a veteran of the automotive industry and renowned automotive recruiter. Aside from the specific statistics, the challenges and solutions that follow apply to all industries.

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Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

A clear estimation of your industry's predictability and malleability is key to picking the right strategy style. Note: Understanding that the point of shaping and visionary strategies is to "change the game" rather than to optimize your position in the market may be all that's needed to avoid starting with the wrong approach.

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Chart Your Course

AUGUST 20, 2016

More than half of all Americans are female, yet this gender split is not reflected in today’s job market, especially in more executive-level roles. There is a large body of research indicating the organizational, marketing and financial benefits of an equitable gender mix in management and worker-team groups.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

It’s a market that is already worth $3.1 billion and is estimated to be worth $48 billion by 2026, with the Covid pandemic driving growth, especially in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, but also in sectors such as automotive and defense. “ There are cases with upload speeds of over 1Gbps.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Being a successful business owner means more than knowing one’s industry and understanding the basic concepts of leadership, management, or motivation, according to McBean. With his friend Bill Sterett, he purchased an underperforming automotive dealership in Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1992.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 16, 2014

Being a successful business owner means more than knowing one’s industry and understanding the basic concepts of leadership, management, or motivation, according to McBean. With his friend Bill Sterett, he purchased an underperforming automotive dealership in Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1992.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 29, 2013

Being a successful business owner means more than knowing one’s industry and understanding the basic concepts of leadership, management, or motivation, according to McBean. With his friend Bill Sterett, he purchased an underperforming automotive dealership in Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1992.

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Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 10, 2015

Rather than developing a narrow self-image that pigeonholes a firm in a particular market sector, or locks it up in a certain product or service category, radical innovators are able to stretch the way they define their business based on its collection of core competencies and strategic assets. What strategic assets—i.e.,

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Over 150 companies, including Durkee, Cremora, San Giorgio, Ronzoni, and McCormick, now use the entire line of Flapper products, and Weatherchem continues to lead the industry in offering the widest, most innovative array of closure products. Filed under: Integrity , Leadership , Purpose , Team Building , Trust Tagged: | Albert J.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Jim Kim (President of the World Bank), Peter Drucker (founder of modern management), Paul Hersey (noted author, teacher, and personal mentor of mine), and Warren Bennis (one of the world’s greatest leadership thinkers of his time). Has been recognized as the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker. Co-founder Partners in Health.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 9, 2016

Our world is too complex, markets too volatile, and technology too fast-paced for us to relax into complacency about organizational safety and normalcy. A 25-year veteran in senior human resources and leadership and development roles in four multinational companies, Harry Hutson is now an independent consultant. About the Authors.

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Tim Milburn

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Wouldn’t that give American industry, or the industry of any culture, an important leg up? Indeed, a diligent commitment to improving their already powerful position is what makes the Japanese a formidable competitor in the electronic and automotive industries. Related posts: Purpose: The Soul Of Leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Just the announcement that Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, and Jaime Dimon will be entering the health care space has sent shock waves for industry incumbents such as CVS, Cigna, and UnitedHealth. It also puts a fundamental question back on the agendas of CEOs in other industries: Will software eat the world, as Marc Andreessen famously quipped?

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Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Being a corporate entrepreneur has a profound effect on both your reputation for innovation and your prospects for leadership opportunities. What better way to signal that you have leadership capabilities? I think it’s very helpful to cross-fertilize ideas from different industries.” Moreover, it’s hard. “I

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Retooled industrial-age machinery sits alongside robotic-manufacturing equipment. Aquion is a modern success story for American industry. To account for this shift, we believe a more holistic approach is needed to identify the highest-value, most strategically important industries that will drive U.S. They employ 12.3

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2016

This shift is starting to pose an existential question for the automobile industry: What sort of cars will we need in 10 years? If the answer really is electric, autonomous ones, that will pose a huge challenge for an industry that has not fundamentally changed since the first Model T rolled off Henry Ford’s production line.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Wouldn''t that give American industry, or the industry of any culture, an important leg up? Indeed, a diligent commitment to improving their already powerful position is what makes the Japanese a formidable competitor in the electronic and automotive industries. INTEGRITY Integrity is no simple matter.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

Tesla, Elon Musk’s automotive start-up, is having a very good year. But is its automotive business a disruptor, poised to transform the entire transportation sector? Then the disruptor improves its performance over time, eventually catching the industry either unaware or unable to adapt.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2017

The uncertain nature of trade policy has left many leadership teams reluctant to act. Leadership teams can limit the negative consequences of a possible NAFTA withdrawal and currency moves by adopting an approach that anticipates several future scenarios. How Different Industries Might Fare. Any export subsidy would allow U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Though we enjoy writing about dropout tech legends, most times their success is catalyzed by others — they came up with the ideas and the investors provided the leadership and the non-tech factors (such as pricing models, branding, and promotions, among others) that propelled them to stardom. You can't resell that CD, legally.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2012

An automobile manufacturer got it right when it tried to crack the Indian market. The whole industry knew that there was an emerging middle class in India that would be buying cars. Based on this competitive analysis, it decided to build relationships with a network of dealerships in these smaller markets.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2016

The reasons were straightforward: An outsider often did not know the industry or its suppliers, customers, or competitors, nor did they know the capabilities of the company and its people. Fields spent nearly a decade overseas learning how to compete with leaders in the industry in their markets.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2015

is about the exchange of “in-context” data on how consumers and enterprises use different interconnected products and services across industry boundaries. At the same time, Google and Apple have announced their intent to be drivers of digital transformation in the automotive sector. With digitization 1.0, Digitization 2.0

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Technological innovations have radically transformed the business landscape in many ways over the last two centuries, from the introduction of steam power to the market conquest of radial-ply tires. In contrast, the automotive industry has barely half the rate of digital reinventors. times more than across all firms and sectors.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

GM lost the ability to demonstrate leadership in a time where the advertising and automotive industries are flailing. In what seemed to be a direct response to GM's adieu, Facebook also introduced a clever new tool that shows marketers just what they're missing.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

GM lost the ability to demonstrate leadership in a time where the advertising and automotive industries are flailing. In what seemed to be a direct response to GM's adieu, Facebook also introduced a clever new tool that shows marketers just what they're missing.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

In 1933, General Motors President and CEO Alfred Sloan established the automobile industry’s first full-time consumer research department under the direction of Henry “Buck” Weaver, a pioneer in market-based decision making. As with any new endeavor, we have been learning as we go. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Without support from leadership, your AI transformation might not succeed.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

COOs are relatively common in service industries such as financial services, energy, information technology and telecommunications, but in manufacturing sectors — such as automotive, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies — they are relatively rare.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2013

I recently conducted a study of 56 randomly selected companies involved in major change and innovation efforts in the high-tech, retail, pharmaceutical, banking, automotive, insurance, energy, non-profit, and health care industries. Leadership development Leadership transitions Managing people'

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Identifying this so-called “growth gap” is critical, because the bigger the gap, the more a company needs to look beyond its current offerings, markets, and business models to find growth opportunities. Our work with dozens of companies teaches us that individuals on the leadership team often have very different targets in mind.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

In an industry that involves selling machines that transport humans at fast speeds, the notion that employees wouldn’t be encouraged to discuss safety seems odd. ” But even though Barra attempted to blame a few “individuals,” her underlying message hints at the importance of company — and industry — culture.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

In emerging markets, billions of people have moved out of extreme poverty. Toward a New Leadership Agenda. While the last wave of globalization centered on accessing foreign markets and creating low-cost global supply chains, the next wave could follow a very different pattern. “Strategies for Two-Sided Markets” 3.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

You’re competing against platforms like Uber in transportation, Google in automotive, Airbnb in hospitality, LinkedIn in recruiting, Netflix in television, and the list goes on. Today, Delta has industry-leading operations in metrics such as on-time arrivals, flight cancellations, and lost bags.

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