First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 2, 2013

Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School, with a joint appointment in the Finance and the Entrepreneurial Management Units. Josh Lerner is the Jacob H. He graduated from Yale College and Harvard’s Economics Department.

Banking 80

Banking Finance Organization Management 80

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Frances Hesselbein – Former CEO, Girl Scouts of America and Peter Drucker Foundation. Jim Kim – 12th President, the World Bank. Former Executive VP and Head of Strategy & Transformation at TMB Bank. Darek Lenart – Senior VP HR, Finance MasterCard. Sean McGrath – Human Resources Vice-President World Bank Group.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2015

What Did Peter Drucker Really Say? Peter Drucker is often quoted as coming up with the managerial bromide, “What gets measured gets managed.” Drucker did say, “Work implies not only that somebody is supposed to do the job, but also accountability.” How many reports did the analysts issue?

Competitive Intelligence 8

Competitive Intelligence Company Drucker Review 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

By contrast, Germany’s Deutsche Bank, which has suffered from years of poor performance, has had three CEOs in the last five years, none of whom has done much to improve performance despite their glittering CVs in the sector. Chicago’s Steve Kaplan’s findings on the difference that managers can make are even more sobering.

Stage-Gate 8

Stage-Gate Kaplan Competitive Advantage Intangible Assets 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

To begin with, quite a few parts of it are heavily concentrated at a global level (the credit ratings business, for example, or global investment banking), and many more at the national level (just six financial institutions account for 46% of all U.S. banking assets and as such are “too big to fail”). Economy Finance'

Management 8

Management Crisis Porter Credit Rating 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

To begin with, quite a few parts of it are heavily concentrated at a global level (the credit ratings business, for example, or global investment banking), and many more at the national level (just six financial institutions account for 46% of all U.S. banking assets and as such are “too big to fail”). Economy Finance'

Management 8

Management Crisis Porter Credit Rating 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

We hear similar ideas in Peter Drucker’s bestseller, The Age of Discontinuity , where he argues that all sectors of society are “affected with the public interest” but must operate in symbiosis, like an orchestra—each playing its own part in collaboration with other institutions.

Company 10

Company Decentralization Long-term Operations 10