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Brand New Resources for New and Longtime Leaders

Kevin Eikenberry

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Brand New Resources for New and Longtime Leaders by Kevin Eikenberry on October 18, 2010 in Leadership , Learning In early 2011 my next book, co-authored with Guy Harris, will be published. Join us now for fr’ee !

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Why Leaders Need To Stop Using Performance Reviews

Tanveer Naseer

I don’t like performance reviews. Here are three thumbnail cases against performance reviews that you should find terrifying. Argument 1: Performance reviews can put off for up to a year what needs attention now Performance reviews can be a passive-aggressive haven for managers afraid to lead in the present.

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Ten Years After Ford’s Spectacular Turnaround, What Alan Mulally Reveals About Brand-Inspired Cultural Revolution

Great Leadership By Dan

But one angle that hasn't yet been covered is the brand-inspired cultural revolution he led inside the organization. Given the state of internal affairs at the company, it’s no wonder the Ford brand was struggling on the outside. and then working as one team to deliver on those, as a Fortune article explains.

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How CEOs Can Make Smart Strategic Trade-Offs

Harvard Business Review

CEOs should actively manage five specific tensions in today’s complex global business environment: Disruptive innovation versus leveraging the company’s core strengths. Even in the most commoditized markets, winning players need to create value by adding small slivers of differentiated services, logistics, quality and reliability.

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IBM Focuses HR on Change

Harvard Business Review

In growth markets like Kenya and Malaysia, people needed to develop marketing and innovation skills. We came up with ' Global Enablement Teams ': we took the top people in mature markets and assigned them to help and mentor people in the growth markets. In developed countries, such as France and the U.K.,

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Multicultural Leadership Starts from Within

Harvard Business Review

For example, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) built a leading 40% share of the Chinese fast food market through patiently tailoring its product offering to local tastes and building a strong team of local managers. And fortunes can reverse quickly if managers don't progress their multicultural understanding as markets continue to evolve.

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Leadership ~ What's Love Got To Do With It?

You're Not the Boss of Me

I also believe there is a place for all of these in the workplace, that leadership is as much about these things as it is about building market share, managing the bottom line or developing strategic alliances. Announces Social Media, Branding & Diversity Strategies" by @ bizshrink. · Theme: Pilcrow by Automattic