Leading Blog

MARCH 29, 2013

Importantly, “That perspective enables us to rein in our smartness and harness it to serve a larger purpose in an ethical and appropriate manner.” What unlikely metaphors and connections can help you come up with an innovative mental model and a business model for your work? Let talks and books inspire a new perspective.

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Crisis Workshop Short-term Business Model 285

LDRLB

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Those who invest their time advancing their company’s business model or seeking a new one are adding value to their organizations. Advancing the model’ is just another way of saying improving or fortifying the company’s competitive advantage. CEOs by nature are time-starved species. Maybe they’ll work for you or for your CEO.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 9, 2023

From automating mundane tasks to analyzing data to improve decision making, AI has the potential to revolutionize the way HR departments operate. However, it will be important for companies to tread carefully in this area and ensure that the use of AI is ethical and transparent. T&D in 2023.

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Trends Diversity Globalization Training 144

Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 2, 2013

They are transforming each and every business model. At the C-suite, businesses need not only a data analytics strategy, but a data-analytics culture, researchers from McKinsey have concluded. And of course there are ethical and legal considerations to consider with trading data.

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Leadership Styles Human Capital Ethics McKinsey 83

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

Under their stewardship, the CRO implements innovative revenue generation techniques and ensures effective business model operations. Unlike other executive roles, there is also the demand for a proven track record in revenue generation and driving operational efficiency.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 28, 2017

Alexander Osterwalder – Thinkers 50 #1 Strategy Thinker 2015-17, million-selling author Business Model Generation and Value Proposition Design , inventor Business Model Canvas. Carol Kauffman – Founder/Executive Institute of Coaching Harvard, chief supervisor Meyler Campbell Business Coaching Program.

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Executive Coaching Human Resources Magazine CEO 70

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

They will not compromise their value system and personal ethics for temporary gain. Leaders who operate behind a veil of secrecy are only setting themselves up for a rude awakening. I don't view this as a lack of transparency, but rather a display of astute business sense. On with the exam… Section I: Character.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Lead author of Business Model Generation and Value Proposition Design , which sold over one million copies in 37 languages. Co-author Helping People Win at Work: A Business Philosophy Called ‘Don’t Mark My Paper, Help Me Get an A’ Top-rated professor at the University of San Diego. Former CEOs / Advisors.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2014

When confronted with an ethical decision – e.g. whether to dump toxic waste in a developing country, where it may not be illegal, when all your competitors do so as well – it sometimes costs you (a lot of) money to do the right thing. It is a very profitable operation; the company has a gross margin of 50 percent.

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Management Learning Curve Short-term Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2012

Chick-fil-A, an Atlanta-based privately held company, has long been known for operating on Christian principles and values, most notable of which is that all 1,600 of its restaurants are closed on Sundays. "Last Supper at Chick-fil-A". to name but a few. The shortest simply reads, "Squawk.". So what is all the squawking about?

Ethics 13

Ethics CEO Letter Globalization 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

For example, the original Google car found it hard to compute the context within which it was operating. Likewise, understanding the context, business model, competition, and leadership of a client or an employer makes your understanding of content more useful. An ethical compass.

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Skills Morale Ethics System 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2011

ITC decided to measure its own performance in terms of its contribution to creating economic, environmental, and social capital through innovations that would be embedded in its business strategy. And initiatives such as our watershed projects and animal husbandry programs have enriched large tracts of land for rural communities.

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Long-term Business Model Innovation Human Capital 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

Kalanick and other top executives signal by example what is and is not acceptable behavior, and they are clearly responsible for the company’s ethically and legally questionable decisions and practices. The same, I’d suggest, is true about illegal business models. A Race to the Bottom. But that is not enough.

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Licensing Transportation Document Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2012

It's a way of operating that creates the most value when it's embedded throughout the organization. Of course companies have distinct quality or R&D departments and professionals, but the most committed companies drive the thinking into every aspect of the business.

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Supply Chain Business Model Trends Quality 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Companies are both operators and investors. Cloud-based hardware is also increasingly available to any business at low cost. Companies in every industry can benefit from making more data and algorithm-based decisions in areas of internal operations and finance. Analytics are growing in every business function and industry.

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Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

With its Emerging Businesses (EB) group (where one of us serves as President), Merck started a journey about three years ago with a core investment thesis: there are areas of growing unmet need in health care that intersect with its established competencies. Experimentation is vital.

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Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2016

You can systematically examine your business model to find its points of vulnerability to information leakage. And you can opt for strategies going forward that depend less on keeping information secret — that depend, perhaps, on difficult-to-imitate operational or sales capabilities, rather than trade secrets.

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Competitive Advantage PR Information Fashion 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

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Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

CEOs who invest their time advancing their company’s business model or seeking a new one are adding value to their organizations. Advancing the model’ is just another way of saying improving or fortifying the company’s competitive advantage. These initiatives began with the quest to advance the business model through innovation.

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CEO Chief Executive Officer Business Model Competitive Advantage 207

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

At the same time, it is long past time for the field to have a serious conversation where their data comes from, and the ethics of using big data. Social life and the operation of organizations increasingly leave more or less permanent data traces, like the contrails left by jets. at the end of 2014.

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Management Retail Construction Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2011

They go by names like corporate social responsibility, sustainability, shareholder advocacy, social assessment and auditing, consumer action, government regulation, leadership development, ethics, realignment of incentives , attracting long-term investors , creating shared value , and more. They can invest in for-benefit enterprises.

CEO 12

CEO Incubator Supply Chain Entrepreneur 12

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

link] ATIG Mike, authenticity and transparency for better and ETHICAL business. How about a discussion on what leaders can do to inspire cultural innovation. In fact, you might be interested in reading a previous post that I authored on this topic: [link]. – I'd be interested in your thoughts. Thanks for the suggestion Dan.

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Influence Blog Leadership Video 305

Strategy Driven

JUNE 7, 2013

It occupied one counter at 2-J’s Hamburgers, an established Austin restaurant, owned and operated by Ralph Moreland. There I was on live radio, interviewing Colonel Sanders about his new business enterprise. Extend your business model beyond what it once was and into new sectors. Ethics cannot be edicted from afar.

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