leaderCommunicator

JANUARY 28, 2013

Throughout my career as a Principal engineer at Intel, I’ve repeatedly made a point to do that, and believe me, it wasn’t easy. In my case, my most powerful ideas – ideas that enabled me to lead innovative programs of worldwide scope when I was at Intel – have come from conversations with people in other organizations. Have fun! *.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Improving innovation is one of the key competencies that companies often look for when replacing a CEO. Yet committees responsible for recommending candidates often grapple with finding the right person for the job when an innovation emperor like Steve Jobs isn’t available.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Innovation is critical in a knowledge economy — driving growth, new products, and new methods of delivering value to customers. According to PwC’s 2015 study on Global Innovation , U.S. And yet, despite its importance, innovation is a difficult quality to cultivate both in leaders and in organizations.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2013

Although she was poor in resources, she possessed the innovation mindset shared by many game changers: they see and act on opportunities , use "and" thinking to resolve tough dilemmas and break through compromises, and employ their resourcefulness to power through obstacles. India Innovation' Shantha was driven, focusing on outcomes.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Competition without relationships turns products and services turn into commodities. One half of building business is supplying quality products or services; the other half is skill in building relationships. Then come down—whether it is getting published or getting a new product into stores. Proceed with extreme caution.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2017

And when employees don’t feel trusted, workplace productivity and engagement often suffer. Employees who are less trusted by their manager exert less effort , are less productive, and are more likely to leave the organization. Get to know their career aspirations, then help them reach their goals.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2017

Few issues are more foundational to driving improvements in human health than creating productive, progressive relationships between clinical medicine and the biopharmaceutical industry. During our careers, we have worked in industry, academia, clinical medicine, and government and have managed successful academia-industry collaborations.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

Research by the Center for Talent Innovation shows that only 73% of highly qualified women who wanted to return to work were able to do so, and just 40% of those landed a regular full-time job. One of the biggest challenges professionals face in the midst of a career transition is managing their brand and how they’re perceived.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2018

Evidence shows that women in academic medicine experience greater challenges finding mentors and sponsors than men, and that this gap likely contributes to career disparities. found that 30% of women (compared to 4% of men) had experienced sexual harassment from a superior or colleague in their careers. Career flexibility.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

And yet when companies suddenly decide to “get more innovative,” starting hackathons, idea competitions, and accelerator programs, they typically forget to address all those things that kill perfectly good ideas after they hatch. Here are six ways to change that. Start with a survey.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Since early 2015, when he began working with Sodexo’s executive committee as the global services firm’s chief transformation officer, Sunil Nayak has undergone his own leadership transformation. ” Insight Center. Project Credibility. Communicate Effectively (Even Virtually).

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

At INSEAD, two students Philippe Dongier and Katie (co-author of this post) sent a school-wide email asking if anyone was interested in cultivating coursework and careers related to nonprofits. A New Vision for Retirement: Productive and Meaningful. From this, the Social Enterprise Initiative was born. Want to Change the World?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

Executing this strategy required seamless integration of IBM's product capabilities with its geographic reach. This meant abandoning IBM's existing organization, in which product silos and geographic entities operated independently and frequently were more competitive than collaborative. Cisco now sells mostly commoditized products.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

You’ll often find customer relationship management within marketing, budgeting within finance, supply-chain management within operations, outsourcing within procurement, training within HR, and new product development within R&D. Strategy That Works. Strategy & Execution Book. Paul Leinwand Cesare Mainardi. Add to Cart.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

To combat this trap, managers must think about problems differently—engage in problem finding before problem solving— so they can see innovative solutions that can break through impasse. Macromanagement is micromanagement’s lesser known, but extremely costly, opposite.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

The implication is that women "choose" to gear down their careers in favor of work-life balance. Key Metric: the ratio of men and women (and nationalities) on the Executive Committee is the clearest indicator of a company's openness to 21st century realities. Men are increasingly sharing in this guilt. This is nonsense.

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HR Digest

MAY 1, 2019

Overall, what purpose is really about for business is bringing humanity into the products and services that you have to optimize your impact. CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion, Atlanta Summit The HR Digest: Can you point to any single defining moment in your career?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Four years ago, Craig Hatkoff, co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival, approached me about a brainstorm: an event recognizing and celebrating breakthrough innovators. When I suggested to Clayton Christensen that we partner with Hatkoff to create the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards , Clay’s response was : I trust you Whitney.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

Think of a moment in which your own failures led to success in your career, or a lesson that a parent or mentor imparted,” says Sachs. Their footprint was better, and they were innovating at a pace I’d never seen.”. Instead of saying, ‘OK, guys, we have to reduce our production time. Their investors had deeper pockets.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2017

The closet in Mark’s bedroom offers a glimpse into his three-decade career in finance. Yet research suggests that workplaces where creativity and innovation are at a premium nurture and encourage people’s authentic differences. They also represent varying degrees of fabulousness, from subtle to full-on. ” Olu.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2016

Ticket sales cover just a fraction of its production and administrative costs, with the balance coming from donations, grants and endowment. Madhav was in the MSx program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, a program for mid-career managers. He had been director of product management at Dell Computer before coming to Stanford.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

Before I go any further, today’s rant should not be construed as a call for elitism, but rather a call for authenticity, innovation and professionalism. As leadership advisors and coaches we counsel our clients on the need for change and innovation, but have we become the proverbial shoe maker without shoes?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Collaboration creates once-elusive "buy-in or "empowerment," improves problem solving, increases creativity, is key to innovation at companies like Lego , Pixar , and Intuit. It slashes costs and improves productivity. Most people have built their careers — perhaps even their identity — on being the expert.

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