You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I’m thinking though that it is in the difficult times that leaders need to embrace the concepts of the Learning Organization and to build a culture of shared leadership. More seriously, I think that shared leadership, to some, means loss rather than gain and that’s a hard perspective for them to swallow. What do you think?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2013

This next-generation "moneyball" ethos now transforming pro sports has enormous implications for how high-performance managers will incent and inspire tomorrow's high achievers. The cultural values of loyalty and leadership are being redefined by the economic value of forecasting methodologies (PDF). Yesterday" is a sunk cost.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Leaders have long recognized that an inherently diverse workforce – one that’s inclusive of women, people of color, and gay individuals – confers a competitive edge in selling products and services to diverse end users. Leadership roles are given to those who also look and act the part, who manifest “executive presence” (EP).

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2014

We have tested an approach that has seemed to address these issues in our jobs in the nonprofit and government sectors, where financial incentives can be scarce and other forms of recognition, therefore, are especially important. Leadership Leading teams Managing people' When hiring, focus more on track records and less on pedigree.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

This need to publish to make a career has led to increasingly obscure research of almost no value to real businesses, specialization that encourages silo thinking, and a serious disregard of the importance of teaching students to think. For more information, see the conference homepage.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2013

So the question becomes: in order to keep the advocate pipeline filled, should you incent customers with rewards, discounts, even payments of some sort? My strong suggestion — based on actual experiences from companies who are not incenting customers to advocate — is to avoid this slippery slope.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Second, data confers insight and advantage. The incentives of individual teams are unlikely to encourage data sharing as a primary requirement. Vendors have also worked hard to create entire job functions and career paths centered around their software. Using data costs money.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2016

” The learner might sit in on a conference call to hear how the expert pitches clients or attend a meeting to observe her soliciting input from colleagues in another department. To prevent this, training and coaching should be part of the promotion process or an incentive for phased retirement. “We learn by doing.”

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Obama nominated Robert McDonald , an Army veteran and experienced executive who had honed his leadership skills during a 33-year career at Proctor and Gamble, to attempt the difficult turnaround. The leadership team had to work through vestiges of VA’s rule-based past. Could the organization turn itself around?

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Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Crisis Kotter 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

Those factors do play important roles, but the most important thing driving America’s success has been its unparalleled scientific leadership. “You need to have people active at conferences, writing papers and helping the field advance. Return on this investment is high, estimated to be anywhere from 20% to 40%.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2011

Those postgame press conferences can make for compelling viewing. But imagine for a moment, a different sort of postgame press conference: To set the stage, let's go back two years to Super Bowl XLIII , played on February 1, 2009 between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals. Pittsburgh held on for a 27-23 win.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2018

This pattern of behavior, which stands in stark contrast to the humanistic nature of his vision for positive change, undermines his leadership qualities and has led one New York Times opinion columnist to describe Musk as the “Donald Trump of Silicon Valley.” Instead, we should remember the C.S. ”

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