Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

For many, a corporate directorship is a career capstone. Directors named industry knowledge, strategy, and financial-audit expertise as their strongest skill sets. The industry with the greatest skills gap was IT & telecommunications, whose boards are in serious need of international-global expertise and HR-talent management.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

As new technologies in social media, transportation, and telecommunications bring us closer together, it's more critical than ever for organizations to recruit, develop, and retain multicultural leaders who can skillfully navigate both the opportunities and challenges of a more connected world. The world is getting smaller.

Competitive Advantage 15

Competitive Advantage Leadership Telecommunications Talent Management 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

COOs are relatively common in service industries such as financial services, energy, information technology and telecommunications, but in manufacturing sectors — such as automotive, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies — they are relatively rare. It still doesn't seem necessary to be a COO in order to take over as CEO, though.

COO 12

COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 12

You're Not the Boss of Me

OCTOBER 20, 2009

While there were lessons to be learned about executing business disaster recovery plans and the positioning of Data Centres and telecommunications systems, Mr. Greenberg’s primary observations were less about that and more about the people, their courage, resilience and determination to pick up the pieces and move on.

Performance Review 43

Performance Review Blog Learning-by-Doing Contingency Plans 43

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2011

What they don't understand is that modern-day telecommunications, the hair-trigger requirements of financial markets, and the pace of global organizations create 24 x 7 work lives for most executives. And most of us revert to tried and true solutions — the enemy of breakthrough strategies and new innovations.

Stress 15

Stress Telecommunications Goleman Emotional Intelligence 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Retail pricing evolves into what Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) has termed a " confusopoly :" rather than compete on price, outlets start to engage in strategies to make price comparisons more difficult. In my own work , I found that this might be particularly prevalent for utilities (gas, electricity and telecommunications).

Retail 13

Retail Price Comparison Nalebuff 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2014

An American PhD student in computer science never even thinks about a career in the automobile industry — or, for that matter, other manufacturing-related fields. Bell Labs used to do this in the United States for telecommunications, but Fraunhofer now does this on a much larger scale across Germany’s entire industrial sector.

Innovation 15

Innovation GDP Telecommunications Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Is this a time to mount a campaign for Plan B, that other job or career youve been putting off looking into? Is this a time to mount a campaign for Plan B, that other job or career youve been putting off looking into? Instead, I literally mean, consider the alternative. Instead, I literally mean, consider the alternative.

Guidelines 14

Guidelines Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence Balanced Scorecard 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

He advises some of the world’s biggest companies on environmental strategy. Tens of thousands of people are gathering to explore green building materials, designs, and strategies. But dont count them out for long; if theres one thing Chinese companies are good at, its implementing a "fast follower" strategy.

NGO 14

NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

One of us (Fred) was invited to join one important board seat (Time Warner) in large part because his expertise in the highly regulated realm of health care could be applied to the increasingly regulated world of global telecommunications. Is she translating strategy into excellent execution? Now comes the harder part: character.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence CEO Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

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CIO 15

CIO Guidelines Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

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Books 13

Books Guidelines Banking Telecommunications 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2015

The CEO sitting across from me is explaining how he and the other executives of a telecommunications firm were caught off guard by a new technology that disrupted the firm’s business. He believes this is vital not only for better performance now, but also for the continued success of his career. What did our CEO learn?

Agility 8

Agility Learning-by-Doing Executive Coaching Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

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Guidelines 15

Guidelines Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence Balanced Scorecard 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

The phenomenon of fast-track CEO succession appears to be most prominent in the retail, technology, media, and telecommunications sectors—all of which are particularly affected by disruptive business models and new competitors. A fast-track CEO succession should be the product of a deliberate strategy, not of desperation.

CEO 12

CEO Contingency Plans Telecommunications Planning 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Brook Manville consults to socially-minded enterprises on matters of strategy and organizational development. Brook Manville consults to socially-minded enterprises on matters of strategy and organizational development. Well need to enable cross-boundary judgment. Well need to enable cross-boundary judgment.

Guidelines 14

Guidelines Education Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

They are not going to unfold their strategies below a very high level of abstraction. They are not going to unfold their strategies below a very high level of abstraction. For that they have underlings — even high-level underlings. Because it isnt their sport. Its not what got them where they are. Because it isnt their sport.

Process 15

Process CEO Insurance Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

He also founded Bubblegeneration, an agenda-setting advisory boutique that shaped strategies across media and consumer industries. Thats not to say youll instantly solve every big problem just by reflecting. But you might get a tiny bit closer. And its those small steps that count.

Short-term 15

Short-term Guidelines Mass Marketing Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

He also founded Bubblegeneration, an agenda-setting advisory boutique that shaped strategies across media and consumer industries.

Banking 15

Banking Crisis Merton Guidelines 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

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Airlines 14

Airlines Report Guidelines Discount 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

In a recent strategy meeting we attended with the leaders of a Fortune-500 company, the word “culture” came up 27 times in 90 minutes. We saw this play out in retail, banking, telecommunications, and the fast food industry as well. The third most sensitive element is the career ladder in an organization.

Motivation 8

Motivation Company Airlines Learning-by-Doing 8

HR Digest

JULY 22, 2019

More people are becoming skeptical about choosing certain careers, while employers in some sectors are getting more assurance of not having to push so hard on talent management in the future.

Industry 87

Industry Operations Transportation Technology 87