HR Digest

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Leadership Training Programs Managers are leaders, albeit on a smaller scale than their employers. Managers also play a role in shaping future leaders so to help managers succeed, leadership training is important. A Predictive Index study found that 1 7.9 times more likely to have high-quality leaders.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2016

When we looked at thirty-plus case studies of successful companies, we found that they all share an audacious approach to disruption. Large to small, in fields from construction to tech to health care, they win hearts, minds and wallets by innovating ways to stay the obvious choice in the market. They find a way to matter.

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The Empowered Buisness

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Not only do I love the fact that this book is based on actual case studies of companies who have achieved a high level of employee engagement. explores how the highest-performing organizations entangle employees, systems, culture, and leadership into a unified drive for excellence. Building an ethical organization.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 11, 2015

People and companies that get good at it are intentional about creating a culture that embraces constructive change. Embrace the Power of Interim Leadership When there is a change in leadership, a period of interim leadership with a skilled interim leader from the outside can facilitate organizational readiness for change.

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Mark Sanborn

JANUARY 12, 2022

The short answer is intentional leadership. When Qubein took the leadership role, the university ’ s culture wasn ’ t defined. It just existed, the culmination of former leadership—the good, the bad and everything in between. Leadership by Being Engaged. For example, he studied the flow of students between classes. .

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

The strength of governance can be significantly amplified with the employment of a dedicated leadership team. This leadership should be committed to the organization’s vision, mission, and core values. Google’s leadership ardently focuses on sustaining a culture of innovation, collaboration, and transparency.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Because they are poorly constructed and STOP at Goal Setting. Large Group Corporate TeamBuilding: Case Study. Poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine. Planning is toted as one of the most important things that Teams and Managers do and I still see many people who really suck at it! Planning A change.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Learns constructively from trial and error. By studying swings of the pendulum (likelihoods of failures), one better understands their progress. Failures Make the Best Case Studies – Case studies of success and failure form the basis for planning, improvement, training and other business practices.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Editor's Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. No one on the leadership team wanted the man responsible for that to go anywhere. It's my job to get answers and report back to the leadership team.".

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Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

” “We encourage constructive dissent!” Warner Burke has pointed out that “knows how to influence up in a constructive way” scored last place on managerial effectiveness in all items when people evaluated their managers in NASA – immediately before the Columbia space shuttle exploded. .”

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 14, 2014

We’ve constructed worlds in which we rarely run into situations that might confound us, and when we do we have an easy out: blame the other person. A Technology Case Study: Implementing What the Customer Wants. But make no mistake: the way we listen works well-enough. What if it’s possible to have choice ?

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How To Transportation Learning-by-Doing Creativity 64

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2017

An organization showing ethical leadership can galvanize ethically sensitive stakeholders into supporting it in its endeavor to fight corruption, which can lead to reputational benefits for the organization. We developed research case studies on two companies and teaching case studies on four companies.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Rogier hadn’t once mentioned holacracy or self-managed teams, even though the executive team and the board had been talking for months about transitioning to just such a system at the global construction company. The smaller ones could keep their own names, leadership teams, practices, and policies for the first five years.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2016

Research we conducted at the Center for Talent Innovation reveals a remarkable correlation between inclusive leadership, innovative output, and market growth. Case studies we did for our report give weight to these findings. Today, Standard Chartered is the go-to bank for women in South Asia.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Employees must buy into the process by offering constructive input. In order to put a quality program into place, the following steps must be taken: Study the activities of admired companies. Read case studies of Malcolm Baldridge Award winners. It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2014

What type of constructive criticism is appropriate in a group setting? Your job as manager is to ensure that team members are “providing regular constructive feedback,” says Roger Schwarz, an organizational psychologist and the author of Smart Leaders, Smarter Teams. Case study #2: Focus on empowering your team.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

Case study #1: Get the right feedback to grow. ” Her boss was impressed with her initiative, and began giving her more constructive feedback, detailing how she could expand her duties and stretch her skills. ” Case study #2: Keep your questions narrow. . Think you have to schedule a formal meeting.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2018

Cultivating compassion for these kinds of colleagues, however trying they may be, is a good place to start, according to Rich Fernandez, the CEO of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute. Case Study #1: Be kind and be curious about your colleague’s perspective. Here are some pointers. We could work together.”

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Those companies that ‘sweat’ their capabilities continuously improve them and sustainably capture the top-line growth in their industries and, ultimately, market leadership. PL and CM: Walmart and Pfizer’s former consumer healthcare division are a couple of great case studies in capabilities coherence.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Invariably, we have learned that murky human performance categories like sales ability and leadership can be broken down into skill sets that are not only measurable; they are also trainable. Seeks challenges: Seeks challenges and manages failure constructively. McClelland got the ball rolling in the 1970s.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2014

Everywhere I turn right now, I hear leaders talking about their need for collaborative leadership. I define real collaborative leadership as: facilitating constructive interpersonal connections and activities between heterogenous groups to achieve shared goals. Dubai Airports offers a case study.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2017

“People will absolutely ask you” about why you originally resigned, so it’s wise to construct a narrative that answers their questions, Watkins says. But do make sure you’ve constructed a narrative that explains why you originally resigned. ” Be positive. Dwell on the reasons you left in the first place.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2017

Dr. Reddy’s: A Movement-Minded Case Study. His leadership team began with a search for purpose. ” But instead of plastering this new slogan on motivational posters and repeating it in all-hands meetings, the leadership team began by quietly using it to start guiding their own decisions. Embrace symbols.

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Company Agility Innovation Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

As one of the most serious industrial accidents in history, the Gulf explosion should be a great case study for corporate leaders across the globe who are trying to manage risk in hazardous activities involving complex technology. What the men and women who worked on Macondo lacked.was a culture of leadership responsibility.".

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

“These are people who will often do anything to get what they need, including lie,” says Annie McKee, founder of the Teleos Leadership Institute and coauthor of Primal Leadership. In these cases, you have to take special precautions that help you and, hopefully, your counterpart both get your jobs done.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

” Hanguk was a large, fast-growing company with diversified interests spanning electronics, biotechnology, shipping, construction, and chemicals. Hanguk’s leadership would be watching the project closely, because expansion to the Arab world was one of its top strategic objectives. “That’s great news!

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2011

But there is another choice: Embrace the complexity, ambiguity, and intensity of the integration period and turn it into your own leadership development academy. Most importantly, executives will be determining who will stay in the new company — so being constructively engaged is a signal to them that you are a "keeper.".

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2016

Constructing this “process map” helped GGRC staffers realize that they were not attuned to numerous, unpredictable, frustrating waiting periods. The fourth and final lesson is that change takes courage, and if you can give people just a bit of encouragement, it is remarkable how brave they can be.

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Case Study Stage-Gate Brainstorming Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

Reporting to an indecisive boss is an unquestionably “challenging and frustrating situation,” says Sydney Finkelstein, the Director of the Leadership Center at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and author of the book, Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Manage the Flow of Talent. What the Experts Say.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2015

“Be mindful about what draws other people out in a constructive way,” says Wheeler. You may already know that the other side is under pressure because of supply-chain issues, or new leadership. Case study #1: Pausing to inquire. ” Case study #2: The power of the personal.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2015

Leadership & Managing People Book. There is an extensive body of case studies on individual firms that have adopted WFH programs, and they tend to show large positive impacts. See the studies here and here.) Further Reading. Getting Work Done (20-Minute Manager Series). Add to Cart.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

People are also being asked by their bosses or HR to attend conferences, read case studies, watch videos, and try their hand at simulations, all with the goal of picking up new ideas and techniques. Leadership also wanted to improve service delivered to property taxpayers and municipalities.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Listen… Before you react to the news, Spreitzer suggests you “listen carefully to what senior leadership is saying about what’s happening, why it’s happening, and what’s the hoped-for outcome.” “Be constructive,” he says. Here are some pointers on how to do that. Manage your stress.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2016

In these cases, it’s your job to help him “transfer knowledge in a structured way,” she says. The objective for the less-experienced staff member is to learn how his senior colleague gets things done; the goal for the expert is to “mentor, which is part of leadership development,” he says.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2011

Global leadership is much more complicated than leading people like you," says Mansour Javidan, the Director of the Global Mindset Institute at Thunderbird School of Global Management and author of " Making It Overseas." Case Study #1: Knowing when to adapt. Case Study #2: Finding a schedule that works for all.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Validating proof of concept around social media ROI is a discussion that may have had a bit of relevance 24 months ago, but unless you’ve been stranded on a desert island for the last couple of years you know that numerous case studies abound which validate social media beyond any reasonable doubt. EC Sheedy Fascinating!

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Take over responsibility and leadership. Take over responsibility and leadership. Posting Guidelines We hope the conversations that take place on HBR.org will be energetic, constructive, free-wheeling, and provocative. To all HR people: be proud about the responsibility you have — or should have.

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