Chart Your Course

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Its technology? “We try to always give managers plenty of time to familiarize all staff with any changes so they aren’t taken off guard.” In its best places to work poll, Fortune magazine asked employees, “Does management have a clear vision where it is going?” Its location?

Training 264

Training Retail Resources Magazine 264

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

If all went well, Blue Sky would soon be using Prime's components in its energy-efficient cars and trucks. "At While Blue Sky is an SOE, I think they really want to differentiate themselves, and they're willing to use a lot of our technology.". Lin Dachun, the VP and general manager of the automobile electronics unit, cheered.

Case Study 8

Case Study Technology Tacit Knowledge Engineering 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 29, 2010

I call this ‘managing yourself smart,’ and here are some guidelines to help navigate social media. This book will show you, as an employee, customer or partner, how to use new social technologies, make yourself heard, and produce better products and services. To learn more about Barry, click here.

Guidelines 62

Guidelines Management Media Newsletter 62

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

Editor’s Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. The innovative system promised to reduce local governments’ energy consumption and maintenance costs and improve their constituent relationships. “Higher!

Case Study 8

Case Study Business Model CFO Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. “The managing directors in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia and Brazil and Argentina and the others. Editor’s Note. They’d never agree to diverting our resources to the U.S.”

Case Study 8

Case Study Incubator Marketing Real Estate 8

Strategy Driven

MAY 15, 2015

Widget manufacturing companies team with retail management experts to open a string of widget stores. Managing mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. Here are some examples of Joint-Venturing: Producers of energy create an independent drilling or marketing entity. with case studies of actually collaborations.

Cooper 50

Cooper Open-book Tourism Telecommunications 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Despite the media coverage of Boomers and how a tidal wave of retirements could impact business, many senior managers are kicking the can down the road, putting off the job of creating a system and process for capturing knowledge. Manager can avoid this by taking some steps now to prepare for the day when key workers leave.

How To 72

How To Tacit Knowledge Intellectual Capital Newsletter 72

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Organizational careers don’t look the way they did before,” says Peter Cappelli, professor of management at the Wharton School and coauthor of Managing the Older Worker. It’s more common to see someone younger managing someone older.” Generation-based employee affinity groups are a waste of time and energy, he adds.

Management 9

Management Mentor Human Resources Incentives 9

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Despite the media coverage of Boomers and how a tidal wave of retirements could impact business, many senior managers are kicking the can down the road, putting off the job of creating a system and process for capturing knowledge. Manager can avoid this by taking some steps now to prepare for the day when key workers leave.

How To 62

How To Tacit Knowledge Mentor Intellectual Capital 62

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2011

I recently spoke to a group of Silicon Valley HR leaders and this question came up, along with the related matter of how to do knowledge management better. They asked how we do knowledge management at frog design, since we have studios spread all over the world and work in a diverse range of industries. Formal/Historical Methods.

Knowledge Management 15

Knowledge Management Management Directory Learning-by-Doing 15

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

This book will show you, as an employee, customer or partner, how to use new social technologies, make yourself heard, and produce better products and services. As a leader and manager, you’ll learn how to use these tools to harness social interactions to improve your business and to create your own social nation.

Media 67

Media Learning-by-Doing Open-book Company 67

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

When we launched the Harvard Business Review/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation last year, we aimed to enlist the most progressive practitioners and thinkers in the collective effort of reinventing what we call "the technology of human accomplishment." Vote on your favorite challenges. Proposed Challenges.

Innovation 8

Innovation McKinsey Management Proposal 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

This book will show you, as an employee, customer or partner, how to use new social technologies, make yourself heard, and produce better products and services. As a leader and manager, you’ll learn how to use these tools to harness social interactions to improve your business and to create your own social nation.

Media 50

Media Follow-up Software Newsletter 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 8, 2010

This book will show you, as an employee, customer or partner, how to use new social technologies, make yourself heard, and produce better products and services. As a leader and manager, you’ll learn how to use these tools to harness social interactions to improve your business and to create your own social nation.

Self-aware 72

Self-aware Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 72

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

.”) But the talk has covered a lot more than this, as Ming has touched on many initiatives and startups she’s been involved with, all solving problems at the intersection of advanced technology, learning, and labor economics. ” While she’s utterly confident in herself, she just doesn’t identify as top management.

Power 15

Power Charisma Learning-by-Doing Project 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Last week I attended an Executive Sustainability Summit hosted by Xerox , Waste Management (WM), and Arizona State University. The short conference brought together public and private sector managers working on environmental and social issues. billion "managed print services" (MPS) industry ( according to research firm IDC ).

Productivity 15

Productivity Products Christensen Document 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. But the focus was squarely on "energy saving, environmental protection, and the low-carbon economy" with other emerging areas — infotech, biotech, and modern materials — taking a distinctly secondary role.

NGO 15

NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 15

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 22, 2010

This book will show you, as an employee, customer or partner, how to use new social technologies, make yourself heard, and produce better products and services. As a leader and manager, you’ll learn how to use these tools to harness social interactions to improve your business and to create your own social nation.

Media 57

Media Learning-by-Doing Newsletter Blog 57

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2015

It could be that your home life is taking up more of your energy than usual. Burnout — the mental and physical exhaustion you experience when the demands of your work consistently exceed the amount of energy you have available — has been called the epidemic of the modern workplace. Or maybe you’re just bored.

Motivation 8

Motivation How To Long-term Stress 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Cultural contextualization involves making sure that the initiative reflects the language and norms of the organization, and that instructors are skillful in helping managers examine the manifestations and consequences of those norms. Participants, who invest time and energy in it, often care more about its personalization instead.

Leadership Development 8

Leadership Development Development Leadership How To 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

And how do you foster a connection without undermining your direct manager? ” And yet, connecting with your manager’s manager is “a delicate dance,” since your boss is still the “middleman,” she says. Assume that your boss will hear about any interactions you have with her manager.

Career 14

Career Bond Case Study CEO 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2015

That said, with 187 countries pledging collective action to cut carbon emissions, the deal will have vast repercussions for business , particularly as governments put into place policies to remake our energy, transportation, and building systems. The vision of an all-renewable energy system comes into focus. In the U.S.,

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Energy Price 8

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.

Report 13

Report Policies Risk Management Analysis 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2012

Instead of focusing on the work you have to do together, you may end up wasting time and energy trying to keep your emotions in check and attempting to manage the person's behavior. Manage your reaction. Goleman says the first step is to manage it. Do: Manage your own reaction to the behavior first.

Goleman 19

Goleman How To Emotional Intelligence Self-aware 19

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2016

What do you need to change as the manager and what do you need to ask your direct report to do differently as well? “One-on-ones are one of the most important productivity tools you have as a manager,” she says. ’ It’s a great way to start a one-on-one because it creates positive energy.”

Productivity 8

Productivity Products How To Report 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

To get everyone speaking the same spatial language, we created a Collaboration and Quiet index consisting of seven attributes that can more concretely enable people to match a desired way of working with a physical space: location, enclosure, exposure, technology, temporality, perspective, and size. courtesy of HLW International.

Maturity 11

Maturity Real Estate Survey Project 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

electric utility sector, in which the existing model for energy generation, which has prevailed for a century, may now be giving way to a new one. We studied the sector for three years and came up with some very interesting findings about the “adjustment costs” that companies incur when they disrupt themselves.

Company 8

Company Disruptive Innovation Decentralization Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2016

When you’re developing your personal management style, you should observe how others lead , according to Ibarra. Case Study #1: Focus on the opportunity and set small, achievable goals. “I looked at my new job as an opportunity to learn about an exciting, cutting-edge technology, and that was very motivating for me.”

How To 8

How To Case Study Tactics Goal 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

In 2016, socially responsible investing made up more than one out of every four invested dollars under professional management. ” When we talk with corporate executives around the country, they almost always ask the same question: Can managers and CEOs really accomplish their business goals while also advancing society’s goals?

Company 10

Company Decentralization Long-term Operations 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

An important part of your job as a manager is making sure everyone on your team has the right amount of work. Delegating work to your team may sound like a straightforward task of management, but, in fact, it’s complicated. “As a manager, you’re thinking about: What matters to our customers and shareholders? .”

Delegation 8

Delegation Project Team Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Case study #1: Embrace your personal passions as the source of new opportunities. Gail decided to dedicate her time and energy to a personal passion: music. Case study #2: Leverage your expertise and connections to give back. They have bright ideas, skills, and technology savvy that I don’t have.”

Planning 11

Planning Freedman Learning-by-Doing Career 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2015

“The fact that technology has made it easier to interact with people across great distances and time zones actually makes face-to-face interaction even more valuable.” Manage your existing connections. Case Study #1: Organize small group gatherings and take time to recharge.

Conference 8

Conference How To Venture Capitalist Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2011

How do you get energy and infrastructure into such dwellings? Bhalla used the case study of the chulha stove, co-created by businesses, NGOs, and slum dwellers, to make his point. From the start we asked: What are the complexities of financing these homes? How do you get corporations to invest in a significant way?

Suri 14

Suri Godin Real Estate Construction 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2015

We can manage without you.’ All in all, “getting laid off is a manageable setback on the scale of human experience,” Lees says. “You need to keep your spirits up and your energy high,” says Claman. Case Study #1 Decide how you’ll frame your layoff in a positive way. was relief.

How To 8

How To Budgeting Self-aware NGO 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Technology is but one tool of the trade. In the 1940s, technology brought us the 45-RPM and 33-1/3-RPM records… adding up to the ‘mother speed’ of 78-RPM. Review case studies and their patterns for repeating themselves. When we see how far we have come, it gives further direction for the future.

Planning 58

Planning Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing Budgeting 58

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

The case study written about Aravind has been required reading for all Harvard Business School students for over a decade. North Stars align our energy, emotions, and actions in the service of our vision. Aravind now sees 2.7 million patients every year, and even more impressively, treats the majority of them for free.

Self-aware 15

Self-aware Franchising Quality Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2014

Editor’s Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Carly Gardos, MedPath’s technology chief, asked. I know you’ve got a full plate with MedPath, and I imagine your treatment is going to take up a lot of your time and energy.

Case Study 8

Case Study Career Planning Learning-by-Doing 8