Lead Change Blog

JULY 4, 2016

Art Petty of About Money Management and Leadership provided Reinventing the Organization and Leadership for a Digital Era. Art writes, “The emerging digital and technology-driven world demands that we rethink everything about how we manage, lead, structure and run our organizations. Let’s Get Started.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 15, 2013

In the new edition, updated and expanded, Weisbord recasts some of his stories from management history, describes his recent work with collaborative teaming, and offers both updated and new cases. Weisbord sees an inherent tension between top-down management and participative cultures.

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Skip Prichard

MAY 10, 2021

Former government official and management expert Kristen Cox teamed up with business consultant Yishai Ashlag in the book Stop Decorating the Fish: Which Solutions to Ignore and Which Problems Really Matter. Instead, he designed the ideal electric car that could compete with and even outperform combustion engines. Why is that?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

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. Lin chided Wang: "In any case, you overestimate our new partner. One person wasn't smiling.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

Then we got talking about the odometer on my Nissan Pathfinder: Is a car that can go 300,000 miles a case of over-engineering or TQM excellence? If you listen to 50 consecutive business podcasts, as we did, everything starts to look like a business case study. It was a debate worth at least 40 miles.

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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. And he’d seen and heard about similar cases of misuse elsewhere. But not here , he thought. “Higher! . “Texas,” Graham yelled from the swing.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Three new accounts, including NMM Technology — impressive. Editor's Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. I'm here for the meeting with Kerimer Engineering tomorrow," he replied. The usual skip-level.".

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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. But it was clear that Guillermo was much more of an engineer than a businessman, and despite his outgoing nature, he hadn’t been able to find new mentors or investors.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

When the well-known hedge fund manager and short-seller Jeremiah Hughes first put Terranola in the spotlight, issuing ominous warnings about unsold products, a looming patent expiration, and flawed growth projections, the considered judgment of the executive team was to do nothing. “I They even sued one fund manager. Doom and Gloom.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

.” Editor’s note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Friends since their engineering days at Stanford, VV Tikekar and Reza Rastegar had each been involved in several start-ups before joining forces on AndFound.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2014

It has also helped shape the practice of management. Staying true to its roots as an engineering-centric company, Google has stood out both for its early skepticism of the value of managers as well as for its novel, often quantitative approaches to management decisions. How Google manages. How Google innovates.

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2017

Four times each year, we launch a new team of astronauts and cosmonauts to the ISS, where they will stay for six months to one year, performing engineering tasks, research, maintenance, and upgrades to prepare for future commercial vehicles. Training crew members to manage their care. A Case Study: Conducting Ultrasounds in Space.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

In our last blog post , we showed how Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault-Nissan and inventor of the concept of "frugal engineering", is reinventing his entire company so it can innovate faster, better, and cheaper in a complex and resource-scarce global environment. Carlos Ghosn isn't the only CEO spearheading the frugal innovation revolution.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

Managers who can’t seem to pick a course of action — or who constantly change their minds – can be maddening. If your manager isn’t willing to steer, is it OK for you to take the driver’s seat? Ask yourself if “there might be a method to your manager’s madness. ” Rothbard agrees.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2011

While this used to be the case primarily for country managers and those taking on overseas assignments, it now applies to all managers. Smart managers at smart companies are usually somewhat prepared for cross-cultural collaboration. You can also use technology to begin "experiencing" the new culture while still at home.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

I'm not one to manage by magazine but, if I were, "The Reinvention Roller Coaster: Risking the Present for a Powerful Future" would be required reading. But technology innovation is a powerful draw and, in business, when an opportunity arises, there is no shortage of players getting into the game. Engineer organizational breakdowns.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Case Study #1: Stay current and build relationships with your colleagues so that you understand what motivates them. ” Case Study #2: Create a message that resonates, and forge a path for others to become proponents. “It’s not ‘my way or the highway,’” he says.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2012

The secret isn't rocket science — it's a full-time commitment to the art and science of project management. PMI's Pulse of the Profession Survey shows that more than two-thirds of project-based organizations have created a dedicated Project Management Office to lead such efforts. Leveraging Executive Sponsors.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

In our last blog post , we showed how Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault-Nissan and inventor of the concept of "frugal engineering", is reinventing his entire company so it can innovate faster, better, and cheaper in a complex and resource-scarce global environment. Carlos Ghosn isn't the only CEO spearheading the frugal innovation revolution.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Restructuring Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2012

The secret isn't rocket science — it's a full-time commitment to the art and science of project management. PMI's Pulse of the Profession Survey shows that more than two-thirds of project-based organizations have created a dedicated Project Management Office to lead such efforts. Leveraging Executive Sponsors.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2016

How should you establish a positive, productive working relationship with your new manager? Your new manager likely has a lot on her plate, so take responsibility for establishing a great working relationship from the start. But it was so sensitive to me, so emotionally intelligent to me as the new manager.”

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Strategy Driven

JULY 2, 2019

If employees don’t see senior management upholding best practice, they won’t be inclined to follow. To help reduce cyber security fatigue, seek the advice of security experts before making new investments and, if required, to help manage and monitor systems. Consult with experts in cyber security.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I wrote a case study about this for my book and it ended up on the cutting room floor, but it's still a fascinating story and one that has valuable lessons for today. As it turns out, even Honda's larger bikes were not robust enough for American riders and they started having engine failures. continued to hit the streets.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2018

How technology is changing the design and delivery of care. Does your organization prefer weekly staff meeting announcements, newsletter case study examples, quarterly prizes for model behavior, or financial incentives? Insight Center. Health Care’s New Frontier. Sponsored by Optum.

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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. What the Experts Say.

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2015

Is your manager giving you what you need to work at your best? Mistake constant fatigue and apathy for a temporary case of burnout; if you feel ineffective on a daily basis, it might be time to look for a new job. Case study #1: Reflect on why your work matters. In retrospect, her case of burnout was a turning point.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

A hungry, driven employee is every manager’s dream. But when you have a direct report whose ambition and desire are greater than his ability or experience, managing expectations isn’t easy. As a manager, your goal is to keep your team engaged, productive, motivated, and happy. What the Experts Say. Be transparent.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

To address these questions, Coty partnered with Kotter International to implement a broad global change management program. The Coty experience also informs case study examples in John P. This included a call for action — “Act Today, Shape Tomorrow” — that was backed by Coty’s senior management.

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Supply Chain Kotter Critical Success Factor Learning-by-Doing 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

As Wasserman wrote for HBR: A technology-oriented founder-CEO, for instance, may be the best person to lead a start-up during its early days, but as the company grows, it will need someone with different skills. Williams, who previously had sold Blogger to Google, later took the reins and managed the company for two to three years.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2017

. “If we don’t see male kindergarten teachers or female engineers we don’t naturally associate women and men with those jobs, and we apply different standards” when hiring, promoting and evaluating job performance. “Managers have to learn to de-bias their practices and procedures.”

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

“The phenomenal number of interacting parts, interacting people and continuing changes in technology mean that we will always have failures, full stop.” In a recent New York Times video on both disasters , one former engineer, Rodney Rocha, recalls asking why his request was rejected.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Technology is but one tool of the trade. The Old Became the New Again… The original speed for phonograph records, as invented in 1888, was 78-RPM, which engineers determined to be the most ideal for sound quality. Review case studies and their patterns for repeating themselves. Ideas make the future happen.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 5, 2013

Technology is but one tool of the trade. The Old Became the New Again… The original speed for phonograph records, as invented in 1888, was 78-RPM, which engineers determined to be the most ideal for sound quality. Review case studies and their patterns for repeating themselves. Ideas make the future happen.

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Planning Learning Curve Budgeting Learning-by-Doing 61

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

Alice, an outstanding 24-year-old engineer working for a top technology company, wants to launch her own startup within the next five years, but she doesn’t yet have a venture concept. What knowledge and skills does Alice need to lead a technology venture? Juan Díaz-faes for HBR. Several themes emerged.

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