Modern Servant Leader

JULY 10, 2012

We spend a lot of time here at MSL covering great leadership – servant leadership. For example, did you know bad leadership is partially to credit for the creation of Intel and the Silicon Valley? Shockley Fails at People Leadership. Fairchild Semiconductor Leadership Fails. William Shockley Unhappy at Bell.

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IPO Leadership Letter Information Technology 197

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

I cannot even begin to count the number of times I’ve had a CEO tell me that certain immutable business principles just don’t apply to his/her business because, “this business is different.&# Moving on…Believe it or not, CEO is not always synonymous with all knowing business guru.

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Blog Brand Depreciation CEO 305

Strategy Driven

JUNE 2, 2015

A highly experienced nuclear power consultant, Ruth leads StrategyDriven's information technology and cyber security services. "We We are thrilled to have Ruth join our StrategyDriven team," says Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven President and CEO.

Information Technology 50

Information Technology Telecommunications Committee Technology 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Organizations deploy automation technologies as the primary resource in their Business Process Management. Gone are the days were BPO meant Business Process Outsourcing, with Robotic Process Automation technology fueling new millennium enterprises, BPO has taken on a new meaning, Business Process Optimization.

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Engineering Process BPM Taylorism 50

In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Moving on your instincts is not seat-of-the-pants leadership. Competitive advantage, not information, is power. Now, I don’t want anyone to think that I don’t value information technology. When I was a CMO and CEO, I operated with an entrepreneurial mindset that required taking decisions as early as possible.

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Power Competitive Advantage Airlines Information 100

Coaching Tip

MARCH 27, 2011

And they came up with an informal company motto to signal their benign intent: "Don't be evil." Today, Google reaches billions of pages of content. . In 2001, Page and Brin hired their first CEO, Eric Schmidt, who had a Ph.D. They settled on an unusual power-sharing arrangement.

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Advertising Outsourcing Engineering Information Technology 84

Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Tesla’s partners eventually sold Tesla Electric Light Company’s patents to George Westinghouse, CEO of the Westinghouse Electric Company. Being a corporate entrepreneur has a profound effect on both your reputation for innovation and your prospects for leadership opportunities. says Adobe CEO Shantanyu Narayen (#7 on our list). “I

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Innovation Social Capital Reputation How To 83

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2014

CEOs Get Paid Too Much According to Pretty Much Everyone in the World. How Google Manages Talent. Leadership & Managing people Information & technology' How the Precipitous Rise in Inequality Happened, and How It Is Putting Us All at Risk. Profits Without Prosperity. The Price of Wall Street’s Power.

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Management Retail Information Technology Advice 9

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Since 1969, Communispond has helped over 600,000 client associates – including CEOs, board chairs, sales leaders, sports, media, and political figures – to achieve business goals by communicating with clarity and power. Prior to joining Communispond, Bill was CEO of Digi-Block Inc., a K-12 education publisher focusing on mathematics.

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Library Kaplan Newsletter Audience 70

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Or as Richard Straub of the Peter Drucker Society of Europe puts the question , “are managers equipped – in terms of skills, competencies and courage – to lead us toward the Great Transformation?”. Our overarching conclusion is that, while many companies undertake digital initiatives, most do not manage to bring about transformative change.

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Management Drucker Technology Information Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

This blog post is part of the HBR Online Forum The CEO's Role in Fixing the System. Because of the web, social media, and advances in mobile and interactive communications and information technologies, the experiences of human beings are now at the heart of value creation. billion in retail managed resources, of which €8.43

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CEO Creativity Automotive Participative 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

Information Technology Changes the Way You Compete" was a trailblazing HBR article by Warren McFarlan back in the early 1980s. Their strategic use of information technology (IT) presaged the dot.com boom of the 1990s when the Internet made this kind of online ordering commonplace.

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Competitive Advantage Management Information Technology Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The sheer sprawl of these outsourced services is bewildering, even at medium-size organizations: housekeeping, food services, materials management, IT, and clinical staffing, including temporary nursing and also physician coverage for the ER, ICU and hospitalists. Eliminating layers of management. As the U.S.

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Cost System Management Franchising 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

to new CEOs with a vision their stakeholders won’t rally behind that won’t guarantee results anyway. Much has been made of the distinction between leadership and management. Too many managers, not enough leaders, the critics say. This time his problem is not politics; it is management.

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Management Real Estate Information Technology Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2015

Managing does not change, not fundamentally. The subject matter of managing certainly changes, all the time, as do the styles that some managers favor, but not the basic practice. Have their impacts on managing been likewise dramatic? What are these characteristics of managing? My answer is yes and no. Not at all.

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Management Technology Information Technology Drucker 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

Ask any sports fan about their favorite team and they will usually spend half the time either cursing or extolling the manager. Apparently, the manager is responsible for every loss, and perhaps even the occasional victory. On the other hand, many people have an ingrained cynicism about the latest management thinking.

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Skills Management Succession Bottom-up 10

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Since 1969, Communispond has helped over 600,000 client associates – including CEOs, board chairs, sales leaders, sports, media, and political figures – to achieve business goals by communicating with clarity and power. Prior to joining Communispond, Bill was CEO of Digi-Block Inc., a K-12 education publisher focusing on mathematics.

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Planning Audience Succession Library 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Researchers at the IT Leadership Academy are doing just that in Global 2000 enterprises. When you are gone, will analytics be first in the hearts and minds of your CEO, your CMO and your board of directors? The CIO’s response tends to be “reports” (61 percent of the population).

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Magazine Chief Operating Officer Newsletter Objective 52

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2014

Recently I’ve been having a very hard time talking to students, executives, and business leaders about information technology. This new leadership role is captured in the emerging title of chief business technology officer. “The He believes technology leadership is about to undergo a shakeout.

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CIO Information Technology Forrester Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Does your COO have the best shot at becoming the next CEO? That's what we found when we studied the top management teams of companies in Europe over the past three years. In contrast to previous studies, we didn't find evidence that the COO's role is determined entirely by the CEO. Does your company have a COO today?

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COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2012

On a far larger scale and more caustically, former JCPenney and Macy's CEO Allen Questrom ripped into current JCPenney CEO (and Apple Store innovator) Ron Johnson's turnaround strategy for the struggling retailer. What kind of leadership do you think leads to a sustainable innovation culture? The particular object of his ire?

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Leadership Innovation Lean Production Learning-by-Doing 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2017

Regardless of whether a provider is developing predictive analytics in-house, as many large academic medical centers have done, or purchasing tools off the shelf, managers should make sure they are involving the right people throughout the entire process. Here are three lessons: Engage the Right People from the Outset. Insight Center.

Health Care 8

Health Care Long-term Tools Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2017

When we talk about “learning to love your job” or “managing yourself,” it’s often in the context of junior or midlevel roles. When I spoke with John Hass, the CEO of Rosetta Stone, about what his company does, his focus wasn’t just on learning languages. Leadership as service.

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Execution CIO Chief Information Officer Learning-by-Doing 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2015

There are new types of insurance companies such as Oscar ; novel provider organizations such as OneMedical , IoraHealth , and ChenMed ; and new health information technology companies such as Castlight , Vital , and WellFrame that aim to use technology to improve care and value. People leadership.

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Execution Skills Health Care Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2013

Perhaps the most exciting (and challenging) aspect of working in a progressive IT organization is the pace of technological change. Managing this rapid change and fostering innovation while "keeping the trains running on time" is the primary leadership role required of any CIO, new or old. Generate Room for Innovation.

CIO 8

CIO Positioning PPM Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

A retired CEO, Jerry was a sad, aging man who reflected constantly on the emptiness of his life. To begin with, people usually attain top leadership positions just when the effects of aging become more noticeable. The case of Ronald, former head of Asia of a global information technology firm, illustrates what companies can do.

CEO 8

CEO Execution Policies Power 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

It is a conversation about the increasing importance of information technology and the role it must assume in every enterprise, regardless of size, industry or geography. Key findings from our research: Almost half of CEOs feel IT should be a commodity service purchased as needed.

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CIO ROI Agility Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

Still others move on to business roles including CEO. But there is another leadership role that has arisen in many organizations in recent years: the Chief Digital Officer (CDO). Diverse companies are responding to the digital leadership challenge in different and dynamic ways. Is CDO the next step for the aspiring CIO-Plus?

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CIO Technology Apparel Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

Digital leaders, those companies that have managed their digital transformations successfully, all show common characteristics in the way they have shaped their IT to work differently with the business. It requires strong leadership from all senior IT executives, as well as new business acumen. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

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CIO CTO Operations Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2014

So new CEO Kent Thiry set about building a different kind of company. At a recent conference, Dell founder Michael Dell spoke of the billions of patients who received better health care and the billions of students worldwide who had access to better education as a result of Dell’s information technologies. So foster inspiration.

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Customer Loyalty Human Capital Wilde Health Care 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2018

The company’s stock price has languished for years, and CEO Jeff Immelt—a powerful advocate of the company’s digital ambitions—recently departed the company under pressure from activist investors. The new CEO, John Flannery, is focused primarily on cutting costs. Other senior executives have left as well.

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Technology Business Model CEO Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2016

Managers, consultants, and academics around the world have long wrestled with this question. But simultaneously managing today’s business while creating tomorrow’s goes beyond being ambidextrous. Managers exploiting current businesses develop mindsets based on what they have experienced in the past.

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Company Licensing Incentives Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Our research, conducted in partnership with Harvard Business Review, The Economist, CEB (formerly the Corporate Executive Board), Intel, and TNS Global, finds that corporate leadership has lost confidence in the CIO as a strategic partner and views IT as a commodity rather than a difference-maker. Victorio M.

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CIO Crisis Competitive Advantage Webinar 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

According to our research at the SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management , it’s the beliefs of leaders that drive organizational investments, board selection, and management team development and selection, and these beliefs do not change quickly. Outdated beliefs about the world can linger for decades in a leadership team.

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Intangible Assets Business Model GAAP Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2014

Many firms appear to agree that marketing is too important to be left without high-level leadership, and that CMOs should be in the C-suite bringing a marketing perspective to inform strategy. We conclude that CEOs appoint CMOs when they recognize the centrality of these to strategy formulation. Leadership Marketing'

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Power PR Marketing Public Relations 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2014

The ratio of current to former employees is also telling – evidence of high turnover may reveal something about a company’s management style or stability. Study the leadership team. Does the CEO have experience starting companies? Competition Information & technology Strategy' Note the geography.

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Competitive Intelligence Market Penetration Maturity Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

Recognizing that the company's command-and-control culture wouldn't work in the 21st century, he defined leadership as leading by values and created a unique collaborative organizational structure. These are the qualities I believe made him the best CEO, so far, of the 21st century: Humility and openness. Patience and a long-term view.

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Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15