Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

This hasn’t gone unnoticed by some leaders, and a new generation of CEOs taking a cue from this last bastion of the Protestant work ethic. He’s the CEO and self-titled “Head Coach ” of Björn Borg, the Swedish sports fashion company named after the tennis star. Henrik Bunge is one such leader.

CEO 8

CEO Company Sports Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2017

One area so far relatively untouched is change management. The combination of predictive analytics, large data sets, and the processing power of today’s computers is starting to transform change management. But before that can happen, we have to understand why data has failed to catch on in change management to date.

Marketing 8

Marketing Root Cause Analysis Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

And while it’s true, as they write, that “large bonuses and stock options have been held responsible for overly risky behavior and short-term strategies,” I know of no peer-reviewed evidence that the crisis was actually due to poor incentives, and their article cites none. Thus, while poorly designed incentives (e.g.

Execution 8

Execution Incentives Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

With scarcely any help from management, knowledge workers can increase their productivity by 20%. Yet here is the challenge you face as a senior executive: You cannot manage your knowledge workers in the traditional and intrusive way you might have done with manual workers. Lead by example.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Peer Review Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Given that Apple presents itself as a “cutting-edge” organization, sensitive to the needs of a diverse workforce, why is there only one woman on its executive management team? We recommend the following: Organizations/Management: Organizations need to make a bold commitment to actively promote women to executive positions.

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Mentor Self-aware Execution Peer Review 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Recently, my colleagues and I interviewed dozens of these higher-ambition CEOs , all of whom taught us a valuable lesson: integrity is at the heart of great leadership. Higher-ambition CEOs know who they are, and how they lead and run their companies reflects their personal values and principles. Personal Integration.

360-Degree Feedback 14

360-Degree Feedback Ethics Education Human Resources 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2014

As Andy Singleton, CEO at Assembla , explained to me, continuous deployment can be both cheaper and lower risk. And the risk can be managed through a new kind of tool called “feature gates.”. Here is a quick look at how Google and HubSpot have managed to achieve remarkable speed in product releases while simultaneously reducing risk.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Development Software 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2015

Many B2B CEOs still believe that social media isn’t right for them. In a Demand Gen Reports survey , almost all respondents (97%) gave more credence to content that included peer reviews and user-generated content during the B2B purchasing decision process — higher than what was found for B2C products.

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B2B Media B2C Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

There are more CEOs of large U.S. companies who are named David (4.5%) than there are CEOs who are women (4.1%) — and David isn’t even the most common first name among CEOs. We manipulated gender through the names of men and women, and we used the job of nurse manager. That would be John, at 5.3%.).

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Participative Diversity Peer Review CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

.” People don’t fight for management roles as much when management is not an end goal. At Facebook, moving into management is not a promotion. Managers are there to support people and to remove barriers to getting things done. Managers are there to support people and to remove barriers to getting things done.

Politics 15

Politics Tactics Review Learning-by-Doing 15