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Leading Blog
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Even though Musk’s approach doesn’t necessarily provide a blueprint to be copied any more than Steve Jobs’ approach did (even though both individuals got results), it does offer lessons to be learned and applied in our own leadership. This emotional shutoff valve could make him callous, but it also made him a risk-seeking innovator. “He
Lead on Purpose
DECEMBER 6, 2010
Product management — at every level — is a leadership role within the organization. Here are the key roles that are crucial to your success as a product manager, and why they are important: Engineering/QA: The relationship with the engineering/development team is paramount for product managers.
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Tanveer Naseer
JULY 12, 2016
Only those interested in leadership as more than mere ego gratification have a chance to build something that outlasts them. The hubris displayed by Skilling, along with founder Kenneth Lay and CFO Andrew Fastow, didn’t just destroy Enron. When a CEO becomes a household name, that CEO may well need to get his own house in order.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 13, 2015
After a morning innovation workshop at the bucolic R&D campus of a top-tier but tradition-rich technology giant, the lunchtime conversation with the Lab’s leadership turned strategic. How should they better prioritize innovation? “We’re really not budgeted for that,” the leadership team explained.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 10, 2013
The appointment of Mary Barra as CEO-to-be of General Motors is a signal to car-lovers everywhere that the company is serious about its products and vehicle innovation. An engineer with a diemaker father who worked in a Pontiac plant, Barra is a 33-year company veteran. Barra began her career at the old GM as a young student engineer.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
The world's biggest and fastest search engine can't help but generate terabytes and petabytes of actionable investment intelligence. In fact, Google chief economist Hal Varian (and other economists and forecasters) already use the search engine's data and analytics to predict economic futures.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 25, 2015
What they don’t do well enough is reinvent and innovate. Sure, there are exceptions who are both visionary CEOs and innovators — Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos, for example — but there are very few companies that can stomach that sort of leadership. Introduce innovation accounting. Where do you look?
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