Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The problem is following a plan so closely without responding to events that you will “lead the company efficiently in the wrong direction.” Because “uncertainty can only be reduced by committed decisions and actions,” you can choose to create a “certainty of purpose and direction.”. In a sense, strategy creates risk.

Strategy 280

Strategy Books Balanced Scorecard Mauborgne 280

Sales Wolf Blog

JULY 9, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! Prahalad, but you'll also get the thoughts and opinions of business professionals from successful start-ups, non-profits, and boutique enterprises that serve very specific niches in their respective markets.

Company 140

Company Human Resources Prahalad Resources 140

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

A fellow business leader complained the other day that although he had repeatedly sought feedback, his team had never told him what they really thought about his management style. Prahalad and Gary Hamel referred to that in an award-winning HBR article Strategic Intent. Two decades ago, the late C.K.

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Power McTaggart Prahalad Hamel 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Prahalad's 1989 HBR article "Strategic Intent" brought about a discontinuous shift in my career — from a professor of accounting to a researcher on strategy and innovation. Hamel and Prahalad have an entirely different point of view. But according to Prahalad and Hamel, firms should set unrealistic goals, not realistic goals.

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Goal Prahalad Hamel CPA 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Faced with a competitive challenge from Netflix, CEO John Antioco came up with what seems, even in retrospect, to be a viable plan. Nevertheless, various groups within the enterprise balked at the plan, Antioco was fired, and Blockbuster went bankrupt. Prahalad called this concept strategic intent. Loose connections.

Organization 8

Organization Airlines Prahalad Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Faced with a competitive challenge from Netflix, CEO John Antioco came up with what seems, even in retrospect, to be a viable plan. Nevertheless, various groups within the enterprise balked at the plan, Antioco was fired, and Blockbuster went bankrupt. Prahalad called this concept strategic intent. Loose connections.

Organization 8

Organization Airlines Prahalad Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

To forestall unrest, Jordan's King Abdullah II removed his cabinet , and Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh has committed to leave at the end of his term. Consultants came to their assistance with solutions to short-term concerns ranging from moving out cash to halting expansion plans.

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Strategy Politics Short-term Long-term 13