The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Harvard Business School professor, James Heskett, poses the right question in his blog Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions? ” In providing provocative perspectives on this challenge, Heskett draws from three books on the folly of predictions, how some predictions can be made more accurate, and how to gain from disorder.

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The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 28, 2011

Celebration, to the extent that it contributes to the quality of work life, may help explain why both of these companies achieve extraordinary productivity when compared with their peers.”

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Heskett and W. This engagement inevitably leads to greater success for the company, and is of significant benefit especially during tough times. But employees with an ownership mentality want to know what is happening in their company. Marshall: I hear this concern every where I travel these days. Who doesn't? Earl Sasser, Jr.

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Tony Mayo

MARCH 10, 2010

Let participants know of any changes made at your company as a result of the session. Similarly, Hart, Heskett, and Sasser (1990) suggest that those with memories of poor service tell approximately 11 people while those with pleasant recollections tell only six. Send a follow-up “Thank You” note.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Those companies who are committed to a strong workplace culture tend to perform well, and now they are featured prominently in a new ranking recently released by Great Place to Work Institute. The survey garnered responses from 20 of the top 25 companies in the global workplace ranking. They're upgrading. They know their audience.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2012

Heskett describes how an effective culture can account for up to half of the differential in performance between organizations in the same business. Heskett discusses how to calculate the economic value of culture through the "Four Rs" of referrals, retention, returns to labor, and relationships with customers. Heskett.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

The article, written by a leading group of service management thinkers (Jim Heskett, Tom Jones, Gary Loveman, Earl Sasser, and Len Schlesinger) is a great example of both the power a management idea can have, and how much work is required for an idea to become reality. What's unusual about this HBR best-seller?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2013

Heskett , culture "can account for 20-30% of the differential in corporate performance when compared with ''culturally unremarkable'' competitors." These simple turns of phrase guide a company''s values and provide it with purpose. Values: A company''s values are the core of its culture. According to James L.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

In his book The Culture Cycle , James Heskett defines culture in a simple way: “It’s often explained as being ‘the way we do things around here’ – what goes and what doesn’t.” So how can we as leaders ensure we are consistently behaving in a manner reflective of who we really are? How you doing?’

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Harvard Business Review on Increasing Customer Loyalty Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How to create customers who are profitable This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies of articles that first appeared in Harvard Business Review.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2012

Most companies solve problems when the fault lies with the company. Every problem, if managed well, is thus an "opportunity" to boost overall loyalty among a company's already loyal customers. Heskett of Harvard Business School observes, it's important to endow workers on the front line with "latitude within limits."

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