Competitive Advantage Leadership Outsourcing Technology 
Marshall Goldsmith
OCTOBER 6, 2014
You need an “equal say” in your company’s future leadership. Those companies are much less likely to find the best and most comprehensive leadership qualities and candidates, because they are limiting their view of the world. My proof is based upon work between Accenture Consulting (with the Alliance for Strategic Leadership).
N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 9, 2010
Great businesses are in constant search of improvement, innovation, change, disruption, knowledge and other strategic leverage points that lead to a competitive advantage or operational enhancement. Don’t fall into the rut of allowing your business to be trapped in a perpetual state of static thinking.
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N2Growth Blog
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
Moreover if they decide to develop the application should this be done internally with existing staff, or outsourced, and if outsourced will it be done domestically or offshore and who will manage the process. Therefor by definition it is not unique or likely to generate any competitive advantage.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 9, 2012
Defining those crazy zones is one of the most difficult but more important cultural decisions innovation leadership teams can make. Crazy ideas, of course, can be a source of sustainable competitive advantage. Real craziness is what gets outsourced. But where should they come from? It's too risky to be seen as too crazy.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 27, 2017
They frequently find the technologies are less of a hassle than the people. The Autonomous Outsourcer. Business process outsourcing becomes business process algorithmization. The same sensibilities and economic opportunities that make outsourcing appealing become managerial principles for computational autonomy.
Marshall Goldsmith
JANUARY 13, 2014
In our study of leadership characteristics, we found both consistent themes and emerging trends. Many qualities of effective leadership – characteristics such as communicating vision, demonstrating integrity, focusing on results, and ensuring customer satisfaction – will never change. Demonstrating technological savvy.
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. Never confuse charisma with leadership. They listen as well as they speak. The key to that is to build a sustainable culture. Directness.
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