Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2011

Leadership is about being a model of behaving in ways that create cooperation and collaboration. Governor’s Conference for Women. The Vietnamese name for teacher is Thay, and that moment of having “Tea with Thay” is still comforting when the business of the day begins to overtake me. Authentic Leadership I was recently at the Pa.

Press Release 150

Press Release Discount PR Leadership 150

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2016

Often, when I’m asked to give a speech on strategy at some company event or conference, I find that one of the other speakers is a former professional sports player. The message for managers is clear: this is the way to outcompete your business rivals; these are the traits that will bring you and your company commercial victory.

Sports 8

Sports Management Competitive Advantage Mintzberg 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2013

Last June, I raised a few eyebrows when I told attendees at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio (aka Rio+20 ) that "accountants would save the world." But where we've lost the plot is that we only demand — and manage — a return on financial capital. But I meant it. Why accounting?

Social Capital 12

Social Capital Report Finance Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

Other telecoms are offering solutions such as smart parking and waste management systems. Companies that want to serve them directly often have to think outside the box when it comes to financing. Automakers are adding new options to their vehicle portfolios for smart urban mobility.

Real Estate 9

Real Estate Company Transportation B2C 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2013

Yet corporate top management invariably tries hard to force each unit into an overarching strategy. These four divisions set their own strategy — e.g. the business strategy for engineering services, the strategy for elevators, et cetera — and have their own management teams and P&L.

Strategy 8

Strategy P&L Engineering Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

Earlier this week, on April 16, the US nominee Jim Yong Kim was selected over Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo. Thinking about how to influence the evolving global rules may seem very far from the daily pressures of managing one's company.

Globalization 11

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 11