Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

But, the general consensus was that if someone recommended a book that inspired them or taught them how to be a better leader, the book was worth their time. Here is the list of all 235 books, in alphabetical order. Top Books About Leadership.

Books 76

Books Leadership Handbook Kotter 76

The Empowered Buisness

JUNE 16, 2015

Your management team struggles to identify and reach consensus on key issues and clear goals for the future. But according to The Law of Planning by Brain Tracy, every minute spent in planning saves ten minutes in execution. Systems Focused Approach to Strategic Planning. It is also the approach most used by our clients.

Strategic Planning 100

Strategic Planning Planning Fashion Consultative 100

Eric Jacobson

MAY 25, 2012

But, the general consensus was that if someone recommended a book that inspired them or taught them how to be a better leader, the book was worth their time. Within the list of favorites you'll find titles published decades ago and ones published last month. Then, select one or more for your summer reading list.

Books 92

Books Handbook Kotter Leadership Pipeline 92

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

But culture can’t be static, and CEOs and other executives can’t be static either. Be aware, however, that constant re-engineering, reorganization, and restructuring in pursuit of efficiency (or the latest management fad) has a questionable effect at best. About the Author.

Succession 50

Succession Teamwork Restructuring Commitment 50

Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

Product managers rely heavily on other people — engineers, sales people, support, etc. PMs who build consensus and inspire team members develop a high ROI on their products and ROR with their colleagues. — to ship successful products. PMs that focus on building strong relationships experience more success.

Review 157

Review Books ROI Loyalty 157

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

But, the general consensus was that if someone recommended a book that inspired them or taught them how to be a better leader, the book was worth their time. Here is the list of all 235 books, in alphabetical order. Top Books About Leadership.

Books 50

Books Leadership Handbook Kotter 50

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

But, the general consensus was that if someone recommended a book that inspired them or taught them how to be a better leader, the book was worth their time. Within the list of favorites you'll find titles published decades ago and ones published last month. Then, select one or more for your summer reading list.

Books 58

Books Leadership Handbook Kotter 58

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2011

Unless people understand why innovation is necessary, it always loses to core business or the performance engine in the battle for resources. The performance engine is bigger, is the center of power, and can justify resources based on short term financial results. A well-defined yet flexible execution process.

Critical Success Factor 15

Critical Success Factor Innovation Stage-Gate Succession 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2014

GM’s bankruptcy and bailout four years ago earned it the nickname “Government Motors,” a reference to both the $80 billion lent by the US government (repaid in full in December, 2013) and to the bureaucratic, top-down management GM executives had used to try to reverse the company’s tailspin. She was always the person who took charge.”.

Team 8

Team McGregor Parcell Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2012

And I couldn't resist following up with an email Q&A: Justin Fox: A lot of smart people have been saying for a while now that public-company executives should put less time and effort into dealing with Wall Street. JF: But shouldn't executives be running their companies, not dealing with investors all the time? Why's that?

Short-term 12

Short-term Long-term Parcell Incentives 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2011

Daimler's engineers in Germany could not work with their Chrysler counterparts in Detroit , leading to the sale of the latter at a loss of some $35 billion. The result is slow and poor execution. Sony was unable to come up with its version of iPod/iTunes because divisions competed with one another. So what's the right way?

CIO 15

CIO Consensus Bottom-up Organizational Behavior 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Society at large is more consensus-oriented.". It is hard to imagine The Economist arguing that "cooperation and modesty" may be an effective engine for competitiveness and growth. The Nordic executive team (mostly men) I worked with this week were fascinated by the Hofstede research.

Hofstede 10

Hofstede Cooper Leadership Styles Consensus 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

” A 10-year McKinsey study on flow found that top executives are up to 500% more productive when they’re in a state of flow. Unnecessary consensus-seeking for reversible, non-consequential decisions. Start: Do whatever it takes to start your engine.

Outsourcing 15

Outsourcing Stress Productivity Products 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2011

Given those science-based plans, Ford is investing in the long-term — the sexy, new EV market that everyone is going after — and rolling out a series of efficiency technologies in the existing, combustion-engine fleet. The 2011 Ford Explorer, for example, is using EcoBoost engine technology to improve fuel efficiency by 25%.

Strategy 15

Strategy PPM Long-term Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

Disclosure: One of us is an executive at Alphabet Inc., They will not be transformational, but they will help build consensus on the potential of AI. the parent company of Google.) The initial focus was on incorporating machine learning into a few subcomponents of a system (e.g.,

Insurance 10

Insurance Video Project Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Studies comparing the problem-solving abilities of groups in which dissenting views are voiced with groups in which they are not find that dissent tends to be a better precondition for reaching the right solution than consensus. Yet how many leaders actively seek out and encourage views alien and at odds to their own? All too few.

Consensus 9

Consensus Hedge Diversity Stress 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Studies comparing the problem-solving abilities of groups in which dissenting views are voiced with groups in which they are not find that dissent tends to be a better precondition for reaching the right solution than consensus. Yet how many leaders actively seek out and encourage views alien and at odds to their own? All too few.

Consensus 9

Consensus Hedge Diversity Stress 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Each of the industries that have sprung up around these innovations has become an engine for America's economic growth. They're falling into the trap that leads to disruption — the same one that snares executives in many successful companies. Amazingly, each time as one has begun to slow down, the next one has picked up.

Politics 14

Politics Innovation Engineering Entrepreneur 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2011

This post was written with Ripa Rashid, Executive Vice President at the Center for Work-Life Policy, and Diana Forster, a Ph.D. Not only are Asians a vital part of the white-collar pipeline generally, they are also particularly well-qualified in the fields of science, engineering, and technology.

Human Capital 11

Human Capital Survey Globalization Policies 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

The survey of C-suite and executive function heads with responsibility for Big Data initiatives revealed that 85% of the organizations surveyed had funded Big Data initiatives underway or in the planning stage. In Tom Davenport and D.J. And our survey indicates there will be plenty of competition for their talents.

Survey 8

Survey Consensus Report Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Senior executives were encouraging. Frank had joined a highly-collegial firm that valued collaboration and consensus decision making, and his new peers described him as arrogant and unwilling to learn how the company did things before rushing to try to sell his plans to senior management.

Career 15

Career Company Consensus Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Such seismic moves would be unsettling in any company, but the real problem is that HP is not trusted to execute on its new strategy well. Usually when people talk of DNA they're raising questions of corporate culture: Does the company rely on consensus among managers or are strategies and tactics directed from the top?

Software 13

Software Intellectual Capital Maturity Customer Loyalty 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2013

There''s no doubt that people inside large companies over-engineer business plans, but don''t let the pendulum swing too far the other way. Sure, he might have gotten there through experimentation, but studying market dynamics helped him to cut a couple of corners. Of course, the value of a tool depends on its application.

Ries 8

Ries Telecommunications Business Model Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

I learned this from working with senior executives at one of the world’s largest high-tech engineering companies recently, who were concerned that many of their big customer programs were over budget and behind schedule. Decisions were delayed or not executed, and of course the program’s performance suffered.

Welch 8

Welch Supply Chain Consensus Engineering 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 18, 2013

So also should diversity, branding, quality, marketing, re-engineering and other important processes. Inspirational forces like that built by ADL and other groups are most effective when they add constituencies outside their normal scope, building consensus of opinion and the strength of wider resources. by Hank Moore.

Crisis 72

Crisis Crisis Management Budgeting Risk Management 72

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

Executives and entrepreneurs from all over the world have traveled to Silicon Valley to learn the secrets of its success. But in our conversations with executives about what they’ve learned, we’ve seen a tendency to focus on superficial elements rather than on the root causes of companies’ success.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

No one would ever say it that way, but it clearly explained why even seemingly simple decisions required consensus and multiple rounds of meetings. The company's core control mechanisms — the means by which it decides how to allocate resources, start and stop projects, and so on — were organized to do one thing: minimize mistakes.

Innovation 14

Innovation Gilbert Govindarajan Christensen 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Not surprisingly, a growing number of energy and infrastructure executives argue that, today, successful companies in these industries are set apart not by their technology and expertise but by their ability to generate social and political support for their projects.

Company 9

Company Supply Chain Real Estate Stakeholder Analysis 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2013

In each place the central story was identical, but the executions were quite different in virtually every aspect — music, people, locations, focus. When executed flawlessly, such global-local campaigns combine the power and efficiency of a single global brand with the targeted, culturally nuanced appeal of a localized execution.

Brand 8

Brand Globalization Advertising Storytelling 8

Thin Difference

APRIL 11, 2019

Most business executives want order, although chaos and uncertainty appear often. Worker cooperative – Isthmus Engineering & Manufacturing (IEM). Consent decision-making: Policy decisions are made by consent, which differs slightly from consensus. Different business and organizational models exist. Cooperative Examples.

Organization 62

Organization ESOP Cooper Reis 62

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

It leads to a higher search engine visibility through stronger online authority (links and social shares). So, define a plan you can execute well and stick to it. You can have the best content writing team in the world, but if it lacks proper execution and variety of types of content, then you likely will not be doing any disruption.

Marketing 105

Marketing Content Audience Brand 105

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2012

We urge enterprises not to rely on the wisdom of a lone "great man" chief executive, but rather to create decision-making processes that incorporate data, diverse perspectives, and due deliberation. The Congress has engineered itself a set of incredibly poor processes for decision-making. Poor processes. It's a daunting list.

Consensus 13

Consensus Short-term Cooper Tactics 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

That made it relatively easy to assemble a big group of plaintiffs, since all you had to do was find those who had bought or sold a company’s stock over a particular time period — whether or not they’d been paying any attention to the misleading statements of its executives. As a result, University of Pennsylvania law professors William W.

Training 8

Training Class Efficiency Price 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

These companies have become agile in name only, as the process they’ve put in place often ends up hurting engineering motivation and productivity. These requirements were put into a ticket queue as tasks for the next available engineer to start working on. But many have done so in a way that actually makes them less agile.

Agility 8

Agility Engineering Software How To 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2014

But the benefits of cognitive diversity do not materialize automatically — they have to be engineered. It permeates every conversation, board meeting, executive team meeting, strategic off-site, jury deliberation, and political agenda. Diversity, as Scott Page puts it, trumps ability. Path dependence is not always a bad thing.

Productivity 15

Productivity Products Brainstorming Diversity 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2014

But the benefits of cognitive diversity do not materialize automatically — they have to be engineered. It permeates every conversation, board meeting, executive team meeting, strategic off-site, jury deliberation, and political agenda. Diversity, as Scott Page puts it, trumps ability. Path dependence is not always a bad thing.

Productivity 12

Productivity Products Brainstorming Diversity 12