Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Our journey of more than 20 years has led to a lot of success and has taught us some valuable lessons for how to make remote arrangements work: Hire the right people. We encourage you to experiment with outcome-based, decentralized models as you seek to get the most out of your remote teams.

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Team Organization Management Consultative 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

In HR (or finance or IT), 20% of the professionals are exceptional, adding value that helps organizations move forward, 20% of HR folks are locked into a fixed mindset and lack either competence or commitment to deliver real value, and 60% are in the middle. This is both unfair and simplistic. It ignores what I call the 20-60-20 rule.

Charan 10

Charan Human Resources Leadership Pipeline Decentralization 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2016

However, overspending is often the result of decentralized and siloed decision making over the utility budget. For example, the finance department approves what to buy, facilities maintains equipment, HR tells employees how to conserve energy, and marketing manages the company’s corporate sustainability reporting.

Company 8

Company Management CIO Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

Peter Drucker wrote that Sloan was “the first to work out how to systematically organize a big company. When Sloan became president of GM in 1923, he put in place planning and strategy, measurements, and most importantly, the principles of decentralization.” He had each of the divisions start systematic strategic planning.

Transportation 8

Transportation Automotive Brand Engineering 8

HR Digest

JANUARY 7, 2020

Expert Q&A with Jason Tyszko on how to raise the skills of your employees to meet upcoming automation challenges. . Last year, Tesla’s Elon Musk admitted that the company’s over-reliance on automation was partly to blame for missed production targets and months of ‘manufacturing hell.’ “Yes,

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Diversity Education Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing 111

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In hindsight, this thinking turned out to be far less important than what we learned about leadership, control, and trust, which ultimately were reflected in how each of the businesses was created, capitalized, and staffed. On the finance and deal side, we also felt a strong kinship with Tsai. Tsai, for example, clearly understood U.S.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Here is some advice on how to tap into supply chains for successful scale-up: Reveal more than is comfortable. What helped Trolltech ultimately save the relationship was learning how to set expectations appropriately in light of the divergent cultures. Taking this path isn’t a cake walk, however.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2016

Business leaders know how to go about transforming their companies to seize opportunities or meet major challenges — even if that’s easier said than done. How can one organization even begin to attempt to solve a complex global problem like climate change, food insecurity, deteriorating infrastructure, or economic inequality?

Globalization 8

Globalization Company Decentralization Incentives 8

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Lastly, don’t decentralize marketing…consistent messaging across markets, mediums and constituencies is critical. That said, my typical pro-marketing position assumes that certain key fundamentals are in place to insure that the lunatics don’t somehow become in charge of the asylum.

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Blog Marketing Succession Brand 285

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Innovation-led growth can square a circle that is challenging modern capitalism: how to generate sustained and sustainable economic growth, built on high-value, well-paying jobs. The problem is how to get there. This includes basic research, applied research, and downstream patient and strategic long-term finance to companies.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Cost-Benefit Analysis Policies Drucker 8