Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

That’s a shame because the aviation industry as a whole still continues to be an industry model for how to operate with extremely high reliability despite having a highly fragmented set of organizational entities. Even worse, functional processes — finance, human resources, sales, etc. Recall how the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

Charan (intentionally or not) lambasts the entire HR profession (“It’s time to say good bye to the Department of Human Resources ” ). But, the 60% seem, in my view, to be actively engaged in learning how to help their organizations improve. Human resources Strategy Talent management' The bottom 20% won’t take help.

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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.

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Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 9

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.

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