Remove Drucker Remove Finance Remove Productivity Remove Technology
article thumbnail

Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The gist of the argument seems to be that for teams to be productive, employees have to feel “empowered&# by having an equal voice. And as odd as it may sound, one of the greatest impediments to building productive teams is practicing management by consensus. I can sum-up my feeling on this in one word… ridiculous.

Consensus 388
article thumbnail

Competing on Service: Eleven Ways to Beat the Competition by ‘Hugging’ Your Customers

Strategy Driven

Twelve cases are written as narratives with multiple teaching points, but without a focus on a particular business decision; the remaining twenty-three cases were written around specific conundrums related to strategy, operations, finance, marketing, leadership, culture, human resources, organizational design, business model, and growth.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Digital Transformation Doesn’t Have to Leave Employees Behind

Harvard Business Review

Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. This post is one in a series of perspectives by presenters and participants in the 7th Global Drucker Forum. At a more macro level, the possibilities opened up by connected, more efficient production and new business models are also highly promising. No wonder employees like them.

article thumbnail

Companies Collect Competitive Intelligence, but Don’t Use It

Harvard Business Review

The paradox is that companies spend millions acquiring competitive or market “intelligence” from armies of vendors and deploy the latest technology disseminating the information internally. What Did Peter Drucker Really Say? Some estimate the market for market research alone at $20 billion annually.

article thumbnail

Are CEOs Overhyped and Overpaid?

Harvard Business Review

First, as shown by a recent analysis of 32 technology firms, the personality of CEOs shapes the culture of the organization. Second, as a 20-year review from 1993 to 2012 showed, CEOs’ judgment affects key strategic and managerial processes , such as staffing, financing, and marketing decisions. In the U.S.

CEO 8
article thumbnail

Your Calendar Needs an Upgrade

Harvard Business Review

“Until we can manage time,” Peter Drucker declared in The Effective Executive , “we can manage nothing else.” But virtually everything about its tools and technologies is in flux. My calendar(s) should be telling me where—and how—I’ve been spending my most productive time at work and leisure.

article thumbnail

How Companies, Governments, and Nonprofits Can Create Social Change Together

Harvard Business Review

Customers overwhelmingly prefer products tied to a social cause. This is apparent in India, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is using a collaborative approach to build a national digital highway , partnering with the country’s world-class technology companies in the process.

Company 10