Sales Wolf Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

 Today I would like to shift gears and take a look ahead at what the HR, talent management, and leadership development blogging community sees in store for us in 2011. Erin Schreyer, Authentic Leadership : Could 2011 be the Year of The Incredibles?  Last week I paused for a moment to look back at the year that was 2010.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 26, 2011

This due diligence included, setting a new household budget, moving investments, setting up a home equity line of credit, and finally, buying a new car (for the first time in 11 years!). I volunteered to be the “lucky&# laid off executive and have never looked back. Synchronicity is such a blessing!

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

Few executives appear prepared for the challenges of digital M&A. When we recently interviewed top M&A executives in Europe about their experience, fully three-quarters of them said that digital disruption has had a relatively large impact or even requires a complete overhaul of their M&A strategy. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2018

An internet technology company picks up a mobile phone manufacturer. Technology, manufacturing, research and development, or human know-how – whatever the capability, acquisitions are a way to acquire it. How realistic is leadership’s vision for the acquisition? Joe Beck/Unsplash/HBR Staff. Capability upgrades.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Four things are required: Do deeper due diligence. Find out how they made it work and double down on the due diligence. I work with executives around the globe; so being on Telepresence and Webex is a natural way we communicate. Look at leadership capabilities. You and Your Team. Hiring and Firing.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

Martin describes how executive teams carefully explore the risk of different courses of action, but neglect to make a similar assessment of the risk of staying the course. Mine societal, economic, political, regulatory, and technological trends to identify any external changes that necessitate a shift in your strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

” This feedback helped Oka, an industry outsider, convince President Kazuo Ushida, a 40-year veteran of Nikon’s technology businesses, that the company needed to revisit its dialogue with investors. It also called for streamlining headquarters and cutting executive management’s compensation.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2014

Anxiety, fear, even dread are among the predictable reactions in the executive suite and boardroom when they unexpectedly appear. Founded in 1928, Motorola diversified over the decades from car radios into a host of communication technologies, ranging from equipment aboard Apollo 11 to the best-selling RAZR mobile phones.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Not long ago, the chief executive of a global telecommunications firm shared with me his frustration that "even in a meeting with the CEO, most institutional investors seek only granular data points to plug into their models. This blog post is part of the HBR Online Forum The CEO's Role in Fixing the System.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Common pitfalls are a lack of cultural understanding between the integrating parties, poor integration leadership, and a focus on the wrong activity set or the wrong targets. In efficient M&A situations, steps 1-3 would be considered in detail before deal closure, with steps 4 and 5 executed post-close.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. Ma and the Alibaba leadership team would retain management control.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

Focus on the specific opportunity, and do the necessary research, due diligence, and soul-searching to figure out whether that particular job is right for you. To help bring cool new technology to the world? You also need to get to know the leadership, adds Gulati. Why do you want to join a startup in the first place?

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