Lead Change Blog

JULY 2, 2015

Thus, both types take preparation and skillful execution if they are going to produce positive results. Empower Willing Change Leaders: The most successful change efforts include the early adopters and use internal, front-line change agents to sway the majority. Who are the willing?

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 18, 2020

The researchers set out to explore what set the early adopters apart from their peers, and trawled through the database of academic papers held by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Of course, you’d still want plenty of specialists on the team to be able to execute on the new idea.”. Creating impact.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 1, 2020

Analytics: studies the data gathered to assist in the execution of the marketing strategy. Being able to attribute the leads to the appropriate accounts is the only way you can effectively execute the ABM strategy. Workflow Automation: automatically performs repetitive tasks that are crucial to the success of your marketing strategy.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Designing and executing systems to meet specific problems is key. Make your mistakes among friends and early-adopters. They are your early warning radar. People need to build these channels into their plans from the beginning. Any new enterprise needs to be based around solving a specific problem in an efficient way.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

Ignore the early adopter critics that never have enough to play with. After decades of coaching powerful executives around the world, Lolly Daskal has observed that leaders rise to their positions relying on a specific set of values and traits. You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take. Wayne Gretzky. Ignore them.

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Chartered Management Institute

MARCH 4, 2012

Of course, with these technological advancements in what BPM can achieve come an equal increase in the complexity of the people related hurdles that managers must overcome to ensure successful execution. You can target early adopters. Complexity is much more manageable. You're not spreading resources too thinly.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 29, 2009

However, five weeks ago I purchased an iPhone 3GS (granted, I’m not an early adopter) and the experience has been phenomenal. In only a few short weeks I have come to depend on its functionality for my work in product management and product marketing. Thank you for your questions.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

Kind regards, Ian 19 April Dear all, CMI's chief executive Ann Francke has been commenting on the importance of leadership in getting company culture right. Ann Francke on handling critical feedback In her latest column for The Times , CMI’s chief executive Ann Francke discusses how to deliver critical feedback.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

Through a study of AI that included a survey of 3,073 executives and 160 case studies across 14 sectors and 10 countries, and through a separate digital research program , we have identified 10 key insights CEOs need to know to embark on a successful AI journey.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

People are commonly referred to as ‘buyers,’ ‘shoppers,’ ‘payers,’ ‘non-responders,’ ‘early adopters,’ and ‘eyeballs.’ In the days following the British Petroleum (BP) oil spill, how many times did we hear executives tell the public not to worry?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

While executives at this company thought they were extremely transparent, employees did not agree. As Geoffrey Moore pointed out in his groundbreaking book, Crossing the Chasm , companies need to market to one segment of customers at a time, starting with the early adopters before leveraging that segment to launch into the next.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

After expending considerable effort on formulating a strategy, most executives would like to see their company’s strategic plans fully executed. The gap between strategy and the execution of that strategy is often referred to as “ strategic dissonance.” The Gap Between Strategy and Execution.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2015

This is explains why executives at Kodak chose not to pursue digital cameras after the first one was developed in their own lab. Everett Rodgers, a sociology professor at Ohio State University published the now famous Diffusion of Innovation in 1962 and coined the term “early adopter.”

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Executives must think carefully about how to best match people and machines, bearing in mind that many of the decisions they make today will have a long-tail effect on workforce composition, productivity, and profits for years to come. So early preparation is needed. Start early to shift the leadership mindset.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Getting executives into a room and hammering out a contract doesn''t make a deal. Once these early adopters are moving product, others will not be able to blame anyone but themselves for missing targets. There is no substitute for grass roots research. Don''t figure it out. Beware of Magic Bullets.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2016

The Kickstarter ecosystem brings together makers, backers, and early adopters as well as community building experts, videographers, and storytellers. And, even when brainstorming initiatives succeed in launching, those in charge of executing the ideas must build out external channels and support systems from scratch.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2014

In response, executives made a concerted effort to step back and think about customers’ most important graphics-related problems. Those insights came from the research Adobe had done to develop the platform, as well as the data the platform was already generating from early adopters. Retailers were all ears.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

In the early 1990s, executives and managers welcomed information technology — databases, PC workstations, and automated systems — into their offices. In our study of more than 30 pilots in early-adopter companies, we found five common business processes improved by machine-reengineering.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2014

Aspiring junior executives dream of climbing the ladder to gain more authority. Senior executives, on the other hand, are often frustrated by how little power they actually have. Now we can see the failure of Semmelweis and Antioco – and the folly of so many aspiring executives — for what it is.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

On the contrary, many executives have made big technology bets but are now wondering why those investments haven’t yielded the kind of payoff they expected. It takes time to execute these types of organizational changes—and the pace is wholly dependent on the actions taken by management.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

I asked several tech startup founders, community managers, and users for any lessons learned on how startups can successfully transition their early adopters, who are used to feeling like VIPs, to technology that reduces hand-holding. How can a low-tech, high-touch startup scale to a high-tech one without losing users?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2013

The choice of a target domain is typically based on the gut feelings of executives. For example, at Caesars Entertainment — an early and continuing user of analytics in its business — the initial focus was on analytics for customer loyalty and service. But how about with big data? Well, no, as it turns out.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2015

Managers and leaders need to be early adopters. Active support from senior executives communicates to staff that the program is worth their time. Members of the executive team should be recognizing even the most entry-level employees and vice versa. Emphasize that positive, public feedback is universally welcomed.

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Leading Blog

MAY 3, 2019

The alternative you present must be better not just for the believers but for those outside the early adopter group. For example, there was a long tradition of IBM executives dressing formally in a suit and tie. Yet that wasn’t a value, it was an early manifestation of a value. For Gandhi it was salt.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2014

A talented videogame-designing friend had a ready quip whenever start-up executives asked him if he was a “team player.” “Yes,” have become early adopters and innovators in multidimensional measurements for individuals and teams alike. Yes,” he always responded, “team captain.” He usually got hired.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

Previously a straggling and struggling conglomerate, it bravely focused 100% on mobile communications, was an early adopter and driver of 2G technology, and quickly became a recognised world leader in both supply chain management and brand-building.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2011

A few are entrepreneurial start-ups desperate for closer ties with their early adopter clientele. On occasion, I moderate and facilitate customer events for a variety of firms. Some are cutting-edge global high tech; others are classic B2B service providers. Many of these events go well; a few of them go great.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2016

In fact, in talking to executives at Experian, it seemed clear to me that the techniques that Blank advocates, such as focusing on customer development before produce development, creating a minimum viable product and iterating and pivoting to a new business model, can actually be done more effectively in an established business.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

We spoke with top executives at each of these firms about the rise of cognitive in their organizations. Both executives have longstanding track records of success at their respective organizations, having seen business and technology change come and go for 20 years or more.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2017

One PE executive told us that the hold time for transformation can be cut in half with the right leadership in place, but it often took them far too long to assess, identify, and implement the right leadership. To facilitate transformation, LCPs also often conduct an audit of the leadership and culture in portfolio companies.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

TIAA-CREF, the big financial services company, includes customer loyalty score improvement in senior executive compensation. Pep Boys, a US auto parts store chain, reports in its proxy statement that customer metrics are now an important part of its executive compensation system. Processes and tools for understanding root causes.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2013

First, there''s a digital disconnect in the executive ranks, a leadership vacuum created by a mismatch between expertise and authority. You can see a strong precedent for this in the open source software movement, which didn''t go mainstream until its early adopters progressed through the ranks. The Digital Disconnect.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

With Novec Fluids, the team is not only working with key customers and early adopters, but it's also pushing the market toward greener options by advocating for tougher government standards and regulations. But there are signs of a feistier attitude brewing.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2014

When it is eventually launched in the market, there is an initial flurry of sales to early adopters, but then sales cycles become sluggish. Pilot customers are enthusiastic, but broader adoption is slow even with customer support and training. We all know the saying, “I’ll believe it when I see it.”

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2017

Godbout was executive director at 18F before departing to become chief technology officer for the EPA. Godbout: I have yet to see the case study of massive change management of innovation where a group of people came in and, like a whirlwind, changed everyone’s thoughts and executed the whole thing themselves.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Talented founders know that corporations simply cannot replicate the deep experience private VCs have in starting companies, nor their expertise in assisting startups with complex challenges such as deal making, business modeling, resolving disputes among founders, executing a successful IPO, and so on.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

As with the markets it had entered earlier, the company launched a service targeted at early adopters, and then iterated quickly to add features to attract a wider audience. It’s a carefully orchestrated cycle of expansion, executed at increasing speed, to an increasing number of countries and customers.

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