Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

But then as now, there is no greater attribute for a ruler than humility built on an accurate assessment of his own limits, from which the finest cunning emerges.” — Robert Kaplan, Warrior Politics. “In No real-world human being brings to the U.S. presidency the range of attributes necessary for full success in the job”— James Fallows.

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Bureaucracy Kaplan Drucker Politics 278

First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 27, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Breaking Out: How to Build Influence in a World of Competing Ideas John Butman What You’re Really Meant to Do: A Roadmap for Reaching Your Unique Potential Robert Steven Kaplan The UnStoppables: Tapping Your Entrepreneurial […].

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Kaplan Blog Hamel Handbook 75

Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

In LEAPFROGGING , author Soren Kaplan reveals why this command-and-control mindset is exactly what stymies innovation. The leapfrogging life cycle that Kaplan describes in his book is not a step-by-step how to guide. Soren Kaplan: Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs.

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Innovation Kaplan Diversity Open-book 126

Tanveer Naseer

JULY 12, 2016

Only those interested in leadership as more than mere ego gratification have a chance to build something that outlasts them. At Boeing, Alan Mulally was hired right out of college as an engineer and went on to become its CEO before becoming the chief executive at Ford. Kaplan worked for 25 years at Newsweek and Fortune.

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Kaplan CEO Real Estate CFO 100

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2015

The HBS team has been using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC), an approach initially proposed by one of us (Bob Kaplan) and Michael Porter, to help providers pursue the value-based delivery of care. Each Mayo Clinic value-improvement project must: gain senior leadership support, including an approved charter.

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Mayo Health Care Committee Project 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

Kaplan’s balanced scorecard or Clayton Christensen’s disruptive innovation. A follow-up article, coauthored with Amy Edmondson and Francesca Gino, delved more deeply into such issues as psychological safety, openness to new ideas, and leadership attention. Great leadership is extraordinarily difficult.

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Management Balanced Scorecard NPV Article 9