Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

But with their focus on clinical disease management and research, training programs actually offer little in the way of true leadership training – authentic experience that helps young doctors develop the leadership skills they will need. Lesson 1: Medicine must increase its focus on fundamental communication skills.

Training 8

Training Health Care Leadership Education 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2011

Samsung's journey from low-cost OEM producer to a global brand name synonymous with innovation is an admirable one. I can only imagine the resistance involved when an established, hierarchical company like the old Samsung decides to introduce practices that threaten the status quo.

Globalization 11

Globalization Mentor Project Power 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

With the AI field recently picking up its pace of innovation after the decades-long “AI winter,” technical expertise and capabilities are in short supply. Even large digital natives such as Amazon and Google have turned to companies and talent outside their confines to beef up their AI skills.

Survey 11

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2017

Interestingly, individuals working in customer service, sales, production, logistics and R&D were more likely to feel that bureaucracy was growing than those working in functions like HR, finance, planning, purchasing, and administration. Bureaucracy frustrates innovation. How do you overcome pockets of resistance?

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Survey Politics Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2018

If, by contrast, Tesla’s target was merely a $100 billion market capitalization — frankly, a great target for most companies, as it projects a 7% return annually for the next 10 years — then investors might quickly lose their appetite to continue financing the company. They signed up for transformation, not steady returns.

Planning 8

Planning Marketing Automotive Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Smart as a whip, she possessed impressive analytical skills and a tremendous drive to produce results. When they voiced concerns about the business and organizational impact of her recommendations, she dismissed them as "old school" and resistant to change.

Proposal 11

Proposal Cialdini Execution Influence 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2015

The issue is that Greek “resistance”—not just Syriza’s, but also that of the previous government—takes the form of protecting rent-seekers. Not only is there a lack of will; there’s a critical lack of skill. contraction today, there was no one in the finance ministry actually making policy.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Tourism Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

Whereas most business lists analyze companies by traditional metrics such as revenue or by subjective assessments such as “innovativeness,” our ranking evaluates the ability of leaders to strategically reposition the firm. Matthew Eyring , Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer of Vivint Inc.

Franchising 15

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Great leaders are like a sponge when it comes to the acquisition of knowledge, the development of new skill sets, and the constant refinement of existing competencies. Who would follow a person who's thoughts and skills are out dated. To the person, the best leaders I know are prolific readers. It fuels creativity to succeed.

Blog 419

Blog Open-book Library Learning-by-Doing 419

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

” It may be difficult, but it’s also a vital skill to master. “Organizations need to keep changing, adapting, and innovating,” he says. “You need to be seen as credible” when you’re talking about the financial implications of your initiative to the finance group, for instance.

Project 8

Project Restructuring Hotels Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2015

A county network of 12 community-based primary care clinics, 95 specialty clinics, an inpatient hospital, an ambulatory surgery center, and 12 skilled nursing facilities, Parkland has the mission of caring for all Dallas County residents regardless of their ability to pay. Ability to resist reimbursement pressures.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Insurance Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

Determined to get closer to their customers and become more agile and innovative, global organizations like IBM and GE are embracing the matrix organizational model. Not surprisingly, the skills required to effectively navigate the matrix are different than those needed to succeed in the old, hierarchical organizational model.

Management 14

Management Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Influence 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

Hailed in the 1960s as bastions of sophisticated management, they used cheap financing to acquire, then rationalize, many family-owned firms. With GE’s recent announcement to split off its remaining finance operations , and Honeywell also considering divestment, the pressure on these groups remains in force.

Engineering 8

Engineering Learning Curve Fixed Costs Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2015

It is clear to us that the failure of different parts of the system — payers, providers, patients, professionals, policy makers, politicians, the public, and the press — to pull in the same direction is a serious drag on innovation and progress. Health care is not the only industry that is resistant to change.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Telecommunications Quality 8