Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Clinical and administrative staff often view their work as a vocation as much as a profession, and they are historically suspicious of senior administrators and resistant to strategic agendas. Within a few years, we had dramatically turned around the organization’s finances, performance measures, and market share.

Health Care 8

Health Care How To Operations Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Even a full professor typically remains ignorant of vital skills related to organizational behavior, operations management, finance and strategy. The coursecovers topics including healthcare policy, finance, and organizational culture as well as decision making (led by an Air Force colonel) and conflict resolution (led by a minister).

Training 8

Training Health Care Leadership Education 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The men and women who choose this path have diverse expertise and job responsibilities: marketing, leadership development, communications, operations, new business development, purchasing. Dawn Baker at Dow is revamping leadership development offerings to ensure they mesh with their company's sustainability objectives.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Constraint Entrepreneur Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

When they voiced concerns about the business and organizational impact of her recommendations, she dismissed them as "old school" and resistant to change. In his classic HBR article, " Harnessing the Power of Persuasion " Robert Cialdini outlines a number of variables involved in an individual's ability to influence others.

Proposal 11

Proposal Cialdini Execution Influence 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2012

Managing risks — especially the hard-to-pin-down, moving-target risks that any financial trading operation has to cope with — inevitably involves arguing. But data and objectivity can only get you so far. The words "risk management" usually evokes less subjective, more data-driven pursuits.

Management 10

Management Risk Management Competitive Intelligence Hedge 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

But the best CEOs resist the desire to chase the next shiny object. ” At one Brazilian retailer, it’s “To give aspiring lower-class consumers the opportunity to own furniture, ‘white goods’ and consumer electronics by helping them solve their financing needs.” This is poppycock.

CEO 8

CEO Class Chief Executive Officer Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Health care has proved resistant to a similar transition, although everyone would benefit. Just imagine the operational demand if primary care providers also had to actively monitor their patients’ health data between office visits. The last thing that this group of providers desires is more responsibility.

Health Care 8

Health Care How To Insurance Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Other managerial occupations that became majority-female were education administration, human resources, property and real estate, and finance. They are also vastly underrepresented as managers of general operations, computer information, industrial production, and transportation. Several positions, however, remain dominated by men.

Management 9

Management Real Estate Human Resources Diversity 9