The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 4, 2023

. “For a country to be self-sufficient, its population needs access to food, water and energy, resources that can often only be provided by the surrounding ecosystem. Yet because human activities tend to cause unintended side effects like global warming or ozone depletion,” the researchers explain.

Management 111

Management Engineering Energy Resources 111

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

I hope I have your attention because in over 30 years of working with managers and organizations, my experience is that a lack of effective communication skills has kept very talented and skilled people from becoming leaders. Communication is a basic human need.

Self-aware 228

Self-aware Skills Positioning Training 228

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 5, 2021

Astronaut crews living and working in space experience as a matter of course what many of us experienced unexpectedly during the SARS-CoV-2 global pandemic. Their interest in our work has been to help their leaders and managers learn to cultivate a culture of connection so that everyone can give their best performance.

Self-aware 332

Self-aware Stress Environment Long-term 332

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 29, 2011

There are all sorts of strategies in today’s business – at the top is corporate strategy, followed by a slew of functional and sub-functional strategies ranging from marketing to waste management. billion in sales) provides huge economies of scale throughout the operation, especially in production, fixed overheads, distribution and marketing.

Strategy 131

Strategy CEO Company Competitive Advantage 131

Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 19, 2013

In the “old days,” a person was hired into a position, learned the job, and – usually because of some form of functional proficiency – received a promotion into management. Then, as a manager, this same person could tell a few people what to do. A classic example was the old Bell System.

Follow-up 147

Follow-up Learning-by-Doing Wireless Drucker 147

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2018

Dubbed the “Alien Dreadnought,” Tesla’s new manufacturing facility in Fremont, California, was designed to be fully automated — no humans need apply. Humans are underrated.” How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. To be precise, my mistake. Adopting AI.

Power 10

Power Engineering Analysis Training 10

Skip Prichard

JUNE 1, 2020

Letitia, a senior leader at a global insurance company that I worked with, was adamant that her leadership team cultivate the trait of being open. If you’re operating as a know-it-all, you have an underlying belief that that any new stuff really isn’t of much value. Empathy is a uniquely human skill. The second cost is ego.

Leadership 108

Leadership Open-book Learning-by-Doing Quality 108