Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The problem is following a plan so closely without responding to events that you will “lead the company efficiently in the wrong direction.” Strategy involves completion of goals, and the risk is the difference between those goals and the ability of the organization to achieve them.” In a sense, strategy creates risk.

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Strategy Books Balanced Scorecard Mauborgne 280

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Prahalad's 1989 HBR article "Strategic Intent" brought about a discontinuous shift in my career — from a professor of accounting to a researcher on strategy and innovation. As an idea, strategic intent is about setting a bold and ambitious goal, out of all proportion to a firm's current resources and capabilities.

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Goal Prahalad Hamel CPA 9

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Jim Kim (President of the World Bank), Peter Drucker (founder of modern management), Paul Hersey (noted author, teacher, and personal mentor of mine), and Warren Bennis (one of the world’s greatest leadership thinkers of his time). Has been recognized as the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker. Co-founder Partners in Health.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2011

Developing assessment and measurement criteria early in the process will be critical to the collaborative effort's ability to stay on the same page, and give the design team the client leadership they need. Be prepared to plan the necessary time to focus intensely on the goal while maintaining a creative and highly-charged atmosphere.

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Prahalad Budgeting Creativity Fashion 13