Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

But our recent research found that this style of leadership works best in motivating certain types of performance and certain types of employees. Our analysis yielded a few main results: first, empowering leaders are much more effective at influencing employee creativity and citizenship behavior (i.e.,

Delegation 13

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You're Not the Boss of Me

OCTOBER 20, 2009

While there were lessons to be learned about executing business disaster recovery plans and the positioning of Data Centres and telecommunications systems, Mr. Greenberg’s primary observations were less about that and more about the people, their courage, resilience and determination to pick up the pieces and move on. What about you?

Performance Review 43

Performance Review Blog Learning-by-Doing Contingency Plans 43

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2015

These include such superstars on Fortune’s 2014 list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in global business as Chandra Kochbar of India’s ICICI Bank, Chua Sock Koong of Singapore Telecommunications, and Zhang Xin of SOHO China. “Even in rural India, women manage the households and pay the bills,” she says.

Survey 8

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Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

There are many ways that even a good business with good leadership can be damaged or bankrupted. But the majority of the business owners I know prefer to manage risks by minimizing them or bypassing them entirely. Some things in business and life are simply out of our control. Every time I bought a car, I took a bet.

Learning-by-Doing 255

Learning-by-Doing Long-term Automotive Open-book 255

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

He wasnt a process manager. People : Recognizes interpersonal difficulties; intuitively understands how others feel; picks up non-verbal cues; empathetic; persuades, teaches, influences. They are viewed from the top as solid, reliable, good soldiers but not "leadership material." He wasnt a process manager. We all have.

Process 15

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

Skill development is clearly a major priority for companies and managers these days. Consider, for instance, the talent development program at Ascom, a global telecommunications company. Managers learn how to articulate a business opportunity in ways that energize team members. On both, people worked smarter, not harder.

Project 8

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2013

It's the "new black," to borrow from a fashion phrase — as well as a reference to its influence on profitability. We even hear it from our clients in the international market, such as regional telecommunications companies, who see a "unified user experience strategy" like Apple's as a sign of status. So what is management to do?

Strategy 10

Strategy Six Sigma Engineering Bottom-up 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2011

Geography significantly influences the formation of generational beliefs and behavior. What we see and hear — and the conclusions we draw — influence for our lifetimes what we value, how we measure success, whom we trust, and the priorities we set for our own lives, including the role work will play within them.

Education 15

Education Compliance White Paper Politics 15

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

New DDI research explores leadership differences between men and women and makes the case for gender diversity in the workplace. DDI’s High-Resolution Leadership study reviewed true assessment data from 10,000 global leaders and found no difference in the battle of the sexes for leadership skills.

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Diversity Globalization Transportation Industry 120

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

Not innovation, risk management, technology, debt, or the regulatory environment. Corporate directors identified talent management as their single greatest strategic challenge. We know that organizations commit enormous resources and effort to talent management, so why aren''t they doing a better job? Not competitive threats.

Talent Management 8

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