First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Fear Your Strengths: What You Are Best at Could Be Your Biggest Problem Robert Kaplan and Robert Kaiser Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2013) Actually, what we should fear are complacency and self-satisfaction as well as the assumption that “just good enough” really is. As I began to read this book, I was reminded of the title of […].

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Kaplan Greenleaf Collins Books 85

Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Kaplan, one of the original creators of the Balanced Scorecard in 1992. Though executives may formulate an excellent strategy, it easily fades from memory as the organization tackles day-to-day operations issues, or what most think of as "fighting fires.". Leadership sets the ambitious vision and stretch targets.

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Balanced Scorecard Execution Strategy Kaplan 98

Six Disciplines

MARCH 21, 2011

Kaplan, one of the original creators of the Balanced Scorecard. Though executives may formulate an excellent strategy, it easily fades from memory as the organization tackles day-to-day operations issues, or what most think of as "fighting fires.". Leadership sets the ambitious vision and stretch targets.

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Balanced Scorecard Execution Strategy Kaplan 101

The Practical Leader

MARCH 29, 2023

“The Acceleration Trap” is a major problem I’ve cited often from a classic series of Harvard Business Review articles by Heike Bruch, professor of leadership at the University of St. Beware a Culture of Busyness That’s the title of the lead article in this month’s issue of Harvard Business Review.

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Kaplan Porter Absenteeism Participative 52

First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 15, 2011

Kaplan and David P. The Strategy-Focused Organization: How Balanced Scorecard Companies Thrive in the New Business Environment Robert S. Norton Harvard Business Press (2000) The Perilous “Journey&# to Breakthrough Performance Note: This is another “business classic” I read when it was first published and then recently re-read it.

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Balanced Scorecard Norton Kaplan Strategy 89

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 15, 2011

Here's a guest post by Paul Thornton, a Great Leadership regular: To produce healthy plants it takes the right amount of water, sunlight, fertilizer, and care. They’re busy having meetings, doing power point presentations but making no improvements in the operation. Bibliography Kaplan, R.E. Harvard Business Review Press, 2011.

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Kaplan Planning Review Learning-by-Doing 251

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Operating-cost productivity metrics might include the component costs for building an automobile or delivering a package, the rates of rework, and so forth. Pharmaceutical companies have long needed deep scientific-innovation leadership capabilities but relatively few general managers.

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ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62