Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

There are many ways that even a good business with good leadership can be damaged or bankrupted. Opportunities were abundant, especially with used cars, since so many dealers were panicking and slashing their inventories even as demand for affordable transportation increased. Ours did; over 700 did not.) Hard things don’t come easy.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Oleg is a thought leader, author, business educator and consultant with over 25 years of experience operating businesses and consulting Fortune 500. Thirty Lessons I Learned About Leadership. Leadership is a lifelong journey through different experiences every day. Leadership is not a dictatorship. Leadership is an art.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2011

from society as opposed to viewing profit as a byproduct of delivering a valued service over the medium and long term. Doing so is what ultimately creates long-term value. Panera operates some 1,500 bakery cafes nationwide. UPS's and Federal Express's for transport? We've been opening two cafes every week.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

Four years ago, GE initiated a strategy to compete more effectively in Africa, one of the fastest growing regions in the world in terms of GDP. The company’s leadership moved proactively to accelerate it and shape it. “If Furthermore, the returns on investment are long term.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2014

But had they looked at themselves from the point of view of their customers, they would have seen that they were really in the transportation and logistics business and would have better understood the challenge, and the opportunities, represented by the growing airline industry. And short-term numbers at that.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

If round after round of profit warnings was not enough – group operating profits fell 20% between 2011 and 2013 and are likely to fall another 30% in 2014 — the company recently announced it had overstated its first-half profit by about $400 million. UK retail, like the rest of the developed world, is witnessing a few big long-term trends.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Business today requires a mindset that is fundamentally different from the dominant existing mindset, and we have, so far, considered two specific dimensions: short-term versus long-term and fixed versus growth. A third dimension is control versus propensity. This aspect of mindset addresses how to get results and reduce risk.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

This approach was credible as long as economic inequality was kept within reasonable bounds. Our research shows that many companies are increasingly geared toward the short term. Such companies tend to generate less growth and value in the long run. Toward a New Leadership Agenda. These are the seven areas: 1.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Among other things, BMW has invited suggestions on the future of transport, discussing more than 300 ideas including new approaches to electric vehicles, parking, and communication between vehicles. That leadership style is effective as long as you’re always one step ahead of rivals, and know what’s best for your team.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Among other things, BMW has invited suggestions on the future of transport, discussing more than 300 ideas including new approaches to electric vehicles, parking, and communication between vehicles. That leadership style is effective as long as you’re always one step ahead of rivals, and know what’s best for your team.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Another benefit is that much of the content produced in this medium is not from the typical industry pundits, but rather true “in the trenches” thought leaders that see things coming long before journalists report it in the news, or the so-called gurus publish it in their latest book. Reading transports us to a place beyond ourselves.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 19, 2022

And remember that relations with the media need to be viewed as a long-term game. As longtime Republican political operative Bill Greener aptly put it, quoting others: “Never argue with someone who buys ink by the barrel.” If you spin the facts, then when there is good news, will you be believed or trusted?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

The failure last month of green-tech start-up Better Place, which promised to free drivers and nations from oil dependence and revolutionize transportation, has generated both attention and derision. Instead of buying batteries, consumers would buy subscriptions for miles (just as mobile-phone operators sell subscriptions to minutes).

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

World demand for oil is expected to grow on an annual basis by at least one million barrels per day, driven by the developing economies of the world and growth in transportation, which is forecast to increase from one billion cars today to two billion in 2050. It serves nobody's purpose for our political leadership to vilify oil producers.

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