Leading Blog

MARCH 13, 2023

T HE TERM “outward bound” was originally used to describe ships departing their home port for foreign destinations. Some outsourcing has been around for a long time. And contractors in the construction industry have long used an extensive form of outsourcing. Now it needs a third use, for organizations. Structuring in Sevens.

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Organization Outsourcing Mintzberg Core Competence 235

Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

Forbes: Porter or Mintzberg – Whose View of Strategy is the most Relevant Today? donhornsby: Good leadership never forgets that its long-term goal is not to create follower but more leaders. Look back, zero in on what worked and adjust your focus. Make Quarter 2 look like the best of Quarter 1. by @profkjmoore.

Mintzberg 220

Mintzberg Porter Micromanagement Middle Management 220

Skip Prichard

JULY 6, 2020

” -Henry Mintzberg. During this one-on-one meeting, ask your employee to report his or her progress against quantified goals—measuring performance in terms of quantity is important. “Management is, above all, a practice where art, science, and craft meet.” The meeting should last no more than 15 or 30 minutes.

Management 104

Management Diversity Performance Review Review 104

LDRLB

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Of course, this aspect of the job, which we can put into either the leadership or the management bucket, the way I think about it is if management is about getting things done through people, this stuff about the how in terms of how we coordinate activities, how we make decisions and so forth. I think Henry Mintzberg coined it first.

Competitive Advantage 121

Competitive Advantage Drucker Open-book Learning-by-Doing 121

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

According to McGill’s Henry Mintzberg , it’s just another influencing process along with norms, formal authority and expertise. In these circumstances, informal networks can be a countervailing force to legitimate power and the long-term interests of the organization. Yes, it can be self-serving. The High Ground.

Politics 14

Politics Bureaucracy Long-term Short-term 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

As famous management professor Henry Mintzberg has described, much of strategy is “ emergent.” If you are in charge of an organization, force yourself to have regular and long stretches of uninterrupted time just to think things through. What might be the long-term consequences?

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Short-term Mintzberg 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Pfeffer , Goshal , Bennis , Mintzberg , Adler , Khurana , Starkey , Podolny , to name a few. It may have been enough for business schools to train students' minds and hands when other institutions — local communities, long-term employers — took care of hearts and souls. Leading scholars, best-selling authors, deans.

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Mintzberg Education Long-term Class 16