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Michael Porter on Strategy Execution

Six Disciplines

Porter, director of Harvard's Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness. Porter's insights on strategy and execution? Managers need to develop a clear strategy around their company's unique place in the market (and not worry as much about creating strategy to compete head-on with other companies.).

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Does a Mentor have to Breathe?

In the CEO Afterlife

In the early days of my 40 year business career, I was lucky to work under two gentlemen who instilled several critical success factors that guided me from Brand Manager to CEO. At the risk of this blog appearing as an advertorial for Harvard, I’ll gladly admit that Harvard Business Review was my favorite management resource.

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Impressive Skills to Put on a Resume

HR Digest

These include Basic Skills, Technical Skills, Management Skills, and People Skills. Time Management . People management . Porter’s Five Forces. B2B Marketing. Keep in mind that hiring managers are professionals with their own set of standards —so treat your resume the same way! Creativity . Motivation.

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How Your Leadership Team Can Slow Down to Speed Up

The Practical Leader

An old fable tells of a farmer with a wagon brimming full of cabbage heading to a new market. He stops for directions and asks, “How far is it to the market?” ” This is a critical problem that’s burning out managers and team members. But if you rush, it will take all day.”

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New Year. New Leader.

Lead Change Blog

Here they are: Daniel Pink – In 2015, London-based Thinkers 50 named him, alongside Michael Porter and Clayton Christensen, as one of the top 10 business thinkers in the world. Bill George – He has taught leadership since 2004 and is a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, where.

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Surveying Strategy: The Positioning School

LDRLB

The positioning school is most closely associated with its undisputed champion, Harvard professor Michael Porter. While this school did argue that a formal planning process was needed, it was only viewed as worthwhile after the preferred strategy was selected by senior managers. Strategy porter positioning strategy surveyingstrategy'

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Your Stop List - Deciding What NOT To Do

Six Disciplines

According the Harvard strategy expert, Michael Porter: "The essence of strategy is deciding what NOT to do.". And, according to management guru Peter Drucker: “Half the leaders that I have met don’t need to learn what to do. If your organization doesn't discipline itself to do this - our free market - will.

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