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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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The Post-Covid World Sees Innovation Spread Its Wings

The Horizons Tracker

Even the Eurasian state of Azerbaijan has got in on the act by hosting the Global Virtual Hackathon, with the winning entrant a Polish team helping communities to better support one another during the pandemic. Speeding the recovery. Ecosystems will also play a strong role in our recovery from the pandemic.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Thinkers50 – World’s Most Influential Management Thinkers. Called ‘The Academy Awards of Leadership’ by the Economist, Thinkers50 is the world’s most reliable resource for identifying, ranking and sharing the leading management ideas of our age. World authority on project management. Co-author: Predictable Magic.

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The Power of Intent

Harvard Business Review

A fellow business leader complained the other day that although he had repeatedly sought feedback, his team had never told him what they really thought about his management style. My plate is full and my team knows that.". Prahalad and Gary Hamel referred to that in an award-winning HBR article Strategic Intent.

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To Profit from Doing Good, Start Small

Harvard Business Review

We're years away from the point where doing good will be the accepted norm for successful businesses. But just because your company is not fully evolved on the social change scale doesn't mean that there's nothing you (as a manager) can do. Prahalad called the bottom of the pyramid. Educate your team.

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Seven Ways to Connect With Your Designer

Harvard Business Review

This is driven by the successes of product-design leaders like Apple, and a macroeconomic environment that demands better risk management. I've found shortcutting this process, or failing to explore how design can align with strategy, will only limit market and financial success.

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Get Your Organization to Run in Sync

Harvard Business Review

It may be possible to create alignment among the leadership team, but that consensus will break down once the individual members return to their working groups. Moving an idea forward is not just a matter of persuasion, but also of managing the connections between constituencies. Prahalad called this concept strategic intent.