Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

One needs to know how to negotiate with vendors, sell to customers, and lead productive teamwork across regions – often in multiple countries at the same time. Manage high-performing teams. The GMI measures Intellectual, Psychological and Social Capital to reveal both strengths and areas for development.

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Globalization Long-term Social Capital Travel 150

Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Innovation Capital. Whether you have invented an amazing new technology or product, you could still fail. And one of the most overlooked reasons for entrepreneurial failure is innovation capital. Human capital: who you are as a leader of innovation . Social capital: who you know with key expertise and resources.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 1, 2013

The greatest untapped source of motivation, he argues, is a sense of service to others; focusing on the contribution of our work to other peoples’ lives has the potential to make us more productive than thinking about helping ourselves. And takers seek to come out ahead in every exchange; they manage up and are defensive about their turf.

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The connection and coordination necessary to get things done happens because of productive personal relationships based upon trust and reciprocity. Understanding and facilitating these relationships, which flow through a web of professional networks and across functional boundaries, allows employees to create productive change.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 25, 2010

We are sorely deficient of what I refer to as connection (also known as community, social capital, belonging or meaningful relationships). Over the last century we grew myopic and obsessed with increasing efficiency and productivity and forgot that human beings need time for relationships too. How did we get to this state?

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Once found, the firms are harnessing these workers'' clout to come up with new products, get workers on board with big changes like mergers, or spread information throughout the organization. Executives say the influencers are sometimes already in jobs that reflect their skills—such as a project manager who works with several departments.

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Influence Self-aware Competitive Advantage Social Capital 121

Lead on Purpose

MAY 15, 2010

Filed under: Techology , Market-driven , Product Management / Marketing Tagged: | social media , Chris Brogan , Julien Smith , Mitch Joel , community , tribe « Leadership and learning Five championship strategies » Like Be the first to like this post.

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LDRLB

APRIL 23, 2012

Soren is the Managing Principal of InnovationPoint, an Adjunct Professor within the Imagineering Academy at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands and the author of the new book Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs. This is a guest post form Soren Kaplan. The other domain is leadership.

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Innovation Kaplan Short-term Long-term 114

LDRLB

APRIL 23, 2012

Soren is the Managing Principal of InnovationPoint, an Adjunct Professor within the Imagineering Academy at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands and the author of the new book Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs. This is a guest post form Soren Kaplan. The other domain is leadership.

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Innovation Kaplan Short-term Long-term 113

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” ” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Aron Vellekoop Len/Getty Images.

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Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Coaching Tip

JUNE 21, 2012

Says Adam Cobb, assistant professor of management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania: “The best way to get a job now is the same as in the ’70s and the ’80s—word of mouth.”. Acquaintances, in short, represent a source of social capital, and the more acquaintances you have the more powerful you are. .

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Tips Succession Social Capital McKinsey 128

Steve Farber

MAY 15, 2015

We’ve been exploring the convergence of three essential qualities: Human Capital–individuals’ attributes, talents, capacities, and contribution. Social Capital–the strength, connection, and relationships between those individuals. To be perfectly clear, this hour is on us!

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Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

That''s why on Amazon every management book with the word "surprise" in its title is about how to avoid or prevent the phenomena. When we experience a game-changing product or service, we feel positively surprised. . Put simply, a dense network is more collaborative and more productive as a whole. Businesses hate uncertainty.

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Innovation Kaplan Diversity Open-book 126

Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Without trust, we are not only less happy as individuals but also less productive in groups. In short, trust is a form of social capital that enhances performance between individuals, within and among groups, and in larger collectives, like organizations, institutions and nations.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2016

As a management consultant to over a hundred firms in the last thirty years, my team and I have worked with global companies such as Toyota, Suncor, Siemens, and FedEx, to name a few, to help them transform into new world companies – companies ready to take on the challenges of today’s global economy. This is social response capitalism.

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Jonah Lehrer's article, "GroupThink" in The New Yorker , January 30, 2012 states that brainstorming seems like an ideal technique, a feel-good way to boost productivity. But there is a problem with brainstorming. It doesn't work. Scientific advances have lead to a situation where all the remaining problems are incredibly hard.

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Brainstorming Groupthink Engineering Creativity 99

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2014

A lot of time management advice is about saying no to meeting invites or checking email less often. How can you manage your time while keeping relationships intact? But that shouldn’t stop you from trying, says Julie Morgenstern, a time management expert and author of Never Check E-Mail in the Morning. What the Experts Say.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2012

Buyers are checking out product and service information in their own way , often through the Internet, and often from sources outside the firm such as word-of-mouth or customer reviews. In turn, social media firms, such as Facebook, should become expert at enabling this. Help them build social capital. So can you.

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Marketing Social Capital Media Influence 22

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2018

At key intervals — three, six, and nine months — hiring managers should formally engage them in conversations about the organization’s history and brand, how performance is measured and rewarded, and how growth opportunities arise. Those that invest time and effort in their new employees reap the benefits.

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Short-term Social Capital Report Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2014

In virtually every case we hear something like this: “I have an idea for a new product (or process, system, program, etc.). We have come to call these kinds of managers “entrepreneurs inside” because though they work within an established organizational context, like entrepreneurs, they have ideas that upset the status quo.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

The free-flowing exchange, in which employees, partners, and collaborators gain social capital through their creative input, has helped propel growth. Innovative Teams (20-Minute Manager Series). He asked his management team to join him in a six-month prototype of the company’s open “Leadership Community.”

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Creativity Storytelling Social Capital Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

The rise of Tata in India, Koç Holding in Turkey, and Grupo Carso in Mexico have some management thinkers contending that the conglomerate is back at the expense of the focused firm. You would consider first whether you could offer a distinct product to each individual customer that perfectly matches his or her unique preferences.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

There are no public shareholders clamoring for higher dividends, no hedge funds gorging on management fees. It is a system of management and governance that includes rank-and-file access to financial information, the right to express opinions without fear of retribution, and elections to boards and councils that have a say in strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Answer These 5 Questions Think of your boss — your direct supervisor or manager — and consider each statement below. Members of this health care company who experienced relational energy with their leaders were more engaged at work, which then led to higher productivity. Does Your Boss Give Off Good Energy?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Turn the omission into an opportunity to evaluate what you have to offer the group, determine whether the meeting aligns with you and your team’s best interests, and conduct a productive conversation. How to Manage a Toxic Employee. You and Your Team Series. Office Politics. Make Your Enemies Your Allies. Why We Fight at Work.

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How To Social Capital Maturity Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Actively building both tangible and intangible assets is crucial to creating a long and productive working life. Learning how to build and maintain tangible assets is crucial to leading a long and productive life. How to be financially proficient. Our calculations of savings rate and retirement planning make this clear.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2013

Hanging around there, you might come up with an idea for a product, then quickly prototype it at Tech Shop with advice and support from the larger community. Given that energized innovators like these are disrupting many existing products, and the business models behind them, you can feel threatened by them.

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Mission Statement Class Learning-by-Doing Pharmaceuticals 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

What would it look like if managers were as polite and nurturing to one another and their subordinates as they are to customers? They’re invisible if done well, as with pre-planning for a productive offsite. To bring tending into the light, managers could assess tending across three dimensions: organizational, team, and peer.

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Bottom-up Attrition Absenteeism Social Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

However, although their members can rent the (more urbane and green) Zipcar fleet by the hour and pick up their vehicle at a local parking space using a smartphone app, this is still a dedicated fleet, still inventory that the company has to acquire, manage and monetize.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2017

The available categories cover many kinds of jobs, including being a business owner, office worker, or manager, and working in farming, construction, mining, or transport. Which jobs are happiest? Eleven broad job types are recorded in the Gallup World Poll. Which groups of workers are generally happier? Related Video. Why the Strong U.S.

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Report Transportation Stress Quality 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2011

In practical terms, what this means is that management should not seek to maximize the wealth of any one of its major constituencies — customers, investors, employees, and society (in the form of obligations to governments). Of course, to realize these benefits we require not only self-interest but also well-functioning markets.

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CEO Short-term Long-term Objective 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2015

“Today, probably even more than ever before, networks are a key form of social capital for achieving goals in both your professional and personal lives.” Manage your existing connections. . “Skipping conferences is problematic because you’re missing out on the benefits of networking,” she says.

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Conference How To Venture Capitalist Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Our decades strangely resemble each other – and have big implications for how individuals and companies may want to rethink a whole host of issues, from career management and pensions to mobility and leadership criteria. How will companies manage longer lives and postponed retirements? of all new businesses in the U.S.

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Career Leadership Pipeline Social Capital Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2014

And brand stewardship can no longer be under the exclusive purview of marketing departments and brand managers. A 2008 survey of chief marketing officers and brand managers by the Association of National Advertisers found that 64% say their brands do not influence decisions made at their companies.

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Brand Strategy Advertising Brand Management 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Political economist Francis Fukuyama predicted a future when social capital would be as important as physical capital, and that only those societies with a high degree of social trust would be able to create large-scale organizations capable of competing in the new economy.

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Supply Chain Content Power Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

In the upcoming issue of HBR, our Synthesis column dives into Hakim's new book , and two others on the topic, to understand what this concept means for managers. Women, she says, are more charming, more graceful in social interaction, and have more social intelligence than men, but they don't exploit those advantages.

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Human Capital Social Capital Education Career 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Economists, policy makers, executives, educators, the press, and others must become more adept at anger management. And Americans convinced everything is now made in China might be interested to know that products made in China accounted for only 2.7% Why does all this matter for the purposes of anger management? in the U.S.,

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