Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

So, even if the outposts manage to absorb local value they usually fail to propagate it back to the organization, which means they fail on the ultimate reason for their existence. Unhindered, they quickly amassed valuable social capital through an array of personal and professional relationships, as well as local intelligence and insights.

Innovation 9

Innovation Social Capital CRM Tacit Knowledge 9

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.

Management 12

Management Case Study Team Social Capital 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2011

The impact of on-line professional networks on weak relationships is terrific because they let you exploit this "untapped" reserve of Social Capital. The second explanation, I think, is that social media — contrary to common belief — allows you to better manage also your strong links. n téng LinkedIn!

Stress 15

Stress Social Capital Audience Media 15

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. Help them build social capital. Second, CEOs have lost all patience. Excel's efforts with "insider knowledge" and previews of new releases.

Marketing 22

Marketing Social Capital Media Influence 22

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.” Self-management: Being a PM can be incredibly stressful. Company Fit.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

University of Utah put case management right in the intensive care units. What makes these five examples so painful for me is that none of them required much in the way of capital investment. But all of them required (and continue to demand) expenditure of social capital, changing in the way people work together.

Health Care 11

Health Care Examples Mayo Management 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

University of Utah put case management right in the intensive care units. What makes these five examples so painful for me is that none of them required much in the way of capital investment. But all of them required (and continue to demand) expenditure of social capital, changing in the way people work together.

Health Care 11

Health Care Examples Mayo Management 11

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). Harvard Business Review. 3D Robotics currently makes more consumer and commercial drones than any other company in America.

Creativity 8

Creativity Storytelling Social Capital Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2013

We were building social capital, but we didn't have a way to tell our shareholders — or be held accountable to keep doing it. Make no mistake, I am a capitalist: Someone who puts capital to work, and wants something back. There is no doubt we benefited from this. But we weren't capturing any of it in our financial reports.

Social Capital 12

Social Capital Report Finance Transportation 12

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.

Short-term 14

Short-term Social Capital Report Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2018

And perhaps consider getting a coach to help you make the improvements necessary to earn your manager’s advocacy. How to Manage a Toxic Employee. When I first started teaching at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, I met with the dean to find out her expectations. You and Your Team Series.

Mentor 15

Mentor Short-term PR Social Capital 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2014

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. How do I do this within a pretty traditional organization?”. And then “Who can I bring along with me?”

Entrepreneur 18

Entrepreneur Organization Competitive Advantage Social Capital 18

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. In his article “ Why Conglomerates Thrive (Outside the U.S.) ” in the December 2013 issue of the Harvard Business Review , J. in the U.S.,

Social Capital 8

Social Capital Chemicals Industry Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2012

You can symbolically and substantively reward people who credit each other, for example by saying something as simple as "Thanks for sharing the spotlight on that project, Jan" or by including credit-sharing as a metric of good work behavior in formal reviews. But this diminishes your team's social capital.

Social Capital 13

Social Capital Metrics Long-term Team 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2016

Explicit laws vary but so do implicit social norms, which can be easy for outsiders to transgress. Managers who take overseas assignments or change industries should ensure that they are clear on what constitutes legal misconduct and socially sanctioned though technically legal behavior in their new environment.

Company 9

Company Due Diligence Mission Statement How To 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2018

We’re all time-deprived; it can be daunting to have to manage work, family, and the “spare” time we spend on the necessary evil we call networking. And that core group should be a lot smaller than you think. But networking doesn’t have to be so time-consuming.

How To 15

How To Entrepreneur Social Capital Mentor 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2012

I once hired a McKinsey consultant into a country manager role in a developing region. He did and was soon appointed to manage the company's entire international business from headquarters. You will fit more easily into the culture, retain part of your social capital, and have larger chances to recover if you fail.

Positioning 11

Positioning Social Capital McKinsey Globalization 11

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.

Definition 8

Definition Company Succession Airlines 8

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? To bring tending into the light, managers could assess tending across three dimensions: organizational, team, and peer. Social capital also counts. This advice holds true at work as well.

Bottom-up 8

Bottom-up Attrition Absenteeism Social Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2016

As noted in research by Paul Adler and Seok-Woo Kwon at the University of Southern California, a well-designed employee network essentially makes up the “social capital” of a company, due to all the assets or resources that can be mobilized through the network. They’re the glue that holds the network together.

Analysis 8

Analysis Competitive Advantage Social Capital Project 8

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.

Report 14

Report Transportation Stress Quality 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Happily, Legatum's Nathan Gamester and Matt Baker were happy to answer a set of questions we pulled together to provide both an update and some background for readers unfamiliar with their work: What are the major trends that the index reveals that would be of particular interest to managers in multinational companies?

GDP 10

GDP Social Capital Globalization Entrepreneur 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

How to Manage a Toxic Employee. 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. You and Your Team Series. Office Politics. Make Your Enemies Your Allies. Brian Uzzi and Shannon Dunlap.

How To 8

How To Social Capital Maturity Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2013

Socialize your underused assets. Under the traditional logic of management, it would make sense to jealously guard the use of any productive assets a firm has invested in. Think of the resources you have in abundance and how you might "socialize" them to build your organization''s social capital and enrich the flow of ideas.

Mission Statement 9

Mission Statement Class Learning-by-Doing Pharmaceuticals 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Answer These 5 Questions Think of your boss — your direct supervisor or manager — and consider each statement below. As Dutton and Heaphy describe, the leaders focused on building high-quality connections and strengthening social capital as ways to improve the leadership pipeline. Does Your Boss Give Off Good Energy?

Energy 8

Energy Health Care Leadership Pipeline Quality 8

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.

CEO 10

CEO Short-term Long-term Objective 10

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.

Disaggregation 9

Disaggregation Hammer Mass Marketing Gordon 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

The social capital embedded in these networks bolsters the acquisition of new skills through mentoring and coaching and can create the diversity of association which is so crucial to personal change and transformation. How to build diverse networks.

Intangible Assets 8

Intangible Assets Self-aware Reputation Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2012

You don't have to pander to the person who did you a favor all those years ago, and more generally, you don't have social capital within your organization to protect. You question long-held assumptions, cross-pollinating your projects with outside ideas.

Social Capital 11

Social Capital Industry Retail Budgeting 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2013

You would hope that we were getting better at understanding and managing change. It turns out there are lots of people who don''t get the new technology and now social life is a little like a competition to show that we''re not "falling for it." And sometimes we are. Stage 2 is marked by snappy one-liners.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Early Adopters Innovation Social Capital 8

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.

Conference 8

Conference How To Venture Capitalist Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2011

This makes it all the more important that we know beforehand what the trade will be; asking someone to do something for you just-to-be-nice can deplete your social capital quickly. The give-and-take of networking with people with whom you have multiple ties is a bit more complicated because the relationships are more complex.

Christensen 15

Christensen Project Social Capital Banking 15

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?

Career 8

Career Leadership Pipeline Social Capital Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

The global economy and the Internet have heightened our sense of interconnectedness and sharpened our awareness that when a business focuses only on enriching investors, it implies that managers view the interests of customers, employees, communities and the fate of the planet as little more than cost trade-offs in a quarter-by-quarter game.

Short-term 15

Short-term Long-term Ethics Incentives 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Rogier hadn’t once mentioned holacracy or self-managed teams, even though the executive team and the board had been talking for months about transitioning to just such a system at the global construction company. But it would take a lot of social capital. Vera’s Perspective.

Case Study 8

Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 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.

Brand 8

Brand Strategy Advertising Brand Management 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

And although there are benefits to social capital, as Fang and Huang’s study makes clear, rewarding the people with the chummiest network simply creates a self-fulfilling cycle. Talent management Gender Assessing performance Financial Services' ” Promoting someone based on measurable competence! What a wild idea.

Advice 8

Advice Sample Social Capital CEO 8