The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In his article on “Crafting Strategy,” McGill University professor and management author, Henry Mintzberg, provides a good example of innovation and organizational learning in high-performing, agile organizations: “Out in the field, a salesman visits a customer. A new product emerges, which eventually opens up a new market.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 23, 2023

Increasingly, therefore, the management of people is a ‘marketing job.’ ’ And in marketing one does not begin with the question, What do we want? Develop a rigorous performance management system that identifies your A, B, and C players. They have to be persuaded.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2016

Business history is full of examples of companies that grew remarkably fast – often aided by acquisitions – and became the darlings of the stock market, only to collapse after a period of high growth and corresponding pressure. Prematurely piling more effort onto something that hasn’t blended yet can actually make it worse.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

This was the capitalist equivalent of the Communist system’s five-year plans. Henry Mintzberg defined strategic planning as “a formalized system for codifying, elaborating and operationalizing the strategies which companies already have.” Corporations developed large corporate units dedicated to it.

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