Leading Blog

MAY 21, 2021

B USINESS is not a discipline, but an endeavor made up of disciplines such as accounting, communications, economics, finance, leadership, management, marketing, operations, psychology, sociology, and strategy. Lesson: The higher one rises in an organization, the more one must be a generalist.

Short-term 347

Short-term Morale Rate of Return Finance 347

Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 3, 2014

The report identified the top four skills that have the greatest impact on leader preparedness and confidence in addressing VUCA challenges: introducing and managing change; building consensus and commitment; inspiring others toward a challenging future vision and leading across generations. DDI Senior Vice President and study co-author.

Human Capital 103

Human Capital Conference Metrics Talent Management 103

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

They particularly overpay when the interest rate – the rate of return required by the bank – is high, just as firms particularly repurchase when the stock price is low and thus the rate of return required by shareholders is high. It takes no skill to simply spend money.

Short-term 8

Short-term Long-term Intangible Assets Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2016

Empowering smart machines to — pun intended — live up to their potential may well become the essential new 21st-century leadership skill. The robo-adviser’s investment recommendations aren’t moving the sentiment analysis needle in the fast-growing “newly retired” market segment.

Review 8

Review Kaplan Performance Review Kaizen 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

He is no Jim Simons , using his mathematical genius to outsmart the market in (to an outsider) incomprehensible ways. r>g: Economist Thomas Piketty’s formula for spiraling wealth inequality, in which the rate of return on capital is higher than economic growth, has its critics. But applied to U.S. But applied to U.S.

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2011

That is, allowing more failure should increase the overall rate of return. While some policies, such as removing the ability of incumbent firms to use market power to harm entrepreneurial entry, do just that, there is only so much reward available. One mechanism involves directly lowering the costs of experiments.

Innovation 14

Innovation Rate of Return Diversity Learning-by-Doing 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

".most often the very skills that propel an organization to succeed in sustaining circumstances systematically bungle the best ideas for disruptive growth. Hedge fund investors who deploy capital in large and liquid markets can scale their time well. In November 2005, Paul Graham wrote an essay titled " The Venture Capital Squeeze."

Disruptive Innovation 14

Disruptive Innovation Hedge Venture Capitalist Venture Funding 14