Rich Gee Group

MAY 3, 2022

With the iPod in 2001 and iPhone in 2007, they didn’t just create a successful product, they created a new category of product. Great examples of Blue Ocean companies are Apple and Netflix. Apple always aims to set itself apart from competitors not by price but by competitive advantages based on product design that attracts customers.

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Blue Ocean Strategy Tools Strategy Mauborgne 195

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Back in 2001, in the article "Executive Control of Cognitive Processes in Task Switching," found in the Journal of Experimental Psychology - Human Perception and Performance, Vol 27. And a recent (September 2009) article from the Harvard Business School (HBS) references another study from Stanford University that supports the 2001 study.

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Meyer Executive Coaching Execution Cost 233

Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 19, 2012

If I could only teach one model to a new manager, it might be this one. OK, so it’s really more of a management model, but it’s another timeless classic. I actually came up with my own six passages , in which I made a distinction between management and leadership. Situation Leadership. Blake and Mouton’s Leadership Grid.

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Hersey Blanchard Drotter Leadership 291

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 23, 2018

One of my favorite change quotes comes from a book by Michael Fullan, a Canadian expert on educational change, who wrote in Leading in a Culture of Change [2001]: “Change is a double-edged sword. Leading change well requires managing arational factors. It first appeared in his book, “Managing Change … and making it stick!”.

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Rogers Creativity Planning System 243

Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 1, 2014

State of the art management and leadership techniques are continually evolving. Technology has clearly paid a huge part in this, but the biggest driver of change in how organizations are run is the ceaseless quest for improvement; to manage more efficiently and effectively to better achieve business results.

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Blue Ocean Strategy Prahalad Christensen Leadership 250

Marshall Goldsmith

AUGUST 19, 2013

Thinkers50 was launched in 2001. It is now the premier global ranking of management thinkers. Previous winners of the Top Management Thinker Award have included Peter Drucker (2001 & 2003), Michael Porter (2005), CK Prahalad (2007 & 2009), and Clayton Christensen (2011).

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Prahalad Porter Christensen Drucker 89

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 1, 2021

Space is at a premium in most cities around the world, and few would actively choose to devote more of it to waste management than was strictly necessary. Recent research from the University of Johannesburg explores how AI can give waste managers a helping hand in forecasting the landfill requirements of their city in the medium to long-term.

Management 111

Management Short-term Long-term Learning-by-Doing 111

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 12, 2020

He never yelled at me again (though he did keep yelling at the rest of the team), and became one of three manager-mentors that shaped my career at Bell Labs and AT&T — and taught me to manage others and myself. My manager-mentors made it clear that I mattered not just for what I could do, but also for who I was.

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Management How To Mentor Politics 121

leaderCommunicator

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

That happened this year when the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) released its Corporate Recruiters Survey report. We can talk all day about the importance of employees with stellar communication skills but it sure is nice when an outside group – and one not even connected to the communications field – takes up the case for us.

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Skills Survey Teamwork Education 164

First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 15, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Adam Bryant for The New York Times (March 12, 2001) in which he focuses on a plan that Google code-named Project Oxygen in early 2009. To read the complete article, please click here. * * * Laszlo Bock of Google says its study found that a [.].

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Management Project Article Planning 85

Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

For the first time, I would be leading a team, which got me a free ticket to the Human Resources boot camp for managers. In 2001, she founded Reality-Based Leadership. After several years as a family therapist, I got a promotion in my organization. Cy Wakeman is a drama researcher, international leadership speaker, and consultant.

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Open-book Policies Self-aware Cost 260

Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 2, 2016

From 1991 to 2001, when Bill George was CEO of Medtronic, a maker of pacemakers, defibrillators, stents, catheters, shunts, and surgical tools, he held a holiday party each year where six individuals who benefitted from Medtronic products told their stories. Examples of Gratitude in Action. The great British writer G.K.

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Creativity Positioning Environment Media 150

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 25, 2013

In 2001, when I had actually decided to retire from “corporate life”, my company asked me to consider a change in direction, rather than a departure, by taking the role of Global Head of HR. I was surprised at the number of reluctant managers I came across. Guest Post by Les Hayman.

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CEO Performance Review Learning-by-Doing Review 217

First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 11, 2011

The Manager as Change Agent: A Practical Guide to Developing High-Performance People and Organizations Jerry Gilley, Scott Quatro, Erik Hoekstra, Doug Whittle, Ann Maycunich, Scott A. Whittle Basic Books (2001) Your Own Yellow Brick Road Awaits Don’t be deterred by the publication date. Quatro, Jerry W. Gilley, and Doug D.

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Books Management Review Organization 75

LDRLB

MARCH 9, 2011

I came across an interesting comment recently: “Firms need to think more strategically about developing not just managers or global managers, but alliance managers, as they will run the companies of the future” (Isabella & Spekman, 2001, p.240). This may be too much for a North American leader to do though.

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Leadership Globalization Human Resources Organization 116

LDRLB

JANUARY 26, 2011

Timothy Stagich (2001) writes that personnel (HR) departments are “blackholes of human potential, buried under piles of resumes and red tape, while relying on hierarchies and cumbersome procedures to justify their existence in hierarchies (p.114). The problem is, I am hard presses to argue against his critiques of HR. Is HR ready for that?

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Strategy Human Resources Resources Globalization 100

Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. There are leadership lessons in Southwest Airline’s fall from grace. Maintain Reasonable Margins.

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Airlines Leadership Short-term Long-term 263

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 16, 2019

in 2001, I worked for a boutique strategy consulting firm out of Princeton, NJ that developed and delivered high-cost elaborate strategic plans. The second data point was that most employee engagement surveys and the firms that employed them were extremely heavy on reporting data overload, but weak on meaningful implementation.

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Leadership Survey Strategic Planning CEO 353

Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Recently, while looking for a document on an archive drive, I stumbled across an unfinished draft from 2001. Three months later, the equipment manager asked me for the day’s reservations. Just as employees need to ask good questions, so do managers. Sincerely, A mom in 2001. Like water torture. “What’s what? .

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Licensing Travel Learning-by-Doing Letter 150

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 12, 2020

He never yelled at me again (though he did keep yelling at the rest of the team), and became one of three manager-mentors that shaped my career at Bell Labs and AT&T — and taught me to manage others and myself. My manager-mentors made it clear that I mattered not just for what I could do, but also for who I was.

Management 91

Management How To Mentor Politics 91

Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

KW: I lost my job in the 2001 dot.com bust and decided to start my own consulting company. If you look at women’s participation in executive levels in the US compared to other countries we are pathetic at only 18% of management roles filled by women. How is it different than other project management books? We kept going.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

Every HR, OD professional, and management consultant should at the very least be aware of their existence, if not well-versed in their ideas and theories. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … and Others Don’t (2001). First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently (1999). By Patrick M.

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Human Resources Talent Management Resources Ulrich 100

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 16, 2019

The analytics-driven tactics used by Oakland Athletics’ manager Billy Beane not only inspired the best-selling book and film Moneyball, but also a wave of imitators seeking to tap into the secret sauce that allowed Beane to over-achieve with the unfancied baseball team he was in charge of. ” Management innovation.

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Innovation Management Competitive Advantage Film 73

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 31, 2022

The researchers analyzed 1,275 CEO appointments between 2001 and 2014, and found that neither the length nor breadth of the new CEOs’ experience had any bearing on the performance in their new firm. Research from the University of Zurich suggests that a major reason for this could be a misalignment between the firm and the new hire.

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CEO Analysis Course Media 128

Managing Communities

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I launched the forums on May 21, 2001 and have managed them ever since. In May, KarateForums.com celebrated 10 years online. 10 years, 4 months, 3 weeks and 1 day. It may surprise you to learn that I am not a martial artist. As you might expect, this question comes up once in a while. [.].

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Management 87

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

A 2001 study by the Hay Group indicated a 2.5x Research published in Harvard Business Review’s 2016 State of Leadership Development Study, indicated that only about 33% of Line-of-Business respondents said that they have become much more effective as managers after taking part in development programs.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Self-aware 326

LDRLB

APRIL 7, 2011

Hall et al (2001) describe the paradox of commitment where “people are most able to develop internal commitments and attachments when they have the free choice to leave and choose to stay. No one said talent management was easy or logical, but leaders who understand this will keep their talent around them. & Yan, A.

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Commitment Human Resources Talent Management Globalization 102

LDRLB

MARCH 9, 2011

I came across an interesting comment recently: “Firms need to think more strategically about developing not just managers or global managers, but alliance managers, as they will run the companies of the future” (Isabella & Spekman, 2001, p.240). This may be too much for a North American leader to do though.

Leadership 92

Leadership Globalization Commitment Organization 92

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Financial management. Change management. The following functional areas exist within XYZ Widget: Finance, HR/Admin, Sales, Customer Service, Planning & Procurement, Materials Management, Manufacturing, and Quality Control. •Communication. Long term vision/goal setting and the ability to communicate that to the organization.

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Case Study Training Development Leadership 228

Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Consider, for example, the release of the first iPod by Apple back in October 2001. If HP’s senior management had little faith in the profitability of the TouchPad tablet, it’s clear they didn’t discuss it with those they assigned to develop and market this new product line.

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Succession Goal Objective Technology 240

First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

In 1984, Stew Friedman joined Wharton, where he is the Practice Professor of Management. In 2001, he concluded a two-year assignment (while on academic leave) at Ford Motor Company, as the senior executive for leadership development. Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life was published in 2008.

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Leadership Development Execution Company Books 87

Managing Communities

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

I spent 11 years managing it. phpBBHacks.com was launched on April 6, 2001. photo credit: Jetske19 I love phpBBHacks.com. It was my biggest, most successful community. And that is why it was so hard for me to give it away. I created it because I needed it. As someone who used the phpBB forum software, [.].

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Succession Software Management 81

LDRLB

APRIL 20, 2017

This impulse led him to a career in developing new products for innovative companies such as M&M/Mars, Melaleuca and American Harvest, before joining Ideas To Go in 2001. His path to innovation process started with an MBA in product management from Indiana University.

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Innovation Engineering Products Productivity 109

Chartered Management Institute

MARCH 11, 2025

Its the culmination of a wide-ranging career that, so far, has taken him from life as an equestrian athlete to working in sports management, and now working in leadership and development. No mere horseplay Growing up in the Midlands, Paul loved horses and riding and, in 2001, he embarked on a career as an equestrian athlete.

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Sports PR Article Middle Management 52

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

In 2001, Bertolini’s son was diagnosed with incurable lymphoma. Although he still experiences neuropathy in his left arm, he manages the pain with yoga and acupuncture. Mark Bertolini is a wonderful illustration of this point. Serving a Cause Greater than Themselves. Today, his son is alive, well, and working in Boston.

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CEO Servant Leader Greenleaf Leadership 150

LDRLB

APRIL 7, 2011

Hall et al (2001) describe the paradox of commitment where “people are most able to develop internal commitments and attachments when they have the free choice to leave and choose to stay. No one said talent management was easy or logical, but leaders who understand this will keep their talent around them. & Yan, A.

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Commitment Talent Management Globalization Class 90

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 22, 2023

The researchers examined the performance of around 5,000 CEOs who had been appointed between 2001 and 2020. ” The study found that firms with Black CEOs managed to achieve 3.1% Research from the University of Georgia suggests the same is likely for racial diversity. higher returns than would otherwise be expected.

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CEO Diversity Education Price 113