Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2012

So here it goes: I challenge you to do a two-year, full-time stint in government leadership, and to do it before your 70th birthday. Then in December of 2010, I received an email that changed my perspective, and my life. Rather, a stint in government leadership can be the most fulfilling and exciting leadership adventure of a lifetime.

Leadership 12

Leadership CIO Politics Career 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In fact, you could say (and many did) that our previous attempts had failed, in that we hadn’t established a sustained market position. The idea was simple: Combine the best of both companies into the new Yahoo China, which was projected to generate more than $25 million in revenue in 2004. Things hadn’t gone well up until that point.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Learning-by-Doing Operations IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2012

"A general who fears to unsheathe his sword is not a good general," says Mr. Li Jiaxiang , Chairman of Air China from 2004 to 2008 and the #1 performing corporate leader in China according to our new ranking (just published in the Harvard Business Review China and the centerpiece for the magazine's launch events in Beijing and Shanghai).

Long-term 13

Long-term Short-term Globalization Reputation 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

"It''s never foolish to begin preparing for a transition no matter how many years away it is or where you are in your career," says Muriel Maignan Wilkins, coauthor of Own the Room: Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence. Seize leadership opportunities, no matter how small. Look for the white space.

CTO 10

CTO Case Study Career Project 10

Women on Business

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Following that she was offered a collective bargaining position for the California Nurses Association. When in 2004 a law was passed in California that required hospitals to have 1 nurse for every 5 patients, the governor delayed the implementation of the law. In 2010, Mary Kay was elected as the president and vows to “heal” her union.

CIO 165

CIO Hotels Health Care Committee 165

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

After studying and working with hundreds of companies in free fall, we’ve identified concrete steps that leadership teams can take to engineer successful turnarounds and transformations. By 2010 the company had become the best-performing stock in the S&P 500, worth $30 per share and earning investors a return of 29 times.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Yet by 2004 its market share was down to 3%. ” It explains why firms that have anchored their strategies to content have ceded digital leadership to those that have focused on connections. Similar differences apply to intra-network program choices, since programs on the same network can differ in their positioning.

Media 11

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 11