Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Biologically ironic to our human nature, most people adamantly resist change. Change is Like a Slinky: 30 Strategies for Promoting and Surviving Change in Your Organization (2004) by Hans Finzel. The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make (2004) by Hans Finzel. Yet it remains one of the only constants in life.

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Workshop Energy Learning-by-Doing Course 150

Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

His book, Lessons from the Navy: How to Earn Trust, Lead Teams, and Achieve Organizational Excellence is loaded with advice to help all leaders aspiring to operate at the highest levels. A few months prior, I had been selected to be executive officer, or XO (Chief Operating Officer), of U.S. Naval Hospital Rota, Spain.

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Leadership Crisis Learning-by-Doing Team 134

Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

I resisted the temptation to make it a “quiz” where a certain number of yeses totaled up to give you a red, yellow, or green light. But Chrysler was in bankruptcy, and we didn’t know whether our Chrysler Jeep Dodge dealership that we opened in 2004 would survive the ax of the bankruptcy court. Ours did; over 700 did not.)

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Learning-by-Doing Long-term Automotive Open-book 258

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2013

In the course of leading six successful turnarounds and transformations at Schering-Plough, Pharmacia, Pharmacia and Upjohn, Wyeth, and two operating units within Novartis, I''ve learned that culture can be powerfully leveraged to enhance long-term success. Yet many executives don''t make culture a priority.

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Company Compliance Long-term Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

But the companies we studied resist disruptive reorganizations and instead put their culture to work. That’s how Lego went from losing a million dollars a day in 2004 to being the world’s largest toy company in 2015. Operating as these companies do takes a lot of confidence.

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Execution Strategy Fashion Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2012

Here's a case in point: In 2004, my HBS colleague Gary Pisano and I conducted a project at a leading manufacturer of highly sophisticated production equipment for the electronics industry, which I'll call "Exotech." This was brought home to me in my field research. Encourage Dissenting Views.

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Team Software Project Tools 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

From 1970 to 2004, the percentage of CEOs hired from outside the firm increased from 12% to 39%. This means all R&D is subtracted from operating income in the year it’s expended, while the payoffs to R&D don’t occur until future periods.

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Short-term Decentralization Company Trends 8