The Empowered Buisness

JUNE 16, 2015

Your business has very limited resources in terms of people, time and money to devote to a more comprehensive strategic planning process. You expect or foresee major changes in the internal and/or external environment of your business sector over the next year or so. Systems Focused Approach to Strategic Planning.

Strategic Planning 100

Strategic Planning Planning Fashion Consultative 100

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

To find the answer to that question I attended a session on leadership at the World Economic Forum in Davos. We have just completed a three year study at Bain & Company that identified the "design principles" of businesses that outperform and out-adapt their rivals. This is where the leadership principle of authenticity comes in.

Self-aware 15

Self-aware Goleman Emotional Intelligence Competitive Advantage 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2011

It needs to figure out its business model before it raises more money.". In the late 1990s, I went out to Intel about twenty times, educating about one hundred managers at a time on the principles and language of disruptive innovation. That's utter baloney," I responded. The company is already in market and earning revenue.

Power 13

Power Consensus Christensen Disruptive Innovation 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

That's become a common label , especially in an era when so many traditional business models need rethinking, but run a Google search on it and you will begin to appreciate the special challenges it creates. It casts veteran managers as part of the problem, not forces for positive change themselves. As one Time Inc.

Emotional Intelligence 15

Emotional Intelligence Short-term Long-term Consensus 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2013

Given that energized innovators like these are disrupting many existing products, and the business models behind them, you can feel threatened by them. The guiding concepts in this view of leadership are openness, self-election, continuous prototyping, robust platforms, and low coordination costs.

Mission Statement 10

Mission Statement Class Learning-by-Doing Pharmaceuticals 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Identifying this so-called “growth gap” is critical, because the bigger the gap, the more a company needs to look beyond its current offerings, markets, and business models to find growth opportunities. Business models that can prosper at structurally lower price points are the engines that power true market disruption.

Innovation 10

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

To most of us, this did not sound like typical corporate strategy, but Polman's reframing of what it means to succeed in business is not an isolated example. It is indicative of a new generation of leadership emerging at the top of many of the world's largest organizations. And not just me, our whole leadership team.

Globalization 14

Globalization NGO Leadership Development Porter 14