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3 Ways to Break Out of a Zero-Sum Game of Growth with Your Competitors

Leading Blog

2: Create new technology enabled business models: GE’s Jeff Immelt and Dartmouth Professor Govindarajan are back, with lessons on digital transformation. For more information on this and the concept of non-disruptive creation see this blog post. Go forth and transform. * * *.

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Proposing New Ideas Helps Men More Than Woman At Work

The Horizons Tracker

While we often focus primarily on the generation of new ideas, as Vijay Govindarajan explains in his “three boxes method”, it’s also important to stop doing things that are no longer sensible. The researchers examined both speaking up with new ideas and also things that should be stopped. Gaining status.

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Your Leadership Mission Should Fit on a T-Shirt!

Marshall Goldsmith

Peter Drucker instilled this short phrase in me, “Your mission statement should fit on a T-Shirt,” as he did with so many others, and it has guided my career for many decades. For instance, Vijay Govindarajan, who does an excellent job of helping at the corporate strategy domain. It’s your turn. What’s your mission?

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Coaching for Behavioral Change

Marshall Goldsmith

These are the people who have great careers in front of them. Govindarajan, B. Most requests for coaching involve behavioral change. While this process can be very meaningful and valuable for top executives, it can be just as useful for high-potential future leaders. People often ask, “Can executives really change their behavior?”

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New Books from the Press for April

Harvard Business Review

by Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble. Authors Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth explain where, when, and why reverse innovation is on the rise, and why the implications are so profound. Reverse Innovation: Create Far From Home, Win Everywhere.

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The $300 House: The Corporate Challenge

Harvard Business Review

Editor's note: This post is one in an occasional series on Vijay Govindarajan's and Christian Sarkar's idea to create a scalable housing solution for the world's poor. Dr. Burns' career has spanned scientific research; issues management; science and technology leadership and business management. Today, Stephanie A. Stephanie A.

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HBR's Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011

Harvard Business Review

Four Ways Women Stunt Their Careers Unintentionally. Which of your activities are actually important to your career, and which merely provide the illusion of progress? by Vijay Govindarajan. The Twelve Attributes of a Truly Great Place to Work. by Tony Schwartz. by Jill Flynn, Kathryn Heath, and Mary Davis Holt. by Dorie Clark.

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