The Practical Leader

MAY 29, 2024

In Working with Emotional Intelligence , Daniel Goleman reports on a study by the Center for Creative Leadership of top American and European leaders whose careers derailed, “the inability to build and lead a team was one of the most common reasons for failure.”

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Team Teamwork Venture Capitalist Goleman 52

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2015

Starting his career as a trainee at 7-11, he worked his way quickly through the ranks, gaining a reputation for operational excellence. Today, we must learn how to shape networks around a shared purpose. Consider the case of Blockbuster , whose CEO John Antioco had proven himself as both a manager and a leader.

IT Strategy 8

IT Strategy Strategy Operations Resistance 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

In contrast, IBM kept laser-like focus on building the global organization to execute its strategy, and financial results followed. As he concludes his career, he leaves his successor, Virginia Rometty, with an iconic giant poised to dominate its industry for decades to come. Palmisano once said, "The CEO is not the brand!

Globalization 18

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 18

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

Once Braun understood this dynamic, it shifted its strategy to focus on beating Remington, which competed in both the foil and rotary markets with lower-priced, lesser quality razors. Braun simplified its merchandising and brand strategy. Braun realized it needed to expand the precision field by targeting college age consumers.

Management 15

Management Retail Brand Merchandising 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2013

They struggle with everything from its creation to its strategy to its editorial content, and even the best places to publish and share it effectively. Woe the brand that is not creating, publishing and curating relevant content, yet many brands struggle with precisely that.

Content 13

Content Marketing Brand Media 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

The LG India team outdid both domestic and foreign rivals in tailoring its strategies and operations to the Indian market. Given his career-long tenure with LG, Kim enjoyed an exceptionally high degree of trust and therefore autonomy from Seoul. That's only part of the story, though.

Globalization 8

Globalization CEO Long-term Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2015

And that’s precisely what gets us in trouble as we hit career transitions that call for new and different ways of leading. In my research on how experienced managers and professionals step up to bigger leadership roles, I have observed both the value and the difficulty of returning to our youthful, fake-it-till-you-learn-it strategies.

Learning-by-Doing 8

Learning-by-Doing Finance Definition Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Yet, we find, individuals with disabilities frequently encounter workplace discrimination, bias, exclusion, and career plateaus—meaning their employers lose out on enormous innovation and talent potential. And they are more likely to have their ideas endorsed.

Compliance 8

Compliance Chief Operating Officer Survey Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Caught up in administrative activities such as managing employee records and planning company picnics, human resources departments can too easily lose sight of their primary function: Making sure the organization has the needed human capital to implement its strategy.

Company 8

Company Human Resources Human Capital Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2014

Fit is particularly important for senior executives since the research on this topic shows a direct link between an organization’s performance and the level of alignment between its strategy and the profile of top managers.

Strategic Fit 9

Strategic Fit Rogers CEO Strategy 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2017

It’s natural to feel slightly paranoid, says John Lees, UK-based career strategist and author of The Success Code. Think about “former bosses and colleagues” as well as “advisors, accountants, lawyers, management consultants, and search consultants,” you’ve worked with over the course of your career.

How To 8

How To Letter Learning-by-Doing PR 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

For every company wrestling with evolutions in its strategy, success depends as much on matching the operating model to those evolutions as it does on the soundness of the strategy itself. Crucially, the operating model also must define ways of working and behaviors that actually bring your company’s strategy to life.

Strategy 8

Strategy Company Banking Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

HR systems emphasize long-term relationships and high performance, with big investments in selection and development, amortized over a long career. Their goal is to attract, engage, develop and retain employees – moving talent into, through and out of the organization. Educate leaders on how and why to optimize a blended workforce.

Strategy 8

Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

The type of capital required and its source depends on the type of business, its stage of life, and its strategy for the future. Entrepreneurs and small business owners need to access capital to start and to grow. A Main Street small business might require a term loan from a bank to buy a piece of equipment.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Promise Zones Initiative , which awarded over $30 million last year to grantees to achieve objectives such as developing a complete continuum of cradle-to-career strategies and breaking down silos between community agencies. Proactive and population-based.

Health Care 14

Health Care Metrics Efficiency Goal 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2015

The arc of history is long—the length of a career, rather than a marketing campaign. Its mission drove its strategy , not the other way around. And yet despite the differences, there are several lessons that marketers can learn from successful social movements. First, successful movements start by attacking perceptions.

Brand 8

Brand Marketing Sharpe Learning-by-Doing 8

In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 8, 2016

Its strategy to get out ahead of the competition rested on the innovative, hard, vacuum-sealed packaging its then-parent company, Jacob Suchard, was using in Europe at the time. That’s when the brand shifted its strategy, once again, and developed the long-standing “Better Beans. Better Coffee” positioning.

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