Leading Blog

JANUARY 31, 2017

How Would You Answer This Question About Your Leadership? How Will Leadership Change in the Cognitive Era? The Ten Behaviors of Strong Personal Leadership by Scott Eblin @EblinGroup. The Ten Behaviors of Strong Personal Leadership by Scott Eblin @EblinGroup. 2 Self-Leadership Hacks for Positivity by @AlanDUtley.

EPS 150

EPS Groupthink Gordon Learning-by-Doing 150

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2013

But recent research from the Center for Talent Innovation (PDF) shows that an inherently diverse workforce can be a potent source of innovation, as diverse individuals are better attuned to the unmet needs of consumers or clients like themselves. What does it take to consistently drive growth and innovation? Be more inclusive.

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EPS Diversity Innovation Bottom-up 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2014

As I explain in my new book, Executive Presence: The Missing Link between Merit and Success , performance, hard work, and sponsors may get top talent recognized and promoted, but “leadership potential” alone isn’t enough to boost even the most qualified men and women into top jobs and prime opportunities.

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EPS Hypercompetition Diversity Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In this letter, I’d like to explain more fully why I view the $51 billion already spent by Apple on open market (including accelerated) share repurchases under your leadership as a major misallocation of resources for both the company and the U.S. Social innovation. Employee incentives. In this virtuous circle, buybacks have no role.

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EPS Innovation Incentives Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2015

Consider management actions such as cutting jobs and investment as a response to currency fluctuations and the resulting accounting impact of those cuts on earnings per share (EPS). Share buybacks are preferred to investment in innovation, entrepreneurship, and value creation.

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Management Drucker EPS Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

I'm sure I asked this next question in the kind of holier-than-thou voice that only a 20-something can conjure: Why would I shift my career from Apple and GoLive (a hot web authoring software) to CAD, where innovation levels and growth were single digit? Nilofer Merchant is a corporate advisor and speaker on innovation methods.

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EPS Strategy Reference Execution 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

According to a new study published by the Center for Talent Innovation, Latinos at Work: Unleashing the Power of Culture , most Latinos in the U.S. They modify their appearance, body language, and communication style — all components of executive presence (EP), that intangible element that defines leadership material.

EPS 8

EPS Banking Diversity Bottom-up 8