Leading Blog

JANUARY 31, 2017

Smart use of technology can aid organisational change via @MediaplanetUK with ‏@profhamel. The Impoverishment of Attention by Shane Parrish @farnamstreet. Five Culture Killers in Your Organization by @GrowingLeaders. The 5 Worst Mistakes Leaders Make When they Apologize by @WScottCochrane. 523: Tom Asacker Interview with Michael Covel.

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EPS Groupthink Gordon Learning-by-Doing 150

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2017

If a company has beat or missed its EPS targets by less than two cents , that means the company has nipped and tucked its quarterly results just enough to meet the target EPS number it committed to analysts. Such misplaced optimism potentially masks underinvestment in technology needed to keep up with the competition.

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EPS Metrics Depreciation Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2014

Moving up in an organization depends on looking and acting like a leader, on being perceived as having “executive presence” (EP). According to research from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), EP constitutes 26% of what senior leaders say it takes to get to the next promotion.

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EPS Hypercompetition Diversity Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2015

The advent of the modern organization and the practice of management constitutes a “social technology” that has been equally transformative. The forces of technology and management will continue to hold equal sway as the 21st century unfolds.

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Management Drucker EPS Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

We're moving towards innovation in technology, pricing, business models and partnerships," explains head of corporate responsibility management, Dorje Mundle, of the company's base-of-the-pyramid operations. Zeitz is also rolling out the EP&L across the holding group PPR.

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EPS Innovation CEO Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

The focus of people using a resources frame to understand sustainability is often on waste reduction and technological innovation. Challenges of this frame: It is tempting to imagine that such technology will solve all our resource problems, but shoehorning billions of extra people onto the planet must have consequences.

Morale 8

Morale EPS Supply Chain Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2016

For example, one large technology company embraced a strategy to win through new digital businesses. Another company, in the agricultural technology sector, chose free cash flow as the primary long-term incentive measure. One technology company is focusing on consumer adoption of new platforms.

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Long-term Incentives Short-term Management 8