Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Time is a non-renewable resource; a fixed asset. We must invest our time in these four dimensions of leadership: Invest In Time To Be Strategic. The heart of leadership is inspiration and influence; the words and actions that flow from our values express our character and motivation. Know When It Is Time For Action.

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Fixed Assets Follow-up Open-book Influence 303

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Remember that your team’s time and energy is a fixed asset. Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World. This can mean temporarily pausing some work to accelerate or add new projects. Shifting focus doesn’t mean adding new things to focus on.

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Fixed Assets How To Project Energy 123

Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 24, 2010

By Guest Authors from Booz & Company : Partner, Paul Leinwand and Managing Director, Cesare Mainardi . Bringing on more fixed assets, instead of building market-leading capabilities. Emulating competitors and pursuing industry benchmarks rather than seeking differentiation.

Strategy 178

Strategy Short-term Competitive Advantage Fixed Assets 178

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

These choices historically conferred advantage – first-mover, scale – but asset-based scale advantages have diminished in recent years, thanks to technology, cheap information, and outsourcing. Assets are important, but they are, increasingly, table stakes in most competitive industries; everyone in the game has them.

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Resources Industry System Strategy 51

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2011

How crazy is it that companies are willing to invest in preventative maintenance on fixed assets such as their machinery, but typically won't make a comparable investment to enhance and sustain the health and well-being of their employees?

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Fixed Assets Competitive Advantage Commitment Definition 18

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2013

At many companies the total cash investment in acquisitions, R&D, and fixed assets has not earned back its cost of capital after adjusting for the time lag in realizing incremental benefits. Decision making Leadership' That outcome reflects the wrong allocation and/or ineffective execution.

P&L 11

P&L Fixed Assets Charan Delegation 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

We have just witnessed what journalists too easily have called China's "once-in-a-decade" transition--this despite the minor detail that the People's Republic of China had managed exactly one routinized transition of power in its first sixty-two years. There have been many more coups d'état than peaceful transitions.)

Politics 9

Politics Fixed Assets System Banking 9