Leading Blog

JANUARY 27, 2012

Frank Sonnenberg makes the case in Managing with a Conscience , that the only sustainable way to succeed is the right way—not cutting corners—emphasizing the intangibles like trust, creativity, focus, speed, flexibility, relationships, loyalty, and employee commitment. If you treat people right, they will treat you right.

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Management Intangible Assets Critical Success Factor Open-book 285

Chartered Management Institute

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Whether it’s raw materials, financial capital or human talent, resources are the building blocks that allow companies to operate efficiently and deliver value to their stakeholders. For managers, this means leveraging tools, techniques and leadership skills to optimise resource utilisation and ensure the organisation’s long-term success.

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Resources Intangible Assets Management Long-term 52

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

Put the most strategic pieces into the hands of up-and-comers passing through the leadership-development revolving door? This transformation took time to play out and involved both displacements of incumbents operating in outdated modes and the emergence of new “feeder” roles for those aspiring to the C-suite.

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CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2016

Begin with the easy things that you have always tracked — and physical assets such as plant, property, and equipment. Fourth, begin to operate a pilot of your network business by shifting small amounts of capital (including time, talent, and money) to the new initiative. If not, your transformation is sure to stall out.

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Intangible Assets Business Model How To Intellectual Capital 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Even accounting rules specifically dealing with reputation — goodwill and intangible assets — are subject to frequent rule changes and endless debate. When properly installed and operated, it delivers financial growth. Perhaps the accountants are just overcomplicating a basic idea.

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Intangible Assets Ethics Short-term Reputation 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

All three factors have become more common over time, which we argue stems from firms’ increasing reliance on intangible and knowledge inputs in their business models. Digital firms are as valuable for their intangible capital as were the 20 th century firms for their land, building, and factories.

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IPO Company First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Consider the example of a manufacturer of production equipment that collects sensor-based telemetry about its machines’ operations, the status of their parts, their performance, their resource consumption, and other data. The ultimate goal is to treat information as a tangible flow rather than an intangible asset stuck on the balance sheet.

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Company Intangible Assets Information Self-aware 10