In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 28, 2012

I came up through marketing; quite honestly, during my years in marketing I hadn’t given much thought to HR. Prahalad and Henry Mintzberg joined me as silent colleagues. By applying Jacobs Suchard’s brands and businesses to HBR’s models, I was able to pin-point weaknesses and bring clarity to missing opportunities.

Mentor 228

Mentor Advertorial Kotter Hamel 228

CO2

JUNE 9, 2014

I also like Hamel and Prahalad three-question test for helping clients determine if one of their capabilities is actually a core competency : Does the capability make a disproportionate contribution to the ultimate customer value, and/or does it allow the company to deliver value to customers in an appreciably more efficient way?

Core Competence 95

Core Competence Prahalad Competitive Advantage Strategic Planning 95

Sales Wolf Blog

JULY 9, 2010

  Weekly topics are wide and varied and include just about everything from innovation and communication to leadership and corporate social responsibility.   Weekly topics are wide and varied and include just about everything from innovation and communication to leadership and corporate social responsibility.

Company 140

Company Human Resources Prahalad Resources 140

Strategy Driven

MARCH 16, 2016

Prahalad or The Business Solution to Poverty by Paul Polak and Mal Warwick. They prove that the most economically disadvantaged people on the planet create a great market for social entrepreneurs – AND provide a terrific testing ground for innovation and cost control.

Productivity 50

Productivity Products Prahalad Open-book 50

Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 1, 2014

State of the art management and leadership techniques are continually evolving. Similarly, CK Prahalad’s work on the bottom of the pyramid from the beginning of this century is still hugely influential. In The Innovator’s Dilemma , he looked at why companies struggle with radical innovation in their markets.

Blue Ocean Strategy 250

Blue Ocean Strategy Prahalad Christensen Leadership 250

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Jim Kim (President of the World Bank), Peter Drucker (founder of modern management), Paul Hersey (noted author, teacher, and personal mentor of mine), and Warren Bennis (one of the world’s greatest leadership thinkers of his time). Has been recognized as the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker. Co-founder Partners in Health.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Banking Magazine 70

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

It may be possible to create alignment among the leadership team, but that consensus will break down once the individual members return to their working groups. There, they will find that they are confronted with local majorities opposed to the global leadership view and, in time, even leaders will conform. Gary Hamel and C.K.

Organization 9

Organization Airlines Prahalad Hamel 9