Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2010

In that spirit, we offer our 10 most popular posts of 2010, as measured by that most inarguable of website metrics, pageviews: 12 Things Good Bosses Believe. Define Your Personal Leadership Brand. Tony Schwartz makes the case for naps as competitive advantage. We all screw up at work. Gallo explains what to do next.

Tips 15

Tips Report Trends Leadership 15

Boxes and Arrows

APRIL 26, 2010

2010 IA Summit theme music generously provided by Bumper Tunes. In this session, Craig Kistler covers those lessons learned in working with senior leadership, marketing, design, product management, product management, and development. Subscribe to the Boxes and Arrows Podcast in iTunes or add this page to your Del.icio.us

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Design Project 77

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2015

In April 2010, Mars, one of the world’s largest privately owned businesses, embarked on a breakthrough initiative. While large consulting firms push expensive “war games” at the leadership level, Jessica ran cheap and quick local games based on local market dynamics.

Competition 15

Competition Agile Technical Review Leadership 15

etventure

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

The CEO added that since 2010 his company had invested heavily in Lean Production initiatives, working with some of the best consultants from the automotive industry – where Lean Production had first been implemented, and perfected around the turn of the millennium. The company was losing its technology leadership.

LEAN 56

LEAN Underperforming Technical Team Project Technical Review 56

ImagineNation

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

A new leadership agenda for the next decade. Considering that the future competitive environment will look very different to what it is today, business need to evolve to embrace new technologies. This profoundly deep experience created “cracks” in my assumptions about change, leadership and culture.

Entrepreneurship 40

Entrepreneurship Leadership Culture Agile 40

mjvinnovation

JUNE 29, 2021

Created by IT manager Jurgen Appelo in 2010, Management 3.0 Now think: how would this impact your profitability, and even your competitive edge, if each of your employees was 31% more productive? is a collaborative and humanized management model which treats the employee as the organization’s main asset. In Management 3.0,

Management 59

Management Agile LEAN Guidelines 59

Adam Hartung

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

By 2010 when the iPad launched, the shift was in full swing. Previous CEO Steve Ballmer went “all-in” on trying to defend and extend the PC platform with Windows 8 which began development in 2010. When Microsoft’s leadership missed the mobile market a decade ago it set the stage for a long-term demise.

Marketing 36

Marketing Leadership Competition Company 36

Adam Hartung

MARCH 21, 2016

″ iPad Pro, which is smaller than the current iPad Pro – and closer to the size of the original iPad in 2010. It was about “more, better, faster, cheaper” in Apple’s ongoing effort to defend & extend its leadership position in several categories. So we have a better product, that is cheaper.

Disruption 36

Disruption Innovation Conference Marketing 36

Adam Hartung

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

2 – In March, 2010 AdAge ran a column about WalMart being “stuck in the middle” and effectively becoming the competitive “bulls-eye” of retailing. 3 – In October, 2010 Fortune ran an article profiling then-CEO Mike Duke.

Trends 36

Trends Competition Conference Strategic Thinking 36

CorporateIntel

DECEMBER 18, 2012

I invite those dear friends who offered their suggestions to include them in the comments below—as well as anyone else who can see what is certain to end badly—as internal politics and stagnating ideas cause those who should know better to obscure the mandate of leadership.

Underperforming Technical Team 40

Underperforming Technical Team Creativity Technical Review Analysis 40

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2012

percentage points between 2000 and 2010. On this basis, Brazilian business leadership is already more gender balanced than the US. Just as significantly, there has been a big move of women into the paid labor force in Brazil, and in Latin America more generally. In Chile, the increase was 9.6 percentage points.

Culture 22

Culture Leadership Survey Competition 22

Adam Hartung

MAY 15, 2016

On hopes that a recovering economy will raise all boats, the stock recovers over the next 18 months to $113 by April, 2010. Heck, leadership had discontinued the famous catalogues in 1993 to stop store cannibalization and push people into locations where the company could promote more products and services. in 18 months.

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Trends Technical Review Innovation Leadership 36

Michael Roberto

AUGUST 3, 2018

Should you send your star employee to that leadership development program or other professoinal development opportunity? At the same time, training programs can help the star develop team building or leadership skills that contribute to the firm’s longer-term roadmap upon her return.

Roadmap 20

Roadmap Strategic Management Leadership Training 20

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

announced that CEO Andrea Jung would step down next year, investors and corporate leadership gurus cheered. Though Jung, a 53-year old Asian-American woman, dazzled early in her 10-year reign, Avon has struggled mightily under her leadership in recent years. companies are missing out on a proven competitive advantage.

Leadership 18

Leadership Policies Study Marketing 18

Adam Hartung

APRIL 21, 2016

These were some really big companies that saw their market shifts, but failed to “pivot” their strategy to remain competitive. By 2010 Blockbuster was bankrupt. By 2008 Netflix reached $1B revenues, reducing Blockbuster by a like amount. Netflix’ share price soared from $50/share to almost $300/share during 2011.

Video 36

Video Marketing Strategy Strategy 36

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Nokia tried to get away with preserving its market dominance in Europe and growing its leadership in Asia. Look at the numbers: From 2009 to 2010, Nokia's global share of the smartphone market dropped from almost 47% to roughly 38%. Android's global smartphone share has shot from 4% in 2009 to almost 23% in 2010. to under 3%.

Marketing 17

Marketing Competition Disruption Technology 17

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Lou Gerstner’s arrival at IBM in 1993 is a classic example of leadership through a liminal period. As he stated in a 2009 Harvard Business Review article, “the CEO’s [role] is to interpret the organization’s values in light of change and competition and to define its standards. Business education Informal leadership Leadership'

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Leadership Technical Review Engagement Culture 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2011

corporate boardroom representation , despite solid evidence that greater women's representation in corporate leadership correlates directly with improved business performance. As of 2010, women held just 15.7 In the last five years, women and minorities actually lost ground in U.S. percent of Fortune 500 top earner positions.

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Innovation 360 Group

JUNE 9, 2020

“Companies that master the delicate balance between cutting costs to survive today and investing to grow tomorrow do well after a <downturn>” HBR 2010. In addition, our research shows culture, leadership, and capability of handling uncertainty as top drivers of resistance.

Industry 40

Industry Radical Innovation Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 40

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. It has become an issue of not only our global competitiveness, but also our citizenship and national security. presidential administrations.

Innovation 16

Innovation Entrepreneurship Software Leadership 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

Maybe the company was (ahem) finally going to make products that were competitive. So the challenging, dissenting voice can, at times, be tied to leadership. Protagonists help organizations become more competitive. Some long seconds passed. To lead is to advocate for an idea. To rebel is to say "heck no."

Roadmap 18

Roadmap Technical Review Leadership Competition 18

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

Who were the Top Five in 2010 ? But for me, the most admirable companies don't just sell competitive products and services. They stand for important ideas — ideas meant to shape the competitive landscape in their field, ideas meant to reshape the sense of what's possible for customers, employees, and investors.

Company 16

Company Culture Strategy Strategy 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2012

When Johnson & Johnson named vice chairman Alex Gorsky as its next CEO, the company concluded a very public succession race that began in 2010 between Gorsky and fellow vice chairman Sheri McCoy. Yet, good can come from competition. Nardelli was ousted due to poor management — not to mention an autocratic leadership style.

Competition 14

Competition Course Disruption Leadership 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. The 2010 US National Educational Technology Plan provides some important ideas, sketching both opportunities and challenges.

Learning 16

Learning Technical Review Technology Leadership 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Under the leadership of their future Hall of Fame quarterback, Peyton Manning , they won the Super Bowl in 2007 and lost one in 2010. Increasingly, those companies — such as AMD and HP — are not examples of excellent corporate leadership. The Indianapolis Colts are 0-10.

Team Building 16

Team Building Leadership Resources Strategy 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2017

In 2010, Eric Schmidt, then the CEO of Google, shared a concern with the world : “Every two days, we create as much information as we did from the dawn of civilization until 2003. The ability to focus is a competitive advantage in the world today. Technology has undoubtedly ushered in progress in a myriad of ways.

Competition 8

Competition Meeting Leadership Video 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

8:07 AM Tuesday November 23, 2010 by Armin Trost | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print Too often I hear even HR people saying, "HR is too important to be left to HR." Take over responsibility and leadership. Take over responsibility and leadership. Im sick about it. All rights reserved.

Guidelines 16

Guidelines Tips Leadership Policies 16

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Fortune recently named its Businesspersons of the Year for 2010 , and the list was, for the most part, predictable. But the CEO who took first place this year was singled out for what seems to be an entirely new and noteworthy type of leadership. Yes, there were wunderkind founder-CEOs like Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.

Leadership 14

Leadership Technical Review Trends Resources 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2012

Under his leadership, the company's total shareholder return outperformed its industry peers by 1,022%, corresponding to a compound annual return above the industry average of 129%, with a corresponding market capitalization increase of CNY 237 bn (USD 36.7 Myth #1: Manufacturing is the key to Chinese competitiveness.

Marketing 15

Marketing Leadership Competition Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Operations : Approaches problems practically; stands firm on issues, perseveres; maintains a standard of consistency and quality; provides stable leadership and supervision; develops detailed plans and procedures; implements projects in a timely manner; keeps financial records straight. Ive seen this in the organizations where Ive consulted.

Guidelines 15

Guidelines Leadership Industry Tips 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

While it's true that size once created competitive barriers and correlated with market power , it no longer does. Research shows that what was once a sustainable competitive advantage has shifted from 30-40 year arcs to 12 years in most industries, and five years in the tech sector. Here's the bottom line.

Innovation 20

Innovation Industry Creativity Crowdsourcing 20

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2013

Specifically, we find that companies fail to realize the full innovative potential of women in their midst because leadership either doesn''t know how to elicit their insights or lacks the perspective necessary to endorse their ideas. Women''s ideas won''t translate into marketable products or services unless leadership backs them.

Innovation 14

Innovation Leadership Report Marketing 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

In this competitive, 24-7 economy stretches across the world's time zones, adhering to the notion that presence equals productivity is simply out of date. Ryan and his leadership team decided to experiment with re-focusing the company on results. And then in 2010, we beat it again.". This system worked.

Culture 15

Culture Leadership Meeting Tools 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2011

For the first time after China's economic reforms began, CEO succession is threatening to become a major problem, particularly for globally competitive companies such as Haier, Huawei, and Lenovo. Indeed, the choices the founder-CEOs make may well reshape their companies as well as the Chinese economy.

Entrepreneurship 15

Entrepreneurship System Policies Leadership 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

Half of the 14 billionaires on Forbes magazine's 2010 list of the world's richest self-made women are from mainland China. One HR leader in China notes, "We often find female candidates to be as competitive, if not more so, than their male counterparts.". counterparts; 76 percent aspire to a top job versus 52 percent of Americans.

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Survey Policies Competition Study 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2017

One of the most striking results we’ve found is that, across all income levels, the top predictor of workplace satisfaction is not pay: It is the culture and values of the organization, followed closely by the quality of senior leadership and the career opportunities at the company.

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Survey Culture Leadership Data 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

As Tom Davenport, Larry Prusak, and I talk to people about our current research, we hear broad support for its central thesis: that good judgment is not only something required of individuals in leadership positions; it is something that must be embedded in organizations as a whole.

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Guidelines Technical Review Leadership Exercises 15