Brimstone Consulting

JANUARY 27, 2021

September 11, 2001 is an inflection point – there was life before the terrorist attacks and there is life after them. Post-pandemic, leadership will also look and feel different than it did pre-pandemic. This kind of leadership emphasizes — counterintuitively — an anti-heroic leader.”

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Organizational Talent Consulting

APRIL 18, 2022

And a huge knowledge and skill shift that is looming will serve as a leadership validation test. Here are three future smart leadership qualities, two steps for rethinking the future of leadership, and one good leadership habit for keeping you moving in the best direction. Effective leaders are good learners.

Leadership 52

Leadership Trends Journal McKinsey 52

Harmonious Workplaces

OCTOBER 24, 2023

I did this while attending UChicago and picking up extra cash cleaning industrial carpets, being a production artist for GES Exposition Services during the summer, or working a Blockbuster. L&D, goal-setting theory of motivation, and leadership training took shape during those five years with the band.

Hotels 52

Hotels Training Training Exercises 52

Harvard Business

MAY 3, 2016

Like Apple, most consumer-centric companies deal with the dilemma of how to brand the next- generation of an existing product. Product upgrades make up the majority of corporate research and development activity. At Harvard Business School’s Program for Leadership Development and Owner/President Management Program.

Education 28

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Women in Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

:: Since founding my consulting company in 2001, I’ve been serving Silicon Valley CEOs as an interim VP marketing. If you’re tempted to say that no one else offers the same product or service that you do, then there’s a good chance that either you’re kidding yourself or there is no market for what you want to sell.

Marketing 70

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Clarke painted a picture of how computers would change our way of life by the year 2001. As a leadership team, we strive to maintain consistency in the outcomes for each role so everyone knows exactly where the bar is and that it is not going to change unexpectedly. In his 1974 interview with ABC News , science fiction author Arthur C.

Management 33

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 20, 2016

The reason is failed leadership, and Apple – currently the dominant tech firm for the mobile era – is at risk of making the same mistakes. They are hard to do in a company that excels at products. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. Sixteen years later, that dominance is looking threadbare.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

There is no doubt that Kamprad’s personal tenacity, business savvy, and leadership skills account for IKEA’s success. Sometimes, strategic leadership is about coming up with a great plan and then executing it seamlessly. But how did it hit on this winning strategy? 18,000 people waited eagerly for the store to open.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Being treated with respect had a more powerful effect on employees than other more celebrated leadership behaviors including recognition and appreciation, communicating an inspiring vision, providing useful feedback — even opportunities for learning, growth, and development. Set Expectations. People valuing Campbell.”

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Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2016

Box 3: Generate breakthrough ideas and convert them into new products and businesses. ” He continued, “let’s not launch Product X version 2 and instead focus all our efforts on Product Y.” ” In his characteristic style, Welch blasted the Elfun Society at their leadership conference.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Take Anne Mulcahy, who stepped into the CEO role at Xerox in 2001, during a particularly tough time in the company’s history. So Anderson embarked on a campaign to win over the doubters and move them to reimagine the company’s processes, products, and role in the industry.

Turnaround 28

Turnaround How To Survey Enterprise 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2018

While there’s often increased pressure to be more productive in the office, it’s sometimes hard not to wonder, “What’s the point?” Life at Björn Borg, and Bunge’s style of leadership, may seem jarring if not extreme, but he is only one of a growing number of fitness-focused leaders.

Sports 28

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 27, 2016

But by 2001, the once-dominant Buckeyes had slipped into mediocrity. The majority of Fortune 500 companies reward the most productive individuals, not the most effective groups or indispensable group members. This social relationship between leaders and followers is at the heart of transformational leadership.

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Sports Groups Construction Research 37

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Even senior executives who want to stay in their corporate jobs should strongly consider developing at least one side income stream, whether it’s consulting, speaking, coaching, or creating some other product or service. And, as with Achan’s boss, they’re likely to see it as a positive indicator for leadership potential.

Industry 28

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Harvard Business

JULY 18, 2016

This was the headquarters of Campbell Soup Company when one of us, Doug Conant, took the reins as CEO in 2001. We can use practices from Doug’s approach to the trust-building competency over his 40-year leadership career as a case study for the behaviors leaders should develop as they work to build and sustain trust.

Financial 28

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Harvard Business

JUNE 14, 2016

” Toby did everything his father asked, joining The Bozzuto Group in 2001 as a development associate. ” Early on, they also attended a weeklong seminar at Harvard University that focused on leadership transitions. He credits Bayard’s no-nonsense leadership and advice with helping to inspire him. ”

Real Estate 28

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

I was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) in 2001. Plus, a productive relationship of disclosure requires authenticity — on both sides. Marion Barraud for HBR. By 2003 I could no longer speak intelligibly or walk, and any muscle control became more difficult as the disease progressed.

Construction 28

Construction Guidelines Development Meeting 28

Harvard Business

MAY 3, 2016

An outside-in perspective means that companies aim to creatively deliver something of value to customers, rather than focus simply on products and sales. To learn more about how Harvard Business School can help you prepare for the challenges of global leadership, visit the program website. “It doesn’t happen overnight.

Education 28

Education Real Estate Research Company 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 27, 2018

They operate as lean organizations, using cloud and internet-based infrastructure, and launch and distribute products more quickly than did firms that competed with factories, warehouses, inventories, and suppliers. Furthermore, as production shifts to Asia and more and more U.S. retains its leadership in technological progress.

Company 33

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Leadership then specifies a plan that it believes will position the company to win in this predicted future. This mindset focuses leadership on making near-term decisions with the longer-term destination in mind, but it doesn’t presume that there is only one path from here to there. Webvan was forced to cease operations by 2001.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2017

A recurring theme in those interviews was bemoaning major changes in R&D strategy that occurred as a consequence of new, often outside, leadership. We came to this conclusion through interviews with CTOs across a range of industries, which we conducted as part of an NSF study to identify factors explaining differences in firms’ RQ.

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Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2017

The articles — “Competing on the Eight Dimensions of Quality” (1987) and “What Does ‘Product Quality’ Really Mean?” A follow-up article, coauthored with Amy Edmondson and Francesca Gino, delved more deeply into such issues as psychological safety, openness to new ideas, and leadership attention.

Management 30

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Harvard Business

APRIL 28, 2016

This proved the most controversial of all US trade accords, in part because average wages in Mexico were only a fraction of those in the United States, giving Mexican products an advantage on labor-intensive goods and thus threatening U.S. industries had internationalized their production and had become dependent on foreign trade.

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