Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2016

What she learned informed her strategy for the turnaround, which she then communicated through a series of town halls, roundtables, and memos. ” And she restored the company’s profitability — the turnaround was a success. “The response was overwhelming,” Mulcahy said. “Defection slowed to a trickle.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 9, 2016

These buy outs shifted agency from owners to managers; “corporate raiders” worked with high-yield debt to fund these turnarounds. But just as rental houses are often given minimal maintenance, leaders of acquired firms brought in only the minimum leadership necessary.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2016

One effective way is to work on culture. Box 2 muscle requires a culture where honest Box 2 questions are encouraged. Looking at Nadella’s communications, you may consider what new narratives could you introduce to create a Box 2 culture in your company? He saw the club as a symbol for “superficial congeniality.”

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Harvard Business

JULY 18, 2016

Contrary to popular belief, cultivating a high-trust culture is not a “soft” skill — it’s a hard necessity. They report it energized them to work tirelessly for the company during his leadership tenure. This clear manifestation of respect powers huge inflections in organizational culture.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2016

A series of jarring experiences have taught you that: Your management authority is meaningless in a culture that worships engineers. Dense geographic concentrations in regions such as Silicon Valley, Seattle, Boston and Bangalore foster even more cultural idiosyncrasies. Tech employees work long days and during weekends and holidays.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 24, 2016

” This reflects an endemic lack of self-awareness in leadership, and the costs are significant. Historically, the organization’s culture had been slow and unresponsive because decision making resided largely at the top. We later discovered that her impatience was symptomatic of deeper issues.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 2, 2017

Turnaround leaders pick up the pieces and make things right when a business or function is failing to perform. Even if you succeed in your functional or business roles over a long period, you won’t make it to the top team unless the cultural fit is right. Most companies have a distinct culture.

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Harvard Business

MAY 20, 2016

An office environment reflects and reinforces a business’s core values, through the placement of different teams and functions and design elements that reflect culture, brand, and values. The New York headquarters housed over a third of its workforce, including developers, the sales team, operations, and leadership.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 5, 2016

Like any turnaround, there is no magic bullet — a series of remedial steps need to be taken. Do improve governance, leadership, and structures first. In this way, school leaders can create the right culture early on and ensure that poor behaviors never develop. So what did we find? Don’t reduce class sizes.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 4, 2017

You might have “realized the culture was wonderful and you miss it.” “There will be aspects of the culture and processes that are familiar, but don’t be disappointed if what you come back to is different from what you remember.” Here are some ideas. Reintroduce yourself. ” Onboard.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 4, 2016

This is confirmed by my follow-up interviews with these leaders, which revealed that these internal transitions can be every bit as tough as onboarding, involving combinations of promotions and moves to new units or new geographies, as well as dealing with different cultures and political networks.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

He quickly recognized that he had to institute a new strategy and culture. A recent Harvard Business Review article on hiring CEOs for PE-owned companies argued that “urgency outranks empathy.” Hall and OSI’s leadership team have coinvested with Jordan and will continue with the company.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Ambitious women may be hesitant to self-promote, driven more by a sense of purpose and a desire to contribute value and shape culture. Nearly one-quarter said creating a positive culture was one of their most important accomplishments. Guidance can be provided one-on-one or through high-potential development programs.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 22, 2016

In the end, a combination of unattainable objectives, an environment that lacked transparency, and a culture where failure was not perceived to be a viable option, led some VA administrators and clinic staff to manipulate data to make it appear as though the wait time goal was being achieved. Could the organization turn itself around?

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Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2016

Japan’s educational institutions and cultural work ethic give its managers a jump-start in their careers, but most companies don’t continue the development process as far as it could go. against the average scores for those metrics from all the executives in our worldwide database. What we found was an incredible paradox.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

We offer such a roadmap here, the outcome of a research project , at the Center for Higher Ambition Leadership, with 25 CEOs and their practices for mastering short-term pressures and creating long-term social and economic value, even in the toughest conditions. This value-based leadership paid off.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Our study of the actions and impact of 411 leaders of UK academies found that only 62 of them managed their turnaround successfully and sustainably transformed their school. ” In our study, it took at least five years to engage a school’s community, change its culture and improve its teaching.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2016

As work itself is changing, some of the basic tenets of leadership development are being challenged. Leaders must have the vision and forward-focus to anticipate how technology could disrupt the business model and the skill to mobilize the organization for change and drive a culture of collaboration. Insight Center.

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