Harvard Business

JULY 7, 2017

If hired from outside, there is a new culture to get used to and it’s not clear who to trust. The best thinking comes from structured reflection — and the best way to do that is keeping a personal journal. I started keeping a journal when I took over a manufacturing research, software, and consulting firm.

Journal 52

Journal Efficiency Guidelines Methodologies 52

Organizational Talent Consulting

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Great leaders achieve great results and create great company cultures. A controlled study involving leaders across different markets found a positive correlation between the leader's effectiveness and employee retention, sales, margin, labor costs, and net profit. times greater financial returns than market averages. Collins, J.

Leadership 52

Leadership Journal Study Research 52

Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2018

In an Academy of Management Journal editorial, we described two problems that contribute to this challenge. Researchers have found that managers tend to be unaware of research-supported management insights reported in academic journals, and that such insights are typically excluded in practitioner-oriented journals.

Research 34

Research Journal Metrics Ethics 34

Harvard Business

AUGUST 10, 2018

Numerous studies support this — for example, the Journal of Consumer Research has published research showing that Americans associate busyness and stress with prestige and status. But it’s important to see how this ancient tradition is being commodified by our culture as a tool for improvement.

Study 52

Study Metrics Culture Methodologies 52

Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 19, 2011

We learn about our work as OD Practitioners, when we step outside our culture and collaborate with other kinds of communities. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Marketing and Social Media. Learning and change occur at the boundary between the known and the unknown. Business Communications. Business Planning. Leadership.

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Consulting Organizational Development Nonprofit Ethics 65

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 30, 2017

In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup. He doubled GE’s investment in R&D. Then it wasn’t.

Balance Sheet 28

Balance Sheet Financial Journal Company 28

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Today’s emphasis is on ZS Associates (pronounced Zee S in the USA) – a premier boutique firm focused on sales force and marketing optimization. Founded in 1983 by Kellogg School of Management marketing professors Andris A. The firm is a strong niche player, distinguished in its speciality of sales and marketing consulting.

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Case Interview Interviews Sales Pharmaceuticals 100