Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2017

Garvin was a generalist more than a specialist, perhaps because he came of age at HBS during the 1980s, when the school’s primary focus was the development of skilled general managers. A Sloan Management Review article (which I had the pleasure of working on) provides valuable context for Garvin’s most-read HBR articles.

Management 29

Management Turnaround Engineering Benchmarking 29

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2016

(Disclosure: Although Avaya currently has no ties with Innovators International, my interest in Avaya’s remarkable turnaround was initially kindled by the dozens of conversations I had with many people at Avaya when the company was a partner with our organization.). Avaya embraced innovation as a risk management exercise.

Methodologies 28

Methodologies Agile Metrics Exercises 28

Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2016

I led the global management appraisal practice of our own executive search firm, Egon Zehnder. against the average scores for those metrics from all the executives in our worldwide database. However, only one of its senior managers had worked in more than a single business line. What we found was an incredible paradox.

Turnaround 28

Turnaround Engineering Leadership Case Interview 28

CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

McKinsey’s digital assessment game Solve is a video game in which candidates problem-solve to manage some form of ecological situation. Time management is certainly a factor. Migration Management: The candidate chooses the migration path of a group of animals with limited resources. What Is McKinsey's Digital Assessment Game?

McKinsey 52

McKinsey How To Data Strategy 52