Harvard Business

JANUARY 25, 2018

It informs everything I do as a coach, management professor, and human being. Yet it’s surprisingly controversial. It also traps people in jobs that harm their well-being and sense of self. You and Your Team Series. Hamish Blair/Getty Images. This is my own personal declaration of human rights at work.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 17, 2017

But when change comes suddenly, it can turn strengths into weaknesses and sweep away even thousand-year success stories. But when change comes suddenly, it can turn strengths into weaknesses and sweep away even thousand-year success stories. Entrepreneurs chose not to move away from traditional pathways.

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Confessions of a Consultant

JANUARY 27, 2019

Would any of these help your organization to perform at a higher level? It’s not just about clarity. In a recent project, we worked with an executive team to develop a range of ‘future options’ for their manufacturing business. The roadmap chosen to explain the change process had to be comprehensive yet simple to understand.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

.” Based in Southern China, Precision was the second-largest manufacturer of cell phones in the world at the time. Precision made it easy for managers to oversee their employees. Every step of the process was measured, and real-time metrics were easily accessible. It is the driver of focus and consistency.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 15, 2015

Before taking decisive action, it may be a good idea to assess the lay of the land. According to Sun Tzu, the quality of decision “is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.”. How should the company position itself within its industry? Source: Flickr ). Importance.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2017

But this single-minded focus can be a major problem when it comes to tackling slow-building, systemic challenges, like global warming, that could take down not just supply chains but, over time, entire economies. Each has its strengths and limitations. The Time Frame. The Time Frame. The Resources Frame.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Strategy has little value until it is implemented. More than half the companies said they struggle to bridge the gap between strategy development and its practical, day-to-day implementation. Strategy should not be a two-step process, where one team creates a plan and another implements it, with little interaction between the two.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2017

media has come under intense scrutiny, with analysts , politicians, and even journalists themselves accusing it of bias and sensationalism — of having failed us — in its coverage of the presidential election. Thinking that way is tempting, but it misses the mark. Fake news and cyberattacks are triggers, not causes.

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