72 Posts found for Author: Art Kleiner

The dynamics of any large organization — indeed, any complex human endeavor — are rife with unacknowledged interpersonal tensions, seemingly arbitrary restrictions, and murky priorities. As a young manager, you may find it hard to be heard or be taken seriously. Later, you may be given opportunities to solve problems, but without the authority (over staff and budget, for example) that the task would demand. Eventually, … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Authors: Art Kleiner, Jeffrey Schwartz, Josie Thomson | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

How to build the mental habits that enable you to make a living while making a better world.

Editor’s Note: I don’t think the material presented in this article really relates to leadership but rather is in the realm of self-management and emotional intelligence as well as decision making.

Content: Article | Authors: Art Kleiner, Jeffrey Schwartz, Josie Thomson | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, Personal Development

Jim Clifton, chief executive of Gallup Inc., has a robust theory about entrepreneurialism and economic recovery.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Art Kleiner, Jim Clifton | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Economics, Entrepreneurship

The 18th-century economic philosopher Adam Smith, best known for his foundational book The Wealth of Nations, spent his last two decades considering the problem of virtue in capitalism. The vitality of the industrializing world was based on the good faith of energetic, creative people, acting individually. But no human society had ever resisted the temptations of corruption and exploitation. How would capitalism survive? Smith said … [ Read more ]

Authors: Adam Smith, Art Kleiner, Jeffrey Schwartz, Josie Thomson | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Capitalism, Economics

The influential economic theorist looks ahead to a world of virtually free energy and zero marginal cost production, and to a desperate race against climate change.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Art Kleiner, Jeremy Rifkin, Juliette Powell | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Economics, Trends / Analysis

Distinctive capabilities have been central to Danaher’s success since the mid-1980s, when Mitchell Rales and Steven Rales, two brothers who owned a commercial real estate business, discovered they had a knack for buying and turning around ailing manufacturing companies. Over the years, the company had evolved from a highly leveraged startup to a profitable family of ventures with a market capitalization of more than US$40 … [ Read more ]

Content: Case Study | Authors: Art Kleiner, George Roth | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, Mergers & Acquisitions | Company: Danaher

Shelly Palmer, one of the world’s leading digital-technology commentators, talks about the evolution of the entertainment and media industry.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Art Kleiner, Deborah Bothun, Shelly Palmer | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Trends / Analysis

You may indeed have gone into business in the first place because the subject of finance is relatively clean and clear; it doesn’t have the messy ambiguities of, say, psychology or literature. Such preferences don’t matter. You will end up distinguishing yourself (or not) on your ability not just to work with others, but to inspire them, draw insight from them, observe them accurately, and … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Art Kleiner | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Career, Leadership, Management, Personal Development

Any decision made in business is a bet about the way the world works. And until you understand the theory you’re betting on, you can’t really test the decision or improve it.

Content: Quotation | Author: Art Kleiner | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Decision Making, Management, Strategy

Your opportunity to distinguish yourself starts with being more willing than other MBA students to learn as you go, and with being more attuned to the high stakes of every decision you make.

Everyone else will be unconsciously following the dictates of some dead economist. In the country of the MBAs, you’ll have to strive to cultivate your judgment and figure out which ideas are worth … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Art Kleiner | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

A pioneer in mindfulness research says that companies can promote innovation and their own rejuvenation by setting the right context.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Art Kleiner, Ellen Langer | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

Haier’s leader describes how he built a winning global company by continually reframing his management philosophy.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Art Kleiner, Zhang Ruimin | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Management

For the 20th anniversary of strategy+business, we, the editors and staff of this magazine thought we’d celebrate this grand story of management thinking by holding, in effect, a grand party. We’d invite all the luminaries of management thought, from antiquity to today, to join us in spirit. Or at least to have their ideas in the room. And you’re invited too.

This catalog will give … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Art Kleiner, Nancy A. Nichols | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, Strategy

The head of MIT’s Center for Collective Intelligence explains how the social intelligence factor is critical for business success.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Art Kleiner, Thomas Malone | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

A Harvard Business School professor observes that leaders become better strategists by engaging in conversations about the purpose of a company.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Art Kleiner, Cynthia A. Montgomery, Ken Favaro | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Strategy

To U.C. Berkeley’s long-standing strategy thinker, companies gain an edge only when they evolve in ways no one else can match.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Art Kleiner, David J. Teece | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Strategy

To Harvard professor Clayton Christensen, coauthor of How Will You Measure Your Life?, a primary task of leadership is asking questions that anticipate great challenges.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Art Kleiner, Clayton M. Christensen | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Leadership

Art Kleiner introduces a leadership lesson from Managers as Mentors: Building Partnerships for Learning, 3rd Edition, by Chip R. Bell and Marshall Goldsmith.

Content: Article | Authors: Art Kleiner, Chip R. Bell, Marshall Goldsmith | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

The social theorist on why new technologies are ushering in a paradigm shift, and how the transition will redefine how business is done.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Art Kleiner, Douglas Rushkoff | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Economics

The coauthor of TouchPoints and former CEO of Campbell Soup Company explains how executives build their company’s capabilities by connecting with people more effectively.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Art Kleiner, Douglas Conant | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Management