Jeffrey Hollender and Bill Breen
Here’s a question that every business leader should ask, but too few do: “What does the world need most that our business is uniquely able to provide?”
Content: Quotation | Authors: Bill Breen, Jeffrey Hollender | Source: ChangeThis | Subject: Management
The Three Ways of Great Leaders
In a new study, Harvard Business School professors Anthony J. Mayo and Nitin Nohria identify the attributes of great leadership — and nominate the best bosses of the 20th century.
Content: Article | Author: Bill Breen | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Leadership
The Clear Leader
Marcus Buckingham spent two decades studying great business leaders. His conclusion: True leaders have a unique ability to make things simple.
Content: Article | Author: Bill Breen | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Leadership
The 6 Myths Of Creativity
A new study by Teresa Amabile (HBS) will change how you generate ideas and decide who’s really creative in your company.
Content: Article | Author: Bill Breen | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Innovation, Organizational Behavior
Living in Dell Time
For most businesses, warehouses full of stuff are a kind of security blanket. But Dell has replaced inventory with information, and that has helped turn it into one of the fastest, most hyperefficient organizations on the planet. Here’s how Dell uses speed as the ultimate competitive weapon, and why rivals may never be able to catch up.
Content: Case Study | Author: Bill Breen | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Operations | Industry: Personal Computer | Company: Dell
Hidden Asset
Thomas Davenport has helped midwife some of the biggest trends to have shaped business over the past 25 years–among them, reengineering and knowledge management. Now he’s asking: Where do ideas come from? And how do they get traction? Here’s his eight-point plan for winning with ideas.
Content: Article | Author: Bill Breen | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Innovation, People
Interview with a Headhunter
In the eat-or-be-eaten world of job hunting, if you misfire, you’re dead. Here’s how to hunt like a headhunter — and turn your next job interview into a sure kill.
Content: Article | Authors: Bill Breen, Nick Corcodilos | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Career
Full House
Arte Nathan was VP of human resources for Mirage Resorts Inc. in 1998 when it launched Bellagio — a lavish resort even by the standards of a city famous for its excess. Everything about Bellagio was larger than life, from its 3,000 rooms to its stunning art collection of original masterpieces. Equally lavish was the challenge that confronted Nathan: Hire 9,600 workers in 24 weeks. … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Bill Breen | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Human Resources | Industry: Hospitality
Company Builder
Atiq Raza was in position to become CEO of one of Silicon Valley’s old-guard giants. But he left to create Raza Foundries, a company that helps build other companies. Just don’t call it an incubator.
Includes a sidebar of three leadership lessons learned by proteges of Atiq Raza: never take a dollar at face value; deal with the customers who count; and focus on the … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Bill Breen | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Leadership
Field Guide for Change
You’ve come up with a radical plan that will transform the way your company does business. The next step: execute. But how? By reading, ripping, and leveraging Fast Company’s startup manual for leading change.
Content: Article | Authors: Bill Breen, Cheryl Dahle | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Leadership, Management