221 Posts Found

Lining up a roster of “the world’s foremost business thinkers” is of course just asking to be accused of a wee bit of subjectivity. The world is a big place. But this collection is a good effort to pull together short, readable essays by some eighty of the better-known English-language consultants, writers, and academics. (Harvard Business School is represented by Rosabeth Moss Kanter, who wrote … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Robert Heller, Tom Brown | Subjects: Management, People

The founder and CEO of the premier consultancy dedicated to women’s marketing, Quinlan has personally interviewed 3,000 women — uncovering profound and enlightening truths that can’t be learned from traditional research.

Content: Article | Author: Mark Fortier | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: People, Women in Business

In this issue of Spotlight Jim Collins speaks with editor Sarah Powell about the findings of his book Good to Great and the characteristics of ‘Level 5 Leadership’.

Content: Article | Source: Emerald Now | Subjects: Leadership, People

Many people have opinions about PowerPoint, but few can speak on the topic with the authority of psychology professor Mayer.

The author of 18 books and more than 250 articles, Mayer’s 12 years of research in multimedia learning and problem solving have important implications for PowerPoint users.

Content: Article | Author: Cliff Atkinson | Source: MarketingProfs | Subjects: People, Personal Development

Kenneth R. French is the NTU of Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is an expert on the behavior of security prices, investment strategies, and the management of financial risk. His recent research focuses on tests of asset pricing models, the trade up between risk and return in domestic and international financial markets, the cost of capital and the relation … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Kenneth R. French | Source: IndexFunds.com Inc. | Subjects: Finance, People

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

Ask any CEO and/or business professor to name the “father of modern management,” and the answer will probably be Peter Drucker. Flaherty (Peter Drucker: Contributions to Business Enterprise) focuses on Drucker’s management principles; his intent is not to update his earlier work but instead to present Drucker’s influence on the shaping of modern management. Flaherty’s 40-year friendship with Drucker proves invaluable to readers interested in … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: John E. Flaherty | Subjects: Management, People

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Nightly Business Report, the most watched daily business program on U.S. television, Wharton and NBR this month announced their list of the 25 most influential business leaders of the past 25 years. Andy Grove, co-founder of Intel, won the No. 1 position, but the list also included Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, John Bogle, Jeff Bezos, Jack Welch and Oprah … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Sources: Knowledge@Wharton, Nightly Business Report (NBR) | Subjects: Leadership, People

How Baxter International’s chief Harry Kraemer learned to stop worrying and love sustainability.

Content: Article | Author: Bill Birchard | Source: Chief Executive | Subjects: People, Social Responsibility (ESG)

Gerstner quarterbacked one of history’s most dramatic corporate turnarounds. For those who follow business stories like football games, his tale of the rise, fall and rise of IBM might be the ultimate slow-motion replay. He became IBM’s CEO in 1993, when the gargantuan company was near collapse. The book’s opening section snappily reports Gerstner’s decisions in his first 18 months on the job-the critical “sprint” … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Louis V. Gerstner | Subjects: Case Related, People

Disciplines like strategy, leadership development, and innovation are the sexier aspects of being at the helm of a successful business; actually getting things done never seems quite as glamorous. But as Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan demonstrate in Execution, the ultimate difference between a company and its competitor is, in fact, the ability to execute.
Execution is “the missing link between aspirations and results,” and … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan | Subjects: Management, People

What are the critical skills global managers need today compared to ten years ago? An interview with Harvard Business School professor Christopher A. Bartlett.

Content: Article | Author: Cynthia D. Churchwell | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: International, People

Clayton Christensen’s idea of “disruptive innovation” made him the unintended mascot of the dotcom boom. So what’s he thinking now?

Content: Article | Author: Polly LaBarre | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Innovation, People

In October 2003, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia’s richest man and the CEO of Yukos, the second-largest Russian oil producer with a market capitalization of US$26 billion, was arrested and thrown into jail on charges of fraud and tax evasion. Several days later he resigned as CEO of Yukos. This case study tells the story of the rise and (temporary?) fall of a young man whom some … [ Read more ]

Content: Case Study | Authors: Elizabeth Florent-Treacy, Konstantin Korotov, Manfred Kets de Vries, Stanislav Shekshnia | Source: INSEAD | Subjects: International, People | Industry: Petro / Chemical | Company: Yukos

As the pace of change in business accelerates, the legacy of Pierre Wack, the father of scenario planning, is more relevant than ever.

Content: Article | Author: Art Kleiner | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: People, Strategy

Mr. Yoshio Ishizaka, former President and CEO of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., and now Senior Managing Director at Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan shares his views on the importance of developing global leadership talent. Specifically, he offers eight rules to find and groom a great global business leaders.

Content: Article | Authors: Douglas A. Ready, Yoshio Ishizaka | Source: Prism (Arthur D. Little) | Subjects: Leadership, People

America’s greatest inventor spawned many businesses; in fact his work led to the creation of entire industries. Edison was a prodigious worker, challenger of the status quo and identifier of opportunities. What can todays leaders learn from Edison and how does he rate against our modern criteria for leaders?

Content: Article | Source: Babson Insight | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, People

In this issue of Spotlight David A. Garvin, C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, talks to editor Sarah Powell about the challenges of organizational learning and the conclusions drawn in his book Learning in Action.

Content: Article | Source: Emerald Now | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, People

CEOs share their secrets, and speculations, on managing for the 25 years to come.

CEOs include:
CHRISTINE JACOBS | Theragenics
WILLIE DAVIS | All Pro Broadcasting
DOMENICO DE SOLE | Gucci Group
BILL HICKEY | Sealed Air
A.G. LAFLEY | Procter & Gamble
DICK KOVACEVICH | Wells Fargo
MAURY MYERS | Waste Management
PHILIP SATRE | Harrah’s
SIDNEY TAUREL | Eli Lilly & Co.
MICHAEL VOLKEMA | … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Jennifer Gilbert, Paul Rogers | Source: Chief Executive | Subjects: People, Trends / Analysis

Thirty years ago, hardly anyone understood the question, “What color is your parachute?” Today, it’s the job hunter’s mantra. Richard Bolles reckons with what has changed in the world of careers — and, perhaps more important, what hasn’t.

Content: Article | Author: Daniel Pink | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Career, People