409 Thought Leaders found for subject: Management

In this exclusive interview, Molly Graham shares her six rules for how to be a good manager. Some come seemingly out of left field, others are nuanced takes on common pearls of wisdom — but true to what we’ve come to expect whenever we sit down with Graham, all are useful rules of thumb for any startup leader or new manager to lean on. From … [ Read more ]

Content: Thought Leader | Author: Molly Graham | Source: “First Round Review” | Subject: Management

Freek Vermeulen explains why unhelpful practices go unnoticed and suggests how rooting them out can help innovation.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Freek Vermeulen, Jeremy Grant | Source: “strategy+business” | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Organizations are more likely to innovate and thrive when they unleash the potential of individuals and the power of self-organizing teams, says the online retailer’s CEO.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Aaron De Smet, Chris Gagnon, Tony Hsieh | Source: “McKinsey Quarterly” | Subjects: Innovation, Management, Organizational Behavior | Company: Zappos.com

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

During the last 20 years, Kim Scott has held leadership roles at some of the biggest and most influential tech companies in the world. Most recently, she advised Dropbox and Twitter. At First Round’s recent CEO Summit, she shared what she believes to be the most important management lessons she’s learned.

Content: Article, Thought Leader | Author: Kim Scott | Source: “First Round Review” | Subject: Management

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

After three decades leading data teams at companies like LiveOps, Netscape, and ReadyForce, Lloyd Tabb’s biggest learning isn’t what you would expect — or want to hear: You’re measuring the wrong metrics. We all are.

In this exclusive interview, Tabb shares how to abide by metrics that generate direction — not pats on backs — so that your company can act on what’s most essential to … [ Read more ]

Content: Thought Leader | Author: Lloyd Tabb | Source: “First Round Review” | Subject: Management

Caitlin Kalinowski is a master of the prototyping process, with a deep understanding of where, when and how changes should be slotted in, from the first iteration to the last. It’s made her a highly sought-after engineer in Silicon Valley. In this exclusive interview, Kalinowski discusses how and why you must define your non-negotiables before starting to build prototypes. She dives deep on specific approaches … [ Read more ]

Content: Thought Leader | Author: Caitlin Kalinowski | Source: “First Round Review” | Subjects: Management, Operations | Companies: Apple, Oculus

Michael Mankins, Bain & Company partner and head of the firm’s Organization practice, explains how organizations unintentionally fail to manage their employees’ time and energy. He also lays out what managers can do to reduce what he calls organizational drag.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Michael C. Mankins, Sarah Green Carmichael | Source: “Harvard Business Review” | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Our society is still compartmentalizing “work” and “life,” looking for a way to even the scales, when we should be rethinking the perspective that values time as the ultimate capital. In systems based on such a mind-set, success comes to those who seem to be working the hardest, because they are always accessible. People cling to an outmoded view that work should be done by … [ Read more ]

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Laura W. Geller, Lotte Bailyn | Source: “strategy+business” | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

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

The former CEO of the Girl Scouts has spent decades bringing professional management to nonprofits.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Frances Hesselbein, Sally Helgesen | Source: “strategy+business” | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Nonprofit

Thirty years after leaving McKinsey, the prolific author returns to discuss tomorrow’s management challenges and the keys to organizational change and transformative leadership in any age.

Editor’s Note: I am not a big fan of Tom Peters and I find very little of real substance in this interview, but I’ll let you decide for yourself.

Content: Thought Leader | Author: Tom Peters | Source: “McKinsey Quarterly” | Subject: Management

The Stanford professor explains how social distance (construal-level theory) affects how people respond to feedback.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Laura W. Geller, Nir Halevy | Source: “strategy+business” | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior

The Stanford professor’s latest research explores the practices that enable companies to scale what they do best.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Paul Michelman, Robert I. Sutton | Source: “strategy+business” | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

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 historian’s approach to strategic empathy can help you anticipate your rivals’ next moves.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Theodore Kinni, Zachary Shore | Source: “strategy+business” | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

You can’t build a great company by tolerating mediocre leaders. A Q&A with Raad Al-Saady, managing director at Abdul Latif Jameel.

Content: Thought Leader | Source: “Gallup Management Journal” | Subjects: Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior

The Columbia Business School professor says the era of sustainable competitive advantage is being replaced by an age of flexibility. Are you ready?

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Rita Gunther McGrath, Theodore Kinni | Source: “strategy+business” | Subjects: Innovation, Management, Organizational Behavior, Strategy