1297 Posts found for Source: strategy+business

Entrepreneurial genius—individual or collective—is a constant, torturous struggle between “being your best” and winning. Greatness without triumph isn’t truly great, but winning without being the best you can be is also a failure on some level.

Content: Quotation | Author: Michael Schrage | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Achievement, Entrepreneurship, Success / Failure

Inspired by the “trust equation” in the book The Trusted Advisor by David Maister, Robert Galford, and Charles Green, I’d like to propose an accountability equation, with a structure that illuminates the multiple elements involved and allows for differing relationships between them.

Content: Article | Author: Eric McNulty | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Sponsorship is a watered-down version of leadership, hallmarked by monthly attendance at well-scripted steering committee meetings. Leadership of hard problems is a hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves, messy job—a set of skills often left behind as executives move up the organizational food chain and away from the day-to-day work routine.

Content: Quotation | Author: Susan Cramm | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Leadership

If you have a team that you think has a lousy leader, the first question to ask is, Is the team too big? It’s amazing how crummy leaders become great when they go from leading, say, 11 people down to five. And the reverse is true as well. You may think someone has reached their limits as a manager when they’re asked to take on … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Robert I. Sutton | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Teamwork

It’s not that I’m opposed to flatter organizations. It’s just that you have to be careful that you have enough layers to maintain some control. This is sort of unavoidable. Hierarchy is not an inherently evil concept; it’s gotten a bad name because it’s become associated with barriers and ineffectiveness.

Content: Quotation | Author: Robert I. Sutton | Source: strategy+business | Subject: 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

Preparing for the inevitable interactions between global forces can help you stay ahead of the competition.

Content: Article | Authors: David Lancefield, Richard Boxshall, Robert Vaughan | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Strategy

Former secretary of state Colin Powell said that once you have 40 to 70 percent of the information you need to ascertain your probability of success, you can make a gut decision. When you’ve reached the threshold, it’s time to apply the “4R Test,” something I’ve developed after watching leaders in action and studying literature on decision making.

Content: Article | Author: Eric McNulty | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, Personal Development

Stanford’s Robert Sutton discusses the mind-set and strategies of companies that are most adept at building and spreading high standards.

Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Robert I. Sutton | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior, Strategy

Organizations are moving forward along an evolutionary spectrum, toward self-management, wholeness, and a deeper sense of purpose.

Editor’s Note: Definitely read the comments which discuss the original source material for the foundation of this article, notably Dr. Clare Graves and Don Beck (Spiral Dynamics)

Content: Article | Author: Frederic Laloux | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior, Strategy

This year marks the 10th anniversary of our work on organizational DNA. Since our first article in 2004, we’ve analyzed more than 220,000 online surveys in which people describe their company’s personality and performance. Amid the turbulence of changing business environments and personnel, 10 precepts have remained useful, for empowering people and unlocking any organization’s potential.

Content: Article | Authors: Gary L. Neilson, Jaime Estupiñán | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Organizational Behavior

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 DHL Global Connectedness Index, now in its third edition, shows that not all flows of trade, capital, information, and people are alike.

Content: Article | Authors: Pankaj Ghemawat, Steven A. Altman | Source: strategy+business | Subject: International

Organizations must have systems in place to allow temporary assignments, and opportunities for people to take on work that’s not part of their official jobs, in order to keep people from hoarding talent or blocking its development. Leader development won’t succeed if the organization sets it up to be the responsibility solely of the talent management function within HR. It needs to be the joint … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Cynthia McCauley | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior, Training & Development

To be effective, every executive needs a broad perspective on both the organization and the business context that it operates within. This perspective can only come from having work experiences in different parts of the organization, in different businesses, and, for global companies, in different parts of the world. Although important, traditional leadership coaching, training, and mentoring programs—which most companies have focused on in their … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Cynthia McCauley | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Career, Human Resources, Management, Training & Development

The INSEAD professor shows how people can communicate across cultures.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Christie Rizk, Erin Meyer | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: International, Organizational Behavior

Using big data to improve a business means more than just collecting the information, or even analyzing it — companies must develop a strategy for how to use the information to build their brands. Unfortunately, many firms are using big data tactically, rather than strategically. Marketers, in particular, are not realizing the full potential of big data —they’re mainly using it to drive programmatic advertising. … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Colin Strong | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Marketing / Sales

If you are self-aware, you know yourself and have a good sense of how others see and react to you. This is the emotional intelligence that Daniel Goleman has written about. You never stop being you, but you have to know how to be the version of you that is right for the business and the people in it. I think parenting is a good … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Derek Lidow | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management

Every relationship of two or more people is based on shared objectives. They needn’t agree on how to bring it about and may not both take action to effect the change. Cooperative relationships are those where both parties agree on how to share the benefits and costs of creating change. Competitive relationships, by contrast, are those in which you don’t agree on how to allocate … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Derek Lidow | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Negotiation, Organizational Behavior

There are four periods in the life of a startup, from the initial idea to long-term financial sustainability. Each one requires a distinct leadership attitude and set of leadership skills. The first phase is customer validation, where you go from having an idea to finding a customer willing to pay for your product or service. The second is operational validation. This is the phase … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Derek Lidow | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Management