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  • 2010
  • Working Paper

CREATING LEADERS WORKSHOP: Mastering the Principles and Effective Delivery of 'The Ontological Leadership Course' (PDF File of PowerPoint Slides)

By: Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Kari L. Granger and Joseph J. DiMaggio M.D.
This workshop is designed to support participants in gaining mastery in the delivery of our new course: "Being A Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological Model." The Workshop was delivered at the United States Air Force Academy (July 13 - 16,... View Details
Keywords: Curriculum and Courses; Values and Beliefs; Globalization; Policy; Leadership Development; Goals and Objectives; Performance Capacity; Social and Collaborative Networks
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  • 12 Apr 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Waking Up a Sleeping Company

issue of Medtronic's performance standards, I found that goals and deadlines were routinely set, missed, and then simply adjusted. Poor performance was rationalized by excuses.... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
  • August 2000
  • Case

Belmont Industries, Inc. (C)

By: Joseph L. Bower
Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier supplement. View Details
Keywords: Wages; Managerial Roles; Management Practices and Processes; Performance; Goals and Objectives; Labor and Management Relations
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  • 05 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

expected to generate social value in addition to profit. As a result, they also increasingly face the distinct challenge of pursuing social and financial goals at the same time. Social enterprises have a great deal of experience dealing... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 03 Feb 2018
  • Op-Ed

How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility

financial purpose. Because BlackRock manages more than $6 trillion in assets, Mr. Fink’s announcement has the potential to help change companies’ behaviors in big ways. But this will happen only if BlackRock and other large asset managers add social View Details
Keywords: by Julie Battilana
  • 22 Mar 2017
  • Research & Ideas

What's the Ideal Frequency for a Sales Quota?

out if the goal is simply to increase the absolute number of sales, then a frequent quota is more effective—especially if you’re looking to boost performance of least-effective employees. But if the View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Mar 2004
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

to define how each project should support the overall goals of the program, both in terms of performance and learning. This process should explicitly address the potential trade-offs that are likely to exist... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jul 2008
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Balanced Scorecard in Action

the strategic goals that organizations set for themselves and the results they achieve. An office of strategy management is intended to close that gap. At the corporate level of an organization, it oversees all strategy-related... View Details
  • 10 Oct 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Corporate Responsibility and the Environment: What is the Right Thing To Do?

Responsibility (CSR) and Corporate Social Performance (CSP)? A: Corporate Social Performance is a term used to describe "strategic" behavior by a firm. When a firm engages in environmental or other... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • 19 Dec 2012
  • Research & Ideas

How to be Extremely Productive

your goal is a great marketing plan or a brilliant idea for a software system, it doesn't matter if it took 2 hours or 20 hours. The client is paying for the quality of the solution. Q: What do you think about the issue of flexible work... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
  • 23 Jan 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick

Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality of life of people in the areas... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 27 Oct 2008
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Achieving Excellence in Nonprofits

words, the organization has as its main purpose the advancement of a set of social goals and the creation of social value. That obviously (by law!) includes nonprofit organizations, but it can also include the so-called new social... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 28

report, new CEO Hank McKinnell discusses Pfizer's performance goals and its acquisition of Pharmacia, which gave it control of the anti-arthritis drug Celebrex. In the 2005 report, McKinnell discusses his... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Oct 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

exhibit "The Four Spans" provides a summary.) The span of control. The first span defines the range of resources—not only people but also assets and infrastructure—for which a manager is given decision rights. These are also the resources whose View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
  • 24 Apr 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Who Sets Your Benchmarks?

pursuing your goals accordingly. In this excerpt, he discusses the unfortunate and all-too-common tendency to focus on extrinsic rather than intrinsic motivators. Who Sets Your Benchmarks? From, What You're Really Meant to Do: A Road Map... View Details
  • 03 May 2004
  • What Do You Think?

How Much Is Enough?

against similar goals others have strived for), significance (a positive impact on people you care about), and legacy (establishing your values or accomplishments in ways that help others find future success)." According to Nash and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 22 Apr 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Earth Day: Recent Research on Sustainability

Environmental Performance: The Effect of Incentive Provision on Carbon EmissionsResearch has shown that reducing carbon emissions and exhibiting good environmental performance are important for corporations. But how exactly are these... View Details
  • 22 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 22, 2008

intermediation and may have slowed employment gains in trade and services. Development lending goals were met, but these had no impact on the real economy. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 May 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?

37 states participate in the development and production program. The empty weight of the aircraft is 31,670 pounds and the wing area is 840 square feet. The aircraft has two engines generating 35,000 pounds of thrust, enabling the F-22 to travel at a speed of Mach 1.8... View Details
Keywords: by J. Ronald Fox; Service
  • 12 Jan 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Does Your HQ Operation Fit With Corporate Strategy?

The specter of "headquarters" usually looms large in the business world's imagination, but few managers—and few CEOs, especially new CEOs—understand how size, structure, and performance of headquarters interact. To investigate,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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