Vision - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 May 2004
Research & Ideas

How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not

the bottom. What were they doing differently? A: The Vision and Fusion teams presented a fascinating contrast, partly because they were in the same industry (chemicals) and were working on similar projects. The leader of the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Advice on Advice

the field of vision necessary to help.'" But if that's the case, perhaps the adviser can recommend speaking with someone else more qualified. Other advice-giving mistakes include: Communicating the advice poorly Misdiagnosing a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

18 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

How Eliminating Non-Competes Could Reshape Tech

of Cisco to pursue his vision for a superior videoconferencing experience. "If an employee inside Coca-Cola stole the recipe and used it to start a competing cola company today, could he really compete with Coca-Cola?" Companies can... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology

07 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Innovation Labs: Where Passion and Purpose Meet

unmet need and grow it into a purposeful entity. The i-lab, the original component of the now three-lab ecosystem, opened in 2011 in Batten Hall with the vision of offering a “One Harvard” learning and convening space where venture teams... View Details

10 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business

management tackle big opportunities. The accelerators are: Create a sense of urgency. Build guiding coalition. Form strategic vision and initiatives. Enlist volunteer army. Enable action by removing barriers. Generate short-term wins.... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

07 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Effective Leaders Share the Spotlight with Their Teams

positive image. For example, Union Pacific CEO John Koraleski called on team members an average of 59 times during earnings calls in one year, making him the most inclusive manager in the study. Likewise, an internet search turned up articles extoling Koraleski for his... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

18 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers

a more holistic approach in hiring and get rid of the tunnel vision on managing productivity, Minor says. “Even if you don’t care about people and all you want to do is make more money, you still should care about hiring people who care... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

14 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’

Embodiments Of Ethnography Another way designers can gain fresh insights into their products is by observing consumers whose physical impediments make using them difficult. Engineers with Ford wore bodysuits that mimicked the vision and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

27 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future

startup’s vision or step back altogether after a larger company takes possession. In 144 of these transactions, the deal effectively closed a failing business. Another 2.9 percent of the companies examined, or 317 ventures, went public... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

20 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

The Seven Things That Surprise New CEOs

behave. Second, he must recognize that his position does not confer the right to lead, nor does it guarantee the organization's loyalty. He must perpetually earn and maintain the moral mandate to lead. CEOs can easily lose their legitimacy if their View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch & Nitin Nohria

14 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

A Strategy For Steady Leadership in an Unsteady World

business leaders to step forward and lead in ways that business schools don’t teach. Let’s examine these different ways of leading comprising VUCA 2.0: Vision – Today’s business leaders need the ability to see through the chaos to have a... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

30 Nov 2007
What Do You Think?

What Is Management’s Role in Innovation?

managers have the courage, but does the CEO have the vision and fortitude to stand before the board and defend the opportunity to explore and fail?" Joe Violette, who reminded us that innovation (as opposed to invention) is most... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

06 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea

genuinely good plan, pursuing a great idea, or making a needed vision a reality might be filled with frightening risks—even though that is not really the case. There are all sorts of ways to create fear. You have seen a half dozen in the... View Details

Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead

17 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

The Trial of Elizabeth Holmes: Visionary, Criminal, or Both?

vision. By all accounts, she and the others at Theranos, all of them wanted Theranos to succeed. Their vision was incredible; it would have been transformative. The question is, at what point does that wishfulness and enthusiasm go from... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Biotechnology; Technology; Medical Devices & Supplies

01 Dec 2019
News

Bridging the Gap

pitched her group on tackling a visioning process to define Chattanooga’s priorities for the next two decades. With “inclusive” and “diverse” as the group’s watchwords, the YALP cohort returned to Chattanooga and launched the next stage... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

17 Jan 2023
Book

Good Companies Commit Crimes, But Great Leaders Can Prevent Them

culture, and they often describe it as this one, homogeneous culture. But, really, any company of any reasonable size is an amalgamation of hundreds of subcultures, and some of these subcultures are very much aligned with the vision and... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

12 Mar 2021
News

My Favorite Case

rural regions, and regulatory uncertainties. “One of the exciting things about Alibaba and Ant Financial is Jack Ma’s vision of financial inclusion across China. So you have rural potato farmers who have really no bank accounts and no... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

based on "industry best-in-class performance measures or direct competitors," Hope and Fraser write; and give teams "an extended period of time to reach them"—two to three years. Atlanta-based eye-care company CIBA View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

06 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Are You a Level-Six Leader?

twin mirages of short-term profit or stock market valuations. They have a grand vision for the future of their organizations, and they infect others with their energy, enthusiasm, and integrity. These are the leaders we write books about,... View Details

Keywords: by Mitch Maidique

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

Firoz Rasul "Religious practice without a social conscience is deceit," he said. The heart of social vision is providing care for the weak and vulnerable but "charity" that takes away someone's dignity is not... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild

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