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- 01 Oct 1996
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Sherman Baldwin: Leadership under Fire
Baldwin (known by the radio call sign "Tank") was on the aircraft carrier USS Midway in the Persian Gulf, flying 45 combat missions over Iraq in Operations Desert Storm and Southern Watch. As the pilot of an EA-6B Prowler, he led a crew... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
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- November 2007
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Solve the Succession Crisis by Growing Inside-Outside Leaders
By: Joseph L. Bower
This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. In his interviews and data analysis, Harvard Business School professor Bower found... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Leadership Development; Management Practices and Processes; Management Succession; Planning
Bower, Joseph L. "Solve the Succession Crisis by Growing Inside-Outside Leaders." Harvard Business Review 85, no. 11 (November 2007).
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- 01 Sep 2003
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Jackie Adams
competitors, and all three organizations saw news as a public trust. But by the mid-1980s, the networks had become divisions of large corporations, and profitability and entertainment value took center stage.” She notes that the advent of... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
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W. Hall Wendel, Jr.
life-threatening situations, he had reached the top of Mt. Everest, the earth's highest point. By doing so, he became only the 24th person in history to "summit" the tallest mountain on each of the seven continents. Wendel was the first... View Details
- 02 Sep 2015
- What Do You Think?
What's Wrong With Amazon’s Low-Retention HR Strategy?
supplanted job priorities. No data was provided, but the impression left by the article was that because so many good people have left Amazon, it pursues either intentionally or unintentionally what can be called a low-retention strategy... View Details
- 04 Sep 2013
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How Relevant is Long-Range Strategic Planning?
Maffei framed the case by saying that "We need to influence leaders to envision longer term possibilities while creating short term experiments." Shann Turnbull warned this may not be easy, commenting: "The establishment of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Jun 2013
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Do We Need to Extend ‘No Surprises Management?’
organization, and by having all activities aligned with that strategy, the chances of surprises is greatly diminished." And Yadeed Lobo said that it is important for leaders to set expectations early on. A question appeared to be... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2005
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Profiles from the Class of 2005
Photographs by Webb Chappell Now in its tenth year, the Bulletin’s annual student profiles have become something of a tradition. Faced each spring with a mountain of potential candidates, we puzzle our way through a dizzying array of... View Details
- 04 Feb 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has Listening Become a Lost Art?
'positive responses' instead of finding out how we can do things better by listening and responding to 'negative responses.'" Others were not so sure. Tema Frank said she is not convinced that our ability to listen is any worse than it... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Dec 2014
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Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?
Maxweles, who asked, "Was Steve Jobs possibly a 'brilliant jerk'? Could innovation be stifled by simply eliminating the uncomfortable individuals?" Lawrence Nwaru added, "We are all brilliant jerks in one form or the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Aug 2013
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Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making?
was a way of injecting a certain amount of objectivity and analysis into the decision to be made. In recent years, we have been advised to make certain decisions in a "blink" by Malcolm Gladwell, to "think twice" View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Oct 2013
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Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?
Summing Up What's the Future of the Authority Figure In Leadership? Leadership involves the effective management of tensions characteristic of all organizations. Are such tensions exacerbated by today's need for increasing speed and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett