Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

We offer such a roadmap here, the outcome of a research project , at the Center for Higher Ambition Leadership, with 25 CEOs and their practices for mastering short-term pressures and creating long-term social and economic value, even in the toughest conditions. The CEOs in our study were adept at telling their company’s story.

Metrics 112

Metrics Study Financial Operations 112

Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2017

Garvin stresses the importance of rigorous experiments (years before experimentation became the rallying cry for a new generation of innovators); thoughtful problem definition; and smart, well-designed metrics. Great leadership is extraordinarily difficult. But the main contribution of “Is Yours a Learning Organization?

Management 111

Management Turnaround Engineering Benchmarking 111

Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2016

against the average scores for those metrics from all the executives in our worldwide database. Companies like GE, Unilever, and McKinsey do the same, exposing their highest-potentials to new sectors, new companies, new markets, new situations, and new functions, making themselves leadership factories in the process.

Turnaround 70

Turnaround Leadership Engineering Case Interview 70

Harvard Business

AUGUST 9, 2016

These buy outs shifted agency from owners to managers; “corporate raiders” worked with high-yield debt to fund these turnarounds. But just as rental houses are often given minimal maintenance, leaders of acquired firms brought in only the minimum leadership necessary.

Talent 70

Talent Real Estate Financial Operations 70

LSA Global

JANUARY 1, 2018

This book tells the story of a successful sales executive who, after leading an analytics-driven turnaround (in Data Driven, this book’s predecessor), faces a new turnaround challenge as chief human resources officer. Boost HR and company productivity and performance with metrics that matter. Realistic and Actionable.

Data 34

Data Strategy Strategy Strategy& 34

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Our study of the actions and impact of 411 leaders of UK academies found that only 62 of them managed their turnaround successfully and sustainably transformed their school. As a school leader sets off on this journey, how do they know what to do, when to do it, who to listen to, and how to manage critics along the way?

Research 71

Research Study Education Recruitment 71