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Thinking Inside the Box Posted by: HarvardBusiness
Video duration: 553 seconds An interview with Kevin Coyne, Founder, Kevin Coyne Partners. Asking people to "think outside the box" creates chaotic brainstorming. Here are five questions that can stimulate more focused thinking about possible new products and services. Related: business, coyne, harvard, innovation, kevin, marketing, products, publishing, school, services |
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Keys to Working with Alpha Personalities Posted by: HarvardBusiness
Video duration: 614 seconds An interview with Gill Corkindale, Executive Coach. Alpha personalities present unique challenges for those who work with them. You need a different set of strategies for getting along with an alpha boss than for managing an alpha employee. Related: alpha, business, coach, corkindale, executive, gill, harvard, personalities, publishing, school |
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Innovate Like Google Posted by: HarvardBusiness
Video duration: 592 seconds An interview with Tom Davenport, Professor of Information Technology & Management, Babson College. While some elements of Google's success as innovator would be very hard to emulate, others can be profitably adopted by almost any business. Related: brin, business, davenport, google, harvard, hbp, hbr, innovation, review, sergey |
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The Importance of Learning in Organizations Posted by: HarvardBusiness
Video duration: 605 seconds An interview with David Garvin and Amy Edmondson, Professors, Harvard Business School. Learning organizations generate and act on new knowledge. The ability to do this enables companies to stay ahead of change and the competition. Related: amy, business, competition, david, edmonson, garvin, harvard, knowledge, learning, organization, publishing, school, strategy |
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The Importance of Urgency Posted by: HarvardBusiness
Video duration: 642 seconds An interview with John Kotter, Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School. Without a true sense of urgency, any change effort is doomed. Watch John Kotter discuss the need for urgency and how managers create and sustain it in their organizations. Related: business, change, google, harvard, hbp, john, kotter, publishing, school, sense, urgency |
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Innovation at Procter & Gamble Posted by: HarvardBusiness
Video duration: 868 seconds An interview with A.G. Lafley, Chairman and CEO, Procter & Gamble. Innovation is at the core of P&G's business strategy. See how P&G makes innovation an everyday practice in their organization. Related: a.g., business, gamble, harvard, hbp, innovation, lafley, procter, publishing |
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The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy Posted by: HarvardBusiness
Video duration: 792 seconds An Interview with Michael E. Porter, Professor, Harvard University. Porter's five competitive forces is the basis for much of modern business strategy. Understand the framework and how to put it into practice. Related: airlines, business, competitive, five, forces, harvard, hbp, hbr, porter, review, strategy |
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Where Will We Find Tomorrow's Leaders? Posted by: HarvardBusiness
Video duration: 521 seconds An Interview with Linda A. Hill, Professor, Harvard Business School. We won't find new global leaders by looking in conventional places for people who act in conventional take-charge ways. Instead, look for people who can lead from behind to promote the collective genius of their teams. Related: behavior, business, harvard, hbp, hbr, hill, leadership, organizational, pixar, review |
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Ask the Coach Posted by: HarvardBusiness
Video duration: 600 seconds An interview with Marshall Goldsmith, Ask the Coach blogger for HarvardBusiness.org. Advice for managers who want to learn how to influence up and become leaders in the future. Related: business, goldsmith, harvard, hbp, influence, leadership, publishing, superiors, up |
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Understand Your Customers' Minds Posted by: HarvardBusiness
Video duration: 850 seconds An interview with Gerald Zaltman, Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School. Learn how to create more effective marketing campaigns based on your customers' unconscious thoughts and feelings. Related: ark, budweiser, business, coca-cola, coke, connections, harvard, hbp, manager, marketing, metaphor, metaphoria, michelin, noahs, personal, publishing, zaltman |
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Grow Your Stars -- Don't Buy Them Posted by: HarvardBusiness
Video duration: 578 seconds An interview with Boris Groysberg, Professor, Harvard Business School. Many star performers hired from outside don't perform as expected at their new company. So, develop stars within your company; for example, through strong training and mentoring programs. Related: boris, business, groysberg, harvard, leadership, management, publishing, school |
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Innovating by Making the World a Better Place Posted by: HarvardBusiness
Video duration: 289 seconds An interview with Maggie Brenneke, Director, Skoll Social Enterprise Program. When businesses consider their social and environmental bottom lines, they identify new opportunities to innovate. Some of those opportunities can be surprisingly counterintuitive. Related: bank, brenneke, business, enterprise, grameen, harvard, hbp, innovation, microfinance, muhammad, publishing, social, yunus |
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Why Zappos Pays New Employees to Quit--And You Should Too Posted by: HarvardBusiness
Video duration: 595 seconds An interview with Bill Taylor, Game Changer blogger for HarvardBusiness.org. Zappos knows that they can't deliver great customer service unless their employees are committed to the values of the company. So what do they do? They pay employees to quit! Related: business, customer, harvard, hbp, innovation, productivity, publishing, service, taylor, zappos |
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Key Traits of Social Entrepreneurs Posted by: HarvardBusiness
Video duration: 568 seconds An interview with John Elkington, Founder and Chief Entrepreneur, SustainAbility. Social entrepreneurs are generating impressive results -- and capturing the imaginations of businesspeople and public policy makers. Related: business, entrepreneur, harvard, hbp, muhammad, publishing, social, sustainability, yunus |
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HBR Interactive Case Study: The CEO's Private Investigation Posted by: HarvardBusiness
Video duration: 172 seconds Watch Joseph Finder, case author and renowned writer of corporate thrillers, discuss the new climate for corporate investigations... then go to http://case.hbr.org/ to read or listen to the case study and submit your own comments. Related: business, ethics, finder, harvard, hbp, hbr, play, power, review |
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How to Spot Disruptive Innovation Opportunities Posted by: HarvardBusiness
Video duration: 512 seconds An interview with Scott Anthony, President, Innosight. Disruptive innovation occurs when an innovator brings something to market that is simple, convenient, accessible, and affordable. Here are some tips to help you pinpoint disruptive opportunities within your organization. Related: anthony, business, disruptive, harvard, innosight, innovation, nintendo, playstation, publishing, school, scott, sony, wii |
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John Kotter on A Sense of Urgency Posted by: HarvardBusiness
Video duration: 251 seconds John Kotter answers questions on why he wrote A Sense of Urgency. Related: business, change, harvard, kotter, management, press, urgency |
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Social Intelligence and Leadership Posted by: HarvardBusiness
Video duration: 616 seconds An interview with Daniel Goleman, Psychologist. See how you can use emotional and social intelligence to improve your own and your organization's performance. Related: business, daniel, goleman, harvard, hbp, intelligence, leadership, publishing, social |
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Developing the CEO Within You Posted by: HarvardBusiness
Video duration: 552 seconds An interview with Joseph L. Bower, Professor, Harvard Business School. To become an effective CEO, work for companies committed to leadership development, and take responsibility for your own development on the job. Related: bower, business, ceo, development, harvard, joseph, leadership, publishing, school |
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The New Science of Human Capital Posted by: HarvardBusiness
Video duration: 553 seconds An interview with John Boudreau, Professor, University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business. The key to staying competitive? Invest in your strategic pivot points--roles where improved performance would make the biggest difference to executing your strategy. Related: boudreau, business, competition, harvard, john, marshall, performance, publishing, school, strategy, usc |
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What Is Personal Leadership Brand? Posted by: HarvardBusiness
Video duration: 614 seconds An interview with Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood, Founders, The RBL Group. You have a strong personal leadership brand when your individual strengths deliver value to the people you want to serve. Related: brand, business, group, harvard, leadership, personal, publishing, rbl, smallwood, ulrich |
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Managing B Players Posted by: HarvardBusiness
Video duration: 576 seconds An interview with Tom DeLong, Professor, Harvard Business School. Executives can get more value from their workforce if they recognize and motivate their B players. These solid, steady performers form the bulk of a workforce--and bring crucial forms of value to companies. Related: business, delong, harvard, hbp, management, players, publishing, talent |
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The Dangers of Nepotism Posted by: HarvardBusiness
Video duration: 545 seconds An interview with Gill Corkindale, Executive Coach. While nepotism is accepted in some countries, it poses dangers. These include damaged morale when employees hired by family underperform on the job or receive special treatment. Related: business, corkindale, gill, harvard, hbp, nepotism, publishing |























