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- 05 Jun 2009
- What Do You Think?
What Does Slower Economic Growth Really Mean?
Summing Up If not useful growth, what are we measuring? And why? This column does not thrive on general agreement. And this past month discussants came close to general agreement on the proposition that economic growth is not measured properly View Details
- 01 May 2013
- What Do You Think?
Why Isn’t ‘Servant Leadership’ More Prevalent?
Summing Up Is the Term "Servant Leadership" an Oxymoron? Servant leadership (SL) is a concept that triggers a great deal of interest, judging by my e-mail inbox and the number of responses to this month's column. Many comments...
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by Jim Heskett
- 02 Jun 2010
- What Do You Think?
How Do You Weigh Strategy, Execution, and Culture in an Organization’s Success?
hope the comments were as helpful and thought-provoking to you as they were to me. Those of you willing to venture to place weights on the determinants of success gave the nod to culture by a wide margin. As Mouaz AlZayyat put it,...
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by Jim Heskett
- 07 Jul 2011
- What Do You Think?
So We Adapt. What’s the Downside?
that "Where I believe we need more than ever to be strident and more fixed is in our intolerance of unacceptable behavior by our leaders." Both commitment and adaptability have their place. Jeffrey Cufaude reminded us that View Details
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by Jim Heskett
- 10 Jul 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Much of Leadership Is About Control, Delegation, or Theater?
excites, and pushes the team or, you could say, choreographs an output that (moves) the company towards the vision." The mix of control, delegation, and theater employed by successful leaders depends on the timing and circumstances...
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by Jim Heskett
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
Summing Up The clear consensus of those responding to this month's column is that managerial capitalism, as John Bogle terms it, has peaked. But what will follow it is less clear. Many doubt that the form of owners' capitalism represented View Details
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by Jim Heskett
- 05 Sep 2012
- What Do You Think?
Will Business Management Save US Health Care?
Summing Up What Role Will Management Play in Saving US Health Care? The verdict is in, according to respondents of this month's column: Problems confronting health care in the US are much larger and broader than those that can be solved View Details
- 02 Dec 2010
- What Do You Think?
Making Right Choices: Art or Science?
using art to sharpen the intuitiveness that goes into the moment of choice." Others maintained that choosing is neither an art nor a science. Laurence McKinney said, "We ultimately base our decisions on 'feelings'" and emotions, aided View Details
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by Jim Heskett
- 05 May 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Ethical Can We Be?
happen," noting also that " it is a heck of a job to keep staying aware " Vasudev Das suggests that words of Krishna are appropriate here, to wit: "whatever action a great man performs, common men follow; and whatever standards he sets View Details
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by Jim Heskett
- 01 Feb 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?
history of these entities.... When it is monetized" (whether by competition or government) "the for-profit enterprise will select the lowest price alternative." But Allen Howlett expressed reservations about this approach,...
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by Jim Heskett
- 07 Aug 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?
and digest information, test ideas, define the purpose, and align it to a strategy (Akram Boutros, Jack Slagle, Nikos Mourkogiannis, among others). This all will require more leadership (Paul Karras, Phil Clark). There was general agreement that change is needed. The...
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- 04 May 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Do Managers Think?
in which it is carried out. Joe Schmid observed that "both medical doctors and organizational managers work in cultures that are historically problem definition poor and solution rich. Their individual rewards systems are both driven View Details
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by Jim Heskett
- 30 Nov 2007
- What Do You Think?
What Is Management’s Role in Innovation?
Summing Up Can creativity and innovation be managed? Judging from responses to questions posed by practitioner panelists at a recent colloquium on "Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future" at Harvard...
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by Jim Heskett
- 02 May 2012
- What Do You Think?
Can the “Leadership Industry” Fulfill Its Promise?
those who cater to them, are willing to give it. As Sharath K put it, "Leadership needs to be learned by experimentation over a lifetime." There is perhaps too little emphasis on the development of self-knowledge. Wendy-Anne...
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by Jim Heskett
- 04 Nov 2009
- What Do You Think?
What is the Role of Government Vis-à-Vis Capitalism?
which to compete for power in the other." Scott argues that past analyses by proponents of the Friedman school of economics fall short because they regard markets and pricing mechanisms as the means by...
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by Jim Heskett
- 02 Aug 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Will Millennials Manage?
options. As the authors of a recent book, Managing the Generation Mix, put it, they demand "the immediate gratification of making an immediate impact by doing meaningful work immediately." In short, they are high maintenance,...
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by Jim Heskett
- 06 Jan 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?
causing global warming and turn that energy and resources into actually improving our way of life with limited impact on our world." Tom Dolembo questioned whether agreements are necessary. He believes that change driven by...
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- 03 Sep 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?
after a merger." Tony Eckel said, "Properly applied, they are investments in the continuity and stability of the organization." Some were vehement in their opposition. "I view a retention bonus as a sort of blackmail View Details
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by Jim Heskett
- 06 Jul 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?
proved that each generation perceives its actions as rational but to (the) next it may appear irrational. This is the path to growth and development of civilization." Frances Pratt said, "What is normal and rational is framed by...
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by Jim Heskett
- 04 Nov 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Do We Chase Stars?
evolved in management by gender bias with skills and talents so alien to their male counterparts that they are uniquely powerful in an information world?" Other questions come to mind. Do we continue to overstate the portability of...
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