Microsoft is now in the midst of a multi-year initiative to transform itself once again-to a software-plus-internet-services provider. Despite the global economic downturn it sees opportunity in rallying all parts of the company behind “big, big bets” for the next five to ten years.
Subjects: Leadership
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Built to Change: How to Achieve Sustained Organizational Effectiveness
Organizations are built for stability, not for change. But in today’s highly competitive business environment, organizations must be ready to change-and change frequently. They need to replace long-term planning with a succession of short-term advantages. They must increase their “surface area” with the outside world; drive leadership to lower levels in the company; and reward decision makers for change management as well as results. Lawler and Worley discuss methods for creating strategies, structures, communication processes, and human resource management practices that are designed to facilitate an organization’s ability to change.
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Rapid Transformation
Organizations are built for stability, not for change. But in today’s highly competitive business environment, organizations must be ready to change-and change frequently. They need to replace long-term planning with a succession of short-term advantages. They must increase their “surface area” with the outside world; drive leadership to lower levels in the company; and reward decision makers for change management as well as results.
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Jack Zenger – The Inspiring Leader
Inspiring others is a “soft skill,” one that many believe you need to be born with to possess. But in their research, Dr. Zenger and his colleagues determined that inspiring others to greatness is, in fact, something that can and should be learned.
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Frank Flynn – Judging Talent
Hiring decisions and performance evaluations are affected by common biases, such as favoring tall or attractive candidates. Professor Flynn provides effective techniques for conducting objective employee interviews and evaluations.
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Chunka Mui – Billion Dollar Lessons
Chunka Mui and Paul Carroll researched 750 of the most significant business failures of the past quarter-century and found the Number 1 cause of failure was not sloppy execution, poor leadership or bad luck. It was, instead, misguided strategy.
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Anil Gupta – Leveraging China and India for Global Advantage
China’s GDP will catch up to that of the U.S. by 2025, predicts Professor Gupta. By 2050, GDP of both China and India will reach or surpass that of the U.S., Europe and Japan combined. Strategies that capture market share, talent, and innovation opportunities in these emerging giants necessitate understanding their unique yet complementary strengths.
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Leveraging the Spotlight of Leadership: What Every Leader Should Know
Managers and executives sit in a natural spotlight because of their leadership role. Professor Conger describes this spotlight-both the pros and the cons-and explains how to sue its power to set direction, lead your people and guide their decision making. He explains four specific techniques: Use story telling to emphasize your focus and leave a lasting impression, Guide with simple memorable rules called the “must dos”, Set standards through modeling and Signal critical shifts in priorities through “memorable moments”.
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Coaching & Performance Feedback Training Scenes
This capsule consists of 8 dramatizations. Each training scenario begins by setting up a coaching or performance feedback situation culminating at a Decision Point. Here you are presented with 3 options as to how the scene should continue. These options are then played out and the consequences of the choices made are explored by a panel of management and human resource experts.
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Leading the Change
This program developed for organizational leaders is divided into major concept themes, and each of the segments is tied together by an animated folktale. With this video, a distinguished collection of practitioners and researchers, leaders on change, join in conversation with CEO’s, managers, line workers and consultants. They share their vision of how we can most benefit from the turbulent process we find ourselves in.