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Cut Costs Without Cutting Meaning
One of the most successful products to do this was the Panda , a three-door hatchback city car that Fiat created in response to the oil shocks of the 1970s and the economic downturn that followed. Professor of the management of innovation at Politecnico di Milano and a member of the board of the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management, he has served as an executive advisor, coach, and educator at a variety of firms, including Ferrari, Ducati, Whirlpool, Xerox, Samsung, Hewlett-Packard, Barilla, Nestlè, STMicroelectronics, and Intuit. ...Tags:
HarvardBusiness.org - Thursday, February 11, 2010
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Step Aside, Britney! Today I Will Smell Like Edmond Roudnitska
I'm a nose coach," he says, confessing that after working in the industry for 10 years, he is still a better critic than creator. "My Even though the fragrance industry has been slammed in the downturn, Malle isn't worried. "Most You wouldn't buy a book without knowing its author. Why wear a perfume without knowing its designer?
Fast Company - Wednesday, December 16, 2009
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Women of the Workplace, Uniting
Even prior to the economic downturn, GE's Women's Network began to enhance its circle of support with a program called myConnections. The relationships established in myConnections groups makes reaching out to an experienced senior leader for advice and coaching easier," says Pam Bellamy, GE Energy's senior human resources manager. Between waves of layoffs and evaporating job opportunities, we're in a climate that naturally breeds an every-woman-for-herself mentality. A recent study by the Workplace Bullying Institute found that female bullies were alive — and, more
HarvardBusiness.org - Thursday, November 5, 2009
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  • Crisis Raises New Issues for Executive Coaches
    At least that is what we may infer from a new survey of seventy executive coaches conducted by WJM Associates , an executive coaching firm located in New York City. As the survey states, "the change [in coaching priorities] seems to reflect the trend of executive coaching being used by organizations to address specific business issues, rather than for individual, general 'self-improvement'." 1999 was the year of me! 2009 may be the year of us!
    HarvardBusiness.org - Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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  • What Coaches Can Do for You
    For the first time ever, Harvard Business Review has conducted its own research into some aspect of business, in this case executive coaching. Despite the widespread use of coaches in organizations today, little is known about who coaches are, what they do, or how much they earn. The results of this survey, conducted with 140 experienced coaches, will appear in the January issue of HBR in an article co-authored by executive coach and In addition, the related podcast is now available here: Coaching has come a long way since the days when companies engaged coaches to help fix toxic behavior at the top.
    HarvardBusiness.org - Monday, December 29, 2008
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  • Put Positivism to Work
    The downturn will not last forever and now is the time to think about who is capable of leading organization. Tags: Coaching Delegation Leadership U A colleague of mine was talking about the challenge of getting employees to look on the bright side of issues, or as he put it viewing the "glass as half-full rather than as half-empty." Encouraging employees in good times can be tricky because employees sense you are seeking to manipulate them.
    HarvardBusiness.org - Monday, March 2, 2009
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  • 6 Networking Mistakes And How to Avoid Them
    If you were my coaching client, I would simply say: network, network, network. You may surprise yourself — I recently coached a friend who claimed he had no contacts, but was still writing his list two hours after I prompted him! you are going to an event, remember that there will be many others in the same situation — especially in a downturn — and that the purpose of the event is to circulate among people. If you've been laid off in recent months, you're in excellent company. Plenty of qualified and experienced managers are now having to develop
    HarvardBusiness.org - Thursday, April 23, 2009
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  • What Coaches Can Do for You
    For the first time ever, Harvard Business Review has conducted its own research into some aspect of business, in this case executive coaching. Despite the widespread use of coaches in organizations today, little is known about who coaches are, what they do, or how much they earn. The results of this survey, conducted with 140 experienced coaches, will appear in the January issue of HBR in an article co-authored by executive coach and In addition, the related podcast is now available here: Coaching has come a long way since the days when companies engaged coaches to help fix toxic behavior at the top.
    HarvardBusiness.org - Monday, December 29, 2008
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  • What Coaches Can Do for You
    For the first time ever, Harvard Business Review has conducted its own research into some aspect of business, in this case executive coaching. Despite the widespread use of coaches in organizations today, little is known about who coaches are, what they do, or how much they earn. The results of this survey, conducted with 140 experienced coaches, will appear in the January issue of HBR in an article co-authored by executive coach and In addition, the related podcast is now available here: Coaching has come a long way since the days when companies engaged coaches to help fix toxic behavior at the top.
    HarvardBusiness.org - Monday, December 29, 2008
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  • Keeping Your People Engaged in Tough Times
    This week's question for Ask the Coach: Keeping It's a great time to engage employee-owners in coming up with ideas to deal with the downturn. Ironically, many times it's not those who are performing at a sub-par level; they often can be coached and supported in ways that help them improve their productivity. Keeping employees' committed and motivated during tough economic times seems like a tall task, especially after downsizing or program cutbacks. What should I do to keep our employees 'in the game'?
    HarvardBusiness.org - Friday, April 17, 2009
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  • Should Work Make Us Happy?
    Many of us are just happy to have a job and be surviving the downturn. It's also a question that still occupies many of the leaders I coach, from fresh MBA graduates to senior executives at the top of their organisations. In these times of economic uncertainty and job insecurity, the question of whether work should make us happy seems an unnecessary self-indulgence. And yet happiness has been getting a lot of air-time lately — from the Guardian , the Atlantic , and Slate , just to name a few.
    HarvardBusiness.org - Tuesday, August 25, 2009
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  • Seven Communication Mistakes Managers Make
    You promise your team a 7% raise, but then the board, concerned about the downturn, caps raises at 3%. entrepreneurial coaching service. ...Tags: 1. Making controversial announcements without doing groundwork first Any Any controversial decision can engender rumors, anxiety, and resistance.
    HarvardBusiness.org - Tuesday, March 31, 2009
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  • 5 questions for Josh Levine of Matter Collaborative
    Brandon Schauer] You recently left your position as a brand coach and creative director at Neutron to start your own practice named The Matter Collaborative . BS] You recently chaired an intense panel at the San Francisco chapter of the AIGA titled “Design Through the Downturn.” How do we successfully design through the downturn? [JL] One major new addition to next week’s MX Conference is hands-on workshops led by experts who can stretch our thinking and skills in new directions. One of these is Josh Levine, formally of Nuetron, but who has recently
    Adaptive Path - Wednesday, February 25, 2009
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