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La cultura empresarial en el aterrizaje de un directivo
Ortiz, Alberto; Cuadrado, Marta; Stein, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-125Corporate Governance, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementEn la actualidad, proliferan los libros para directivos y los artículos de investigación que reflexionan sobre la importancia de la cultura dentro de las compañías; sin embargo, son menos los que ponen el foco en cómo afecta esa cultura al proceso de toma de posesión del cargo de un directivo. La experiencia enseña que intentar cambiar la cultura no es una tarea fácil ni exenta de riesgos y también que, mediante la utilización de las herramientas...Starting at €8.20
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Effectiveness and Leadership (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Stein Martínez, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-50-PBLeadership and People ManagementAn examination and discussion of the relationship between leadership and effectiveness, starting out from the assumption that leadership and results are bound up together. In the first place it examines the obstacles, principally related to the style of individual management, which a director must overcome to do their job effectively and in order to focus on how to maximize personal and executive effectiveness, and concludes with reflections on w...Starting at €8.20
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The Roots of Leadership (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Stein Martínez, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-109-PBInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, StrategyIn this note we approach leadership, first, from the point of view of the myths that obscure the reality. We then look at the characteristics of people who have followers, given that leadership becomes a solitary exercise if it has no impact on other people. Second, we illustrate those characteristics through the story of the Persian king Cyrus, as depicted by Xenophon in his Cyropedia, a work which the world's foremost management scholar, Peter ...Starting at €8.20
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Challenges for New Managers (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Stein Martínez, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-60-PBLeadership and People ManagementBecoming a manager usually means achieving a professional and social position that brings with it certain rights and privileges other jobs cannot offer. The position gives money and rank, but more importantly it also entails obligations and responsibilities. It is important to understand that these obligations and responsibilities are the essential part of management, while money and rank are just the derived benefits. As in other professional ma...Starting at €8.20
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360º Evaluation: More Than a Technique (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Rábago, Eduardo; Stein Martínez, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-112-PBInnovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementMany companies aim to provide more detailed information to employees beyond that which is provided directly by their superiors. This aim is often formalized through 360° feedback techniques and processes. The use of these techniques proves that this information can be applied for more than merely facilitating individual development, and raises the question about whether they can also serve for operational decision making. The objective of this te...Starting at €8.20
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Business Culture in the Incorporation of a New Executive
Ortiz, Alberto; Cuadrado, Marta; Stein, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-125-ECorporate Governance, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementToday there are any number of research articles and books for executives that reflect on the importance of culture within companies. However, there are not so many that focus on how this culture affects the process when an executive is starting a new job. Experience tells us that trying to change the culture is no easy task, nor is it free of risk. It also shows us that, by using the right tools, culture can become an effective weapon to help the...Starting at €8.20