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Why Today's Business Leaders Must Be Innovators: The Importance of Creativity and Innovation in Maintaining Your Company's Competitive Edge
Dyer, Jeffrey H.; Gregersen, Hal B.; Christensen, Clayton M.Book Chapter HBS-8368BC-EIn today's global economy, corporations are under more pressure than ever to outperform competitors vying to take over their industries. How do some companies manage to trump the rest and seize the reins of an entire world market? The answer is actually quite simple-innovation. In this chapter, Jeff Dyer and Hal Gregersen team up with Clayton M. Christensen, author of the bestselling "The Innovator's Dilemma," to explain how innovation has become...Starting at €8.20
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Invictus: Introducing Leadership Competencies, Character and Commitment - Teaching Note
Gerard Seijts; Jeffrey Gandz; Mary M. CrossanTeaching Note IVEY-8B14C016-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product 9B14C016.Starting at €0.00
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Coping With Complexity
Niels Billou; Mary M. Crossan; Gerard SeijtsArticle IVEY-9B10TC01-EStrategyCoping with the complexity of today's business environment is not about predicting the future or reducing risk. It's about building the capacity, in yourself, your people, and the organization to adapt continuously and learn speedily, in order to maximize the chances of seizing fleeting opportunities. These authors' excellent suggestions will help today's leaders cope with complexity.Starting at €8.20
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A Not So Rosy Situation: Bill Aziz's Challenge at White Rose Crafts and Nursery Sales Limited - Teaching Note
Mary M. Crossan; Gerard Seijts; Ken MarkTeaching Note IVEY-8B07M53-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyTeaching note for product 9B07M053.Starting at €0.00
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Developing Leadership Character
Mary M. Crossan; Jeffrey Gandz; Gerard SeijtsArticle IVEY-9B12TA07-ELeadership and People ManagementThe sum of virtues, values, and traits equals good character, which, in addition to competence and commitment, is one of the three components that make a leader effective and respected. For many, however, virtues and values remain undefinable or elusive. These authors define and de-construct them, and in the process demonstrate how character helps people in their personal journeys to become better leaders. Furthermore, they explain how character ...Starting at €8.20
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The Cross-Enterprise Leader
Mary M. Crossan; Jeffrey Gandz; Gerard SeijtsArticle IVEY-9B08TD03-ELeadership and People ManagementVisualize a leader with virtues such as courage and integrity, as well as five key types of intelligence, and you've got a clear picture of the cross-enterprise leader. So equipped, such a leader has what it takes to adopt the enterprise-wide perspective that is necessary to make the right decisions for creating and delivering value to all stakeholders. These Ivey professors describe how an organization develops the type of leader to succeed in t...Starting at €8.20
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A Not So Rosy Situation: Bill Aziz's Challenge at White Rose Crafts and Nursery Sales Limited
Mary M. Crossan; Gerard Seijts; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07M053-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn late November 2002, halfway through the vital Christmas selling season, William E. Aziz, hired to turn around White Rose Crafts and Nursery Sales Limited (White Rose), has to decide what to do. White Rose is under Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) protection, having breached its debt covenants. The company's upper and middle management is frustrated that their efforts since 1999 have not turned the firm around. The remaining employee...Starting at €8.20
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Invictus: Introducing Leadership Competencies, Character and Commitment
Gerard Seijts; Jeffrey Gandz; Mary M. CrossanCase IVEY-9B14C016-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyBusiness schools have done an admirable job of teaching competencies, and many business organizations have defined the framework of competencies that are required to be successful in the institution. However, much less attention has been spent on leadership character and the importance of commitment to the leadership role. There is no consistent understanding among executives about what character means, despite a concurrence that it is important....Starting at €8.20
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Discovery Skill #1: Associating-How Making Connections Across Seemingly Unrelated Fields and Disciplines Triggers Your Innovative Powers
Dyer, Jeffrey H.; Gregersen, Hal B.; Christensen, Clayton M.Book Chapter HBS-8370BC-EKnowledge and CommunicationWhen it comes to disruptive innovation, you don't have to start from scratch to create something new. Asking questions and fusing knowledge across disciplines and industries are the keys to improving your aptitude for association, a cognitive skill that lies at the core of innovation. In this chapter, authors Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clayton Christensen teach you how to strengthen your capacity for associating by describing how companies suc...Starting at €8.20
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Discovery Skill #4: Networking-How Interacting with People Outside Your Social and Professional Spheres Can Jump-Start Innovation
Dyer, Jeffrey H.; Gregersen, Hal B.; Christensen, Clayton M.Book Chapter HBS-8377BC-EThinking outside the box is just one component of disruptive innovation. Venturing outside your social circle is equally important. Diversifying your personal and professional contacts will spark an inundation of new knowledge and fresh perspectives that can stimulate innovative ideas. In this chapter, authors Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregerson, and Clayton Christensen elaborate on the benefits of networking with people and companies outside your area of e...Starting at €8.20