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Welch, Dunlap and Nasser have now left the building
In: Strategic Direction 19 (2003) 3, pp. 5-8
In 1994 consumer company Scott Paper was tired, bloated and more importantly, it was losing money hand over fist. Enter “Chainsaw Al” (a.k.a. Al Dunlap). This cost cutting, job slashing turnaround specialist earned his nickname as a result of his ability to cut out the dead wood and revive...
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A leadership point of view: key principles
Wills, Stefan - In: Strategic Direction 27 (2011) 10, pp. 3-4
Purpose – This paper aims to understand what leadership is and how it occurs within organizations. Design …/methodology/approach – Highlights four key principles which serve as a guiding template or frame of reference to help enhance managers' confidence and … credibility and encourage strong leadership inside an organization. Findings – Followers choose our leaders – leaders do not …
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Can business leaders build teams like Alex Ferguson?
Denton, Alan - In: Strategic Direction 29 (2013) 9, pp. 3-5
believes that managers can learn much from Ferguson's principles of leadership.  …Purpose – This paper aims to look at the leadership lessons which can be learnt from Scottish soccer coach, Alex … Ferguson. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines the characteristics and methods of Alex Ferguson's leadership style …
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Smart strategy counts for more than big talk at Palm Inc.
In: Strategic Direction 18 (2002) 5, pp. 4-6
It is a comforting aspect of the business world that the race is not inevitably won by the biggest and meanest kids on the block. Smaller organizations can often compete with and even outwit their larger counterparts through smart strategy. It is this approach that enabled a comparatively small...
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Getting the relationship right between the corporate client and the consultant
In: Strategic Direction 18 (2002) 9, pp. 26-28
The consultant who boasted about how much he got paid and how good his perks were to company employees facing redundancy may have been good at the technical side of his job, but his people skills obviously needed some attention. This was just one of the stories about consultants to emerge from a...
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Distilling experience into platitudes – beware of the gurus!
In: Strategic Direction 19 (2003) 3, pp. 13-15
In his best selling book, The 7 Habits of the Highly Effective , Stephen Covey suggests that developing the following characteristics is the way to become highly effective: 1. be proactive; 2. begin with the end in mind; 3. put first things first; 4. think win/win; 5. seek first to understand; then...
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Measured look at performance systems
In: Strategic Direction 33 (2017) 4, pp. 16-18
performance measures is found to positively influence the effectiveness of SPMSs. Practical implications The paper provides …
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Ford, Pilkington and Ericsson ring in the changes
In: Strategic Direction 18 (2002) 4, pp. 4-6
Globalization, deregulation, and a growing knowledge workforce have radically altered the role of the modern manager. The ability to lead organizational change is no longer a nice‐to‐have skill but a necessity. And as companies abandon traditional, hierarchies in favor of the flatter, more...
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Sustaining a quality initiative
In: Strategic Direction 18 (2002) 4, pp. 15-17
continual basis. In short, culture and leadership are crucial. This has been well documented as far back as 1951, yet there has …
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Taking the mantle at Mattel
In: Strategic Direction 18 (2002) 5, pp. 9-12
In May 2000, Robert A. (“Bob”) Eckert, a former vice‐president at Kraft Foods, Inc., walked into the world’s largest toy company to face a monumental challenge. Mattel Inc. was losing over 1 million dollars a day, and it was obvious that significant measures were needed to rescue it. A...
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