Joseph A. Maciariello is Horton Professor of Management at the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management and Research Director of the Drucker Institute. He collaborated with Peter Drucker to publish The Daily Drucker(HarperCollins, 2004) and The Effective Executive in Action (HarperCollins, 2005). In addition, he has written two major articles providing a systematic, integrated description of some of the major works of Peter Drucker.
Philip Kotler is one of the world's foremost experts on the strategic practice of marketing. John A. Caslione is a highly sought after expert on the new global economy. Their new book outlines a powerful new system for managing waves of uncertainty affecting customers, employees, and other stakeholders.
On October 25th 1990 the president of Philips Jan Timmer announced a reorganization operation, called Centurion, which included a lay-off of 45,000 jobs. This was a personnel reduction of an unprecedented scale in Europe. The FNV, the biggest Dutch trade union, remarked that strikes were pointless because Philips stood at "death's door". Despite the job cutting, the union was impressed by the style of the new leader who in an undisguised, brief and concise manner announced that "the bleeding" had to stop.
Richard Harris is a former Board member and senior officer at the Boston-based Forum Corporation, a global work-place learning company. He is currently a consultant in private practice, advising companies which include Analog Devices, Glaxco, New York Times Company, Royal Dutch shell and United Technologies. Kate Cowie is Founder and Director of The Chaos Game Ltd., a UK-based consultancy practice which specializes in helping organizational leaders implement strategic change solutions in response to rapidly shifting and increasingly chaotic conditions.
Jørgen Thorsell and Didier Gonin are senior executives with Denmark-based Mannaz A/S. With offices in Denmark, Germany, Belgium and the UK, Mannaz is a leading European Executive Development and training consultancy. Between September 2008 and February 2009, and in partnership with the California-based Institute of Executive Development, Mannaz undertook a White Paper research project of current trends in Executive Development and leadership training.
I read a story recently in which the headline pronounced that the "Millionth English Word" has been declared. It is nice to know that we all have a massive repository of words to choose from when speaking, writing e-mails or composing memos. But before we all crack open a bottle of bubbly it might be worth pondering how many words we actually use, and how often the people we communicate with actually understand what we are saying.
Dr Ernest Madu is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of the Heart Institute of the Caribbean Ltd. Prior to his role at the Heart Institute, Dr Madu was on the faculty of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He is an expert in non-invasive cardiovascular diagnostics, with broad training and experience in all areas of cardiovascular diagnosis.
The current financial crisis is arguably the worst most banking managers have experienced in their professional lives. But we must remember that markets and industries are redefined in times of shake ups, not in times of stability. The current crisis should actually have a positive impact on those who develop the right strategies and take the right actions during the downturn.
The three big motor companies (the Big 3) â General Motors (GM), Ford & Chrysler almost dominated the global market in early twentieth century. In 1994, Toyota replaced Chrysler, and it became the global No. 2 motor manufacturer by squeezing out Ford in 2003. Since 2008, Toyota has replaced GM to be the largest automaker globally. How did Toyota achieve its success?