Empowering The Individual With Harvard ManageMentor

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by Robert Jones | November 9, 2018

Nowadays, practically every organization is going through transformation — 86 percent of organizations, in fact, have had recent experience with transformation. And while it’s true that change requires leadership from the top, it also demands action throughout the organization. Senior leaders might still be the ones captaining the ship, but the responsibility is no longer theirs alone. It’s up to each individual – each member of the crew – to navigate the tides of change and steer the organization in the right direction. In today’s dynamic workplace, it’s essential for each individual to fully comprehend his or her significance to the organization. When […]

Virtual Learning Works, But Not Because It’s Virtual

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by Larry Clark | October 26, 2018

In my first few months here at Harvard Business Publishing, my passport has been getting a real workout. Sitting on the plane ride home recently from two weeks in Asia and Europe, I had some time to reflect on discussions with clients and my field colleagues. One hot topic on this trip was technology-enabled learning, including the best ways to leverage virtual learning. In the US and Europe, virtual learning – and for our purposes here, I’m using that term to describe live, instructor-led training delivered over a technology platform like Cisco WebEx or Adobe Connect – has become fairly […]

Don’t Wait for AI to Be Perfect

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by Larry Clark | October 10, 2018

There’s an old joke about two campers who are being chased by a bear. The one camper shouts to the other, “We’ll never outrun this bear!” The other camper shoots back, “I don’t have to outrun the bear –  I just have to outrun you!” I was reminded of our unfortunate campers when reading a recent Wall Street Journal article about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the quest to cure cancer. The article talked about IBM’s iconic AI platform known as Watson, which first showed the power of AI with its mastery of chess and its victories on the TV game show “Jeopardy.” Watson […]

Act Today To Prepare For Tomorrow

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by Dalia Molokhia | October 5, 2018

“The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago; the next best time is now.” This expression carries a lot of weight in South Africa, where I spent a few days meeting with senior leadership and learning professionals in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Its relevance struck me as I listened to them share their sense of urgency around the shortage of talent and the need to future-proof workforces to remain competitive in a VUCA world. The conversations held focused very much on the future, not the past, and the subtext was often that what worked in the past […]

Unlocking Genius That Leads To Greatness

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by Larry Clark | September 20, 2018

I had the honor of participating in the graduation ceremony for 63 top women leaders in Mary Kay’s six-month leadership development program in Mexico. Together, these women were responsible for leading over 300,000 Mary Kay consultants and consultant leaders across the country. What was most remarkable to me was the collective story of these women — a story that reminded me of a fundamental purpose of leadership that we don’t talk much about anymore. They reminded me of greatness. I’m not talking about the kind of greatness that we often associate with fame. I’m referring to a leader’s ability and […]