Rosabeth Kanter
Rosabeth Kanter
Rosabeth Moss Kanter is a professor of business at Harvard Business School, where she holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship. In addition she is director and chair of the Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative...
believes boards bosses fact hired inside shake team
Boards and bosses may say they want change, but in fact they don't want too much disruption, controversy or agitation. It's not enough to be hired by the board and told shake things up. You still need to have a team inside that believes in you.
confident deliver efforts leaders pay people technical
Leaders deliver confidence, that's what they do. They make decisions, they set strategy, they do all the technical stuff, but they also have to make people feel confident that their efforts will pay off.
ability build businesses core corporate directions enriching ideas internal might modes point potential range resilience stimulate ventures
The point of new venturing is to stimulate a range of ideas that build corporate resilience -- the ability to keep enriching core businesses by incorporating new modes (whether products, distribution channels, or markets) while discovering potential new directions that might not only be internal ventures but also an acquisition or an alliance.