In these time of relentless technological and business change, resilience is starting to receive renewed attention, and is climbing higher on the leadership agenda. Resilience encompasses the ability to recover quickly from setbacks, to respond positively to change, to see…
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Category: Business Transformation, Latest on LeadershipWatch
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Allene Tew, Chinese culture, Harvard Business Review, High Performance Teams, Innovation, Jack Ma, Martin Seligman, Qi Gong, Resilience, Team Alignment, Technology, World Economic Forum
We all know that when people feel responsible and take ownership of a change process it drastically increases the success rate. But did you know that ownership has 4 levels? Four levels that will have a different impact on the…
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Category: Business Transformation, Change Management, Latest on LeadershipWatch, Leadership Skills
Tags: Accountability, Harvard Business Review, Jack Ma, Leading Change, MIT Sloan Management Review, Ownership, Responsibility, Team Alignment
The Chinese learn from us more quickly than we learn from them. Let’s reverse the situation, and use working with Chinese people to our advantage. Jack Ma founder and chairman of the successful Alibaba Group, discovered the power of e-commerce…
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Category: Business Transformation, Change Management, Leadership Development
Tags: AkzoNobel, Alibaba Group, BASF, China, Collaboration, Cross-Cultural Teams, Cultural Change, Forbes, Jack Ma, Leadership Skills, Leading Change
What is your first thought when you hear the name Jack Ma? The king of e- and mobile commerce? The richest man in China? How did the founder and chairman of the Alibaba Group (Alibaba’s recent IPO was the largest in world history) build his success, and that of the countless people using Alibaba’s trading platforms? What lessons does he want to share?
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Category: Communication, Customer Service, Leadership
Tags: Alibaba, Alipay, Business Transformation, China, Davos 2015, Jack Ma, Leadership Skills, Leadership Stories, New York Times, Team Diversity, Trust