Pensamentos da Semana

1. It’s Time to Take Full Responsibility ( Economic; Social; Environment )

http://bit.ly/bC6mJQ

2. My Presentation in the Pupilos do Exército ( www.pupilos.eu ) Conference about Leadership

http://bit.ly/a8TKUD

3. Books

3.1 Decide & Deliver

http://linkd.in/9M6ECr

3.2 Reorganize for resilience

http://linkd.in/d3Ve6t

4. Others

4.1 Possible Ipad option for Windows fans :

http://galaxytab.samsungmobile.com/

4.2 Strategic Marketing and Innovation Course by EGP next 19/10/2010


http://bit.ly/aapYcy

Pensamentos da Semana

1. Articles & Books

1.1. Respect and have plan for all the stakeholders in your Company. In this article from HBR ( September 2010 ) you can read how Timberland’s CEO on Standing Up to 65,000 Angry Activists.

Some conclusions :

a) When angry activists come at you, don’t stand there with your arms folded and your mind closed.

You may not agree with their tactics, but they may be asking legitimate questions you should have been asking yourself. And if you can find at least one common goal—in this case, a solution to deforestation—you’ve also found at least one reason for working with each other, not against.

b) On the other hand, don’t greet them naively with open arms.

For every common goal, half a dozen personal agendas are in play. Greenpeace’s include selling membership subscriptions as well as saving the world. If that weren’t true, the organization would be making more phone calls and fewer sexy headlines.

C) In times of tension, watch and listen.

That’s when you learn just how committed you are to your principles—and how committed your team and your partners and even your competitors are to theirs.

To read the full article : http://linkd.in/bSwRJS

or for more deep knowledge read this book from Prof. Montanes ( Instituto Empresa ) : http://linkd.in/bwd6IJ

2. Events

2.1 Leadership Conference next 16/09 in Lisbon, for more details please go : http://bit.ly/97zQQF

2.2 Employer Branding next 22/09 in Lisbon : http://bit.ly/d8e3W9

2.3 Creative Leadership in Tough Times next 12/12 by EGP in Oporto : http://bit.ly/axxihc

2.4 Strategic Marketing and Innovation next 19/10 by EGP in Oporto : http://bit.ly/aapYcy

Pensamentos da Semana

1. Articles

1.1 Starbucks CEO ( Howard Shultz ) Entreview from HBR

"I do not believe that shareholder value is sustainable if you are not creating value for people who are doing the work and then the value for customers"

"You have to be honest and authentic and not hide. I think the leader today has to demonstrate the both transparency and vulnearability, and with the comee truthfulness and humility and obviously the ability to instill confidence in people, and not though some top-down hierarchical approach"

"We are living in a society where there is a need for human connection and a sense of community. And what we do every day is bring people together. People are using Starbucks stores as their own, and drinking coffee.

http://bit.ly/aA5xok

but for more details about Starbucks culture you can recover a book from Joseph A. Michelli ( Portuguese Edition available )

http://amzn.to/cY5sgq

1.2 Managing Yourself: Bringing Out the Best in Your People by Liz Wiseman & Greg McKeown from HBR May 2010

http://bit.ly/a7QZsb

In the book Multipliers ( http://www.multipliersbook.com/ ) you can find more details about this idea. For the authors be Multipliers is double the workforce for free, be diminishers require twice the resources.

In a Google Conference you can listen the authors about this idea :

http://bit.ly/9AGY56

2. Events

Conferência "Importância da formação Pupilos do Exército na criação de Líderes e de Empreendedores", 16/09/2010, Instituto Militar Pupilos do Exército, Estrada de Benfica, 374, Lisboa. ( Full Program will be available in the next days ).

Pensamentos da Semana

1. Articles

1.1 Vive la diference from Accenture Outlook

New research in Europe shows that the more diverse a company’s senior management—in terms of gender, nationality and other characteristics—the better the company is likely to perform.

http://bit.ly/dwVGnW

1.2 How to save your brand in the face of Crisis from MIT Sloan Management Review

http://bit.ly/dxk6vO

1.3 Why social media are ‘absolutely crucial’ to businesses by Kevin Tan from INSEAD

http://bit.ly/ci7MGY

2. Books

2.1 Inteligencia Politica - El Poder Creador En Las Organizaciones (Spanish Edition)
by Prof. Pascual Montanes Duato from IE

http://bit.ly/buEgJR

2.2 The Servant Leader: How to Build a Creative Team, Develop Great Morale, and Improve Bottom-Line Performance by James A. Autry

To be Servant Leader you need : be authentic, be vulnerable, be accepting, be present and be useful. This concept tell us 6 things about leadership :

1- Leadership is not about controlling people, it's about caring for people and being a useful resource for people;

2- Leadership is not about being boss, it's about being present for people and building a community at work;

3- Leadership is not about holding on to territory, it's about letting go of ego, briging your spirit to work, being your best and most authentic self;

4- Leadership is less concerned with pep talks and more concerned with creating a place in whish people can do good work, can find meaning in their work and can bring their spirits to work;

5- Leadership, like life, is largely a matter of playing attention;

6- Leadership requires loves;

http://bit.ly/ahlGC3

Leituras Recomendadas

1. Articles


1.1 What Makes an Effective Executive from HBR by Peter F. Drucker


http://bit.ly/aDmyV2


1.2 When companies underestimate low-cost rivals from McKinsey Quarterly from Adrian Ryans


http://bit.ly/9lAWXS


1.3 How to Manage Alliances Better Than One at a Time from MIT Sloan Management Review by Ulrich Wassmer, Pierre Dussauge and Marcel Planellas


http://bit.ly/aJpC4p


2. Books


2.1 The Functions of the Executive: 30th Anniversary Edition by Chester I. Barnard and Kenneth Richmond


http://bit.ly/9SsmvU


3. Events


3.1 Lighting the Fires of Management Innovation

A Webinar with Gary Hamel, Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 11am ET

http://bit.ly/brhXNo

Leituras Recomendadas

1. Articles

1.1 Raise Your Prices ! by SMR

Face it: Most companies can’t compete on price. And the good news is they don’t have to.

http://bit.ly/bFgpWy

1.2 Get Your Team to Stop Fighting and Start Working by HBR

http://bit.ly/aL5hMD

2. Books

2.1 The Way We're Working Isn't Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance

http://bit.ly/9HQN9h

3. Events

3.1 Conferência "Corporate Governance, Evolução das boas práticas de governação, Gestão de risco e Controlo interno nas Organizações. ISEG no próximo dia 16/06/2010.

http://bit.ly/aJ8yGq

3.2 Seminário "Estratégias Empresariais: 2 Casos de Sucesso em Estratégias de nicho". ISEG no próximo dia 17/06/2010.

http://bit.ly/cQiDLi

Leituras Recomendadas

1. Articles

1.1 Managing Yourself: Turn the Job You Have into the Job You Want by HBR

http://bit.ly/a6FKpZ

1.2 Six Strategies for Successful Niche Marketing by SMR

http://bit.ly/9wM3n3

2. Books

2.1 Why Women Mean Business: Understanding the Emergence of our next Economic Revolution by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox & Alison Maitland

http://bit.ly/cTsUBJ
http://bit.ly/aILGOa

3. Events

3.1 .COM_MULTI_WEB Conference by EGP next 15/06/2010

http://bit.ly/b8wQZb