EVENTS

Higher Ambition in India
Presentation, Reception & CEO Panel Discussion
sponsored by the Harvard Business School Alumni Club of India
August 23, 2011
Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai, India
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The Leadership Challenges of Tomorrow
Seminar based on the Higher Ambition Research
September 29, 2011
NürnbergHuset, Stockholm
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HBS Higher Ambition Leadership CEO Conference
Invitation-only CEO Conference Sponsored by The Harvard Business School
November 7-8, 2011

Webcast
Transform Your Organization for Performance and Commitment:
What Leaders Need to Know.
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(Originally aired Dec. 2009)

NEWS

“Learning by Design: Developing an Engine for Transforming Your Company”
Leadership in Action – Nov/Dec 2010
Mike Beer and Magnus Finnström discuss how to build an executive management program from scratch to unleash the leadership capabilities required to drive transformation and strengthen business results.
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“Lead Learning: Achieve High Performance”
Leadership Excellence – Jan 2010
Mike Beer discusses how HCHP companies lead transformation by utilizing six key actions. The net result is a resilient enterprise where leaders and their people learn together.
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Book Excerpt from High Commitment, High Performance
Business Week – 20 Dec 2009
Mike Beer says forget the "heroic leader" model — and most other theories about what makes for an effective CEO.
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“The Lesson of Lehman: Do The Opposite”
Forbes – 14 Sept 2009
Mike Beer discusses how five crucial choices concerning purpose, strategy, risk, motivation and truth killed Wall Street’s resiliency.
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“Avoid 'Stars' For Long–Term Business Value”
Talent Management Perspectives – 9 Sept 2009
Russ Eisenstat discusses the importance of team players when building a successful organization dedicated to developing morale as well as the bottom line.
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“The New Governance Paradigm: The Board's New Role in Ensuring Healthy, High Performing Firms”
Directorship Online – 8 Sept 2009
Mike Beer and Nathaniel Foote tackle the tough questions about effective board governance, including: What are the barriers to effective governance? How can they be overcome? How can board members truly ensure the long–term health of the institutions for which they are responsible?
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“A Review of High Commitment/High Performance”
Examiner – 1 Sept 2009
A review by Robert Morris of Mike Beer’s new book, High Commitment, High Performance
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“Why Be an Ethical Company? Because they’re stronger and last longer”
Business Week Online - 17 Aug 2009
Mike Beer and the concepts explored in his book, High Commitment, High Performance are the subject of this thought provoking column by Vivek Wadhwa.
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“Destination Dustbin – A Crisis is a Terrble Thing to Waste”
Financial Times Online – 10 Aug 2009
Mike Beer is quoted in this article about how different companies are choosing to respond to the economic crisis.
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“Ways to Ensure Results”
Investors Business Daily Online – 11 Aug 2009
This column summarizes some of the lessons in Mike Beer’s book, High Commitment, High Performance, describing things a company must do to achieve its goals and build commitment along the way.
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Q&A with Mike Beer on his new book, High Commitment, High Performance
Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge
Mike describes what it really takes to build a high commitment, high performance organization.  
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Video Clips of Mike Beer Speaking about High Commitment, Performance
MSNBC.com’s Business Sustainability Series
See Mike speak on a variety of HCHP topics, including leadership for business sustainability, the silent killers for high performance, and how to approach cost cutting in a manner consistent with HCHP principles.
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AWARDS

TruePoint Chairman Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Michael Beer, Chairman of TruePoint and Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Human Resources Management. The award recognizes Mike's seminal contributions to the fields of leadership, strategy and organizational development during more than 30 years of research and consulting. The award was formally presented in May 2006. 

Academy of Management Honors TruePoint Chairman
The Academy of Management has awarded its 2006 Distinguished Scholar-Practitioner Award to TruePoint Chairman and Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus Michael Beer. The award, presented August 15, recognizes recipients who have performed extensive research and integrated it into actual demonstrable results in real-life management settings. All honorees have also authored works that have substantively influenced the practice of management. This is one of several awards bestowed on Beer this year. In the spring, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) selected Beer to be the recipient of the 2006 Distinguished Professional Contributions Award. In addition, the American Psychological Foundation (APF) awarded Beer the Harry and Miriam Levinson Award.
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