I will be reflecting on the Harvard Business Review article‚ A Day in the Life of Alex Sander: Driving in the Fast Lane at Landon Care Products. Sander’s personality is one of a driven person to succeed at the cost of others. He is not daunted by who he insults or what he has to do or say to achieve what he feels makes him a ‘success’. He is an egotistical person that comes off as better than others and does not apologize for it. He feels that he has no time for reviews‚ since he believes
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Alex Sander is a highly motivated product manager for the Toiletries Division of Landon Care Products‚ Inc.‚ a cosmetics products company headquartered in Connecticut. Alex was brought to the company by owner Sam Glass with the expectation of shaking up the product team and creating waves through his relentless work ethic. The young manager‚ undaunted by any learning challenge‚ has successfully lead his team through the rebranding of two national skin care products in just over a years’ time. A recent
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Case Study/Analysis “A Day in the Life of Alex Sander: Driving in the Fast Lane at Landon Care Products” Situation/Analysis: Alex Sander is the newest and youngest product manager in the Toiletries Division of Landon Care Products‚ Inc.‚ a cosmetics product company located in Connecticut. At 32 years of age‚ Alex is aggressive‚ driven‚ and an extremely hard worker. Alex is educated‚ obtaining his MBA from MIT Sloan‚ as well as an undergraduate BA degree in Economics from Stanford. When he joined
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Team Assignment: Alex Sanders Memo To: Mr. Sam Glass From: Team 8 Date: March 2nd‚ 2013 Subject: Alex Sanders In response to your inquiry regarding Alex Sanders and performance management‚ we urge you to consider the following recommendations. Your perception of Alex as a go-getter is absolutely accurate; he has the intellect‚ drive‚ and ambition to accomplish goals with great success. In fact‚ much of the group’s success is correlated with Alex’s involvement. We realize that his
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Case Study 2 - A Day in the Life of Alex Sander: Driving in the Fast Lane at Landon Care Products 1. What behaviours by Alex are having the greatest impact on the 360° data provided by her co-workers? Which of these behaviours are positive and which are negative? This case study provides valuable insight into the way emotions and soft skills or its absence can affect motivation and leadership capabilities. Alex Sander is the newest and youngest product manager at Landon. He had been very
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Analysis of the Case: A Day in the Life of Alex Sander Problem Definition In my opinion the problem is how to manage Alex Sander’s professional skills and channel them into becoming a positive leader. Problem Justification According to the evidence found in the case‚ Alex Sander is a very hard working and goal-oriented person. However he is lacking the ability of working together with other people as a team. Sam Glass‚ his boss has to face a crucial situation‚ and has to make a decision
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1. What is your assessment of Sander’s Performance? Please be specific. Alex Sanders is an individual extremely confident of his ability and skills. His academic background (Stanford and MIT) reveals a person who thrives under challenging environments. The successful rebrand of two national care products reflected his capacity to thrive in dynamic business environments. His ability to learn and adapt to new roles demonstrates his capacity to identify information gaps required to perform key tasks
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Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ painting to Alex Ruiz’s ‘Starry Night’ digital painting‚ and then to compare Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ painting‚ to Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night Over the Rhone’ painting. We agreed on Vincent Van Gogh because we were inspired by his ability to create such breathtaking pieces of art which managed to make him an artistic icon‚ despite the numerous mental illnesses that he suffered from throughout his life. Vincent van Gogh took his own life in 1890. Within twenty years of his
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individual named Alex Sander‚ who is 32 years old and a MBA graduate from MIT‚ is a new product manager in the toiletries division for Landon Care Products Inc. Alex is hard working yet narcissist and strives to be flawlessness in his job not understanding that everybody’s ability towards work is different. Alex may be an exceedingly gifted individual‚ a quick learner‚ has entrepreneurial talent with wide market and product knowledge‚ may be self-confident‚ and self-driven. On the other hand‚ Alex is adolescent
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Saunders‚ Lewis and Thornhill: Research Methods for Business Students‚ 6th edition‚ Additional Case Studies Case 8a The involvement of auditors in preliminary profit announcements Tony Beasley and Jim Keane‚ University of Gloucestershire Each year UK companies publish and issue an annual report and audited accounts‚ which are sent to numerous shareholders and other users. The process may take as long as three months from the end of the companies accounting period. This delay could create problems:
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