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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Protagonist in the case: Sam Glass (Product group supervisor) Landon Care Products. Issues troubling Sam Glass: Alex Sander – Product Manager is a highly talented individual and has been very effective employee and has delivered results but when it comes to handling people Alex doesn’t seem to fit into the role. Sam has high regards for Alex and is keenly interested in keeping Alex at Landon but at the same time also understands that Alex lacks leadership skills especially with respect to people
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What does the 360 degree data tell us about Alex’s likely career success? If you were Sam Glass‚ would you invest more time in helping Sander progress at Landon? The 360 degree data draws a “good vs. evil” portrait of Alex. He is a sort of incarnation of House‚ MD‚ a main character of a famous TV series: he is a high performer‚ but he has a lack of ability to work well with others. Narcissism‚ Machiavellianism and arrogance are three important negative traits of his personality emerge from the
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A Day in the Life of Alex Sander Case Analysis Alex Sander is a no-nonsense‚ enterprising person who expects everybody in his team to overachieve and be as committed as he is to the project. It seems that he gets frustrated when assignments and when his instructions are not executed to the T. The 360° feedback he received from his boss predicts that Alex will likely not be an effective leader if he continues with his current path of aggressive behavior in the office. Glass mentions that Alex
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“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 Landon Care Products
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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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the “muckrakers” highlighted the malpractices in politics and business which also demanded eradication after society realized the poor conditions and recognized improvements that needed to be made. The Progressives pursued improving the quality of life to make “even‚ equal‚ fair progress.” The Progressive Era ushered in a time of recognition within the United States when citizens no longer accepted the conditions they lived in and strove for change‚ where the federal government took notice and evolved
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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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BUS/475 Communications Plan Fast Lane Raceway Mission Statement Fast Lane Raceway’s mission is to provide a fast‚ safe‚ and challenging race track for track cars and motorcycles. To provide secure climate controlled storage of vehicles‚ lodging‚ and comfortable club house facilities for customers and club members. By designing a two and a half mile road course including 12 turns with elevation changes on perfectly maintained pavement‚ Fast Lane Raceway will cater to the even the
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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 in the overall product process (e.g. learning about
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