Building Personal Strength

JULY 5, 2010

You can set realistic goals. Copyright 2010. 2004 photo by Kathleen Scott , used with permission.). Tough problems may arise, but there are usually solutions. You can look for what's real, true and possible. You can take charge of your situation. You can get information and find out what’s possible. You can do the work.

Chemicals 104

Chemicals Banking Learning-by-Doing System 104

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2010

No wonder that a 2008 McKinsey survey found that only 20% of senior executives believe that their corporate philanthropy is effective in achieving social goals. Given that companies are putting more than $14 billion a year into charitable causes, measuring results and ensuring real social impact should be important goals.

Core Competence 15

Core Competence Market Segmentation Globalization Reputation 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

In 2000, labor-intensive products constituted 37% of all Chinese exports; by 2010, this fell to 14%. In parallel, from 2004 to 2011, U.S. billion in 2010. In 2010, it overtook Japan to become the second-largest manufacturer, and its foreign-exchange reserves became the largest in the world. exports increased by only 11%.

Bond 8

Bond Price Industry Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2012

Then in December of 2010, I received an email that changed my perspective, and my life. Governor Mitch Daniels (elected to Indiana's top office in 2004 and 2008, and former CEO of Eli Lilly in North America) told me, "This job has been a positive surprise for me. You might be thinking. I would never work in government. Regrets? "

Leadership 12

Leadership CIO Politics Career 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Then there’s the explosion of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, an accident that killed 11 workers, injured 16 others, and caused an oil spill of epic proportions. But learning waned as avoiding launch delays became increasingly important.

Organization 8

Organization McCombs Pharmaceuticals Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2014

In 2010, provision for bundled care was included both in the Patient protection and Affordable Care Act and in the Affordable Health Care for America Act. A study in 2004 revealed that costs continuously increase as we progress from stage I to stage IV. These patients are more “in control” of their lives.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Incentives Decentralization 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2014

One of the most significant came in early 2004 when we decided to relocate from San Francisco to Las Vegas. Amazon has always described its goal as being the most customer-centric company in the world, but its approach is more high-tech than ours. In the years since Zappos was founded, we’ve had to make some big decisions.

CEO 8

CEO Call Center Real Estate Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

billion in 2010, predicting it would grow at 20% a year for a decade. We’ve also seen the reverse, where a retained search firm convinces an American company with very modest goals for India to hire a leader used to running a thousand-person organization. Abbott Laboratories of Illinois acquired Piramal Healthcare Ltd.’s

Venture Capitalist 10

Venture Capitalist Price Marketing Learning-by-Doing 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2012

The issues arise in the wake of the Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Citizens United v. The percentage of votes cast in favor of such "procedural" proposals has been increasing with each succeeding proxy season (an average of 20% from 2004-2010 and an average of 30% in 2011, with eight over 40%).

Company 12

Company Politics Policies Proposal 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

Support your boss in reaching her goals. In late 2010, after ten years at Citi, Heather Espinosa was promoted to managing director. In 2004, he started a nonprofit in Baltimore. "It Treat every situation as an opportunity to demonstrate the value you bring to the organization and your knowledge of the business.".

CTO 9

CTO Case Study Career Project 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

After-tax profits are at historically high levels; they were more than 50% higher as a share of GDP in the years 2010-2015 than they were over the prior 20 years. Settling the future tax treatment of foreign income should be a key goal of corporate tax reform. Jobs Creation Act of 2004. Further, U.S. But the U.S.

Finance 8

Finance GDP System Short-term 8