The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 31, 2023

It’s less common for poor management to be targeted to explain lackluster productivity, but research from Stanford’s Nick Bloom suggests that is a mistake. Weak management Bloom’s World Management Survey was established in 2004 to measure management practices across hundreds of medium-sized firms in the likes of the U.K.,

Productivity 89

Productivity Products Management Participative 89

Women on Business

OCTOBER 1, 2012

If you are like most women in business, you are looking for new strategies to stimulate growth. Whether solutions to better communicate or how to best manage employees, here are 5 Proven Strategies to Accelerate Business Growth: Expand thru Alliance Partnership. Network, brainstorm and empower others in their business pursuits.

Strategy 226

Strategy Mentor Entrepreneur Learning-by-Doing 226

Women on Business

JANUARY 8, 2011

Example 1: During the 2004 election season, I connected with a new friend through a grassroots Asian Pacific Islander political group. Who do you think I will do business with? We attended activist training together, went for lunch in Chinatown, and kept in loose contact through our organizing efforts.

Press Release 174

Press Release Discount PR Media 174

Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Jacoway "I leverage my avid love of learning and mastery of online technology to facilitate career management for trend-setting professionals who strive to be dynamic and high achieving in their business." John Purkiss ​"I help people to transform their businesses, their careers and their lives."

Brand 68

Brand Examples Career Godin 68

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

The obvious targets were people in the field of innovation — those working in strategy, R&D, business development, and entrepreneurship. And in 2004 Paolo Pellegrini, a VP at the investment bank Lazard Freres, was fired — then took on a low-level position at a hedge fund after a lucky phone call. Lucky thing, that.

Succession 16

Succession Diversity Open-book Innovation 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Although champions are not the ultimate decision makers, and they rarely have substantial power within their organization, they have four things that make them irreplaceable in developing and closing the deal: credibility, connections, company intelligence, and motivation.

Motivation 8

Motivation CIO Competitive Advantage Software 8

Eric Jacobson

JULY 7, 2011

iTunes debuted in 2003 and Tower Records closed in 2004 and Musicland folded in 2006. Are you spending enough time with your management team, your employees and your customers and at industry events so you don't become the next Blockbuster, Borders, CDs or Mail? Amazon has almost single-handedly bankrupted Borders. FYE is shriveling.

Business Model 60

Business Model Bottom-up Industry Focus Group 60