HR Digest

JULY 14, 2022

The broad diversity of our workforce makes us a better company, and more representative of our customer base. Since 2004 we have tripled our annual spend with diverse suppliers to $4.7 Also, consider how your team is aligned to goals of having more female, racial and ethnic diversity in leadership positions. billion. .

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 31, 2023

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., and France. It integrates advanced academic material, collaborative support, and customized business mentoring to empower participants to harness their full potential.

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Mills Scofield

APRIL 29, 2019

Blue Lobster at the South Bristol Coop , 2004. I view the commitment to innovate, in the companies I’ve worked for and with, as a spectrum of lobsters - from cooked, to live, to rare blue ones. “ The key to innovation has been and always will be People ” So, how do you become a blue lobster company? Blue Lobsters.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 13, 2012

Like most bloggers, I write about what I know; that’s strategy, leadership and branding. Your idea can change a company. 15 months of blogging and here’s the most important things I’ve taught : Complexity in a company is a cancer. Creativity is the key to a small company’s success. Mine was marketing.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Leadership is About Engagement by Kevin Eikenberry on December 29, 2010 in Leadership , Learning , Relationships Ok, this title should be self evident, especially to long time readers of this blog.

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Mills Scofield

APRIL 29, 2019

Blue Lobster at the South Bristol Coop , 2004. I view the commitment to innovate, in the companies I’ve worked for and with, as a spectrum of lobsters - from cooked, to live, to rare blue ones. “ The key to innovation has been and always will be People ” So, how do you become a blue lobster company? Blue Lobsters.

Innovation 91

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2015

How can we help the company reach the bottom line? Perhaps it is some combination of them, some attainable format for effective leadership that requires work, certainly, but that also works. Bill George – He has taught leadership since 2004 and is a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, where.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 1, 2012

An extremely effective strategy for expanding your business is by forming an alliance with non-competitive companies. This gives you an instant marketing presence in front of potential clients. Do you know other companies to whom you share mutual customers with? This can lead to long-term success of your company.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 3, 2022

His book, Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies , is written after extensive research on the fatal mistakes leaders make in this area. But true leadership means going beyond the numbers and the operational details. One of the most inspiring companies I studied was LEGO, the toymaker based in Denmark.

Short-term 113

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In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 23, 2011

Leadership. by John • May 23, 2011 • Branding , Marketing • 3 Comments. Ironically, a great slogan’s constraint to longevity can be the boredom of the marketer. Marketers like change, but often they make change for change’s sake. I suggest the slogan has become generic to the market. Leadership.

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LDRLB

APRIL 27, 2012

Like most bloggers, I write about what I know; that’s strategy, leadership and branding. Your idea can change a company. 15 months of blogging and here’s the most important things I’ve taught : Complexity in a company is a cancer. Creativity is the key to a small company’s success. Mine was marketing.

Entrepreneur 154

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 1, 2013

But, before Loveworks : In 2004, Kevin Roberts, CEO Worldwide of Saatchi & Saatchi, wrote Lovemarks: the future beyond brands. While many companies were using the language of war in their marketing (target, penetrate, ambush), Roberts was using the language of love (mystery, sensuality, intimacy).

Books 50

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

While many equate strong personal branding only to powerful leadership, there's a lot more that goes into crafting a personal brand statement. Great leaders often align their leadership values with personal beliefs and ethics of their own. Kristi Daeda ​"I help individuals and companies make the most of talent.

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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. Recently, his company needed a web designer. Marketing dollars to establish a relationship only go so far until actual relationships become more important.

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LDRLB

APRIL 27, 2012

Like most bloggers, I write about what I know; that’s strategy, leadership and branding. Your idea can change a company. 15 months of blogging and here’s the most important things I’ve taught : Complexity in a company is a cancer. Creativity is the key to a small company’s success. Keep it simple.

Entrepreneur 92

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 16, 2016

They prove that the most economically disadvantaged people on the planet create a great market for social entrepreneurs – AND provide a terrific testing ground for innovation and cost control. As of February 28, 2013, the company claims: 13,638,438 “lives empowered”. This can be part of your strategy. 656,952 tons of CO2 offset.

Productivity 50

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Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The top ten attend the company conference, and the winner brings home a new truck. . But the best things we do at this company, I’ve learned from people in the field. For instance, in 2004 a group of employees travelled to Mexico, where they rebuilt an orphanage and a community center. United in Legendary.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. of the highest paid executive positions within the same group of companies. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2013

In both C suites and boardrooms, discussions about business performance usually center on topics like market momentum, M&A opportunities, capital management, and productivity enhancements. Every individual on every team in a company can strive, together, to deliver beyond what is deemed possible. This also means valuing integrity.

Company 9

Company Compliance Long-term Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

Earlier this year, I received some lessons on what wins in frontier markets from former Coca Cola CEO Neville Isdell. Young markets need a long investment horizon," Neville told me. companies, in general, don''t have the long-term view that they need. And Neville knows frontier markets. Global business'

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Long-term Marketing Short-term Constraint 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. While so much expansion can be tough on a brand, Santander is moving quickly to rebrand all of its acquisitions under the Santander name and launched substantial marketing campaigns in the U.K.,

Brand 65

Brand Globalization Banking Long-term 65

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2014

All eyes were on Goodell, the Commissioner of the NFL, to step up, assert the League’s values, and provide the leadership needed. There can be organizational paralysis, or a release of incredible and productive energy, and which of the two happens depends mainly on leadership. What followed wasn’t pretty.

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Company Crisis Crisis Management Video 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2013

In 2004, Apple's CFO, Fred Anderson, left the company. Even if it has nothing more up its sleeve than beautiful new iterations of its existing products, the fact remains that this is a company that last quarter had profits of more than $8 billion. There are other markets waiting to be disrupted, for sure. Apple's is 13.

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Marketing Stage-Gate Advertising Price 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

They recognize that as UX eclipses traditional brand marketing, they need to be more hands-on with their products. In a 2008 New York Times interview , he said, "If I am going to be at the top of the car company, I want to be the owner-chef — with knowledge not just of its vehicles but their ingredients. Some CEOs do get UX.

Leadership 10

Leadership Ries CEO Productivity 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Furthermore, these actions are taken seemingly without regard to the consequences for the community, the employees, the survival of the company as an institution, or the creation of long-term firm value. As a research-driven company, investing in research and the continuity of investing is crucial for Merck's success.

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Restructuring Long-term Short-term Leadership 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

Editor’s note: When the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba goes public, as it will soon, Yahoo will earn many times its significant original stake in the company — a surprising ending to a tale of experimentation and discovery. search engine company Inktomi in 2002. Things hadn’t gone well up until that point.

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Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

In an effort to explore executives’ motivations for serving on boards, we looked at how board service is evaluated in the executive labor market. It was an incredible leadership school for me. Reed has also said that sitting on the board of another company is “ better than an M.B.A. increased by over $300,000.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2012

"A general who fears to unsheathe his sword is not a good general," says Mr. Li Jiaxiang , Chairman of Air China from 2004 to 2008 and the #1 performing corporate leader in China according to our new ranking (just published in the Harvard Business Review China and the centerpiece for the magazine's launch events in Beijing and Shanghai).

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Long-term Short-term Globalization Reputation 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2016

According to her story, a survey by executive-search firm Spencer Stuart found that about four out of five S&P 500 companies that chose a new CEO last year promoted insiders. That’s the highest proportion since the firm began conducting the survey in 2004, and a big increase since 2012.

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CEO Automotive Survey Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

In an ongoing global survey of senior executives , more than half of the respondents said they didn’t think their company had a winning strategy, and two-thirds said they didn’t think their organization had the right capabilities to execute its strategy. First, these companies commit to an identity.

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Execution Strategy Fashion Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2012

And under Ghosn's leadership , Renault-Nissan has proactively embraced frugal engineering and become one of the world's leading producers of both electric cars as well as low-cost vehicles — two of the fastest growing and most promising market segments in the global automotive sector. Ghosn recounts with humor how Dr. V.

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CEO Innovation Constraint Engineering 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

I’ve been involved with turnarounds for years, including observing and writing about the Red Sox 2004 World Series win that reversed many decades of being almost-rans. Some companies need to be rescued from the brink of extinction (BlackBerry), but that’s not the only kind of turnaround. Find a meaningful unifying purpose.

How To 9

How To Airlines Open-book CEO 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

But I'm more interested in the company's past — and how it came to this pass. Magazine profiles of very successful companies are endeavors of dubious value; they often manage to catch an organization just as it peaks and heads into decline, and the strengths they describe soon start looking more like liabilities.

Team 14

Team Crisis Globalization Magazine 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2011

Searching for an untapped market? In 2004, the BBC Symphony Orchestra gave a performance of the modern classic 4' 33" by John Cage , a composition famous for its counterintuitive focus on the sounds of music not being played. Steve, a director in an IT firm, was one of the hardest working people on his company's management team.

Public Relations 16

Public Relations Execution System Marketing 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2015

This may sound as though we’ve got our facts backward, but your company can significantly increase its knowledge output by cutting R&D spending. The company’s R&D expenditures dropped by about $1.5 billion from 2002 through 2004. It’s all a matter of when you cut your spending, and why.

Innovation 8

Innovation Parcell Wireless Competitive Advantage 8

In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 18, 2015

In today’s business, chronic complexity is stifling, stagnating, and bringing companies to their knees. This can mean expanding product lines, entering new markets and geographies, line extending brands, acquiring new businesses, creating projects, and adding layers of management to manage the self-created complexity.

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Apparel Brand Franchising Competitive Advantage 100

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

On February 4th, 2004, Harvard undergraduate Mark Zuckerberg launched “Thefacebook.” Some 650 people had already joined, and thus began the company’s wild ride toward becoming a social networking site with over a billion users, thousands of employees, and a market capitalization well north of $100 billion.

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