N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

In 2004 the Corporate Executive Board’s research showed an 87% decrease in the likelihood of departure for highly engaged employees. It is important to develop these apps, and the techniques associated with applying them, but what about the operating system that runs them? appeared first on The Executive Hub.

Leadership Development 265

Leadership Development Development Leadership Self-aware 265

Mike Cardus

JULY 11, 2011

Creating and executing new revenue streams. I consulted and led a 6 month coaching and training process with the Executive Vice President of Human Resources and 14 of the Associate Vice Presidents. Team Building & Leadership Success Stories. Financial Services Group.

Team Building 94

Team Building TRIZ Succession Team 94

The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Fortunately, the surgeon operated before the worst could happen and my husband recovered completely. Several years ago, when we were newlyweds, my husband was diagnosed with the flu. Unfortunately, he was misdiagnosed and eight days later at the local emergency room, we learned that his appendix was about to burst! 2 Stein S, Book H.

Emotional Intelligence 98

Emotional Intelligence Training Goleman McKinsey 98

Next Level Blog

AUGUST 2, 2010

The problem was compounded in 2004 when the structure was changed to expand oversight of the cemetery from two organizations to four. Standards Matter: In reading the reporting, I get the feeling that no one was setting the standards by which an institution as important as Arlington should operate. Click Here.

Executive Coaching 154

Executive Coaching Blog Letter Video 154

Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 5, 2019

In addition to caring for patients in the exam room or operating suite, physicians face challenges of navigating the reporting requirements of new payment models. His life took a turn in 2004 and he “managed to taper off the drugs.” Practicing medicine these days is stressful.

P&L 150

P&L Stress Self-aware Human Needs 150

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. Operating as these companies do takes a lot of confidence.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Fashion Apparel 8

Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Unlike a business, your personal brand doesn't have hours of operation, it simply is 24/7/365. I have a documented track record of business development, operational planning, and leadership. A pioneer in the field, Rand’s personal brand got strapped to a rocket when he started his company, Moz, in 2004.

Brand 68

Brand Examples Career Godin 68

Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

Captain Mark Brouker, retired US Navy , is a wealth of practical leadership wisdom gained from his military career as well as his experience as a professor, executive coach, and speaker. A few months prior, I had been selected to be executive officer, or XO (Chief Operating Officer), of U.S. Naval Hospital Rota, Spain.

Leadership 132

Leadership Crisis Learning-by-Doing Team 132

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2011

In turn, top executives should provide direction on improvement priorities down to front-line workers. And top executives don't have good mechanisms to share their vision downward. In a two-part event, employees in WorldJam 2004 first brainstormed solutions to increase growth and innovation, resulting in 191 pragmatic ideas.

Process 15

Process Press Release Automotive Globalization 15

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2020

In 2004, there was a severe earthquake and subsequent tsunami that resulted in profound effects to several Asian countries, including India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Thailand and Indonesia. COVID-19 has changed virtually everything, including the way electronics manufacturers operate. as well as the Tohoku earthquake in Japan in 2011.

Supply Chain 118

Supply Chain Compliance Fashion Efficiency 118

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. We were optimistic about Yahoo’s future in China as the deal closed in January 2004.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

After expending considerable effort on formulating a strategy, most executives would like to see their company’s strategic plans fully executed. The gap between strategy and the execution of that strategy is often referred to as “ strategic dissonance.” The Gap Between Strategy and Execution.

Strategy 8

Strategy Strategic Planning Stress Hamel 8

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.

CEO 8

CEO Automotive Survey Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

Nokia's inability to field a credible response to the launch of the iPhone in 2007 and Google's Android operating system in 2008 has precipitated a freefall in its share price. Motorola is finally attempting a comeback with handsets using Google's Android operating system, but is now only a minor player.

Supply Chain 16

Supply Chain Long-term Brand Early Adopters 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

After all, HSBC is not proposing to close its British operations. That, though, is a largely technical issue, because your nominal headquarters need not be your operational one. It probably wouldn't matter much if your operations were really evenly distributed across the world.

Banking 11

Banking Hedge Globalization Operations 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

If you're among the many multinational CEOs planning to appoint a local executive as your next country head in an emerging market such as Brazil, China, or India, you may want to think again. Take Kwang-Ro Kim, who launched LG Electronics' India operations in 1997, and led them until he retired a decade later.

Globalization 8

Globalization CEO Long-term Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2013

In the course of leading six successful turnarounds and transformations at Schering-Plough, Pharmacia, Pharmacia and Upjohn, Wyeth, and two operating units within Novartis, I''ve learned that culture can be powerfully leveraged to enhance long-term success. Yet many executives don''t make culture a priority.

Company 9

Company Compliance Long-term Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

In the midst of a serious economic crisis in Finland in the early 1990s the company almost ceased to exist, but the mobile-phone arm helped pull Nokia out of trouble and then effectively became Nokia as the company divested its other operations. Around Nokia, you don't hear so much talk about Jorma this or Jorma that.

Team 14

Team Crisis Globalization Magazine 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2011

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. I sometimes ask the executives and managers I coach to do something similarly counterintuitive. Looking for an edge over your competition ?

Public Relations 16

Public Relations Execution System Marketing 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2014

When we started our first restaurant in 2004, our goal was to create a place where people wanted to not just eat but also to work. Just like Southwest Airlines or Starbucks , we recognized that a happy staff means happy customers and a more productive, profitable business. But what would this employee-centric vision look like in practice?

Airlines 9

Airlines Bond Morale Workshop 9

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. The Nike Foundation also leans on its expertise in innovation and scale to find solutions to poverty, while keeping its operations separate from the business.

Core Competence 15

Core Competence Market Segmentation Globalization Reputation 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

It''s a lawyerly, exhaustive, exhausting rundown of all the things that could possibly weigh on the earnings of a giant global bank, from regulatory changes to loans going bad to a liquidity crisis to the possibility that "one or more of its employees causes a significant operational breakdown or failure."

Banking 9

Banking Crisis CEO Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2012

And they use it the way other companies use financial reports — to inform operational and investment decisions. When Charles "Chuck" Schwab returned to the helm to turn around his troubled financial firm in 2004, for example, he installed such a system. In short, it is their primary management system.

Customer Loyalty 13

Customer Loyalty Loyalty CEO Intellectual Capital 13

Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

But Chrysler was in bankruptcy, and we didn’t know whether our Chrysler Jeep Dodge dealership that we opened in 2004 would survive the ax of the bankruptcy court. Operating a small business is not unlike owning a really old house: things break a lot, and you need to fix them, over and over and over. Ours did; over 700 did not.)

Learning-by-Doing 257

Learning-by-Doing Long-term Automotive Open-book 257

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

But both trade and political alignment lumbered slowly forward until the current quarter and many American executives had become flustered with their India initiatives. America’s largest insurer, Allstate, announced plans to invest $1 billion in its India operations. Today there appears to a second gold rush to India.

Venture Capitalist 12

Venture Capitalist Price Marketing Learning-by-Doing 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2011

But more than two-thirds of 1990 industry leaders no longer existed by 2004. Clearly, this mental architecture was responsible for the execution ability of the most effective executives operating under pressure. What's more, these attributes were almost totally absent among the bottom-performing quartile.

CEO 16

CEO Self-aware Bottom-up Industry 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

An executive decides on a different and better way to do things, and prepares a sales pitch that goes something like this: First: "We need to change. Many executives have never recognized this pattern of serial adoption of different approaches to what is essentially the same topic. Here's this new approach.

Six Sigma 14

Six Sigma TQM Kaizen Balanced Scorecard 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

However, new unreleased research from Spencer Stuart , a global executive search firm, suggests that we’re giving this sector short shift: There may be specific cases when a consulting background can actually boost company performance, even more so than a more traditional candidate.

Consultative 9

Consultative CEO Management Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2011

When former auto executive Lee Iaccoca titled a book, " Where Have All the Leaders Gone ?" Even in quiet times, there's a chance for mischief or missteps if leaders leave a vacuum, with no one clearly in charge and lack of clarity about how to operate. he was decrying the sorry state of leadership, not asking about particular places.

Contingency Plans 17

Contingency Plans Sharpe Bond Planning 17

HR Digest

JANUARY 2, 2020

This threshold has been raised from the previous limit of $455 per week of 40 hours, which was set in 2004. Non-managerial employees in maintenance, construction, carpenters, electricians, mechanics, plumbers, ironworkers, craftsmen, operating engineers, and longshoremen, all qualify. It is estimated that 1.3

Safe Harbor 84

Safe Harbor Proposal Long-term Comparison 84

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2013

Executive exodus: In 2008, Tony Fadell, senior vice president of the iPod division, stepped down. In 2004, Apple's CFO, Fred Anderson, left the company. Also, Consumer Reports issued a "does not recommend" on the iPhone 4 (in 2010). No iPad mini at all. His wife, the VP of HR at Apple, also left. Disclosure: I am long AAPL.

Marketing 12

Marketing Stage-Gate Advertising Price 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

We studied how Wyeth, the large Pharmaceutical firm (now part of Pfizer) made dramatic improvements in cost and quality across its manufacturing operation. Between 2004 and 2006, for example, a Boston-based nonprofit called the Institute for Health Improvement led an effort called the “100,000 Lives Campaign” to raise awareness in U.S.

Pharmaceuticals 8

Pharmaceuticals Seminar Learning-by-Doing Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Believe me, this skill comes in handy in the chief information officer's line of work: CIOs often have to tell CEOs that the large portfolios of legacy applications driving corporate operations are bound to fail sooner or later and need to be replaced. CEOs don't want to hear that. Have a clear next step.

System 15

System CEO CIO Chief Information Officer 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

For example, it increased both the number and status of safety personnel, and it strengthened safety operating procedures. New executives take the helm. We analyzed 146 pharmaceutical firms between 1997 and 2004 for a quantitative look at this pattern of learning and forgetting after safety-based errors.

Organization 8

Organization McCombs Pharmaceuticals Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

This helped ALL's executives do four things: achieve alignment, adapt to local circumstances, foster coordination across units, and make better decisions. Strategies often falter in execution because of insufficient coordination across the organization. The team decided to adopt a simple-rules approach to the work ahead.

Strategy 8

Strategy Proposal Guidelines Net Present Value 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2015

Máirín started working at Red Hat as an intern and later joined us full time in 2004, after she graduated from college. It was in a case involving the latter that led Red Hat’s executive vice president and chief people officer DeLisa Alexander to approach Máirín to talk about a proposed project.

Management 8

Management Performance Review Review Mission Statement 8