Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

To gain advantage on this leveled playing field, there’s one powerful branding tool that has been generally overlooked — or perhaps undervalued — by most marketers: sound. They then created an audio DNA with the goal of communicating their leadership along with the comfort and caring that distinguished the brand. SNCF Audio DNA, 2005.

Brand 10

Brand Advertising B2C B2B 10

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 6, 2013

Never in the history of marketing has there been so much talk about branding. The conversation in the world of branding is well beyond product and service brand discussion by marketers and ad agencies. With the exception of niche, specialty, and some consumer technology markets, I see less and less of this in big business.

Brand 260

Brand P&L Human Resources Brand Management 260

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

This emerging social era is about engaging everyone around you to redefine what you do and how you do it – including sales, marketing, R&D, customer support, and product development. billion on these social sites by 2012. Building your Social Nation means changing what you think it means to build a company. Still skeptical?

Media 67

Media Learning-by-Doing Open-book Company 67

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

However, 48% of the mid-sized world market leaders come from Germany. Nearly all of them survived the great recession of 2008-2009. Of course, success of individual Hidden Champions is based on their leadership and strategy. The most important difference is the continuity of the leadership. But focus makes a market small.

Class 15

Class Drucker Globalization Film 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

In the aftermath of the US financial crisis in 2008, companies from North America and Europe rushed into China, seeking to grow both sales and profits. Despite entering the world’s largest personal care products market in 1996, Revlon was able to generate just 2% of sales from China 17 years later. 2 in the market.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Retail Chemicals Marketing 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2016

. “Yahoo’s mobile business barely existed” when Marissa Mayer took over as CEO in 2012, wrote Vauhini Vara at The New Yorker. Perhaps by 2012 it was already too late. Did Yahoo’s leadership really miss the importance of smartphones? In 2011 we were playing a bit of catch-up compared to the market.

CEO 8

CEO Content Long-term Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2014

In response, more and more employers are providing Employee Assistance Programs (74% in 2012, up from 46% in 2005) and wellness programs (63% in 2012, up from 47% in 2005). In 2008, TURCK, a leading manufacturer in industrial automation with 500 employees in the U.S., In 2008, TURCK’s health care claim costs were $280.52

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Morale Company 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2011

corporate boardroom representation , despite solid evidence that greater women's representation in corporate leadership correlates directly with improved business performance. France plans to impose a 20 percent quota by 2012 and double it to 40 percent by 2016 for the country's 2,500 largest companies. But should the U.S.

Competitive Advantage 15

Competitive Advantage McKinsey Resistance Crisis 15

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).

Long-term 14

Long-term Short-term Globalization Reputation 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Since the 2008 financial crisis, policy makers, professors, politicians, and others have expressed concern over America’s best and brightest minds electing to work in finance instead of pursuing potentially more socially valuable careers in science, medicine, and engineering. And not just their parents.

Engineering 8

Engineering Finance Bottom-up Sample 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

By December 16, 2008, interest rates were close to 0% in the U.S. It took a second recession in Europe, along with a change in leadership before the ECB undertook to do “whatever it takes” to save the Euro. economy are asking whether we learned enough from the 2008 crisis about how to manage risk in the financial system.

Crisis 8

Crisis Policies GDP Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Ever since the financial crisis of 2008, I have sensed from many leaders that they want to do a better job of leading in accordance with their personal values. As markets rose and bonus pools grew, it was all too easy to celebrate the rising tide of wealth without examining the process that created it.

Christensen 15

Christensen Self-aware Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

What’s more, the demand for rapid growth often comes with a push from investors to enter new markets or ramp up product innovation. CEOs need to know how a change in strategy (a new target market, say, or a new product) will affect manufacturing, marketing, selling, servicing, and other processes.

CEO 8

CEO Company Due Diligence Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2014

Contrary to the adverse experience of some governing boards, activist investors can actually prove to be a leadership asset on the board rather than a disruptive force—providing the boardroom is well-managed and led. Singer came on the board in October 2012.

Hostile Takeover 8

Hostile Takeover Chief Financial Officer Due Diligence Charan 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Then at the end of 2007 the housing market crashed. By the summer of 2008 GE leadership wanted to sell the appliances business or spin it off. Employees were anxious: the business had been up for sale in 2008 and 2009, and there had been little to no investment in plants or training.

Insourcing 8

Insourcing Operations Offshoring Engineering 8

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Here’s a quick look at what I found: Rohit Bhargava, marketer, professor and author of Likeonomics , recently issued his report: 15 Marketing Trends In 2013 And How Your Business Can Use Them. We saw after the 2008 recession how men lost their jobs in greater numbers than women. The gender gap has continued to widen since then.

Trends 265

Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

While there are some factors that make social innovation more likely than not — such as intrapreneurs who will champion them — Davis and White find that competing for talent, strong brands, and leadership transitions all correlate with stronger social initiatives.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Supply Chain Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

While this “lab-bench to bedside” approach has improved healthcare globally, it can take years, even decades, for an innovation to get to market, often with limited input from patients themselves. Scoping projects for success and managing ambition: Interdisciplinary design teams are, by nature, optimistic and ambitious.

Health Care 10

Health Care Innovation Mayo Stage-Gate 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

And business leadership knows it. A fundamental and often overlooked cause is a leadership mindset that takes only a partial view of the multifaceted relationship between business and nature. This partial view sees business’s relationship to nature as separate, instrumental, and reducible to market transactions alone.

Analysis 8

Analysis Licensing Globalization Project 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

When he ran for president in 2008, Obama made three big promises: end the Iraq War, extend health care coverage to all Americans, and take federal action to reduce the threat of global climate change. In fact, 2012 is likely to be the hottest year since accurate record-keeping began in the late 19th century. Fortunately, U.S.

Cost 9

Cost Price Energy Proposal 9

In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 26, 2012

(First published in Forbes.com, April 20, 2012) Two years have now passed since the explosion at BP ’s deep-water rig in the Gulf of Mexico. The ”Health safety environment” theme contains zero releases since 2008. BP’s talk about caring for the environment was for naught, as its actions failed to match its message.

Press Release 131

Press Release Reputation Tourism Advertising 131

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Then Josep “Pep” Guardiola-i-Sala, the former Spanish footballer who is currently the manager of Bundesliga club Bayern Munich, further evolved the idea when he was the coach at Barcelona FC between 2008 and 2012. This is the true task of leadership.

Cooper 16

Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Then Josep “Pep” Guardiola-i-Sala, the former Spanish footballer who is currently the manager of Bundesliga club Bayern Munich, further evolved the idea when he was the coach at Barcelona FC between 2008 and 2012. This is the true task of leadership.

Cooper 8

Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 8

Miles Anthony Smith

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

It is expected to remain the religion with the most followers until at least 2050, according to a survey conducted by Pew Research Center in 2012. Miles Anthony Smith Apart from being a Digital Marketing expert, Miles has a great passion for servant leadership and faith in everyday life. ​ 10. ​ 13. ​ 18.

Film 52

Film Meyer Books Travel 52

Miles Anthony Smith

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

It is expected to remain the religion with the most followers until at least 2050, according to a survey conducted by Pew Research Center in 2012. Miles Anthony Smith Apart from being a Digital Marketing expert, Miles has a great passion for servant leadership and faith in everyday life. ​ 10. ​ 13. ​ 18.

Film 52

Film Meyer Books Travel 52

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

This has been a remarkable year for the markets. Quarterly profits have only increased 5% since 2012 , but investors’ valuations of those profits (as measured by earnings per share) has increased 59% over the same period. This means they generate less revenue, profit and market value per dollar of R&D.

Short-term 8

Short-term Decentralization Company Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

In 2012, the Industrial Research Institute (IRI) commissioned a foresight study into the future of R&D management called IRI2038. After gathering “signals” about a variety of future and emerging trends, the project leadership generated several plausible scenarios about the future of R&D worth exploring further.

Development 8

Development Decentralization Trends Resources 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

These tax rates will remain in effect through 2012. Extends the repeal of phase-outs of personal deductions and limits on itemized deductions for higher income taxpayers through 2012. Extends certain middle class incentives and credits such as the Earned Income Credit and Coverdell Education Savings credit.

Press Release 178

Press Release Discount Insurance PR 178

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2018

Since the Apollo program, NASA has faced funding cuts, competition from other nations for space leadership, and a radical restructuring of its operating environment due to the emergence of commercial space – all of which have forced the organization to change its ways of thinking and operating. Adapting to change.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Technology Innovation Operations 8

Coaching Tip

JUNE 29, 2013

A 2008 Goldman Sachs GS -1.47% report defined this group as those with incomes between $6,000 and $30,000 a year and predicted that it would grow by some two billion people by 2030. John Agno: Can''t Get Enough Leadership (ebook editions). Agno: Can''t Get Enough Leadership: Self Coaching Secrets (paperback edition). .

Class 85

Class Leadership Politics eBook 85

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 31, 2019

New technologies and new leadership styles are needed to succeed and win. Drew merged Checkdate Solutions with payroll industry leader Paycor, stepping away from the company in 2008 and serving on its board for eight years. Dan Cooper co-founded ej4, a video-based online training company, in 2003, and was its CEO until selling in 2012.

Cooper 50

Cooper Groupthink Leadership Styles Servant Leader 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Here's a safe bet about the 2012 presidential election: either Barack Obama or Mitt Romney will lose. After the 2008 election, McCain's consultants bickered over the narrative he should have crafted but couldn't commit to. If marketers have learned anything these past 50 years, it's that the best campaigns make the audience the heroes.

Policies 8

Policies Audience Follow-up Proposal 8

Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

Brandt, CEO and founder of The MPI Group and an award-winning journalist, has devoted more than two decades to studying leadership in effective, purpose-driven organizations. Mostly because it’s fundamentally more difficult to lead an organization than ever before, due to a confluence of leadership trends and external factors.

How To 76

How To Middle Management Innovation Technology 76

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2014

Its IPO in 1999 was a sensation ; by autumn 2000 its market capitalization topped $65 billion and the ratio of its stock price to the next year’s projected earnings was a staggering 483. Its high-end Internet routers were gaining share on market-leader Cisco, and the sky was the limit. It turned out to be a lower-than-anticipated sky.

Hedge 8

Hedge Chief Technology Officer Maturity IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

On the other side of the debate, H-1B supporters argue that the program brings needed skills into the labor market, which helps firms remain innovative, productive, and competitive. In 2008 Bill Gates testified before Congress to advocate for more H-1B visas to help compensate for “a deficit of Americans with computer science degrees.”

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 9