Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Take the case of Dominic Barton, who served as the Global Managing Director of McKinsey & Company from 2009-2018. When I later became head of McKinsey Asia, he helped me see that I had to hire a solid COO to work with me—which substantially increased my leadership effectiveness in that bigger role.”

Skills 14

Skills McKinsey COO Handbook 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

Most experts, for example, state that 70% of change efforts fail, but a 2011 study in the Journal of Change Management , led by the University of Brighton researcher Mark Hughes found that there is no empirical evidence to support this statistic. The insidious myth that change initiatives usually fail is disturbingly widespread.

Champy 8

Champy Hammer McKinsey Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

For example, in 2009 professors Brian Becker, Mark Huselid, and Richard Beatty estimated that in most companies less than 15% of jobs are what they call strategic positions and said management should focus “disproportionate investments” on finding A players for those jobs. Connectors in the middle. Essential Experts.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

According to a 2007 McKinsey & Co. In 2009, sales totaled $114 billion, making China the world's second-largest apparel market behind the $287 billion U.S. Franchising speeds growth and entails less capital, but the risks include inconsistent execution and inefficient inventory management.

Apparel 12

Apparel Franchising Retail Fashion 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

While this CEO's comment accurately portrays the general state of affairs, I agree with Dominic Barton of McKinsey that companies can attract and cultivate investors interested in the creation of value over the long term. Globally, these asset owners manage significant sums, exceeding $50 trillion at the end of 2009.

Long-term 12

Long-term CEO Short-term Asset Management 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2012

In 2009, they accounted for 24.4% And, through linkages including supply chains (in 2009 multinationals purchased about $7 trillion in intermediate inputs from companies in America), multinationals enhance the performance of companies throughout the U.S. multinationals by the McKinsey Global Institute. of all U.S.

Globalization 9

Globalization Rivkin Supply Chain Trends 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2012

There's this complaint: 'I'd love to think and manage for the long term, but Wall Street won't let me.' Meanwhile, from 2004 to 2009, emerging economies accounted for almost all of the world's GDP growth." Share your story or idea by entering the HBR/McKinsey Long-Term Capitalism Challenge.

GDP 11

GDP Long-term Meyer Short-term 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Companies deliver superior results when executives manage for long-term value creation and resist pressure from analysts and investors to focus excessively on meeting Wall Street’s quarterly earnings expectations. This has long seemed intuitively true to us. The returns to society and the overall economy were equally impressive.

Long-term 8

Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

During a recent visit to the Managing Service Operations course I teach to MBA students at Harvard Business School , McDonald reflected on the lessons he had learned at VA and their significance for service transformation both inside and outside the public sector. .”

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Crisis Kotter 8