Coaching Tip

JULY 9, 2013

Tom Borders told me that they decided to hire a CEO whose experience was in retailing versus a strategic marketing expert. The new retail-oriented CEO decided to close down their website, fire their internal website experts and contract out information technology by having their books sold through Amazon.com. While sales at U.S.

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Chief Executive Officer eBook Leadership Leadership Styles 97

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Design by 12GrainStudio 12 Steps To Building & Maintaining The Team Thursday, December 09th, 2010 Posted by: mike 3 circles image = TM John Adair (1) Leading & Working in teams 3 areas of focus are necessary; Team : the need to develop and maintain good working relationships among team members. All rights reserved.

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Team Team Building Training Commitment 124

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 28, 2011

Do you have a clear and distinct understanding of the expectations management, peers, customers, etc… have of your work? All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress. Where do you fit? How well defined is your role? What capabilities are required to be successful in your role?

Team Building 116

Team Building Learning-by-Doing Retail Training 116

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Design by 12GrainStudio Positive Illusion an Elbow to the Crotch of Your Dogmatic Leadership & Team Building Tuesday, July 06th, 2010 Posted by: mike image from Grand Illusions THE IMAGE ABOVE IS NOT MOVING! All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.

Team Building 114

Team Building Case Study Learning-by-Doing Training 114

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010 Posted by: mike The eXponent Leadership Process consists of coaching leaders to determine their capability to work as a manager as well as to determine the capability of direct reports. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress. This is applied to team building & leadership performance results.

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Team Building Leadership Process Learning-by-Doing 132

Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2011

Katrina followed that initial success by branching out of her apartment and opening a retail store in Chicago just two-months after her chocolates launched in Neiman Marcus. The employees loved them, and the next thing Katrina knew, her chocolates were being sold in Neiman Marcus.

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Press Release Magazine Entrepreneur Discount 133

CoachStation

MARCH 7, 2016

Finally, it has forced me to think about and clearly articulate answers to the excellent questions that Maddy had developed. To explain this concept, Sinek has developed what he calls the “Golden Circle,”. 1) When developing, maintaining and growing my business, I have focused heavily on the ‘why’. What does that even mean?

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Self-aware Ethics Tools Finance 146

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Design by 12GrainStudio How to Identify Project Stakeholders Interest Wednesday, November 10th, 2010 Posted by: mike Attempting to institute new projects and processes within an existing culture can prove to be Sisyphean. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.

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Project Six Sigma Team Building How To 109

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Design by 12GrainStudio Ramblings on Leadership & Schizophrenic Delegation Thursday, October 14th, 2010 Posted by: mike Dear leader, Leadership is tough – and we all have broken models inside our head. Category: Leadership , Management , leadership coaching Comments Leave a Reply All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.

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Delegation Leadership Team Building Process 92

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The HR Digest: How has Walgreens Boots Alliance responded to the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure employee safety, managing relationships with clients, collaboration with industry leaders and internal workforce management? plant as the Human Resources manager. I am a long time believer in “servant leadership.”

Human Resources 52

Human Resources Globalization Crisis Health Care 52

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Design by 12GrainStudio 9 Team Dynamics That Get Results Wednesday, October 20th, 2010 Posted by: mike Team dynamics defined as the motivating and driving forces that propel a team toward its goal and mission 1. Higher results in project teams can come in the initial phase when the project teams have expertise in project management skills.

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Team Six Sigma Team Building Project 108

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 25, 2011

The following areas were implemented; Focusing on the results of management , the individuals on the team with their accountability and the overall Team-Dynamics and behavior of the people on the team. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress. Contact Mike Now To bring results to your team.

Case Study 110

Case Study Team Building Team Leadership 110

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

The reforms include changes to retail, airlines, broadcast and power sectors. The changes in retail are significant; Wal-Mart, IKEA, and Tesco can now compete against indigenous retailers in India. Fifty-one percent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is permitted in Multi Brand Retail (MBR). But there are restrictions.

Retail 15

Retail Supply Chain Business Model Globalization 15

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Before you resign yourself to living in your own not-so-amusing TV show, let me offer some commonsense management advice. I launched a number of successful business ventures, including OfficeMax and my newest business, Max-Wellness, a new and unique health and wellness retail chain.

Motivation 51

Motivation Management How To Retail 51

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Special Edition 50 – An Interview with Marshall Fisher, co-author of The New Science of Retailing examines the use of analytics to improve an organization’s supply chain performance in a way that ultimately enhances the bottom line.

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Supply Chain Retail Bottom-up Newsletter 57

Women on Business

AUGUST 16, 2012

In 2010 Forbes listed Groupon as one of the world’s fastest growing corporations. Groupons impressive growth came at a time where retailers were desperate for increased sales and their membership based deal platform was a fantastic way to market and bring in new customers with little or no cost.

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Project Incentives Retail Business Model 209

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

metros that increased their productivity, average wages, and standard of living from 2010 to 2015, only 11 metros achieved inclusive economic outcomes. One of us is an urban theorist, the other a community-focused real estate developer. Developers have two primary ways to help create new and better jobs. This needs to change.

Real Estate 13

Real Estate Development Long-term Short-term 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2010

For me, 2010 was the year when I let go of theories and focused on realities, most notably the real challenges of leading in the 21st century. Yet year after year, he delivered results, brought valuable goods and services to his region and still managed to coach and inspire generations of young executives. I changed my game.

Leadership 15

Leadership Crisis Banking Learning-by-Doing 15

Building Personal Strength

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 People Skills and Personal Strengths - The Bottom Line Im in a "bottom-line" mood right now. Is it the clothing retail business? Administration/management. People who want to be successful should get serious work about developing themselves in all four of these areas. Copyright 2010.

Skills 44

Skills Bottom-up Video Blog 44

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2013

In the physical world, retailers have become quite adept at following the relatively faint tracks shoppers leave in their stores, primarily through their participation in loyalty schemes. Retailers can’t tell what shoppers looked at but didn’t buy, or whether they forgot something that they likely needed. Internet Retail'

Retail 8

Retail Loyalty Discount Media 8

Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

On December 8 th , we’ll be meeting with Christine Magee of Sleep Country Canada to talk about her leadership lessons from close to two decades of building Canada’s best known mattress retailer. Click here to register for that session (12 seats only). Hope to see you then. Happy leading!

COO 34

COO Crisis Management Crisis Blog 34

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

You can afford to invest in developing someone who is interested in developing. To help prevent this, develop a short-term plan with a six- to nine-month outlook. billion sale in his 16 years as CEO Beating the competition is never easy. A leader’s job is to make people think and discover alternatives.

Bottom-up 50

Bottom-up Sharpe Follow-up Retail 50

You're Not the Boss of Me

OCTOBER 31, 2010

As they often say in retail stores about handling merchandise, “ If you break it you own it”. Terry Reply Gwyn Teatro November 8, 2010 at 5:06 pm Hi Terry, I like what you have to say about universal laws serving as our foundation. Breaking an established rule usually comes with a measure of risk. What do you think?

Maturity 50

Maturity Blog Merchandising McCarthy 50

You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 19, 2013

This post is a refreshed version of one I wrote in 2010. As they often say in retail stores about handling merchandise, “ If you break it you own it”. So here is my perspective on rules, along with a couple of things to think about before deciding to break them. =. Breaking an established rule usually comes with a measure of risk.

Leadership 76

Leadership Maturity Merchandising Retail 76

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Whereas new technologies, competitors, and business models have made products and services more affordable and accessible in media, finance, retail, and other sectors, U.S. Less than 1% of those investments have focused on helping consumers to play a more active role in managing their own health, an area ripe for disruptive approaches.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Insurance Disruptive Innovation 8

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 31, 2021

Do you remember the image of artificial intelligence you had in 2010? As a result, online retailers increasingly use AI consulting companies to take full advantage of the available data and provide their customers with more personalized offers, thus generating higher revenues. It was not yet anchored in our daily lives. Smart Homes.

Examples 103

Examples Banking Engineering Brand 103

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2011

The company promised back in 2009 to bring out a Wi-Fi Flip in early 2010. How a blue chip technology innovator invests well over $700 million acquiring, developing, distributing and marketing a consumer digicam without a clear path connecting it to the most popular wireless medium around escapes me. What happened? This was obvious.

Wireless 11

Wireless Management Telecommunications Innovation 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

More than 85% of retail banking transactions are now digital. So are we witnessing the death throes of brick-and-mortar retail banking? JP Morgan Chase, although a digital innovator, has opened 600 branches since January 2010 while closing 325. Finance Internet Retail' Reconfiguring the branch network.

Banking 10

Banking Retail Open-book Finance 10

Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 13, 2017

When I moved to Portland Oregon back in 2010, my intentions were to exist in a state of “semi-retirement” – that is, blending a little bit of work with a lot more down time.

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CPA COO CFO Leadership 192

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2015

How would you react if you observed a peer, employee, or manager doing so? And mindfulness research is convincing many managers that investing in reflection, openness, and thoughtfulness will have a positive impact on employees and on the bottom line. When was the last time you sat quietly at your desk and did nothing but think?

Emotional Intelligence 8

Emotional Intelligence Stress Participative Retail 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

What did 2010 look like for you and your company? OnPoint Consulting’s 2010 Execution Gap Maker Round-Up… Execution Gap Maker #1: BP (Need I say more?) Execution Gap Maker #2: Nokia Nokia’s share of the worldwide market for mobile phones continued to slip in 2010. More like a chasm, really.)

Execution 67

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2013

If lucky, a start-up grows and develops a success formula. retailer, spent the last three decades improving its supply chain processes, and designing and launching a series of services, including smaller local convenience stores and online shopping. The danger is that their management approaches cannot sense or respond to shocks.

Organization 8

Organization Supply Chain Customer Intimacy Stress 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Persuading consumers to pay more for a product by introducing some kind of “premium” element into it has always been a challenging task—but it was one that big, established brands had managed with a reasonable amount of success until recent years. One response by established brands has been to acquire smaller companies.

Mass Marketing 8

Mass Marketing Marketing Price Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

The bullwhip effect is the amplified response to demand signals as one moves “upstream” in the supply chain: from retailers to manufacturers to suppliers to commodity providers. Here’s a hypothetical illustration of the bullwhip effect: A retailer might experience an X% drop in sales owing to some external event.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Retail Crisis Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

’” Purpose might have informed the management of two failed brands – Blockbuster and Radio Shack — differently. But as Netflix and online media channels developed, Blockbuster was no longer unique in fulfilling that purpose, and the way it fulfilled it became anachronistic.

Brand 8

Brand Merchandising Retail Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

The tales of two companies, cell phone accessories retailer Cellairis and skin care products maker Rodan + Fields, illustrate the dangers of top-level strategic tinkering. They had the epiphany that they could use cheap retail space – the carts that sit in the middle of shopping malls – to sell mobile phone accessories, mostly cases.

Strategy 8

Strategy Wireless Company Retail 8

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

president of Simon Associates Management Consultants. In a 2010 survey, a record 36% of women ages 25-29 had attained a bachelor’s degree compared to 28% of men of the same age. As of 2010, only 2.4% Her husband left his real estate firm to run her office and manage the company. Guest Post By: Andrea Simon, PhD.,

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Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265