Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 8, 2010

But as social media takes hold and changes the way we do business, organizations that understand the importance of these qualities are the ones that will grow and prosper. As social media transforms the way the world does business, the qualities that make women women will become more valuable than they’ve ever been before.

Self-aware 72

Self-aware Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 72

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2011

In 2010, sales across categories such as jewelry, leather goods, and upmarket ready-to-wear clothing rose by 20% to reach $12.4 Here are four insights from a survey of 1,500 luxury consumers we recently conducted: Quality counts. The importance of service has shot up from 17% in 2008 to 30% in 2010. Subtlety is chic.

Deming 13

Deming McKinsey Fashion Policies 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2012

A 2010 McKinsey global survey of 2,512 executives found that, when the frontline experiences a sense of ownership of the necessary changes and are engaged in driving the change effort, the success rate rises to astonishing 79 percent. And do they express a sense of ownership about the purpose of the change?

Management 15

Management Resistance McKinsey Quality 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

We’re fast, we’re efficient, and we do high-quality work. Our first accomplishments as professionals are usually rooted in our skill as individual contributors. In most fields we add value in the early stages of our careers by getting things done. In a word, we’re doers.

Goleman 14

Goleman Supply Chain Leadership Styles McKinsey 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

According to McKinsey, youth unemployment in Africa’s largest economy, Nigeria, is around 50%. But participants are poorly trained and produce low quality products. The sector needs modernization, and must deploy computer-aided-design tools to enhance quality and automate production for scale to win markets.

Innovation 8

Innovation Engineering Entrepreneur Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

McKinsey reports that the value at stake from sustainability concerns can be as a high as 70% of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. For example, Bunge, an agribusiness firm, reported a $56 million quarterly loss in its sugar and bioenergy segments due to drought in 2010. Fostering innovation.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

The days when Goldman Sachs and McKinsey threw piles of money at overseas-educated returnees are long gone. Their ambitions remain formidable. But, like the Chinese economy itself, multinationals in China are in need of “rebalancing” their work force.

Globalization 8

Globalization Operations McKinsey Mentor 8