2011 Career Operations Retail 
In the CEO Afterlife
JUNE 25, 2012
After leaving the C-Suite almost twenty years ago, I pursued a career as a strategy consultant. Secondly, the fresh fruit and vegetable industry operates by a unique cultural factor – Sell It or Smell It. For most food retailers, this will require a mindset shift. Trouble is. Maybe that’s the seed of a new blog idea.
N2Growth Blog
JUNE 14, 2010
Why didn’t Folgers recognize the retail consumer demand for coffee and develop a Starbucks type business model? Let’s just take a moment and look at a few notable examples of what happens to companies that become complacent…Why didn’t the railroads innovate? Why didn’t IBM see Dell coming?
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Harvard Business Review
JUNE 27, 2012
Tim Cook took over as CEO in 2011. Tim Cook's career followed a very different path. To this day, Cook continues as one of the best when it comes to operational excellence. Employees on the factory floor and in the retail stores are on the move, and it's not a completely positive journey. Neither bode well for the future.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 13, 2013
I should know: Many of my former colleagues, friends, and family members mentioned these stereotypes in 2011 when I accepted a job helping launch a new publication covering the business aspects of this emerging sector. Technology, marketing, retail, HVAC, construction, and manufacturing pros. And more are joining every day.
Women on Business
DECEMBER 20, 2012
I had to step back and think about the themes in my own career and what I’ve been hearing this year from women all over the country. million in 2011. Representation of women on boards of S&P 500 companies declined to 16% in 2011 from 16.6% how to keep all her channels operating in concert with one another. of the U.S.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 29, 2012
A 2011 IBM study of over 3,000 CIOs revealed that CIO-CEO alignment is stronger than ever, with traditional companies aggressively investing in technology innovation. Big-box retailers, like Best Buy, now have large, fast growing e-commerce businesses. In recent years, incumbents have fought back.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 19, 2014
He arrived as President at Quaker Foods North America in 2011 to find a strong, trusted brand with nutritional oatmeal products, but he knew there was an opportunity to build upon the legacy of this iconic brand. Earlier in his career he worked at EDS (an IT services provider), where he learned how to run IT as a business.
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