Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Unlike a business, your personal brand doesn't have hours of operation, it simply is 24/7/365. Graham Keen "Inspirational CEO/CFO turned positive-psychologist resiliently transforming businesses & financial performance." I have a documented track record of business development, operational planning, and leadership.

Brand 68

Brand Examples Career Godin 68

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

The essence of the phenomenon is the fact that each stage in the supply chain plans its capital projects and operations, including inventory levels, based on its future expectations. This phenomenon has been documented in the consumer-packaged-goods , food , semiconductor-manufacturing , and other industries. For example , U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Retail Crisis Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2012

Many people in traditional marketing roles and organizations may not realize they're operating within a dead paradigm. Second, CEOs have lost all patience. Traditional marketing — including advertising, public relations, branding and corporate communications — is dead. But they are. The evidence is clear.

Marketing 22

Marketing Social Capital Media Influence 22

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

It's easy to assume that Jamie Dimon, the accomplished CEO of JPMorgan Chase, was simply stonewalling when he claimed that mounting trading losses in his bank were "blown out of proportion" — that he was unaware of how grave the situation really was. But I believe that Dimon literally didn't see perceive disaster unfolding before him.

Banking 9

Banking Kahneman Document Simon 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2014

CEOs of midsized companies who make big bets can lose the farm. However, cash flow from operations had shifted from positive to negative, the company’s cash pile was dwindling, and the new product would demand R&D investment. Then it cut general and administrative expenses and sales staff to contain operating losses.

CFO 8

CFO Venture Funding IPO Retail 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

The CEO has all of that intellectual property and those secrets in his arsenal to guide the business forward. If a CEO (or Board Member, senior executive etc) is able to leave a business and move to a competitor immediately – even if he or she was asked to leave by the previous business – then all bets are off.

Open-book 272

Open-book Greenleaf Blog Marketing 272

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Contrast this with the fact that CEOs of Fortune 500 companies read an average of four to five books a month. As an advisor to CEOs, there is little doubt that I’m passionate about personal and professional development, and there is one simple reason why – it works.

Blog 419

Blog Open-book Library Learning-by-Doing 419

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 20, 2011

But to have the necessary horsepower to make a difference, it must be made a high priority by the CEO, and managers at all levels need to be held accountable for carrying out the LLD process on a routine, timely basis with all their people. It is not a particularly difficult process to implement. Demonstrate That You Care.

Development 115

Development Learning-by-Doing Talent Management Process 115

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

News this week that Uber’s CEO was stepping down likely was not a surprise to those who have been following the company in the headlines. As a business term, “unicorn” was coined to describe a rarity: In 2011 there were just 28 early-stage companies, still privately owned, with investment valuations of $1 billion or more.

Document 11

Document Business Model Execution Company 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2011

In the first quarter of 2011, industry-wide book sales were down 2.5% Focusing on target customers: The Kindles try to be versatile, toting around pdf documents from a user's PC and allowing for easy text annotation. The more basic black and white model has been praised for its size, weight, and ultra-intuitive operation.

Strategy 15

Strategy Retail Long-term Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever, is leading the charge at his Fortune 500 company. Growth will benefit operations that design for durability , employ repair technicians, warehouse replacement parts, create service documentation , and build software to facilitate them all. Some businesses are already adapting.

Resources 8

Resources McKinsey Globalization Industry 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

There is no converting them to your more enlightened way of thinking and operating. They pay great sums to so-called ‘political consultants’ but will not consider asking CEOs and seasoned business executives for meaningful policy advice. Some people simply don’t know or care where you’re coming from.

Committee 52

Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 52

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

Offutt, the CEO, had named a time when they could meet. How could she or any of the other directors provide fiscal oversight without access to details of the company’s operations or accounting? s father, Bill Offutt, who had founded the company and remained its chairman, didn’t seem bothered by the lack of documentation.

Case Study 9

Case Study Real Estate CFO Letter 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2013

This perspective created the industrial economy lens through which most managers perceive their operations. A presentation developed for a conference does not produce much value until it is actually presented, an event which may occur weeks or months after the document is completed. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs). IT management'

CTO 8

CTO Franchising CIO Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2012

Yet the reality is that data centers are essential — not just to tech businesses but to any organization that uses the internet to operate (that covers nearly all of them, doesn't it?). You put your logo on there so when you walk your CEO past it, he or she is really impressed. We got rid of that.

Energy 14

Energy Efficiency Industry Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

The scale of the lobbying effort to defeat these privacy regulations was so unprecedented that it caused EU Commissioner Viviane Reding to say that "I have not seen such a heavy lobbying operation.". Does Your CEO Really Get Data Security? There''s not a thing that can be done about it. Data Under Siege An HBR Insight Center.

Film 8

Film Information Technology Information Technology 8