Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Since early 2015, when he began working with Sodexo’s executive committee as the global services firm’s chief transformation officer, Sunil Nayak has undergone his own leadership transformation. Nayak is describing a set of competencies that employees must master if they are to become leaders on the global stage.

Globalization 8

Globalization Emotional Intelligence Marketing Skills 8

Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

  Construction on the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore began in 1296 and ended 170 years later.   I've been in Florence this week to speak to newly promoted executives of a global energy company.  " It's all about perspective and intent. 

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Long-term Leadership Travel Executive Coaching 160

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Instead of allowing a negative “have-to” environment where employees feel pressure to perform, embrace a constructive ‘what-can-we-do’ approach where they feel free to be imaginative and forward-thinking. Investing in research and development helps to establish this culture and ensure the company will remain ahead of the curve.

Organization 58

Organization Open-book Innovation Technology 58

Women in the LEAD

DECEMBER 5, 2009

  This is the only way people can get to know you…If you behave in purposeful, meaningful, constructive ways, you get superior results.   This is the only way people can get to know you…If you behave in purposeful, meaningful, constructive ways, you get superior results.   The stimuli are your behaviors.

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Webinar Letter Simon Construction 45

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

So commences McKinsey Quarterly's report on the firm's latest survey on global economic conditions (which was in the field during the week leading up to the Greek elections). Given the opening salvo, it should be of little surprise to find that executives’ expectations for the global economy are waning. I WANT TO TAKE YOU HAIER.

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GDP McKinsey Wilde Survey 13

Roundtable Talk

AUGUST 17, 2010

Slater made global headlines after pulling the ultimate employee hissy fit after a passenger gave him a hard time. Don’t try to over explain and (given that most people quit because of their relationship with their boss) don’t bother trying to offer any “constructive” feedback to your boss at this point.

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How To Construction Reputation Career 31

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

In 2011, we published an article in HBR examining the surprisingly rapid growth of African economies and consumer markets. New research conducted by the McKinsey Global Institute makes it clear that Africa faces real economic headwinds including declining investment and savings, and rising government indebtedness. a year to reach $2.1

Globalization 8

Globalization Long-term GDP Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

To change the global mindset of any company, you have to brave the world beyond the boardroom. We're here to be immersed in one of the world's most dynamic regions, and to see our global business through a sharply focused local lens. The Dubai move is a sequel to the month we spent in Shanghai in 2011. Let the local team shine.

Hotels 8

Hotels Globalization Travel Decentralization 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2015

Much has been written over the last decade about how the Internet, by enabling online commerce, social networks, and easy access to information and entertainment, has transformed the global economy. Rather than having stores in shopping centers, retailers will construct massive warehouses and home-deliver products directly.

Technology 8

Technology Retail Transportation Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

As global oil producers work at cross-purposes, the industry’s traditional boom-bust cycle is being replaced by faster, shallower price rotations based on changes in production. oil supply may be enough on its own to meet all of this year’s growth in global oil demand. The soaring U.S.

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Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2012

The idea that an itinerant New York City candy vendor pulls in $150 a day ought to have spawned one of the great feel-good financial news stories of 2011. Yet this tale of one savvy sub-rosa merchant carries some serious global significance. But here in the U.S. Ditto for some of the buyers and sellers on eBay and taskrabbit.

Information 14

Information Incubator Licensing Video 14

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Real game changers understand the power of people and relationships, and they embody this in both their construction and implementation. To me, that highlights the importance of reading, watching, listening and generally paying attention to what’s happening, not only locally, but also globally. and people mean relationships.

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Blog Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 322

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

Just a few examples illustrate some of the pressing issues: South Africa''s power distribution network has an estimated maintenance backlog of $4 billion — equivalent to half of the country''s total investment in electric power generation and distribution in 2011. Global business Productivity Transportation PDF'

Transportation 8

Transportation GDP Globalization Finance 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Businesses from top global firms to main street staples are looking into a future driven by new technology capabilities. New financial innovations enabled both historic global economic growth and cascading global financial failures. Today’s changes are not unusual in scope or pace.

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Agility Banking Supply Chain CTO 65

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

And I predict that leaders who get the whole story, and act on it, will reap unexpectedly better workplace morale in 2012, despite all the uncertainty and volatility of the global economic realities. His firm grew explosively during the 90s and right up through 2008, constructing offices and high-end homes for the technological elite.

P&L 13

P&L Construction Survey Stress 13

Chris Brady

JUNE 10, 2010

If common ground is the secret to ice breaking, a love of The Beautiful Game has to be one of the most useful for the global traveler. My children, likewise, have been hugged, high-fived, and saluted because of the donning of their hero's colors. nation"). " Hey, it works for me. I know, I know, one can go too far.

Sports 50

Sports Leadership Blog Travel 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

For a number of reasons, the size, complexity scale and symmetry of risk are vastly different in 2011 than 1991. As a result, the risk-reward ratios that we take for granted, such tight global supply chains, may no longer make sense. They are an "if-then" construct where there is one correct answer to a known problem.

Uncertainty 14

Uncertainty Supply Chain Scenario Planning Sharpe 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

The idea to design and build a $300 house first appeared here on the HBR site in August 2010, in a post by me (Vijay Govindarajan) and Christian Sarkar, and then again as one of several ideas in the HBR Agenda 2011. Collaboration Global business Innovation' Boniface Haiti Foundation. Can the $300 House project deliver on The Three Ds?

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Govindarajan Construction Workshop Project 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2014

As the world’s economies became more intertwined in recent decades, economists — Harberger among them — began constructing open-economy models that showed workers bearing a larger share of the burden. Economy Global business Government' This makes intuitive sense.

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Analysis Comparison Bond Incentives 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Annually, my firm ManpowerGroup conducts a global Talent Shortage Survey [pdf] , and remarkably, from 2010 to 2011, the percentage of employers in the U.S. Constructing work differently to take advantage of the specialized talent that is currently available can create a huge competitive advantage. million open jobs.

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Competitive Advantage Budgeting Construction Open-book 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

has taken in the fight against global climate change: The S&P 500 and Dow Jones stock indexes rose to record highs. All told, they slashed carbon pollution from electricity by 20% from 2005-2011, led by Washington, which saw a 46% reduction during that period. California is also delivering some big results.

Power 9

Power Planning Proposal Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2013

In his remarks, Chen emphasized that foreign investors should look favorably upon the opportunities in China, notably those connected to China's construction of many new small and medium-sized cities and towns.

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Class Construction GDP Report 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2011

Nearly every criticism the authors levy in their op-ed is answered in 12 blog posts , a magazine article from January/February 2011, a video interview , and a slideshow that integrated community and commentary, which were published between last October and this May. About 40% of the world lives on $2 or less a day."

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Suri Godin Real Estate Construction 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Few major economies have been so critical to global companies’ top-line—and then stumbled just as abruptly. For example, scandal has severely limited the investment capacity of state-oil company Petrobras and many of the most important construction companies in the country that were also involved in its kickback scheme.

Strategy 8

Strategy Depreciation EBITDA Price 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

China is already the world’s fiercest battleground for global brands and more local companies are joining the fray. They have learnt to offer global quality at low prices, squeezing multinational companies’ margins and profits. One, they must evaluate their customers’ prospects to see if it’s worthwhile investing for growth.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Retail Chemicals Marketing 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2011

At a multi-national engineering and construction firm, for instance, nearly three-quarters of respondents (73%) said that their best idea failed to convince either an executive or a review committee that it deserved further resources or consideration. Learn when to use metaphor effectively.

Innovation 15

Innovation Construction Engineering Self-aware 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2013

Today, with work becoming more virtual and global, substitutes for interpersonal leadership can be powerful tools. In 2011, I talked with Doyle Hopper, general manager of Nucor''s Vulcraft Group and Nucor Cold Finish. Offer your own substitutes for interpersonal leadership in our modern, global, world. Nucor is the largest U.S.

Skills 8

Skills Leadership CFO Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2013

Penney in November 2011 with a mandate to turn the ailing retailer around, all eyes were on him. Consumers failed to understand the confusing new pricing, the new stores could not be constructed quickly enough, and sales and stock price declined precipitously. When Ron Johnson took over the helm at J.

Retail 11

Retail Price Merchandising CFO 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2013

For a truly comprehensive answer, we always recommend a well-constructed 360 evaluation, in which your own views of your strengths and weaknesses are enriched by those of your boss, your direct reports, your colleagues, and other associates. Many people have asked us those questions over the years. What are your own greatest competencies?

Class 9

Class Skills Learning-by-Doing Construction 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2011

When outraged Vancouverites turned to blogs and Facebook to identify participants in the Stanley Cup riots, many celebrated sites like Vancouver 2011 Riot Pics and Vancouver 2011 Criminal List as examples of putting social media to concrete and constructive use. The crowdsourced surveillance genie is out of the lamp.

Consensus 13

Consensus Media Policies Groupthink 13

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. The list goes on.

Industry 11

Industry Retail Banking Brand 11

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Women’s skills were more flexible and they held more ‘knowledge’ positions than their male counterparts, particularly in the manufacturing and construction industries. million in 2011. Representation of women on boards of S&P 500 companies declined to 16% in 2011 from 16.6% companies have a woman CEO versus 9% globally.

Trends 265

Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

In addition, because of the successive generations entering the workforce, rising education levels, globalization, the flattening of organizations, and an increased willingness to change careers and companies, employees have come to understand they can add more value doing meaningful work. Technology and its role in travel 2.0

Executive Coaching 129

Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

He works with global Fortune 500 companies to help them achieve major business transformations. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Additional Insights… An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage. To learn more about Capabilities-Driven Strategy, click here.

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Resources Industry System Strategy 52

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Already in 2011 the Chinese spent more time on the Internet than watching TV , while in the U.S. The Chinese government plans to move 250 million rural residents into newly constructed towns and cities by 2025. How Chinese Companies Can Develop Global Brands. Chinese users are also more engaged than Americans are.

Advertising 13

Advertising Retail Media Price 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

The outlook is only marginally better for endowments , with returns on their invested capital hovering around 5 percent—as they did in 2011. It called for leveraging the profits of the global microfinance institution, and coupling them with private investments from the Allmans and their donor network.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Rogers Tourism Engineering 8

Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Way #2: Audi agreed with the stance that would require governmentally enforced global eco-wacko-ism and thought it was funny to poke fun at people who don't share the extreme "granola" viewpoint.  " even though the private sector's construction efforts are light years ahead of the government's ideas.

Politics 77

Politics Blog Travel Letter 77