Strategy Driven

JANUARY 20, 2012

I’ll counter with my own observation: If you want to land in the executive chair, start planning to do so when you’re in high school. In Landing in the Executive Chair , you’ll learn how to: Avoid the pitfalls and identify a clear plan for personal and organizational stress. Address the nuts and bolts of business too.

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Execution How To Finance Competitive Advantage 62

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

It examines methods for assessing a company’s knowledge gaps, creating a knowledge transfer plan, and nurturing a culture that encourages knowledge sharing and collaboration. What are your employees’ retirement plans? While that has long been considered traditional retirement age, Boomers are known for bucking the system.

How To 72

How To Tacit Knowledge Intellectual Capital Newsletter 72

Women on Business

JANUARY 26, 2011

It’s amusing, and disheartening, when you realize your dedication, smart work, energy, – all the things you put into your career daily – are ONLY for the sake of performing a duty and receiving a paycheck. My former employer decided to downsize our management group within two months of my planned exodus.

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Chris Brady

JANUARY 2, 2011

» January 02, 2011 The Wasting of Your Life There seems to be no limit to the number of varying interpretations of how one is to view the concept of "wealth." " Still others view it as a valid goal and extend all sorts of energy in pursuit of it. It's already 2011. and a Winner Announced!

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Rogers Short-term Blog Letter 124

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Gina has covered a wide range of business topics that include keeping Boomer skills in the workplace, teaching finance to non-finance professionals, and growth and change in urban and suburban business clients. She is also a fellow of the Poynter Institute, a journalism think tank based in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Gina has covered a wide range of business topics that include keeping Boomer skills in the workplace, teaching finance to non-finance professionals, and growth and change in urban and suburban business clients. She is also a fellow of the Poynter Institute, a journalism think tank based in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Carlos is responsible for more than 300 brands globally, and it’s no wonder why – he has a plan and he’s sticking to it. Following are a few of the ideas Carlos shared yesterday: Dreaming BIG and dreaming small take the same amount of energy – why not dream BIG? Companies are made of people, so dreams matter.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2010

He is an advisor to business leaders from a variety of organizations throughout the world, including major Fortune 500 companies, as well as private and nonprofit institutions in industries such as aerospace, healthcare, government, professional associations, telecommunications, and finance.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

It examines methods for assessing a company’s knowledge gaps, creating a knowledge transfer plan, and nurturing a culture that encourages knowledge sharing and collaboration. All you need is a plan… About the Authors Ken Ball is a Baby Boomer and has been tracking issues relating to aging in the workplace for several years.

How To 62

How To Tacit Knowledge Mentor Intellectual Capital 62

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

We need to decide how to best divide energies—whom to feed first. Do what has to be done and don’t waste energy on fear that undermines performance— unless the doubt is a nagging hunch of a wrong direction! Include a press release approach both to business planning and communication. Practice frugality.

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Chris Brady

DECEMBER 13, 2010

With humor, wisdom and insight, Tony engaged us with lively comments and interactive learning methods covering eight essential aspects of our lives and the lives of all those for whom we work: Faith, Finances, Family, Fitness, Friendship, Fun, Following and Freedom. He said, “You’re living in the future you planned five years ago!”

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Open-book Learning-by-Doing Travel Blog 124

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2010

I once hired someone with excellent “pedigree” i.e. fine university training, JA program volunteer, excellent work record in finance and extraordinarily enthusiastic about Junior Achievement. New hires must reflect the company’s core beliefs. I was blind to the fact that he was a bit “uppity” and often talked down to people.

Leadership 50

Leadership Newsletter Learning-by-Doing Belief Systems 50

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

but they expend far more energy intentionally searching for opportunity, but not just any opportunity – a game changer. I plan on circulating your information and just ordered your book. What’s interesting is that the best leaders proactively focus on looking for game changers. link] Wally Bock Fine post, Mike.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

including CNOOC's attempt to purchase Unocal in 2005 and Huawei's attempt to buy 3Leaf Systems in 2011. billion in 2011 , but then had to retract because the companies could not agree on terms and struggled to get Chinese regulatory approval. Some deals have failed because of national security concerns in the U.S., billion and $3.0

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Due Diligence Strategic Planning Politics Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

The rate of business formation in 2011 was almost half of what it was in 1978, with the rate of dissolution somewhat higher than the past couple decades. In chemicals, energy, technology, beer and more, you can see a multi-decade trend toward the consolidation of behemoths. Economy Entrepreneurship Finance'

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

401(k) plans dropped $13 billion as a result of these events alone. A major report to the United Nations Millennium Summit calls for changes in the way in which peacekeeping operations are organized and financed. Corporate scandals of each of the last 10 years cost the U.S. The scandals resulted in one million job cuts.

Ethics 58

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 58

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

“The venture capital model works well when the primary risk is finance risk — as the entrepreneurial team works to scale their business model — but it doesn’t work so well when technological risk and market risk coincide,” Errol Arkilic, an investor that specializes in hard tech ventures, told me.

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Technology Venture Funding Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

More than two generations ago, the venture capital community — VCs, business angels, incubators, and others — convinced the entrepreneurial world that writing business plans and raising venture capital constituted the twin centerpieces of entrepreneurial endeavor. But so is raising capital, which demands a lot of time and energy on its own.

Venture Funding 13

Venture Funding Entrepreneur Incubator Advice 13

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. From the start we asked: What are the complexities of financing these homes?

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Suri Godin Real Estate Construction 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2016

Pure Internet-plays Betterment and FutureAdvisor launched in 2010 and Wealthfront in 2011. The company’s 136-year journey has taken it from power through transportation, appliances, health care, finance, media, and industry leaps. billion in discretionary assets under management — more than the above competitors combined.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Transportation Software 8

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. The Development of a Business Plan. What might a house-for-the-poor look like? Urban Housing Design Prototype.

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Govindarajan Construction Workshop Project 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Challenged by other entrepreneurs in Scale Up Milwaukee’s Scalerator program to come up with a plan for rapidly ramping up his business, Cronce wondered: “What if I redefined Raphael as a strategic link in the global medical imaging supply chain, rather than as a paint shop? Taking this path isn’t a cake walk, however.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

That's why I think the best thing we can do is to lead by example by making this not the focus of our energies, which I personally believe is more decisive than anything, and demonstrate instead how much more we thrive when we openly embrace and utilize our inherent diversity to our advantage.

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Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

content (news, finance, weather) into two Chinese languages, and directory access to 20,000 web sites, an approach that the company had adopted elsewhere. Although Zhou had outperformed the financial plan, the gap between 3721’s market position and the local competition was widening. This felt like the change we needed. Many other U.S.

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Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

In 2013, Johnson Controls invited developers to help them build Panoptix, an energy efficiency platform for buildings and office space. Think of it this way: To host a successful event you must plan carefully, invite the right people, have the right food, and manage competition with the party next door.

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Participative Software Market Penetration Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

firms gravitate towards digital strategies, firms have less need for elaborate finance, marketing, production, distribution, accounting, and human resource departments. Chief finance officers increasingly question the ability of a day trader to value a digital company. Furthermore, as production shifts to Asia and more and more U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

At the last Congress, in 2011, Raul Castro had announced plans to introduce new market reforms and attract foreign investment. In the case of the former, Cuba could continue down the path of slow but steady liberalization, and in the case of the latter, it would likely be pushed to retrench while seeking alternate sources of finance.

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Policies Short-term Long-term GDP 8