In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 29, 2011

by John • August 29, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 2 Comments. According to licensing agreements and industry sources, Monsanto’s stranglehold on the genetically-engineered seed market in the United States and the world squeezes customers, limits competitors and provides staggering profits.

Strategy 131

Strategy CEO Company Competitive Advantage 131

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2012

It's no news to say that stereotypes exist about which functions women are expected to excel in: Usually these include customer service and human resources. Areas like sales, operations, engineering, IT, R&D, and facilities management are perceived as male bastions.

Engineering 15

Engineering Survey Human Resources Follow-up 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

CEO Jeff Immelt declared in 2011 that GE needed to become a software and analytics company or risk seeing its hardware products become commodities as information-based competitors took over. Bill Ruh was selected in 2011. GE is now approaching $1 billion in new revenue annually from their expanded software and data activities.

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

search engine company Inktomi in 2002. By mid-2004, however, the operation was mired in conflict over control and differences in management style. Zhou reportedly felt that the original Yahoos were overpaid and lazy, whereas the Yahoo team felt bullied and believed Zhou wasn’t focused on the Yahoo operations.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Strategy Driven

JUNE 3, 2011

Pressures continue and accelerate for companies to stay in operation, become competitive, keep ahead of the marketplace and perform quality work. Provide business owners with a totally different perspective on how they can operate and be more successful. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. All rights reserved.

Strategic Planning 68

Strategic Planning Benchmarking Long-term Consultative 68

Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

A trainer may recommend courses for human behavior, believing that these constitute a Visioning process (of which they are a small part). Marketers might contend that the latest advertising campaign is equivalent to re-engineering the client company (though the two concepts are light years apart). Human resources management.

Consultative 59

Consultative Short-term Budgeting Strategic Planning 59