Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

If round after round of profit warnings was not enough – group operating profits fell 20% between 2011 and 2013 and are likely to fall another 30% in 2014 — the company recently announced it had overstated its first-half profit by about $400 million. UK retail, like the rest of the developed world, is witnessing a few big long-term trends.

Retail 11

Retail Merchandising Discount Price 11

Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 3, 2010

Synthesize Goals – Now that you’ve studied the business/project plan (see above), you need to reduce it to “bite sized&# pieces so it can be effectively communicated throughout the organization. A leader seeks these opportunities out and capitalizes on them. Is “ethical leadership” an oxymoron? Happy New Year.

Leadership 418

Leadership Ethics Course Learning-by-Doing 418

Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2014

Most often, they’re financial numbers or sales goals. What many of them think is a plan include some accounting figures or sales goals. 70% of corporate CEOs think that business is too much focused on the short-term. In 2011, the Department of Commerce estimated that there were 27.5 by Hank Moore.

Budgeting 80

Budgeting Succession Consultative Crisis 80

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Values in terms of savings: Time and motion savings. Values in terms of efficiencies: Meantime between new product introductions. Reasons for Goal Setting: Human beings live to attract goals. Organizations get people caught in activity traps… unless managers periodically pull back and reassess in terms of goals.

Budgeting 50

Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 12, 2011

Upper management is most effective when it frames business decisions toward values, customs, beliefs, goals, objectives and the benchmarking of tactics. These are the visionaries who advise management in refining the organizational purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics and contributions toward the company’s long-term growth.

Mentor 56

Mentor Strategic Planning Leadership Benchmarking 56

Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

Short tenure in consulting, believing that recent corporate experience readily translates to the entrepreneurial marketplace. See consulting as an investment (short-term and long-term), not to be short-changed. Pro-bono community involvement is a factor because it indicates character, ethics and integrity.

Consultative 59

Consultative Short-term Budgeting Strategic Planning 59

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Unfortunately, one can get caught in a trap of being on the short end of the equation. ” Sizing you in terms of immediate benefit to them, they either probe further or move on. These people couch their requests in terms of your benefit. Ostensibly, all participants benefit from the synergy. Adopt My Interests.

Committee 52

Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 52