Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

While you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out. Examines ways to maintain and grow value through mergers, acquisitions, and portfolio management.

ROIC 62

ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

Coaching Tip

JUNE 3, 2011

Consider the executive who briefed his top management team on the company's plans for the coming year, referencing products launches, pricing pressures, and analyst concerns. Managers in the room learned little more than they already knew about the executive's personally. © 2011 Michael Useem, author of The Leader's Checklist.

Leadership 129

Leadership McKinsey Sample Download 129

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2011

On the one hand, membership in the top bracket — the lofty heights occupied by the likes of McKinsey & Co. Marakon , which put value-based management at the core of its strategy concentration, is essentially defunct. Strategy has triumphed, the installed base is huge, no self-respecting company would be without one.

Consultative 15

Consultative Strategy McKinsey Porter 15

First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Nolan, and Shannon O’Donnell HR Strategic Project Management SPOMP Leon M. I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Complete Executive Karen Wright Harder Than I Thought Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Hielkema INTERVIEWS Matthew E. May: Second Interview, Part 1, by Bob [.].

Blog 89

Blog Project Review Execution 89

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

Consider three critical mega-trends: resource constraints and rising commodity prices; climate change and extreme weather; and radical, technology-driven transparency. McKinsey, for example, recently outlined the “new organizational capabilities” that chemical companies should develop to deal with frequent oil price shocks.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

For businesses, paper money has to be managed: it must be stored, guarded, and accounted for. India, where about 60% of adults are unbanked according to McKinsey, is also a cash-heavy economy for transactions and high in its use of gold as a store of value. Each of these countries pays a price for the heavy usage of cash.

Cost 8

Cost Transportation Banking Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. ” Improving risk management. McKinsey reports that the value at stake from sustainability concerns can be as a high as 70% of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. billion in mining projects since 2010. Fostering innovation.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8