First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 9, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Walter Kiechel for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out other articles and resources, and/or sign up for a free subscription to Harvard Business Review’s Daily Alerts, please click here. * * * Like Satan in the book of Job, [.].

Consultative 80

Consultative Strategy Review Article 80

Coaching Tip

MAY 7, 2012

When McKinsey & Co. asked senior executives at 60 big companies recently why they are trying to advance women, "they laughed at us," says Dominic Barton, McKinsey's global managing director. The McKinsey study shows women in general opt at far higher rates than men for staff jobs, sometimes labeled "the pink ghetto."

McKinsey 112

McKinsey Leadership Career Diversity 112

First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

During the conversation that follows, conducted in January 2011 and featured by The McKinsey Quarterly online, former Merck CEO Raymond Gilmartin and three other leaders share their approaches to testing strategy. Note: Given the length of the conversation, I have included only a portion of the responses.

McKinsey 80

McKinsey Execution CEO Article 80

First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 5, 2011

Here is a terrific article written by John Horn for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company, and featured online (March 2011).

McKinsey 80

McKinsey Article Power Resources 80

The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

McKinsey recently noted, “Numerous studies show that in a business-as-usual environment, compassionate leaders perform better and foster more loyalty and engagement by their teams. McKinsey & Company. Jossey-Bass; 2011:17. 1 Nielsen NC, D’Auria G, Zolley S. 2 Stein S, Book H. 3 Goleman D. What makes a leader? 4 Sanchez P.

Emotional Intelligence 98

Emotional Intelligence Training Goleman McKinsey 98

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 9, 2012

For our program, we’re building it based on the 2011 whitepaper “ Taking Gender into Account: Theory and Design for Woman’s Leadership Development Programs”. According to the 2010 McKinsey report, “ Woman Matter ”, companies with the highest percentage of women show the best performance. and “How will this program help woman succeed?”.

Leadership Development 249

Leadership Development Development Committee Leadership 249

Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 19, 2011

January 19th, 2011 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus Today’s guest post is from Mike Figliuolo at The thoughtLEADERS Blog. He has been a tank platoon leader, a McKinsey consultant, a senior executive, and now runs thoughtLEADERS – a leadership development and training firm. Mary Jo Asmus : January 19, 2011 at 9:20 pm Gina, thanks.

Training 257

Training Blog Greenleaf Maslow 257

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2011

Among my questions to them: How are you thinking about strategy these days? Some tentative conclusions: There is not much of a market for stand-alone strategy studies any more. Strategy has triumphed, the installed base is huge, no self-respecting company would be without one. This poses a dilemma for consulting firms.

Consultative 15

Consultative Strategy McKinsey Porter 15

Coaching Tip

JUNE 3, 2011

Had a coach attended the ill-fated presentation above, the executive would learned that he had fallen short on three of the essentials; communicating the strategy, the expectations, and the presenter's character. © 2011 Michael Useem, author of The Leader's Checklist.

Leadership 129

Leadership McKinsey Sample Download 129

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Filled with in-depth insights from experts at McKinsey & Company, this reliable resource takes a much more qualitative approach to what the authors consider a lost art. We advocate that companies choose their own set of metrics tailored to their industries and strategies. Copyright (c) 2011. About the Authors.

ROIC 62

ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

Change Starts Here

JUNE 3, 2014

In 2011, Mark Hughes of the University of Brighton wrote about his research into the source of the statistic in The Journal of Change Management: Do 70 per cent of all organizational change initiatives really fail? A few of these corporate change efforts have been very successful. million results. A few have been utter failures.

Kotter 143

Kotter Champy Hammer Short-term 143

First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 1, 2012

Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance Tim Koller, Richard Dobbs, and Bill Huyett John Wiley & Sons (2011) How executives can make much better decisions – “even as markets, economies, and industries change around them” All organizations need a solid foundation on which their executives can base their most important decisions about strategy, (..)

Review 85

Review Finance Books Industry 85

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Back in 2011, the McKinsey Global Institute published a report on the transformational potential of big data—and it would take a supercomputer to process all of the articles that have appeared since then urging companies to get on board before some digital disruptor renders them obsolete. Insight Center. The Next Analytics Age.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Early Adopters Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2016

For example, people aged over 50 bought nearly two-thirds of the new cars sold in the United States in 2011. McKinsey Glog research finds that China is expected to spend 12.5% By 2011, this share was more than 45%. There are surprises. A decade ago, those aged 55 and older accounted for less than one-third of all U.S.

Marketing 8

Marketing McKinsey Globalization Transportation 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Indeed, a 2008 issue of the McKinsey Quarterly noted that women tend to make deeper emotional connections with colleagues and business partners. The book provides a social assessment for leaders, managers and employees to scientifically evaluate your individual social skills and competencies.

Self-aware 72

Self-aware Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 72

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

A decade on, in January 2011, The Economist has revised its dark vision, calling Africa's countries " The Lion Kings.". And this is the interesting opportunity that is emerging: By 2020, 128 million households (600 million people) will have reached the consumer class, according to McKinsey's estimates. One such is General Electric.

McKinsey 13

McKinsey Health Care Class Transportation 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

After Barbara Minto joined McKinsey as the firm's first ever female consultant, she found that many management consultants had trouble communicating information effectively. She developed the Minto Pyramid Principle to help colleagues structure their writing, and after gaining support within McKinsey, took the framework to other firms.

Minto 14

Minto How To McKinsey Software 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

According to a 2007 McKinsey & Co. Meanwhile, the number of people agreeing with the statement "I build my wardrobe around different occasions and needs" rose from 36% in 2010 to 45% in 2011. To overcome this hurdle, some companies have adopted a hybrid strategy. The Chinese are also becoming more aware of fashion.

Apparel 13

Apparel Franchising Retail Fashion 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

According to the latest McKinsey survey, 35% of respondents in China believe that companies that market products across a range of categories are more trustworthy than those that focus on just one or two segments. However, recent trends could force marketers to rethink that strategy.

Brand 12

Brand McKinsey Marketing Trends 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2014

Both cite a McKinsey survey which, ironically, found that “Organizations’ efforts to go digital. Another McKinsey survey , conducted in 2011, found then that the average company with more than 1,000 employees already had more data in its CRM system than in the entire Library of Congress. are picking up steam.” According to U.S.

Media 11

Media ROI McKinsey Survey 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2011

A less obvious part of TFA's strategy is, through an intense process of socialization or "imprinting," to create alumni who, according to their website, "gain the conviction and insight necessary to be lifelong leaders for fundamental change, regardless of their professional sector."

Entrepreneur 15

Entrepreneur Education McKinsey Sample 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

For 2011, it all added up to $4.8 But a closer look at Smucker's reveals a powerful set of growth strategies driving these results: A strategic approach to acquisitions. Smucker's impressive annual results cap a decade in which the 4,500-employee firm achieved compound annual revenue growth of 23% and per-share earnings growth of 14%.

Brand 14

Brand Strategic Fit Retail McKinsey 14

leaderCommunicator

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Within the last year, I’ve attended dozens of meetings with communicators in which a single, consistent order is dispatched: “We’ve got to incorporate social media in ALL our strategies.”. While I’m a big proponent of innovating with social media strategies, the days of the Wild West are – in a word -- over. Let’s be honest.

Wilde 165

Wilde Media White Paper McKinsey 165

First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 2, 2012

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. Nolan, and Shannon O’Donnell HR Strategic Project Management SPOMP Leon M. Hielkema INTERVIEWS Matthew E. May: Second Interview, Part 1, by Bob [.].

Blog 89

Blog Project Review Execution 89

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 1, 2014

Noelle Galperin was heading up her own strategy-consulting firm when she decided to engage in civic service by joining The Children’s Movement of California, an initiative by the nonprofit Children Now, which advocates for children’s issues. I describe the fellowship as an inverse graduate program,” one fellow says. “As

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Politics Policies Budgeting 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

McKinsey, for example, recently outlined the “new organizational capabilities” that chemical companies should develop to deal with frequent oil price shocks. In 2011, floods in Thailand stranded hard drive and automakers for months without key parts.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2011

In this first leg of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation , we asked the most progressive thinkers and radical doers from every realm of endeavor to share a story, a hack, a disruptive idea, or an experimental design that illustrates how the web can help overcome the limits of conventional management and create Management 2.0.

Management 15

Management Innovation Storytelling Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Email in particular is a major contributor to employees’ perceptions of feeling stressed or overwhelmed, according to a 2011 study. Combine that with a 2012 McKinsey report that found employees spend approximately 28% of their time in the office responding to, reading, or composing emails. Which returns this discussion to email.

Audience 8

Audience Covey Stress Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

According to estimates from McKinsey, consumers in these markets could be worth $30 trillion by 2025 — a significant step up from the 2010 value of $12 trillion. Since 2011, as emerging markets have suffered from slower growth and fresh social unrest, that $30 trillion prize seems more distant.

Goal 8

Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits. 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.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2012

We chose a turnaround strategy built on a radical idea framed by a former Greenpeace activist. Well, maybe, but it's also a hard-headed commercial strategy for the long-term. Cradle-to-Cradle has worked for us as a winning strategy. 1] McKinsey & Co., We did that. Sounds pretty idealistic, doesn't it?

Strategy 11

Strategy McKinsey Chemicals Armstrong 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

That's a concern for many companies, as a recent McKinsey survey highlights. In 2010, 20% of China's urban consumers spent more money than they did the previous year because they were first-time buyers; that figure dropped to just 5% in 2011, according to our survey.

Productivity 15

Productivity Products McKinsey Survey 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2016

population growth between 2011 and 2050. Positive change comes from customized trainings and regular discussions that are informed by and interwoven with business strategy (and presented consistently over time). Today, minorities make up 37% of the United States population and will climb to 57% by 2060.

Management 8

Management Diversity Self-aware Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2017

We find that every percentage in growth of digital uptake over the period 2008-2011 leads to a positive growth rate of gender digital inclusion over the period 2011-15 by about 2.3%. We see this as further evidence that digital uptake contributes to wider benefits across the economy and in narrowing the gender gap.

Globalization 8

Globalization Participative Telecommunications Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The McKinsey Global Institute reports that price volatility has hit a high , second only to the energy crisis of the 1970s. is] at the heart of my vision for corporate strategy.". The domestic remanufacturing industry grew by 15% between 2009 and 2011 to "at least $43.0 So where should your business start?

Resources 8

Resources McKinsey Globalization Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2015

New tools and strategies. SAP’s co-CEO Jim Hagemann noted in 2011 that the R&D group in Israel has “turned into a sort of front line where new ideas are tested out and turned into technology, and it is succeeding well.” A 2011 McKinsey study showed that smaller and younger firms are wary of global R&D plays.

Globalization 8

Globalization Engineering Technology Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

A 2011 McKinsey study estimated that the internet accounted for 21% of GDP growth over the previous five years among the developed countries studied, a sharp increase over the 10% contribution over the 15 years prior. What we could be talking about: Strategies for leveraging the intrinsic strengths of the U.S.

Politics 9

Politics McKinsey Katz Technology 9