The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Already we’ve seen retail demand falling to unprecedented levels, with reduced mobility also causing demand for oil to plummet. It’s a contract that’s based upon trust and is vital if productivity is to be high across the business. Supporting the foundations.

Short-term 84

Short-term Long-term Survey Leadership Styles 84

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 28, 2011

Design by 12GrainStudio Expectations + Capabilities = Judgment Friday, January 28th, 2011 Posted by: mike Expectations: Your perception, anticipation and interpretation of what work should be completed and the level of competency that should be present in order to complete the work. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.

Team Building 116

Team Building Learning-by-Doing Retail Training 116

In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 14, 2011

by John • April 14, 2011 • Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. They aren’t gouging the consumer; they’re simply ensuring their products garner a fair price. April 26, 2011 at 11:20 pm. December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011.

Price 100

Price CEO Brand Discount 100

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 21, 2010

All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress. Design by 12GrainStudio Positive Illusion an Elbow to the Crotch of Your Dogmatic Leadership & Team Building Tuesday, July 06th, 2010 Posted by: mike image from Grand Illusions THE IMAGE ABOVE IS NOT MOVING!

Team Building 114

Team Building Case Study Learning-by-Doing Training 114

Eric Jacobson

JUNE 21, 2023

Debbie Laskey: In the CORNER OFFICE section of The New York Times , there was a memorable interview on January 29, 2011, entitled, " Hey, Rock Stars: Take Your Show SomeplaceElse ," conducted by Adam Bryant of Michael Lebowitz, founder and CEO of Big Spaceship, a digital marketing and communications agency. Do you agree with this approach?

Brand 65

Brand Leadership Marketing Strategy Media 65

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Related posts: How to Select the Right Project Team Members Eliminating Negative to Increase Positive Team Building & Leadership Process for a Retail Operation; New Product Launch Before the Promotion He Was Nice & Had Potential. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.

Project 109

Project Six Sigma Team Building How To 109

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 9, 2010

All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress. Design by 12GrainStudio 12 Steps To Building & Maintaining The Team Thursday, December 09th, 2010 Posted by: mike 3 circles image = TM John Adair (1) Leading & Working in teams 3 areas of focus are necessary; Team : the need to develop and maintain good working relationships among team members.

Team 124

Team Team Building Training Commitment 124

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Special Edition 50 – An Interview with Marshall Fisher, co-author of The New Science of Retailing examines the use of analytics to improve an organization’s supply chain performance in a way that ultimately enhances the bottom line. Thank you again for listening to the StrategyDriven Podcast ! Click here to cancel reply.

Supply Chain 57

Supply Chain Retail Bottom-up Newsletter 57

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Cortazar Related posts: Leadership Development Program Team Building & Leadership Process for a Retail Operation; New Product Launch Little things that make a BIG difference as a Leader Make decisions & Solve Problems Within a Time Span…TeamBuilding & Leadership Process Planning, Delegation, Accountability + FUN!

Delegation 92

Delegation Leadership Team Building Process 92

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Increasingly, the largest retailers in markets across the country are employing sophisticated personalized marketing and thereby becoming the primary shopping destination for a growing number of consumers. Retail has entered the era of Big Data. The biggest retailers are investing accordingly.

Retail 15

Retail Brand Marketing Industry 15

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 12, 2010

All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress. Design by 12GrainStudio Is Your Leadership & Work Matched to Capability; How do you know?

Team Building 132

Team Building Leadership Process Learning-by-Doing 132

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 25, 2011

Design by 12GrainStudio Team Building & Leadership: Case Study; Increased Trust=Faster Implementation of Decisions & Problems Solved Cheaper Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 Posted by: mike The following is a true story, of value added results that come from Create-Learning’s Team Building & Leadership Processes. Jan 2011 Guy.

Case Study 110

Case Study Team Building Team Leadership 110

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll examine the power of disruption as a key business driver… Disruptive business models focus on creating, disintermediating, refining, reengineering or optimizing a product/service, role/function/practice, category, market, sector, or industry. When was the last time you rolled-out a new product?

Business Model 305

Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 305

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 20, 2010

All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress. Design by 12GrainStudio 9 Team Dynamics That Get Results Wednesday, October 20th, 2010 Posted by: mike Team dynamics defined as the motivating and driving forces that propel a team toward its goal and mission 1.

Team 108

Team Six Sigma Team Building Project 108

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2013

Penney in November 2011 with a mandate to turn the ailing retailer around, all eyes were on him. He had an amazing legacy: Senior VP of Retail Operations at Apple pioneering the concept of the Apple Retail stores and the Genius Bar. When Ron Johnson took over the helm at J.

Retail 11

Retail Price Merchandising CFO 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2014

But they don’t think nearly enough about operational meltdowns – technological glitches and other problems that can put them out of business. They are usually quick to recognize operational problems and deal with them before they become disasters. Operational meltdowns at midsized companies can take much longer to notice and resolve.

Operations 8

Operations Company Supply Chain Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Although dampened somewhat by the economic climate and job uncertainty , the five+ weeks from late November through the end of the calendar year represent more than $500 billion in sales — or approximately 40% of the entire year's retail revenue in the U.S. — and even more for some kinds of businesses. As one professor noted,".

Productivity 15

Productivity Products Supply Chain Airlines 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

These drivers underpin a number of stories from 2011, but a few new themes came out as well. Coca-Cola was not alone in facing increasing costs in 2011; one of my clients, Kimberly-Clark, took an earnings hit from record pulp prices. In June, the New York Times declared a warming world hostile to food production. But please.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2011

This is where staff researchers review products that include kitchen and laundry appliances, cookware, coffeemakers, vacuum cleaners, recipes, and even bathing suits. Here, the Seal is awarded to a few select products that lab staffers deem worthy. Does anyone need experts to identify "good" products?

Productivity 12

Productivity Products Retail Telemarketing 12

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

They might include sales productivity metrics such as market share, the company’s ability to charge premium prices relative to peers, or sales force productivity. Operating-cost productivity metrics might include the component costs for building an automobile or delivering a package, the rates of rework, and so forth.

ROIC 62

ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

I launched a number of successful business ventures, including OfficeMax and my newest business, Max-Wellness, a new and unique health and wellness retail chain. You can simply get rid of the troublesome employee and risk the consequences of lost productivity. billion sale in his 16 years as CEO Beating the competition is never easy.

Motivation 51

Motivation Management How To Retail 51

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2011

McKinsey teams are beavering away in places like the United Arab Emirates and the 'Stans — Turkmenistan, say, or Tajikistan — but they're as likely to be doing operations projects as pure strategy work. The most intense competition between consulting firms is for "whale" engagements. Of course not," he replied.

Consultative 15

Consultative Strategy McKinsey Porter 15

Strategy Driven

MARCH 21, 2011

For well over a century managers have achieved increasing productivity on ever larger scales by dividing and subdividing work into smaller and smaller units. The modern corporation that has evolved as a result consists of many specialized functional departments, such as sales, engineering, marketing, manufacturing, operations, and finance.

Hammer 50

Hammer Chief Executive Officer Metrics Process 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2020

as well as the Tohoku earthquake in Japan in 2011. A manufacturer might have had a close working relationship with a STmicroelectronics product distributor , for example, yet they had only a foggy idea of the tertiary vendors who were affiliated with that company. These were followed by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the U.S.

Supply Chain 115

Supply Chain Compliance Fashion Efficiency 115

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

Tim Cook took over as CEO in 2011. To this day, Cook continues as one of the best when it comes to operational excellence. Cook's public face is deeply and publicly connected to Apple operations, ranging from supply chain challenges in China to eating with employees in Apple's lunchroom. Neither bode well for the future.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Retail PR Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Troubles at Tesco, the UK’s leading retailer, are mounting. 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.

Retail 11

Retail Merchandising Discount Price 11

Building Personal Strength

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Is it the clothing retail business? Can you operate weapons? Is it the restaurant business? If so, do you understand that business? Can you cook great food? Can you wait tables? Is it the military? Do you understand small unit tactics? You gotta know the business. You gotta have business savvy. Administration/management.

Skills 44

Skills Bottom-up Video Blog 44

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

The bullwhip effect is the amplified response to demand signals as one moves “upstream” in the supply chain: from retailers to manufacturers to suppliers to commodity providers. Here’s a hypothetical illustration of the bullwhip effect: A retailer might experience an X% drop in sales owing to some external event.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Retail Crisis Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

A lesson for all businesses is when selling commodity-like products, unless customers believe you have the lowest prices all of the time, you routinely have to offer deep discounts. Just as important, Johnson was trying to significantly change the retailer''s merchandise offerings and hence, its customer base. Here''s what J.C.

Merchandising 8

Merchandising Discount Retail Price 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Don't be surprised if Thanksgiving becomes just another super-shopping day — or just another workday if you're a retail employee. But that was last year.This year, retailers such as Walmart, Toys R Us, and Kmart opened their doors at 8 p.m. Retailers get a temporary sales lift from offering deep discounts. Why not 4 a.m.?

Retail 9

Retail Bottom-up Budgeting Price 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Disgruntled distribution partners may retaliate in ways such as switching to rivals, favoring competing products, or even lobbying for legislative remedies. Alternatively, the company can operate in stealth mode by targeting customer segments that have been poorly served or ignored by traditional distributors. For example, Cree Inc.

Strategy 10

Strategy B2B Insurance Business Model 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

DISH Networks, the owners since 2011 of video rental giant Blockbuster, announced Wednesday the shuttering of all remaining company-owned retail locations and of Blockbuster’s DVD-by-mail service. At its peak, the company operated 10,000 stores. As recently as 2002, the company had a market value of $5 billion. postal service.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Intangible Assets Retail Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

As the argument goes, that’s good for workers, who don’t want to be bored or overwhelmed, and it’s good for retailers, whose biggest cost and revenue driver is typically labor. Our collective research has also shown that retailers really do struggle with scheduling. on Saturdays.

Software 9

Software Management Retail How To 9

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. Those disruptors are right around the corner.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Early Adopters Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2014

Warehouse automation systems are big and complicated; if they don’t work, you’re worse off than before since it becomes almost impossible to ship product. The malfunction caused major delays shipping toys to retailers. Then it cut general and administrative expenses and sales staff to contain operating losses.

CFO 8

CFO Venture Funding IPO Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

. “Meaning is the new money, an HBR article argued in 2011. To date, business leaders have lacked two key pieces of information they need in order to act on the finding that meaning drives productivity. Employers must respond or lose talent and productivity. increase in annual operating profits.

Creativity 15

Creativity Report Conference Mentor 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2011

In the first quarter of 2011, industry-wide book sales were down 2.5% But B&N is the only legacy retailer to create its own devices — and rather than offer a single reader as a defensive move, it took the offense with a frequently updated family of products that are promoted prominently in-store.

Strategy 15

Strategy Retail Long-term Short-term 15