Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2012

This review is the basis for most elements that will appear in a strategic plan, including the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, actions, challenges, teamwork, change management, commitment, future trends and external forces. Management is concerned that resources are not concentrated on important things.

Review 57

Review Company Strategic Planning Industry 57

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

This is not written to take swipes at responsible branding, marketing and advertising. Advertising fulfills many essential niche needs. Business-to-business publication advertising. My analysis: Productivity software does no good unless one commits to change, alters behavioral traits and commits to time management.

Brand 50

Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50

Marshall Goldsmith

MARCH 31, 2014

The real problem is the managers who lack either the courage or the discipline required to deliver effective feedback. Managers often confuse two terms that appear to be synonymous but are actually quite different: simple and easy. Managers need to personally buy in to the value of a long-term investment in their own development.

Goal 137

Goal Short-term Long-term Crisis 137

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Management thinking is inherently faddish, but there are some favorite themes that never fall out of favor. Some pharmaceutical scientists will spend an entire career working on drug development without a single one of their products reaching the market. Advertising agency Grey has a Heroic Failure award in similar vein.

Company 8

Company Stage-Gate Innovation Bureaucracy 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

These tax rates will remain in effect through 2012. Extends the repeal of phase-outs of personal deductions and limits on itemized deductions for higher income taxpayers through 2012. Extends certain middle class incentives and credits such as the Earned Income Credit and Coverdell Education Savings credit.

Press Release 178

Press Release Discount Insurance PR 178

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2012

When Amanda Pouchot was 25, she left her analyst position at McKinsey to co-found Levo League, a startup that provides young women with career advice and resources. But the biggest challenge, she writes at Fortune , was learning how to manage people. Unfortunately, as Pouchet learned, management doesn’t quite work that way.

Management 8

Management McKinsey Health Care Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

We're delighted to announce the winners of the Long-Term Capitalism Challenge , the third leg of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation. Reimagining capitalism for a new age and a new set of challenges is a sweeping undertaking. It's not enough to change one company. It's crucial to advance the entire ecosystem.

Organization 14

Organization Cooper McKinsey Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

As I learned during the 2012 Hispanic Voice Town Hall Tour my organization held earlier this year, Hispanics are a high-touch community and this level of interaction goes a long way toward earning trust and loyalty. Hispanics have been facing for years. Elevate the influence of Hispanics.

Policies 15

Policies Short-term Education Diversity 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

As I learned during the 2012 Hispanic Voice Town Hall Tour my organization held earlier this year, Hispanics are a high-touch community and this level of interaction goes a long way toward earning trust and loyalty. Hispanics have been facing for years. Elevate the influence of Hispanics.

Policies 8

Policies Short-term Education Diversity 8