In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 23, 2011

Leadership. Her younger brother is wearing a blazer and a tie for the first time; he is proud of his new apparel, although the look on his face doesn’t support the premise. Leadership. The “M” Word: A Company’s Most Underrated Intangible. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Search My Site.

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Steve Farber

OCTOBER 25, 2016

.” But this much we know: As president of Athleta , the women’s athletic wear company, Teno helped build an organization known for its collaborative, heart-led culture. (My We also know he led Athleta through tremendous growth and helped engineer the sale of the company to Gap in 2008 for $150 million. Know your culture.

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Apparel Energy Workshop Uncertainty 40

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2018

It turns out that the word “innovation” is not a Harry Potter-esque magical incantation that, once spoken, renders companies more inventive, creative, and entrepreneurial. The culture at large companies is typically built on a foundation of operational excellence and predictable growth. jessica solomatenko/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Why is one multinational consumer goods company organized by category, while another organizes by region? Why is one insurance company deep into an agile transformation while another is experimenting with it only at the edges of its business? How do banks switch customer relationships from branch offices to mobile phone screens?

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Strategy Company Banking Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

For every Apple, there is an Atari, for every Fuji a Polaroid, and for every Zara an American Apparel. In today’s dynamic business environment, leaders of large established companies need more than ever to run and reinvent the business at the same time. Why does this happen to large companies with a legacy of success?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

The fear of getting Netflix-ed or Uber-ized is spurring big companies to dial up their investment in innovation. But as investment increases, many companies are struggling with a challenging question: how do you know whether your chosen innovation strategy is actually bearing fruit? Large public companies can be more capricious.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

How much does your company need to invest in innovation? Identifying this so-called “growth gap” is critical, because the bigger the gap, the more a company needs to look beyond its current offerings, markets, and business models to find growth opportunities. By reaching new customers in current markets?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

This is why it was such big news when Paul Polman of Unilever announced that his company, by 2020, would help more than a billion people improve their hygiene habits, and halve the waste associated with the disposal of its products by their consumers. But mega firms don't have a monopoly on leadership.

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Meyer Leadership Metrics Apparel 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

When brothers Shep and Ian Murray cut their ties with Corporate America to start a little company on Martha’s Vineyard in 1998, their motivation was clear : “We’re making neck ties so we don’t have to wear them.” ” Of course, this type of real-time, one-to-one marketing is easier said than done.

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Retail Apparel Engineering Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Here's the rest of my top 10 stories, with callouts for companies and examples that typify the trend. These companies are notable victims of a new reality: resources are constrained and input prices are fundamentally rising. What can one say about the failure of solar company Solyndra ? Right now, the U.S. Nuclear on the outs.

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Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2013

If some of the buzz is any indication — and I believe it will be — it's a concept that will gain a lot of traction this year as more companies look for ways to better manage dwindling natural resources and more consumers demand action on environmental issues. The third was around thought leadership. It's a huge challenge.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

In the apparel industry alone, we’ve just seen the end of American Apparel’s Dov Charney and the ouster of Lululemon Athletica founder Chip Wilson – plus the installation of interim CEOs at Target and JC Penney following their previous leaders’ firings. A lot of CEOs are being shown the door lately.

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CEO Six Sigma How To Apparel 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

In an ongoing global survey of senior executives , more than half of the respondents said they didn’t think their company had a winning strategy, and two-thirds said they didn’t think their organization had the right capabilities to execute its strategy. First, these companies commit to an identity.

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Execution Strategy Fashion Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Although they're no longer wage slaves, they still feel captive to the fortunes and whims of big companies. Artisans' cooperatives help market products from diverse artists. People who left corporate jobs for the joy of entrepreneurship are working harder and feeling less joy. Build collective clout.

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Entrepreneur Cooper Apparel Bureaucracy 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Yet, the imperatives of offshore facilities and employees are — and will remain — central to American companies' international competitiveness. A company's foreign sales can approach or exceed 50 percent; its non-U.S. especially in fast-growing foreign markets. Business Purpose.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2013

Many wonder why an academy company like P&G, historically known for developing talent, did not, or was not able to, promote a successor from within its ranks. Where was its leadership bench? Is the problem that P&G produces outstanding specialists in marketing but not general managers who can run the business? Methodology.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

In the apparel industry alone, we’ve just seen the end of American Apparel’s Dov Charney and the ouster of Lululemon Athletica founder Chip Wilson – plus the installation of interim CEOs at Target and JC Penney following their previous leaders’ firings. A lot of CEOs are being shown the door lately.

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CEO Six Sigma How To Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

This week, Microsoft is announcing an unusual initiative that it hopes will change how the company operates: an internal fee on carbon. From my conversations with the company, I take away four major reasons they're doing this: Behavior change. Sales/Becoming the Vendor of Choice. buying RECs for electricity and offsets for travel).

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Price P&L White Paper Energy 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

But there is another leadership role that has arisen in many organizations in recent years: the Chief Digital Officer (CDO). In many companies, "digital" is a cacophony of disconnected, inconsistent, and sometimes incompatible activities. And it''s why many other companies are naming CDOs before they get too far along the digital road.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

But as I’ve done for the last 4 years, I’ll attempt to summarize some of the latest stories about the big environmental and social pressures on business, and how some innovative companies are dealing with them. The clean tech markets keep growing fast: three of the world’s biggest economies — the U.S., So what’s really new this year?

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Supply Chain McKinsey Apparel Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

In emerging markets, billions of people have moved out of extreme poverty. As a result, more companies are being valued based on their current earnings than on their growth potential. Our research shows that many companies are increasingly geared toward the short term. Toward a New Leadership Agenda.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. It had been a long day at the company’s Birmingham, England, headquarters, and in the early evening the two were going over the evaluations of each of Lance’s direct reports. .”

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Case Study Team CFO Merchandising 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Concerns that it wouldn’t have enough cash to finance its holiday stock has apparently led to the company to sell real estate, spin off its Lands’ End brand, and raise $625 million in unsecured loans and equity warrants. A trip through the HBR archives shows just how cutting-edge the company has been in so many ways for so long.

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Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Good leadership certainly helps, but more often than not, the organization will revert to business as usual. My point is, inside the walls of your company, there are superconsumers who are passionate and engaged. The key is to look beyond just the obvious places like marketing. So find them, ask questions, and let them help you.

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Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Every year, I find big themes or specific company stories that I feel are impressive, important, or indicative of where the world is going. It’s not yet clear what Trump’s election means for issues that impact companies’ efforts to manage environmental and social issues. Then came 2016. Trump Shocked the World.

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Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

This week, Jake shared with me insights and advice about being an entrepreneur and leading his team and growing his company. It’s been a battle to personally keep my focus on where I’m ultimately moving the company while trying to handle budgets, customer-service relationships, inventory management, and marketing.

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Entrepreneur Advice Apparel Audience 71

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

I’ve worked with large companies and asked decision makers how often they base an important professional decision on that gut feeling. In the companies I’ve worked with, which are large international companies, about 50% of all decisions are at the end a gut decision. You can imagine how much these companies lose.

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