Next Level Blog
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
It comes from Caroline Starner who, when I interviewed her for my book, Overworked and Overwhelmed , was the head of human resources for the sunglass and sports apparel company, Oakley. They would spend around 15 minutes reviewing her two-weeks-out calendar for meetings she could cancel, decline, delegate or postpone.
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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Harvard Business Review
JULY 18, 2011
Such a risk can prove even greater when the various elements of the "delegation chain" obey different standards. While we readily recognize such a hazard in the food and apparel industries and the need to "secure" all elements of their production chain, most other industries have yet to recognize such a hazard.
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.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 3, 2016
In the apparel industry, the benchmark for inventory accuracy is somewhere between 60% and 70%. For example, many of the administration processes would have to be redesigned, particularly to facilitate delegation of approval procedures and for employee self-service. Consider an IT investment that one European retailer was pondering.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 1, 2011
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition offers a glimpse of one such effort. This group of about 40 companies has launched a pre-competitive collaboration to gather environmental and social impact data through the entire apparel supply chain. Where to begin?
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