Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

A new operating model also requires a governance structure and leadership model so leaders know how they will exercise operational control and inspire employees—and hold themselves accountable for doing both. Banks emphasizing products, meanwhile, have turned to partnerships. Yet change they must. ” he asked.

Strategy 8

Strategy Company Banking Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Increased demand for transparency and its close partners, (a) the quest to define and develop useful sustainability metrics and (b) the growing sustainability data explosion. In June, the New York Times declared a warming world hostile to food production. for " every manufacturer, component, and process in apparel production."

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

This principle has always been a priority for the leadership team at Vineyard Vines and it is still top of mind today. Like many competitors in the apparel industry, Vineyard Vines has kept their operations lean in order to preserve operating margins.

Retail 8

Retail Apparel Engineering Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Articulate the larger purpose the enterprise serves, and become known for the idea, not just specific products currently offered. Artisans' cooperatives help market products from diverse artists. He could recycle the 1977 Star Wars movie and ensure its survival in sequels, spinoff products, and theme park rides.

Entrepreneur 16

Entrepreneur Cooper Apparel Bureaucracy 16

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2017

That is, they do for creative problem-solving what catalysts do in chemical processes: they dissolve barriers and accelerate progress down more productive pathways. It’s an apparel manufacturer called 99Degrees Custom. Some questions have what I like to call a catalytic quality.

Drucker 8

Drucker Apparel Chemicals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2018

The responses , from 270 corporate leaders in strategy, innovation, and research and development roles, were illuminating. Are they looking for ideas to streamline operations and serve customers better, or developing new business models around existing products? ” Lack of the right strategy or vision (36% of respondents.).

Innovation 15

Innovation Company Budgeting Survey 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

For decades, we’ve often thought of leadership profiles in unique buckets—two popular varieties were the “visionaries”, who embrace strategy and think about amazing things to do, and the “operators”, who get stuff done. Adam Pretty/Getty Images. It just does not work.”

Execution 15

Execution Strategy How To Budgeting 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

It was the stuff of Silicon Valley lore : Employees from across the company took a break from their regular projects to develop mind-blowing ideas about artificial intelligence over an intense 24-hour period. Rather than devising ways to make switching banks easier, we realized the company needed to sharpen its product offerings.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Banking Brainstorming Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

In one of the most comprehensive global surveys of corporate directors to date, we found that they were very worried about developing and enacting strategic plans that will enable their organizations to succeed. We might expect the regions with the lowest overall averages to be those dominated by developing or emerging economies.

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Company Telecommunications Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

Some examples: how many employees have been trained in “lean startup” methodology, or how many new product ideas are currently being researched. Two-thirds of our respondents, for instance, said that they were tracking the number of projects in their development pipeline. Number of projects in the innovation pipeline.

Metrics 8

Metrics Innovation Company Stage-Gate 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Instead, they are clear-minded about what they do best, developing a solid value proposition and building distinctive capabilities that will last for the long term. These brand zealots build relationships with seemingly every woman in South America, making Natura the region’s largest beauty and personal-care-product enterprise.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Fashion Apparel 8

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? Why are so many companies struggling with a crisis of their leadership bench? chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products).

Succession 8

Succession Telecommunications Biotechnology Real Estate 8

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. The team had dropped the ball on inquiries from several retailers interested in its products by failing to coordinate getting them into the company’s system quickly. Nina laughed.

Case Study 13

Case Study Team CFO Merchandising 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

for certain domestic markets due to rising costs abroad and labor productivity at home.) Companies must step up and honestly explain why they offshore business functions and employment in a broad array of product and service activities to compete in a truly global economy. especially in fast-growing foreign markets. Working Conditions.

Offshoring 13

Offshoring Outsourcing Supply Chain Globalization 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Our limited sample suggests that both groups agree that board leadership should serve as champions of board diversity, but they differ on the policies they advocate to increase board diversity. apparel, automobiles, retailing, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g.,

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8

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). You may appoint a temporary CDO to get your house in order, or you may develop other ways to get the job done. Diverse companies are responding to the digital leadership challenge in different and dynamic ways.

CIO 8

CIO Technology Apparel Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

In the developed world, we enjoy better medicines, connectivity, and mobility than most of us could have imagined even 20 years ago. Meanwhile, business was free to focus on generating growth, productivity, innovation, and, ultimately, societal wealth. Toward a New Leadership Agenda. Essential background.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Good leadership certainly helps, but more often than not, the organization will revert to business as usual. And this is not just the superconsumers outside your organization who are passionate about your products and services. And they’re sure to have great ideas about how to improve your products and business.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

To get everyone to agree on a realistic goal, we suggest picking a year far enough in the future that people feel safe discussing what needs to happen by that time but not so far away that uncertainty about technological or market developments would render a discussion meaningless. There are two ways to set revenue targets.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Deep concerns about labor conditions, wages, and equity take root: From tragedies in Bangladeshi apparel factories to minimum wages in the U.S. Travesties like the death of more than 1100 workers at the Rana Plaza apparel factory in Bangladesh are increasingly unacceptable to the buying public. It’s hard to argue the point.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain McKinsey Apparel Energy 9

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Jake : I think most entrepreneurs would answer this question as being able to see someone else buy or wear their product. Question : CED recently expanded its product offering and target customer base. We have our apparel releases planned for the next year, but always take into account ideas people have or suggestions for colors.

Entrepreneur 71

Entrepreneur Advice Apparel Audience 71

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

In a pattern that would become familiar to today’s innovation thinkers, Worthy reports, “the then managements of Sears and Wards alike failed to grasp the significance of these new developments.”. Competition Leadership Retail' But then “Sears found the answer first,” Worthy reports, in 1924. We felt defeated and powerless.”.

Retail 8

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

It was a productive 12 months, to say the least. At the state level, New Jersey passed a big new gas tax , and Oregon , Illinois , and California developed robust energy and climate policies. Big themes are great, but periodically a specific example of leadership seems worthy of extra attention. Then came 2016.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8