Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2015

That’s why CMOs need to develop four types of leadership, which are based loosely on Gartner’s Intelligent Brand Framework. The idea is to identify your power center — which one best represents your natural capabilities — and develop skills to flex across these leadership styles.

Leadership Styles 8

Leadership Styles Leadership Brand Audience 8

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. Then develop a profile limited to a few must-haves.

CEO 15

CEO Six Sigma How To Apparel 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

For every company wrestling with evolutions in its strategy, success depends as much on matching the operating model to those evolutions as it does on the soundness of the strategy itself. One CEO we know worried that some principles developed by his senior team were too generic to help them evaluate different operating model options.

Strategy 8

Strategy Company Banking Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2018

The responses , from 270 corporate leaders in strategy, innovation, and research and development roles, were illuminating. That’s especially true, he adds, when the core business is successful and doing well. One write-in response to our question about obstacles to innovation was, “Leadership ADHD.”)

Innovation 15

Innovation Company Budgeting Survey 15

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. Then develop a profile limited to a few must-haves.

CEO 8

CEO Six Sigma How To Apparel 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. Second, many managers assume they should adopt the best practices of their industry and treat external benchmarking as the established path to success.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Fashion Apparel 8

In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 18, 2015

Back in the ‘90s, LEGO had cluttered its corporate structure with the complexity that comes with acquiring a variety of businesses from apparel to theme parks. Intuit develops financial and tax preparation software for small business, accountants and the general public. By 2004, sales and profits were in double digit declines.

Apparel 100

Apparel Brand Franchising Competitive Advantage 100

Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 12, 2016

Judith Goldhaft employed the assistance of fabric designer and fellow hippie gal, Jodi Palladini, to create an apparel design that would permit San Francisco’s homeless women to sell their very own fabric creations. Along with products, Haight-Ashbury hippies conceived of innovative ideas that transformed product development and advertising.

Apparel 120

Apparel Innovation Advertising Industry 120

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

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

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Question : How has social media made it easier for you to be successful at CED? We have our apparel releases planned for the next year, but always take into account ideas people have or suggestions for colors. There are no overnight successes. Small efforts, compounded daily, to create large successes.

Entrepreneur 70

Entrepreneur Advice Apparel Audience 70

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. Business leaders, along with the companies they lead, will need to take an active stance, shaping the conditions for future success, rather than merely reacting to twists in the plot.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

And even if you’re successful at overcoming those obstacles, it’s very hard to keep up the momentum. Good leadership certainly helps, but more often than not, the organization will revert to business as usual. They need to feel valuable and that they are being developed. Self-awareness makes it easier to be selfless.”

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Eric Jacobson

MAY 25, 2014

So I think it’s important to bet on yourself when it comes to the “big” decisions in your life, because then you’re able to develop a self-confidence and self-sufficiency that can be very valuable down the road. But if The Obstacle Is The Way could have half the success that The 48 Laws of Power has had I''d be thrilled.

Ryan 55

Ryan Apparel Crisis Learning-by-Doing 55

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. Value chain and transparency partnerships growing: The apparel industry bands together. for " every manufacturer, component, and process in apparel production."

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 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

JUNE 8, 2018

That “little” privately-held business has grown tremendously since its launch and currently has more than 90 physical retail locations and a highly successful eCommerce business. This principle has always been a priority for the leadership team at Vineyard Vines and it is still top of mind today.

Retail 8

Retail Apparel Engineering Audience 8

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. At their best, hackathons create a structure and process around idea development. Facebook recently hosted its 50th hackathon.

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

DECEMBER 20, 2016

At the state level, New Jersey passed a big new gas tax , and Oregon , Illinois , and California developed robust energy and climate policies. A global survey this year showed that 87% of Millennials around the world believe that “the success of business should be measured in terms of more than just its financial performance.”

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8