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. This vision establishes the principles for running a simple operation. Intuit is successful because they bring their ‘do less better’ cultural ethic to their customers.

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Apparel Brand Franchising Competitive Advantage 100

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Second, many managers assume they should adopt the best practices of their industry and treat external benchmarking as the established path to success. Operating as these companies do takes a lot of confidence. That’s why the quality and caliber of top leadership is so important.

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Execution Strategy Fashion Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

The other, if you separate success from share price, is simply to assert a memorable number, such as doubling revenues over a five-year period. Our work with dozens of companies teaches us that individuals on the leadership team often have very different targets in mind. Once again this sounds straightforward.

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Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 8

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Thankfully now we have a growing team that can assist with many of the day-to-day operations, but at times, especially at the beginning, I found it challenging to be “among the chaos” while building the business. Question : How has social media made it easier for you to be successful at CED? There are no overnight successes.

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Entrepreneur Advice Apparel Audience 70

Eric Jacobson

MAY 25, 2014

And as I worked through the dip I saw how unprepared everyone was because we all operated on assumptions or promises that didn’t exist anymore. But if The Obstacle Is The Way could have half the success that The 48 Laws of Power has had I''d be thrilled. I left college right as the financial crisis hit, which was scary.

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Ryan Apparel Crisis Learning-by-Doing 55

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. That’s why it’s imperative to ensure your strategy deeply resonates with your organizational culture.

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Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

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. Toward a New Leadership Agenda. We believe a compelling story will require reworking both the plot and the roles of the key actors. Essential background.

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Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The ongoing failure of policy at a global level (with the important exceptions of some successes/workarounds such as new mileage targets for cars and trucks and a carbon tax in Australia ). Value chain and transparency partnerships growing: The apparel industry bands together. business continuity"). The total: 145 million euros.

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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.”

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Execution Strategy How To Budgeting 14

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.

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Retail Apparel Engineering Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

An apparel manufacturer kicked off its hackathon with the telephone game, the one where a spoken phrase inevitably gets distorted as a series of players whisper it to each other. It could also be a process or a set of operating norms that set the stage for bigger changes.

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Supply Chain Banking Brainstorming Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Nine big brands with operations in Ohio publicly pressed the state to reinstate energy efficiency and renewable energy portfolio standards. 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.”

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Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8