In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 24, 2017

Campbell’s 10-year sales trend is stagnant and their profits are down. Today, 40% of Nike’s revenue comes from apparel and sporting goods. What’s left in apparel and sporting goods is a good strategic fit with Nike’s operations. Farsightedness is essential to effective leadership. Think again. They are kidding themselves.

Company 177

Company Apparel Competitive Advantage Long-term 177

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 30, 2018

In most cases, that budget level produces a small innovation team that may be doing some concept development work, trend scouting, or training employees on innovation methodologies — but isn’t having a broad impact on the company. One write-in response to our question about obstacles to innovation was, “Leadership ADHD.”)

Innovation 15

Innovation Company Budgeting Survey 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Under Wood, Sears became a pioneer in using demographic and economic trends to anticipate customer demand. Competition Leadership Retail' In 1925, Sears opened its first retail store in its Chicago catalog center; in 1927 it launched the Craftsman brand of tools; in 1931 as the Depression deepened, Sears founded Allstate Insurance.

Retail 9

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Good leadership certainly helps, but more often than not, the organization will revert to business as usual. The retailer also has an app that alerts employees to the latest trends on Pinterest. And even if you’re successful at overcoming those obstacles, it’s very hard to keep up the momentum.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Toward a New Leadership Agenda. Businesses can use these trends to reconnect with their customers and their communities. Business leaders will need to visibly embrace and take action on a new agenda to shape the future, both for the direction of our societies and for the sharing of benefits and opportunity within them.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

So, rather than take up valuable list real estate with these perennial favorites and big-picture drivers, I'll quickly list them in one big bucket of mega-trends: The rise of the consumer around the world, related to. Here's the rest of my top 10 stories, with callouts for companies and examples that typify the trend.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15