Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2014

companies now have at least two women on their executive committees. My gender consultancy firm, 20-First, has just published its annual Gender Balance Scorecard ( pdf ) of the top 300 companies in the world across the US, Europe and Asia. Of the 1,099 members of Executive Committees, 96% are men. None have a female CEO.

Execution 10

Execution Committee Balanced Scorecard Globalization 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2015

Their innovation efforts tend to be focused wholly on the creation of new value; meanwhile, the question of how exactly they will be compensated for it usually goes unexamined. One typical reason is that top executives haven’t managed to clarify something even more fundamental: how much priority they place on increasing profit margins.

Balanced Scorecard 8

Balanced Scorecard Company Price KPI 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

For me, it evokes a wonderful old New Yorker cartoon by Robert Weber , where a small, meek accountant stands before the desk of an overfed chief executive exhorting the accountant to rescue the company: "It's up to you now, Miller. Wall Street's " financial innovations " of recent years seem to have given creativity a bad name.

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Creative Accounting Creativity GAAP Balanced Scorecard 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2014

In our research on change agents at the Phoenix Community of FCB Partners , we have found that there are three distinct challenges which require different kinds of change leaders: (1) transformational leaders, (2) innovation instigators, and (3) innovation managers. The Innovation Instigator. The Innovation Manager.

Balanced Scorecard 8

Balanced Scorecard Innovation Globalization Micromanagement 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2016

One long-time United Way executive, for example , parlayed his social service experience into becoming a police officer and then detective at the age of 50. You basically want to put together your own balanced scorecard for career satisfaction and use it to help you make decisions and shape your next phase.

Career 8

Career Balanced Scorecard Consultative Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

An executive decides on a different and better way to do things, and prepares a sales pitch that goes something like this: First: "We need to change. Many executives have never recognized this pattern of serial adoption of different approaches to what is essentially the same topic. Here's this new approach.

Six Sigma 14

Six Sigma TQM Kaizen Balanced Scorecard 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2011

Putting executives in charge of improving cross-functional processes in large organizations is akin to asking them to paddle a boat upstream. Incorporate these measures into the company's "balanced scorecard" or dashboard. Brad Power ( bradfordpower@gmail.com ) is a consultant and researcher in process innovation.

Process 15

Process Supply Chain Balanced Scorecard Engineering 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2013

By seeking and valuing their perceptions, you increase their commitment, confidence, and the likelihood of getting traction when it is time to execute. Lisa, a VP who led an innovation team, was struggling in her attempts to influence some of her peers. Leave it up to them to smartly manage and execute in the moment.

Mission Statement 15

Mission Statement Balanced Scorecard Objective Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Have you ever met a sales executive or a CIO who said: "Sales is too important to be left to Sales" or "IT is too important to be left to IT"? Second, line managers cant execute HR-related actions, like running interviews or performance appraisals, by nature. Im sick about it. I doubt it. This is how we conduct interviews. I doubt it.

CIO 15

CIO Guidelines Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. Comments The Buzz on Green Business in China I visited Beijing last week, speaking to a group of corporate executives assembled by a major NGO to work on climate change issues.

NGO 14

NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Susaans work with senior executives over the last 30 years shows over and again that the people (mostly men) who rise to senior levels in organizations have a preference for operating in the abstract. Typically, these executives focus on the "what" and the "what if" and not the "how," which of course is the realm of process people.

Process 14

Process CEO Insurance Banking 14

First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Harvard Business Review on Aligning Technology with Strategy Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How and why technology should support your organization’s strategy…not the other way around This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies of articles that first appeared in Harvard Business Review.

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Review Technology Strategy Books 80

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Key Metric: the ratio of men and women (and nationalities) on the Executive Committee is the clearest indicator of a company's openness to 21st century realities. More than the much-publicized debates around boards, the executive team is the result of years of talent development. See our 2013 Global Gender Balance Scorecard.

Energy 8

Energy Balanced Scorecard Metrics Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

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Guidelines 13

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

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Banking 15

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

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Retail 13

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

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Airlines 13

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 7, 2014

Professional innovation. However, recognition programs are a balanced scorecard that involves the scrutiny of the company and its leaders by credible outside sources. This is a creative way of re-treading old knowledge to enable executives to master change rather than feel as they’re victims of it.

Balanced Scorecard 71

Balanced Scorecard Budgeting Risk Management Learning-by-Doing 71

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2011

An astonishing number of executives think of service improvements as the slow, boring route to competitive advantage. A third is to offer cutting-edge, technically innovative products and services. Brad Power (bradfordpower@gmail.com) is a consultant and researcher in process innovation. Mickey Drexler, CEO of J.

Balanced Scorecard 15

Balanced Scorecard Short-term Competitive Advantage Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2015

It is nearly impossible to translate — let alone execute – a strategy that you don’t understand. The problem is that most widely used planning processes like management by objectives and balanced scorecards overlook the contrast piece of the compare-and-contrast equation. This is a subtle, but important nuance.

Strategy 8

Strategy Balanced Scorecard Sull Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Solution : Make gender balancing a strategic initiative, led by the CEO, framed as a lever to achieving business strategy, not as a separate initiative for already overburdened executives. This isn't balance, it's just Mad Men, repainted. Involves debating whether the company should gender balance, why, how and how fast.

Diversity 8

Diversity Balanced Scorecard P&L Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Still, a lot of companies haven't reorganized their businesses to execute, manage, and measure social care strategically with well-trained staffs. The Social Solution to Innovation Challenges. Consumers with positive social-care experiences are also three times more likely to recommend the brand to others. The metrics.

Balanced Scorecard 8

Balanced Scorecard McKinsey Media Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

In turn, reflection becomes the rocket fuel for experimentation, the lifeblood of high-level innovation, the spark of deeper meaning, and the wellspring of enduring purpose. If youre here to "innovate" sugar water, then thinking in terms of orthodox buyers and suppliers might do the trick. So throw Frederick W.

Short-term 15

Short-term Guidelines Mass Marketing Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

Kaplan’s balanced scorecard or Clayton Christensen’s disruptive innovation. The article defines the types of decisions executives have to make; lays out best practices for structuring major decisions; and warns about typical mistakes that get made along the way.

Management 8

Management Balanced Scorecard NPV Article 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

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Guidelines 14

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