Six Disciplines

JANUARY 31, 2011

Feliciano, Senior Managing Consultant / Strategy & Change Consultant, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt at IBM Global Business Services - Strategy & Change. Industry Benchmark reports from three perspectives: (Financial, Market, Competition). A Detailed Review of current strategy and operational plans.

Executive Coaching 101

Executive Coaching Execution Six Sigma Benchmarking 101

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Understanding the Concept of Governance Excellence Governance excellence refers to the strategic oversight conducted by a company’s board of directors that ensures ethical, sustainable, and profitable organizational operations. The strength of governance can be significantly amplified with the employment of a dedicated leadership team.

Compliance 235

Compliance Efficiency Ethics Metrics 235

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

What excites me about S&B at Audible is that we work to improve the lives of those without privilege in the cities and countries in which we operate, because Audible seeks to exemplify what a company can mean beyond what it does. We believe in giving people a chance, and we work to make this so, particularly in the urban core.

Diversity 52

Diversity Katz Learning-by-Doing Globalization 52

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

What excites me about S&B at Audible is that we work to improve the lives of those without privilege in the cities and countries in which we operate, because Audible seeks to exemplify what a company can mean beyond what it does. We believe in giving people a chance, and we work to make this so, particularly in the urban core.

Diversity 52

Diversity Katz Learning-by-Doing Globalization 52

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2013

Benchmark data isn''t sexy stuff, but occasionally the numbers reveal surprising findings. Who, for instance, would have guessed that global NGOs spend nearly 80% more to track their finances and employ nearly twice as many finance staff as comparable for-profit multinationals?

Globalization 8

Globalization NGO Benchmarking Decentralization 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Several years ago, we realized that specialized positioning and communications are necessary for social harmony and a global economy. Holds benchmarks for Continuous Quality Improvement. I have seen corporate America embrace diversity in many practices, including the workforce and suppliers. Realistically attainable goals.

Diversity 91

Diversity Budgeting Open-book Risk Management 91

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations. Lack of attentiveness to quality has cost the United States its global marketplace dominance. Paying attention to quality can realize: Lower operating costs. Access to global markets. Benchmark measurements of accomplishments. Customer retention.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Leading Blog

APRIL 9, 2021

When your team knows exactly where to focus its efforts, trust in your leadership will grow. McChrystal (best known for his leadership of the US Army Joint Special Operations Command), he shared that when the war in Afghanistan took a turn for the worse, they weren’t able to quickly get the intel they needed. Maintain agility.

Crisis 315

Crisis Agility How To Benchmarking 315

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

In 2016, the International Monetary Fund estimated that corruption amounted to roughly 2% of global economic output — between $1.5 and $2 trillion globally. Business needs to play a more powerful role in supporting responsible practices throughout every aspect of their operations. Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images.

Company 8

Company Compliance Ethics Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

Captive offshore operations centers — company-owned delivery units located in low-cost countries such as India and the Philippines — have come a long way. Since 2008, we've benchmarked the performance of nearly 250 operations centers working on both core operations (e.g., But that's not by accident.

Offshoring 8

Offshoring Cost Benchmarking Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2016

A silent, seismic shift has dramatically altered corporate ownership and business governance globally. But just as rental houses are often given minimal maintenance, leaders of acquired firms brought in only the minimum leadership necessary. This shift means that PE firms’ approaches to talent and leadership must also change.

LBO 8

LBO Restructuring Real Estate Leveraged Buy-out 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2017

Other firms have ventured down this path, including the conglomerate Wesfarmers , with its 200,000-plus staff, and the global hospital operator Ramsay Health Care. corporations and global remuneration consultants. Should CEO performance be assessed only on “hard” measures? It has no intention of doing so.

TSR 8

TSR Banking Committee Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2011

Andy Grove, Intel's legendary former CEO, famously touted the virtues of paranoia as a leadership asset — running scared about imagined enemies or competitors. Feeling vulnerable as a small city-state, Singapore's leaders set high standards, benchmark against the best in the world, seek innovation, and invest in ideas of the future.

Benchmarking 14

Benchmarking Health Care Loyalty Construction 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

companies can’t fill their open positions, according to a McKinsey Global Institute study that found that analytical, engineering, and management roles are the hardest to fill. Adaptable Processes Identify and modify key business processes, policies, and procedures to align with the new ways of operating.

Content 8

Content Katz Forrester Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2015

At Cisco, we designed an in-depth executive assessment to help us profile each of our topmost leaders: strengths, development needs, aspirations, strategic capabilities, blind spots, operational capabilities, how they develop their teams, how they fare in big-stage versus one-on-one communications, and so on.

360-Degree Feedback 8

360-Degree Feedback CEO Leadership Pipeline Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

In an ongoing global survey of senior executives , more than half of the respondents said they didn’t think their company had a winning strategy, and two-thirds said they didn’t think their organization had the right capabilities to execute its strategy. Operating as these companies do takes a lot of confidence.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Fashion Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

drama's main players about leadership, negotiation, and protecting our (national) brand. Benchmarking was a key feature of President Clinton's effort at Reinventing Government. Millions are being invested by Cisco, IBM, Phillips, and other global companies to help cities and countries operate efficiently.

Efficiency 8

Efficiency Six Sigma Benchmarking Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Volatility has returned to global markets, and consumer and business confidence is once again slipping. Caterpillar , for example, publishes its dealer sales statistics by region each month, while the Spanish bank Santander puts out a newsletter with key operating results and commentary. Often they will clash, sometimes fiercely.

Long-term 8

Long-term CEO Short-term McKinsey 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Those companies that ‘sweat’ their capabilities continuously improve them and sustainably capture the top-line growth in their industries and, ultimately, market leadership. Companies today operate in a business environment that encourages incoherence. Second, a coherent system focuses strategic investment on what matters.

Resources 52

Resources Industry System Strategy 52

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Not long ago, the chief executive of a global telecommunications firm shared with me his frustration that "even in a meeting with the CEO, most institutional investors seek only granular data points to plug into their models. Globally, these asset owners manage significant sums, exceeding $50 trillion at the end of 2009.

Long-term 12

Long-term CEO Short-term Asset Management 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Adding a chief marketing officer (CMO) became crucial as new channels and media raised the complexity of brand building, while Chief strategy officers (CSOs) joined top teams to help grapple with complex and fast-changing global markets. The possibility of failure is high when companies don’t commit senior leadership.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Information Technology Metrics CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most successful transformations, creating new offerings and business models to push into new growth markets, share common characteristics and strategies. Financial performance. Has this company exemplified strategic transformation?

Franchising 12

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 12

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Some of those events that had profound impacts upon us recently (and which were covered in Chapters 2 and 3) included corporate fraud, accounting irregularities, earnings misstatements, hiding expenses, Enron, Arthur Andersen, the dot.com bubble burst, Worldcom, Tyco, Qwest, Imclone, Martha Stewart and Global Crossings.

Crisis 60

Crisis Airlines Transportation Crisis Management 60

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

But my youngest uncle worked behind the scenes to make sure that his sons, Fred, Roy, and Bill, were given executive positions in the operating units despite their obvious shortcomings. My father acted swiftly to replace the full leadership team, enraging my cousins and their father. Leadership Small/medium business'

Case Study 8

Case Study CEO Chief Operating Officer Real Estate 8

Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2015

As companies operate, all make honest and predictable mistakes. Failure to benchmark results and accomplishments. The emphasis is upon the latest slogans of mission but does not look closely at how its systems operate. The marketplace dictates change as part of the company’s global being. Arrogant attitudes.

Self-aware 50

Self-aware System Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 50

Strategy Driven

MAY 6, 2011

Pressures continue and accelerate for companies to stay in operation, become competitive, keep ahead of the marketplace and perform quality work. There is a sense that company operations are out of control. ou provide leadership for progress, rather than following along. External-Marketplace. You contribute much to the economy.

Strategic Planning 79

Strategic Planning Advertising Consultative Planning 79

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2011

Instead, the Commission's focus in the report is on the immediate causes of the explosion and on the individual and collective failures of BP (owner), Transocean (rig operator) and Haliburton (construction services) to assess and mitigate immediate risks — and to have effective crisis response plans.

Analysis 14

Analysis Report Operations Document 14

Chart Your Course

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Already approaching a Billion square of projects not only in the United States but also from India to Sweden and Israel to Bhutan, if you are not familiar with the Arc platform, that helps a building owner measure performance and benchmark against others, you are missing out on what is transmogrifying the built environment.

Real Estate 170

Real Estate Benchmarking Arkes Construction 170

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

To learn more about how Harvard Business School can help you prepare for the challenges of global leadership, visit the program website. Developing the Global Leader. And what are the benchmarks of success? “I see the move toward customer-centricity as a journey,” explains Gulati.

Education 8

Education Execution Content Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Historical benchmarks are of limited value when a product has no antecedents, and it’s hard to pin down the future value of an idea that exists only as a concept. Balance: the mix of different types of innova­tion (product, service, pricing, distribution, operations, etc.); Granted, it is difficult to measure.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2014

But judging from what I hear from managers of companies that visit us to benchmark our system, the difference between our approach and theirs does not lie in forms, rankings, tools, or technologies. It’s part of our operating rhythm. Human resources Leadership development Talent management' Here is what I’ve learned.

System 9

System Review Human Resources Human Capital 9

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

The company did more than 4,000 deals…most risky and without research, planning and benchmarking. Without Strategic Planning, there is no benchmarking of specific tactics. Enron did not demand enough accountability, fairness, ethics and operational autonomy from its outside auditor. Accounting. Who are the customers?

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57