CO2

OCTOBER 23, 2013

But too much hyperfocus can lead to myopia (the inability to see distant objects) and poor decision making (based upon not enough breadth of analysis). They can mislead themselves and others in the process, and the results can be extremely damaging to their reputations and bottom lines. Some hyperfocus is great.

Engineering 88

Engineering Bottom-up Analysis Human Resources 88

Center for Creative Leadership

AUGUST 26, 2019

In a recent report, the Center for a New American Security noted that one of the main barriers to hiring veterans is that businesses struggle to understand how military skills translate to increasing their bottom line. Army leaders would stack up against industry leaders. After analyzing the data, we found that the bosses of both U.S.

Benchmarking 57

Benchmarking Leadership Bottom-up Leadership Pipeline 57

The Center For Leadership Studies

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Both approaches allow a dedicated third party (coach) to pay close attention to the behavioral objectives of the developing employee (coachee). Team coaching is now the fastest-growing type of coaching, and, in response, the International Coaching Federation (ICF) has recently set global standards. August 2021.

Emotional Intelligence 52

Emotional Intelligence ROI Self-aware Situational Leadership 52

Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up , written by Japanese home organization expert Marie Kondo, is a global best seller. Apparently, 4 million of us want help eliminating the objects in our lives that do not, as the book says, “spark joy.” [2] [1] At the same time, we are fascinated with getting rid of our stuff.

Mission Statement 70

Mission Statement Bottom-up Reference Metrics 70

CO2

JANUARY 24, 2018

Warehouses and factories have started to bring this technology in at full force — using robots to move heavy objects quicker and easier than any human could. And it’s hard to imagine that people will feel as comfortable opening up emotionally to a robot like they would to a human. Emotion is not something that can be easily programmed.

Marketing 78

Marketing Price Technology Industry 78

CoachStation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

It is too easy to get caught up in the operational and tactical aspects of management. It implies a stunning amount of wasted potential, given that business units in the top quartile of our global employee engagement database are 17% more productive and 21% more profitable than those in the bottom quartile.

Management 130

Management Blanchard Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 130

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Nowhere is this exchange more evident than in the data annotation industry, where people from around the world help to prepare and tidy up the data used by the tech giants to train the algorithms upon which their fortunes increasingly rest. The hidden bedrock of AI. ” Sourcing the right way.

Power 75

Power Ethics Venture Funding Quality 75

CO2

JANUARY 24, 2018

Warehouses and factories have started to bring this technology in at full force — using robots to move heavy objects quicker and easier than any human could. And it’s hard to imagine that people will feel as comfortable opening up emotionally to a robot like they would to a human. Emotion is not something that can be easily programmed.

Marketing 60

Marketing Price Technology Industry 60

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

The consequence is we tend to focus on short term outcomes and lose sight of larger goals and objectives. Manage Your Email: Regardless of your job, your location, or your industry, email likely takes up a significant portion of your time – while not always producing the best results. The Bottom Line. About the Authors.

Productivity 50

Productivity Products Strategy Covey 50

HR Digest

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Lockdowns and virus-testing have only begun ramping up in many parts of the world, so the full magnitude of the economic impact is yet unknown. Household income and savings are ultra-low in most global markets. We suggest: Establishing “adjusted” financial objectives that reduce the impact of the ongoing crisis.

Short-term 59

Short-term Committee Incentives Long-term 59

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Given the nature of what we do, my biggest challenge is coming up with objectives for each visit. But the bottom line is whatever that person has read is an insight into his or her thought process. All of the elements that you have as objections can be overcome by an existing customer who loves you. What was the outcome?

Video 50

Video Objective Loyalty B2B 50

HR Digest

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Lockdowns and virus-testing have only begun ramping up in many parts of the world, so the full magnitude of the economic impact is yet unknown. Household income and savings are ultra-low in most global markets. We suggest: Establishing “adjusted” financial objectives that reduce the impact of the ongoing crisis.

Short-term 52

Short-term Committee Incentives Long-term 52

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Posted by Thornton May on November 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment The classic Harvard Business School case “Otisline (A)” 1 begins with the quote, “… our objective is to go unnoticed.” In the global economy, can analytic practitioners be hugely successful in their careers while going unnoticed? And that’s what analytics provides.

Magazine 51

Magazine Chief Operating Officer Newsletter Objective 51

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

It is a mindset that permeates organizations from top-down as well as bottom-up. The quality audit by objective outside communications counsel is merely the beginning of a process. That means doing things correctly the first time, without wasting counter-productive time in cleaning up mistakes. Access to global markets.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

Followers were expected to keep their heads down, put in an honest days work, and only spoke up when asked. The better employees are attracted to jobs that make a difference to customers, fellow employees, or the communities they live in and they are much more willing to raise objections when they feel inhibited from making that difference.

Executive Coaching 129

Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

A good dose of practicality thrown in with the passion keeps you grounded and is generally what helps to hit the bottom line. Involving others in decisions and working together toward goals and objectives are an imperative. Passion can be a wonderful driving force. Practicality anchors the drive in reality.

Leadership 221

Leadership Blog Open-book Greenleaf 221

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

The global manufacturing sector is on the threshold of a dynamic new phase that will provide renewed opportunity for manufacturing firms — and a host of new challenges. We see two forces that will dominate global manufacturing in the coming decade. These forces will shift the dynamics of the global manufacturing sector.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2014

While the Americans mentioned larger, faster-moving, brightly-colored objects in the foreground (such as the big fish), the Japanese spoke more about what was going on in the background (for example, the small frog bottom left). In a second study, Americans and Japanese were asked to “take a photo of a person.”

Objective 14

Objective Participative Long-term Diversity 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2014

In particular, the tremendous growth of Bangladesh’s ready-made-garment sector (RMG) – from 50 factories in the 1980s to close to 5,000 today, making up 13% of the country’s GDP – hasn’t translated to marked improvements in social protections and standards of living. This needs to change.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Bottom-up Globalization 8

Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

I certainly have my opinions on the subject ( jump to my comments at the bottom of this post ) , but I wondered what other leadership experts believe is the most important leadership competency from their experience. There are many leadership pearls wrapped up in the complexity of all sorts of leadership books. Keep your promises.

Leadership 102

Leadership Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Open-book 102

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2018

GDPR could become a model for the rest of the world, the argument goes, since many global companies serve users in the EU. Companies in violation could face fines up to 4% of global revenues. Emerging markets are often overlooked in these conversations, and they bring up a host of different issues.

Bottom-up 8

Bottom-up Constraint Self-aware Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2013

Location-based services will be immensely valuable and useful, but not until we have some kind of a privacy bank — some authorized authority or entity that will keep the public safe, and that has a neutral objective. Because clearly, I''m not going to offer up my location if I don''t feel safe.

Marketing 9

Marketing Bottom-up Brand Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

The reaction of America’s corporate leaders will show whether their mindsets are as global as their companies’ operations. Europe may be slow growing, far too regulated, and irritating but it still contributes hugely to the bottom line. And, for ten years or more, haven’t Europeans been carping about this or that American policy?

Globalization 8

Globalization Policies Bottom-up Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

In 2012, even in the midst of an anemic global economy and budget tightening at firms, the amount spent on these events worldwide was an estimated $565 billion. Three of five marketers use no tools to measure event ROI, and most companies plan and execute events without specific business objectives. Data also helps to close the loop.

CRM 8

CRM ROI Budgeting Public Relations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2012

At a Global 50 consumer products company, management has developed a governance structure that allows it think about risk proactively, and has aligned its risk profile and exposures more closely with its strategy. Companies in the top 20% of risk maturity generated three times the level of EBITDA as those in the bottom 20%.

Risk Management 14

Risk Management Maturity EBITDA Management 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

Enrollment in learning programs has surged over the last few years to generate a global executive education market of over $70 billion a year. People are also being asked by their bosses or HR to attend conferences, read case studies, watch videos, and try their hand at simulations, all with the goal of picking up new ideas and techniques.

Project 8

Project Parcell How To Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2014

Much like Welch’s famed “#1 or #2” objective for each of this businesses, Alibaba’s governance inspired its subsidiaries to be the leaders of their respective industries. Rather than dictating decisions from the top down, Alibaba lets them roll up from the individual businesses. Global business Strategy'

IPO 10

IPO Welch Strategy Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2012

His days are filled with meetings, often without clear objectives, and the invitations just keep coming in. In my organization's own recent research with a global firm, we discovered that a common characteristic among the company's great leaders was their recognition of the importance of busyness. Positively.

Participative 15

Participative Bottom-up Creativity Budgeting 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

In this spirit let me introduce you to just such a report: Networks for Prosperity: Achieving Development Goals through Knowledge Sharing ( here is a pdf ), just published by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the Leuvan Centre for Global Governance Studies. But how would those rankings stack up?

NGO 13

NGO Bottom-up Report GDP 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

According to the Global Impact Investing Network, the market for impact capital, currently sized at $60 billion, could grow over the next decade to $2 trillion, or 1% of global invested assets. Everyone agrees that impact investing is on the rise. Or third, and more common, is that they sit on the impact-investing sidelines.

Class 8

Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2016

Executives are usually taught that data is an objective and critical input for strategic planning and operations. The margin for error in business has become substantially smaller as global growth slows. Companies must ensure that their data have been collected by sources with no interest in dressing up the numbers.

Marketing 8

Marketing GDP Industry Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2013

HR analysts need to apply data to the business issue (a top-down approach), rather than using an unnecessary amount of resources for bottom-up data mining. Research: Recession Grads May Wind Up Happier in the Long Run. Consequently, your analytics must be: Relevant. Compelling. Talent and the New World of Hiring.

Company 8

Company Human Resources Metrics Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

Building a large-scale biopharmaceutical facility requires up to $500 million. The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. This all presents CEOs with a tough dilemma.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2016

A global consulting firm I work with has an explicit strategy to target Fortune 1000 companies, yet less than 15% of their business comes from those companies. Instead of calling on IT managers or purchasing staff to buy equipment, they’ll need to start talking with senior managers all the way up to the CIO.

Strategy 8

Strategy Execution How To CRM 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2015

It took Roy a while to see the corrosive impact of George’s more subtle deficiencies and to make up his mind about what to do. Roy eventually realized that keeping difficult people around can undermine what should be a leader’s number one objective: maintaining a positive and productive work environment.

Human Resources 8

Human Resources Resources Reputation Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Most companies' marketing materials make generic claims like "an industry leader with decades of experience helping global customers achieve business objectives through unique solutions and uncompromised value." Does your company set up Challengers to succeed? Sound familiar? Blah, blah, blah.

Marketing 14

Marketing ROI Short-term Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2017

A white paper published by the Workforce Institute and produced by Circadian, a workforce solutions company, calls absenteeism a bottom-line killer that costs employers $3,600 per hourly employee and $2,650 per salaried employee per year. Check out this world map on Wikipedia to see where your country stacks up.). Not necessarily.

Company 8

Company Absenteeism Policies Bottom-up 8