Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

We are now in the era of “do-it-yourself” career development. During my 11 years at PepsiCo, mostly during the 1990s, “personal development” was treated as a major company initiative. Here are six things you can do to take control of your own career. Drawn Ideas/Getty Images.

Career 15

Career Development Company Supply Chain 15

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Yet, in an economy whereby 60% of GDP and 85% of exports are derived from oil and gas, the need to diversify is evident, not least due to the decline in oil prices since 2014 that many believe is the new normal and the political and economic blockade that was imposed by some neighboring countries in June 2017.

Resources 87

Resources Innovation GDP Education 87

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2015

Between ticket sales, sponsorships, merchandising, and media rights, Price Waterhouse Coopers estimates global sports revenues will grow to total roughly $145 billion. We talk about things like yield management, demand curves, and perishable inventory — factors that dictate our pricing strategies.

Price 8

Price Team Sports Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2018

How do you recruit a developer making well into six figures, or an experienced salesperson with four kids in private school? When we’re hiring someone who has a hard-to-match base salary at their current employer, we cushion our offer with a lucrative bonus structure, commission pay, or other performance incentives.

Strategy 10

Strategy Incentives Policies Banking 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

When one of us (Vivek) and his team launched Roivant Sciences in 2014 and began developing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease — they were determined to learn from the pharma industry’s innovation issues and build a more sustainable innovation engine. Roivant’s first response was to address misaligned incentives.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Incentives Industry 9

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

The authors then show how to best execute specific initiatives, test major project assumptions, and develop a culture that values disciplined experimentation and learning over meeting mindless and unrealistic goals. New product development is such a big piece of building new business, or so we are told.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Although it might seem that greater control and stronger enforcement are beneficial—it is important for firms to protect key trade secrets, after all—the evidence shows that these changes critically undermine employee incentives to learn and innovate. They invest less in acquiring knowledge, reducing their skills and innovativeness.

Incentives 13

Incentives Policies Innovation Human Capital 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

For instance, according to our labor supply and demand data, there is only one active job seeker for every three open positions in multiple fields, including nurse practitioners and cloud developers. When developing a recruitment strategy, companies can more fluidly project which positions will be the most difficult to fill.

Skills 15

Skills Incentives Training Positioning 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2015

In financial engineering, PE investors provide strong equity incentives to the management teams of their portfolio companies. In operational engineering, PE firms develop industry and operating expertise that they bring to bear to add value to their portfolio companies. What about once PE firms make an investment?

CAPM 8

CAPM Discounted Cash Flow Company Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2018

For the former position, the requirements go beyond knowledge of lithium-ion cells (cell capacity, impedance, energy, and so on) to include expertise to develop algorithms for state-of-the-art feedback control and estimation. Moreover, it’s not just technology-related jobs that are being reimagined with AI.

Power 10

Power Engineering Analysis Training 10

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

Business development. So were professional development programs, rewards for random acts of kindness and other empowerment initiatives. Many deals were put on the books in order to inflate the price of Enron stock, which the insiders sold at peak price levels. No executive development program was held at Enron.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

Business development. They take what is said at face value because they have not or don’t care to develop abilities to discern what is hyped by others. ‘Develop the Drive to Accomplish Anything.’ They require human development, mentoring, knowledge enhancement and much more to be successful.

Brand 50

Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

As companies introduce software bots and digital self-service, and as they transform assembly lines, they must bring along their key employees, leaders, and customers as they redefine jobs, career paths, workforce management, and social contracts. To that end, managers should develop a list of 10 to 15 processes that bots can quickly improve.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Short-term Long-term Compliance 8