Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Quality is not something that managers assign others to achieve. Rather than assume all is wrong or right with an organization and take a defensive posture, management must view quality as essential to their economic survival or growth. It is not enough for management to endorse quality programs; they must actively participate.

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Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

To demonstrate it, we’ve examined a number of industries and mapped the level of capabilities coherence in the portfolio of each of the major players against their operating margins over the past five years. Companies today operate in a business environment that encourages incoherence. We call this measure the ‘coherence premium.’

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Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

Outside of 'think tanks' for company executive committees, full-scope education does not occur. I conduct Executive Think Tanks for corporate management. Organizations of all sizes must have the Think Tank.which delineates future operations, including education and training. Management – Introduction.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 10, 2013

They ride the ups and downs of the economy more closely than the healthcare, government, or high-tech sectors, and average two to three times the rate of employee turnover, according to 2012 numbers from the Society for Human Resource Management. Managers meet regularly, not just annually, with individual employees.

Strategy 133

Strategy White Paper Human Resources Case Study 133

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

During the decade he headed the company (1992 – 2002), Tyco grew from a small New Hampshire conglomerate into a global giant operating in more than 100 countries with 250,000 employees and $40 billion in annual revenue. The board’s audit committee did not keep minutes at all until the problems began at Tyco in 2002.

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Golden Parachute Committee Ethics Policies 8

Chart Your Course

JUNE 10, 2013

They ride the ups and downs of the economy more closely than the healthcare, government, or high-tech sectors, and average two to three times the rate of employee turnover, according to 2012 numbers from the Society for Human Resource Management. Managers meet regularly, not just annually, with individual employees.

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White Paper Case Study Class Newsletter 100

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2018

.” Even if you cannot change your circumstances, “you might be able to change the microenvironment in which you operate.” Case Study #1: Make small adjustments to your environment, and look for ways to enhance your job description. ” With this in mind, over time, Joel changed his management style.

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Career How To Learning-by-Doing Constraint 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2017

“Managers have to learn to de-bias their practices and procedures.” When it comes to biases and hiring, managers need to “think broadly about ways to simplify and standardize the process,” says Bohnet. To begin, you’ll need to understand what hiring prejudices are and how they operate.

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Process Diversity Sample Software 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Rogier hadn’t once mentioned holacracy or self-managed teams, even though the executive team and the board had been talking for months about transitioning to just such a system at the global construction company. He now had only one major—and very vocal—opponent: Vera Hoch, the head of the audit committee.

Case Study 8

Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

Editor's Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Tommy was a director and Jane was the Midlands regional sales manager for Egan & Sons, a supplier of doors and staircases to Westmid for 63 years. Look how friendly he is.".

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Case Study P&L Cost Due Diligence 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2011

Editors' Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. She led him down a long corridor to a door marked "Hotel Manager." Welcome, welcome." He smiled, extended a hand, and kissed both her cheeks. How is it going?".

Case Study 10

Case Study Hotels Price Decentralization 10

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

These pointers are offered to help manage time and resources. They staff committees and events, hoping to generate more leads. Inevitably, when high-level forums are organized, the juniors, mid-managers and self-marketers infiltrate and take over… which chases us away. Business organizations are like trees. You Once Did _.

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Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 70

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

Managers who want to recognize employees for good work have many tools at their disposal. However, managers in most companies have a good deal of input into the decision, and in some cases they are the ultimate decision makers. It's critical that managers make these decisions about promotions and raises carefully. "I

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Learning-by-Doing Motivation Case Study Budgeting 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Yet they don't work, and their repeated application makes many managers incredibly gender fatigued and frustrated. Every manager I have worked with hates the fact that companies talk about "Diversity and Inclusion," but then they are given targets on women (most don't even target balance). Problem 1: Calling it Diversity.

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Diversity Balanced Scorecard P&L Committee 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

The company cried ‘case study’ from the very beginning, when it segued from the former Houston Natural Gas moniker. The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. Several committees competed with each other for the spotlight. Corporate Culture.

Strategic Planning 63

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 63

N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

When I ran the Talent Management division of a large global consulting firm after I left GE, I realized that these consultants were working from concepts that were academic vs. real life. Unless you've actually been in the shoes of your clients, I don't think you have a right to advise them. D from Columbia.

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Blog Leadership Consultative Follow-up 333

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

It’s achieved impressive results since being founded in 2001, and is run by a committee of about ten people. In the early days, a management consultant used the familiar chiefs/Indians line to predict they’d fail. If the structure of the management committee was a problem, they would have failed by now. Why is this so?

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Case Study Committee Software Hamel 11