The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 17, 2020

“These results provide suggestive evidence of the setting in which CEO succession and contingency plans may have the most meaningful effect on performance,” the researchers say. A leading NHS manager recently argued that it takes five years for a CEO to make a difference but the average time in post is less than two.”.

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CEO Contingency Plans Politics Human Capital 97

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Sometimes the difficulty of managing your time makes for a haphazard operation. Plan for the future. When your business has contingency plans for future scenarios you will seldom be caught by surprise. Most successful businesses have planned responses to most scenarios because they took the time to think “What If”.

Succession 50

Succession Strategic Planning Budgeting Goal 50

Strategy Driven

JULY 27, 2019

There is no way a business can thrive without having the right skills to manage whatever resources it has at its disposal. On the other hand, the ones starting from scratch, with nothing but scraps have made it big only with their sheer skill of resource management and colossal intelligence. Come Up With a Contingency Plan.

Resources 10

Resources Contingency Plans How To Accounts Receivable Financing 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2015

In my former position as Managing Director of Philip Morris Ukraine where I was based from January 2012 until February 2015, I was forced to see it as a business crisis that threatened our people, operations, and bottom line. Indeed, Ukraine’s troubles offered an opportunity to build the leadership capacity of my management team.

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Crisis Management Contingency Plans Objective 8

Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

While it’s essential that leaders proactively create contingency plans for the next crisis – identify vulnerable areas, analyze the organization’s state of readiness, provide appropriate staff training, among other important tasks – there is a famous military maxim that says, “Every plan is a good one – until the first shot is fired.”

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Leadership Crisis Learning-by-Doing Team 132

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

In the first, a corporate board persuades a high-performing and dependable CEO to stay longer than planned at the helm to keep a steady hand on the tiller, maintain progress, or weather an upcoming storm. In the second scenario, a planned CEO departure occurs during a time of uncertainty.

CEO 9

CEO Contingency Plans Telecommunications Planning 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2011

President Obama is not the only one having to decide whether to cut or modify vacation plans at a challenging moment. Time away while accumulating new experiences can stimulate imagination and support innovation. Are there continuity, backup, and contingency plans? Pauses refresh. What is the vacation timing?

Contingency Plans 15

Contingency Plans Sharpe Bond Planning 15

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

Bonus - Always have a Plan B : Another component of communications strategy that is rarely discussed is how to prevent a message from going bad, and what to do when does. It’s called being prepared and developing a contingency plan. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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Tips Blog Learning-by-Doing Open-book 417

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2011

An MBA student once asked me to give her a simple explanation of the "risk management function." After a few minutes of fumbling, I told her that risk management is the process of identifying, prioritizing, and mitigating the impact of unforeseen (and usually negative) events. and many more.

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Risk Management Management Contingency Plans Reputation 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

If your company uses digital networks to manage supply chains, customer relationships, internal communications, financials and/or sensitive information that might interest Chinese or Iranian cyberwarriors, then a risk assessment re-think is paramount. Business — both global and entrepreneurial — is the hard target here.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Contingency Plans Banking Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2017

oil services provider McDermott International plans to build a fabrication yard at a Saudi Aramco shipping complex; Amazon bought the Middle East’s biggest online retailer Souq.com; and Boeing finalized its multi-billion dollar deal with Iran. Since Trump was elected, Dunkin Donuts has opened its first outlet in South Africa; U.S.

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Depreciation Contingency Plans Policies Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2017

While consumer spending has proven resilient, with same-store retail sales rising 6% YOY in April , most multinational corporations are developing contingency plans to mitigate risks to their businesses and reassessing the country’s role in their global market portfolio and supply chains. Renegotiating NAFTA.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Depreciation Uncertainty Marketing 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 4, 2017

While there might be plenty of directions you want to take your company in, you’ll also be subject to the whims and plans of your fellow humans, who all too often (it can feel like) have plans that are out of sync with your own. External Innovation: Good. External Innovation: Bad. It’s the way innovation works.

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Contingency Plans Software Trends Innovation 50