The Horizons Tracker

MAY 24, 2022

Companies have managed to construct an AI strategy and are building an ecosystem around AI that is underpinned by the structures and processes required to make the technology work. Indeed, those in the former camp were 2.5 times as likely to feel that value has been achieved than those in the latter camp.

Company 116

Company Survey McKinsey Project 116

CoachStation

AUGUST 26, 2022

Yet, too often managers see them as negotiable. Gallup estimates that managers account for at least 70% of the variance in employee engagement across business units. Unfortunately, these criteria miss a crucial element: the right talent to succeed as a manager and leader. None of these points are theories. You have options.

Motivation 130

Motivation McKinsey Attrition Influence 130

Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2016

The Biggest Leap You’ll Ever Make : From Team Member to First-Time Manager by @JesseLynStoner. The Cost Of Waiting by @scedmonds. How technology is creating a new world of work via @McKinsey. How a Radical Shift to "Self-Management" Left Zappos Reeling - Fortune. FT: We prefer bad bosses to be 100% horrible.

Servant Leader 150

Servant Leader McKinsey Strategic Planning Open-book 150

Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Change and Continuity - Mintzberg And Kotter Agree - You Must Manage Both by @profkjmoore. JonGordon11: How Much is Negativity Costing You and Your Company? Find Your Blind Spot: A Self-Reflection Activity for Managers by @petefriedes. Part 1 of 6 by @Mark_Sanborn. Read " The Art of Receiving " by @LollyDaskal. by @LollyDaskal.

Mintzberg 271

Mintzberg Kotter Hamel McKinsey 271

Strategy Driven

JULY 8, 2019

But, the desire for instant gratification is also forcing logistics and transportation businesses to provide delivery options that are faster, more cost-effective, and convenient as well as offer increased flexibility to the customer. How is Ecommerce Transforming Logistics and Transportation Management? Conclusion.

Transportation 50

Transportation Parcell Supply Chain Management 50

Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 2, 2023

One Chartered Manager has developed a way to measure and monitor EDI Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) has been at the forefront of board agendas for several years, and rightly so. Managers need to know what works, and what does not. Companies who lead the way on EDI are 25%–36% more likely to outperform on profitability.

Metrics 52

Metrics KPI Diversity Long-term 52

First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 13, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from another terrific article featured online by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company, in which Martin Dewhurst, Jonathan Harris, and Suzanne Heywood explain why, as the economic spotlight shifts to developing markets, global companies need new ways to manage their strategies, people, costs, and risks.

Globalization 80

Globalization McKinsey Cost Article 80

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Skipping on travel costs and time, spending breaks talking to your loved ones, working at your own pace away from overly-regulted work environments, living away from the city life at a destination of your choice—the remote work impact has considerably soothed the wounds of hustle culture that used to tower over everything else .

Attrition 97

Attrition Trends McKinsey Survey 97

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

In The Ecosystem Economy , McKinsey’s Venkat Atluri and Miklos Dietz paint a picture of the future of education that will see the ways in which we learn transformed. This is largely because education coincides with happiness, so the more educated we are, the happier we tend to be.

Education 114

Education Learning-by-Doing Skills McKinsey 114

HR Digest

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Training Remote Managers. According to Mckinsey & Company , “Leaders have an essential role to play in developing solutions to tackle these challenges.” Managers will increasingly need to take up more innovative roles to manage disparate and dispersed teams. It is feasible and a good cost-effective alternative.

Efficiency 105

Efficiency Operations Training Diversity 105

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Prior to joining Microsoft in 2003, Hogan was a partner at McKinsey & Co. and a development manager at Oracle Corp. She also manages JLL’s corporate offices around the world, with a focus on creating spaces that promote engagement, collaboration, and wellbeing. Prior to joining JLL, Bilbrey was the U.S. CHRO for HSBC.

Human Resources 469

Human Resources Globalization Resources Diversity 469

First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 2, 2011

Once again, McKinsey & Company offers (at no cost) an exceptionally valuable resource, in this instance Eric Schmidt‘s conversation with McKinsey director James Manyika about business culture, technology, and social issues.

Technology 85

Technology McKinsey Execution Video 85

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Anyone can be collaborative leader—whether you are the CEO, a mid-level manager or a front-line supervisor. Although hierarchical organizations have advantages in terms of efficiency, there is a huge opportunity cost in not accessing the full potential of everyone in the organization. It doesn’t matter what your role is.

Competitive Advantage 282

Competitive Advantage McKinsey Creativity Diversity 282

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

When Marillyn Hewson of Lockheed Martin walked us through the lessons she learned as she responded to then President-elect Trump’s tweet to the American public that he felt F-35 costs were out of control, which wiped of $4 billion of market cap in a day, it was both gripping and profound.

CEO 104

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 104

The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

This leads to sizeable cost overruns, missed deadlines, disrupted operations, unhappy customers, and stressed out employees. Reporting on the largest global study of IT change ever conducted (1,471 projects), an Oxford University Said Business School professor and McKinsey & Co. But many of these projects are poorly implemented.

Project 55

Project McKinsey Emotional Intelligence Price 55

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 14, 2022

When Marillyn Hewson of Lockheed Martin walked us through the lessons she learned as she responded to then President-elect Trump’s tweet to the American public that he felt F-35 costs were out of control, which wiped of $4 billion of market cap in a day, it was both gripping and profound.

CEO 94

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 94

Eric Jacobson

JUNE 23, 2022

When Marillyn Hewson of Lockheed Martin walked us through the lessons she learned as she responded to then President-elect Trump’s tweet to the American public that he felt F-35 costs were out of control, which wiped of $4 billion of market cap in a day, it was both gripping and profound.

CEO 82

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 82

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 18, 2023

When Marillyn Hewson of Lockheed Martin walked us through the lessons she learned as she responded to then President-elect Trump’s tweet to the American public that he felt F-35 costs were out of control, which wiped of $4 billion of market cap in a day, it was both gripping and profound.

CEO 65

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 65

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 31, 2022

When Marillyn Hewson of Lockheed Martin walked us through the lessons she learned as she responded to then President-elect Trump’s tweet to the American public that he felt F-35 costs were out of control, which wiped of $4 billion of market cap in a day, it was both gripping and profound.

CEO 65

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 65

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

According to Gallup , replacing an employee can cost between one-half to two times their annual salary. Essentially, a 100-person organization with a $50,000 average salary could see replacement costs of over $660,000 to $2.6 There are many reasons why employers and their HR professionals should prioritize employee retention.

Process 59

Process Attrition Trends Training 59

Six Disciplines

MARCH 15, 2011

As reported in the Harvard Business Review's Daily Stat , the consulting group Bain's updated global database of Sustained Value Creators found only 12% of companies worldwide managed to grow profits and revenues more than 5.5% over the 10 years ending in 2008 and earn back their cost of capital.

Cost of Capital 101

Cost of Capital McKinsey Globalization Consultative 101

HR Digest

DECEMBER 8, 2020

A recent Mckinsey & Company survey shows that since 2015, America has seen only a modest growth in women’s well paid jobs representation in the corporate pipeline. For every 100 men promoted to manager, only 85 women were promoted. . Computer and information systems managers. Human Resource Managers.

Human Resources 52

Human Resources Chemicals Software Engineering 52

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

While you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out. Examines ways to maintain and grow value through mergers, acquisitions, and portfolio management.

ROIC 62

ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 1, 2019

The alarming nature of the statistic understandably triggered considerable discussion, with various other bodies, from the OECD to McKinsey producing similar research complete with their own predictions for the future of work.

Technology 70

Technology Short-term Osborne Long-term 70

Coaching Tip

JUNE 21, 2012

information about work and jobs is relatively hard to come by for someone seeking employment,” says James Manyika, a director of the McKinsey Global Institute. The barriers to applying for work have fallen sharply: Once a résumé is created, job seekers can submit hundreds of applications online with zero or minimal extra cost.

Tips 128

Tips Succession Social Capital McKinsey 128

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

CEOs constantly deal with “people issues” because, as David Larcker, professor at Stanford Graduate Business school, said , “Conflict management is critical in the CEO role — just about anything that gets to the CEO’s desk has an element of pleasing someone and making someone else unhappy.” All these reasons have to do with people.

Executive Coaching 78

Executive Coaching Execution Welch Self-aware 78

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

CEOs constantly deal with “people issues” because, as David Larcker, professor at Stanford Graduate Business school, said , “Conflict management is critical in the CEO role — just about anything that gets to the CEO’s desk has an element of pleasing someone and making someone else unhappy.” All these reasons have to do with people.

Executive Coaching 78

Executive Coaching Execution Welch Self-aware 78

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

CEOs constantly deal with “people issues” because, as David Larcker, professor at Stanford Graduate Business school, said , “Conflict management is critical in the CEO role — just about anything that gets to the CEO’s desk has an element of pleasing someone and making someone else unhappy.” All these reasons have to do with people.

Executive Coaching 78

Executive Coaching Execution Welch Self-aware 78

Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 2, 2013

They can sound geeky, but they are developments that every manager needs to understand. At the C-suite, businesses need not only a data analytics strategy, but a data-analytics culture, researchers from McKinsey have concluded. They are transforming each and every business model. One example is the capability to slash energy use.

Leadership Styles 83

Leadership Styles Human Capital Ethics McKinsey 83

CO2

AUGUST 8, 2013

Harris Partners, who was part of the management team that grew McGladrey from sub $400 million to over $1.3 I have heard that McKinsey and Co sends new partners to Switzerland to hone their skills in affability. They tend to cost more in the long run. billion in revenues. Affability. Availability.

McKinsey 110

McKinsey Skills Executive Coaching Reputation 110

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2014

Trust is a tool to assess and manage (reduce and/or increase) risk, depending on the situation. Basically, we are saying, “I won’t use resources on this because the pain of being vulnerable ‘costs’ less than the cost of NOT applying my resources elsewhere.” No instrument can play everything.

Efficiency 132

Efficiency Energy Senge Resources 132

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Consulting giant McKinsey recently argued that the talk about Asian economic hegemony has been largely underestimated. billion raised by the wealth management platform Lufax. The concern across the EU has only risen as China has appeared to have considerably more success. Digital dominance.

Marketing 45

Marketing McKinsey Innovation GDP 45

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

And yet cash does carry costs. My colleague Benjamin Mazzotta and I have been studying the costs of cash across a wide range of countries: U.S., The use of cash involves several social costs to individuals — especially the poor — as well as business and the government. Mexico, Egypt and India. Much like the U.S.,

Cost 8

Cost Transportation Banking Retail 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. Originally designed to provide labor cost arbitrage, they are now on the brink of being a source for strategic advantage. But that's not by accident.

Offshoring 8

Offshoring Cost Benchmarking Operations 8

Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 19, 2011

Mike Figliuolo is the Managing Director of thoughtLEADERS, LLC. He has been a tank platoon leader, a McKinsey consultant, a senior executive, and now runs thoughtLEADERS – a leadership development and training firm. Make it a New Year’s Resolution to identify and groom your replacement.

Training 257

Training Blog Greenleaf Maslow 257

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

They also reported an average $340 per week cost to send a child to a daycare facility. The report also indicated that employers with children who are three and below can cost employers $1,150 per year as a result of inadequate child care, and a total business loss of $12.7 McKinsey reported that working mothers were 1.5

GDP 98

GDP McKinsey Participative Report 98

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

McKinsey has a new study out on an important topic — the question of whether corporations systematically take too short a view and do not invest enough for the long term. On the one hand, there are many anecdotes suggesting that pressures to manage earnings hold back investment. McKinsey deems them short term–focused.

McKinsey 9

McKinsey Short-term Long-term Comparison 9