Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2016

The Cost Of Waiting by @scedmonds. How technology is creating a new world of work via @McKinsey. How technology is creating a new world of work via @McKinsey. What’s Your Organization’s Values Operating System? The Biggest Leap You’ll Ever Make : From Team Member to First-Time Manager by @JesseLynStoner. by @scedmonds.

Servant Leader 150

Servant Leader McKinsey Strategic Planning Open-book 150

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. With a diverse background in human resources, information technology, and operations, his business and leadership acumen is only exceeded by his commitment to making others better.

Human Resources 469

Human Resources Globalization Resources Diversity 469

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

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

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

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. Operation Costs Have to Be Reduced. Conclusion.

Transportation 50

Transportation Parcell Supply Chain Management 50

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

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. They mostly operate out of grocery and drugstore pharmacies, others are employed in hospitals or in clinical settings. Operations Research Analyst.

Human Resources 52

Human Resources Chemicals Software Engineering 52

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.

Project 55

Project McKinsey Emotional Intelligence Price 55

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Filled with in-depth insights from experts at McKinsey & Company, this reliable resource takes a much more qualitative approach to what the authors consider a lost art. Operating-cost productivity metrics might include the component costs for building an automobile or delivering a package, the rates of rework, and so forth.

ROIC 62

ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

As Caterina Bulgarella (PhD) writes , studies show that accruing power comes at the cost of disconnecting from others and losing the ability to take perspective; leaders in high positions are generally more insulated from contextual signals from their environment. This is why hire an executive coach!

Executive Coaching 78

Executive Coaching Execution Welch Self-aware 78

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

As Caterina Bulgarella (PhD) writes , studies show that accruing power comes at the cost of disconnecting from others and losing the ability to take perspective; leaders in high positions are generally more insulated from contextual signals from their environment. This is why hire an executive coach!

Executive Coaching 78

Executive Coaching Execution Welch Self-aware 78

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

As Caterina Bulgarella (PhD) writes , studies show that accruing power comes at the cost of disconnecting from others and losing the ability to take perspective; leaders in high positions are generally more insulated from contextual signals from their environment.

Executive Coaching 78

Executive Coaching Execution Welch Self-aware 78

Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 2, 2013

At the C-suite, businesses need not only a data analytics strategy, but a data-analytics culture, researchers from McKinsey have concluded. It often helps if the executive in charge is not from IT, but from operations or marketing, and that there are close links with customer-facing and other operational roles.

Leadership Styles 83

Leadership Styles Human Capital Ethics McKinsey 83

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

A recent survey conducted by McKinsey found that 42% of millennial and Gen Z consumers cited purpose as the primary reason they switched brands. After all, your business’s future success depends not only on the health and longevity of the community in which you operate — but also on the health of our entire world.

Mission Statement 78

Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

A recent survey conducted by McKinsey found that 42% of millennial and Gen Z consumers cited purpose as the primary reason they switched brands. After all, your business’s future success depends not only on the health and longevity of the community in which you operate — but also on the health of our entire world. Ernst & Young.

Mission Statement 78

Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Consulting giant McKinsey recently argued that the talk about Asian economic hegemony has been largely underestimated. 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

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

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

APRIL 5, 2017

The McKinsey Global Institute, in conjunction with FCLT Global, recently released research stating that long-term-oriented companies perform better than those that focus on short-term results. While a laudable effort in principle, measuring a company’s tendency to make myopic operating and investing decisions is fiendishly complex.

EPS 8

EPS Metrics Depreciation Short-term 8

Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 19, 2011

He has been a tank platoon leader, a McKinsey consultant, a senior executive, and now runs thoughtLEADERS – a leadership development and training firm. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Even more striking, new research from the McKinsey Global Institute analyzes firm-level financial results and finds a stark contrast in performance between the biggest U.S. Many of the small and midsize manufacturers that did manage to survive kept going by cutting costs, which has led to stagnant wage growth. Even when large U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Incentives Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2015

Unless your company’s return on capital exceeds its cost of capital, no amount of revenue growth can create value. For the many firms whose cost of capital and return on capital are roughly equal, in fact, the only path to value creation is to increase return on capital. The bottom line?

CEO 8

CEO ROIC Cost of Capital Merton 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2018

New research from the McKinsey Global Institute simulates the potential global macroeconomic impact of five powerful technologies (computer vision, natural language, virtual assistants, robotic process automation, and advanced machine learning). GDP growth a year across the period. Why do laggards not jump into AI?

GDP 8

GDP McKinsey Long-term Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

In-house strategy and consulting groups are growing in popularity , supplementing and increasingly winning business from traditional consulting firms such as McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group and Bain & Company. We encourage groups to charge their full cost back to their “clients.”

Consultative 8

Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2018

It’s easy to see what countries think they have to gain in these efforts: The Ellen MacArthur Foundation , McKinsey , and Accenture believe that enabling CEs will lead to trillions of dollars in savings and is a particularly significant step in protecting the environment. It also lowers the cost of refurbishing.

Policies 8

Policies Asset Management Cost Productivity 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2018

Many executives may think themselves the wizard; enthralled by the idea that AI technology will allow them to shed millions of dollars in labor costs, they could come to believe that the best company is the one with the fewest people aside from the CEO. McKinsey has been studying what kind of work is most adaptable to automation.

Creativity 14

Creativity Strategy Venture Capitalist McKinsey 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Marketing and sales, manufacturing, recruiting (including people assessment), customer service, and support are all fields that can benefit from artificial intelligence according to McKinsey’s recent research. Companies are both operators and investors. The costs of AI-enabled tools are falling, and availability is rising.

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

But, according to McKinsey research , only 16% of merger reorgs fully deliver their objectives in the planned time, 41% take longer than expected, and in 10% of cases, the reorg actually harms the newly-formed organization. As a part of your M&A plan, you should consider the benefits, costs, and timing of the reorg.

Process 8

Process McKinsey Due Diligence Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

We were struck by the assumption made by an article in The McKinsey Quarterly this month. Thus, as the McKinsey Global Institute team states, and its analysis of 80 years of data shows, "over the long term. Yet, as obviously logical as that finding turns out to be, McKinsey was right to frame it as counterintuitive.

McKinsey 14

McKinsey Efficiency Long-term Analysis 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

A recent McKinsey report found that while 84% of corporate executives think innovation is key to achieving growth objectives, only 6% are satisfied with the innovation performance of their firm. Another pervasive reason is that senior executives are trained as operators, not innovators. That’s quite a mismatch. It’s not.

Innovation 8

Innovation P&L ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2018

But it’s particularly difficult for large, traditional firms , especially those which operate in consolidated, non-growth industries (think pulp and paper, steel, airlines) and which are often located away from the metropolitan areas where data scientists live. Seeing bottom-up initiatives through.

Bottom-up 8

Bottom-up Operations Training Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2016

Research by McKinsey shows that, on average, 30% of corporate earnings are at stake when it comes to a company’s relationships with society. As a global survey conducted by McKinsey shows, only 21% of business executives think their company frequently engages successfully. The current model is not working.

Company 8

Company McKinsey Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Many measure cost per student. These metrics are useful but miss the big picture, in part because they mistake a program’s cost for its value. If a program has a low cost per student but fails to actually help people forge a solid career, then the fact that the failure is cheap does not make it any less of a failure.

Metrics 9

Metrics TCO Training Cost-Benefit Analysis 9