LDRLB

JUNE 30, 2011

I agree, but only because most organizations write the mission statement, post it on their boardroom wall and then forget about it (until the next SP retreat of course). Rather, it is for organization-altering decisions such as: Do we expand into this market? John Bell wrote a great post called “Why Mission Statements Suck”.

Strategic Planning 90

Strategic Planning Planning Mission Statement Gordon 90

In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

Some howlers and growlers definitely made it through, and generally standards plummeted. Now of course we are all suffering from the same affliction. This hybridization of the arts and business is nothing new of course – it’s been going on for centuries – but they have always been uncomfortable bed-fellows. Well of course not.

Advertising 265

Advertising Creativity Industry Bottom-up 265

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Higher-ambition leaders are able to integrate multiple business disciplines (strategy, ethics, marketing, finance and so on) into a coherent, systemic approach for building a great company. For example, in finance courses students learn that profitability and return on assets is the measure of business success.

360-Degree Feedback 14

360-Degree Feedback Ethics Education Human Resources 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2014

No major and widely embraced employee productivity enhancement initiative has veered farther off course than wellness. But human resources departments can reconfigure their offerings so they are embraced, not resented. Second, wellness has become a marketing tool for health plans, nowhere more so than at Aetna.

Human Resources 8

Human Resources Guidelines Morale Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

One has to do with definitions — the BLS standard for self-employment isn’t the only valid one. First, the definitions. I’m not going to carp too much because it’s in keeping with the Freelancers Union’s noble aim of taking the lemons dealt by the labor market over the past decade-plus and turning them into artisanal lemonade.

MBO 8

MBO Survey Human Resources Long-term 8

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Ben: Well today’s about servant leadership and of course, that ties a lot into influential leadership. You can also consider a business that awakens a massive industry then dominates the market shares globally at the same time, busting misconceptions about the way the food service industry must treat employees. $16 The mark you leave.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Ben: Well today’s about servant leadership and of course, that ties a lot into influential leadership. You can also consider a business that awakens a massive industry then dominates the market shares globally at the same time, busting misconceptions about the way the food service industry must treat employees. $16 The mark you leave.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

This is a watershed moment, given that the world’s trade networks formed over the course of centuries, while cross-border digital flows barely registered just 15 years ago. For businesses, these open platforms create efficient global markets with a huge base of potential customers and built-in ways to reach them.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain GDP Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2016

Of course, you need to do your research aggressively. Technical support can become marketing; marketing can turn into human resources; back office managers move to the front office and the other way around. It is important not to get caught up in conventional definitions. Is It Time to Quit Your Job?

Career 8

Career Cost-Benefit Analysis Analysis Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2011

Of course, reducing costs by managing operational risks requires a change of mindset, a more comprehensive strategy and a change of heart. certain) cost view must be replaced by a more humane, dynamic and variable (i.e., Apply a standard definition for operational risk across every business area (e.g.,

Cost 14

Cost Metrics SWOT Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2015

Other times, shifts may be driven by disruptions and disrupters like the one happening in the transportation and hotel markets right now thanks to the likes of Uber and Airbnb. Of course, leaders, too, can set a different tone: Jack Welch, Lee Iacocca, Lou Gerstner, and Steve Jobs all did that. In fact, we defined growth as a process.

Welch 8

Welch Six Sigma Agility Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2015

Those with the best data have enjoyed distinct advantages — in commerce, for example, better understanding the market leads to better products offered at better prices, and so forth. These businesses include Bloomberg and Morningstar, which provide data about financial markets. That’s changing. Uber is another example.

Business Model 8

Business Model Price Competitive Advantage Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

He was asked to explain his strategies for expanding distribution and introducing new products to market. His utter frustration over the hiring process is pretty much par for the course these days. An author I know was approached by a publisher to write a book for which the publisher had decided there was a market.

Management 8

Management Proposal CEO Human Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2017

After all, the job description involves poring through huge quantities of often disparate data to find insights that may prove helpful in every aspect of a business, including marketing, logistics, and human resources. It also includes cleaning data, dealing with gaps, and sifting through incomplete poor definitions.

Osborne 8

Osborne Politics Information Guidelines 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2014

Or you could find that your definitions of success for the role are radically different. As a marketing and special events coordinator for an outdoor sports company in the Bay Area, she’d worked hard for months to prove herself worthy of a promotion. It may be possible to get the job you want if you play your cards right,” says Claman.

Short-term 8

Short-term Career Long-term Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

This makes sense, because the alternative is for behavioral insights to be tried out by individuals or specific departments, and their knowledge and skill are likely to vary: Someone in marketing might use their behavioral knowledge to develop more-effective campaigns, while at the same time someone in HR uses theirs to focus on employee engagement.

Company 8

Company Committee Ethics Project 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Data scientists are definitely in short supply at the moment; ask any company that's trying to hire them. A wide variety of universities — including Harvard, Berkeley, Stanford, Columbia, NC State, and others — are offering data science courses and starting degree programs. You need them. BIG DATA INSIGHT CENTER.

Offshoring 8

Offshoring CIO Consultative Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

Tomorrow, I’m definitely going to grab a yogurt and some fruit. Our startup, Pivotal, calls the South of Market (SOMA) neighborhood home, alongside companies like Airbnb, Dropbox, Adobe, Slack, Salesforce, and Uber. So, of course, Pivotal serves free, catered meals. Healthy, I know. After all, this is California.

Company 10

Company Bottom-up Long-term Agility 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Of course, Moneyball isn't just a baseball movie; it's Michael Lewis's account of the transformation of an industry by analytical decision-making. Even when they were the only team aggressively using analytics, they still found it difficult to overcome the disadvantages of a small-market team with a small budget.

Company 12

Company Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Film 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Some 650 people had already joined, and thus began the company’s wild ride toward becoming a social networking site with over a billion users, thousands of employees, and a market capitalization well north of $100 billion. Of course, Facebook’s organization kept growing, so we kept watching it for lessons that might apply to other situations.

Engineering 9

Engineering Class Software Mentor 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2013

Gallen in Switzerland ( Service Business Development: Strategies for Value Creation in Manufacturing Firms ) concludes that these services are most definitely lucrative for traditional manufacturers. Given the reality of limited resources, this lands many traditional product companies at a crossroads.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Business Model Software Long-term 8