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July 2021 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

David shares: “ This book comes at a critical time for employees and leaders at all levels who want to find a better way to connect, communicate and lead a team through change and crisis. Steve DiGioia contributed Please Don’t Discount the Inexperienced. It will be released this summer, but I’m excited to share the Sneak Peek.

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Healthcare Mergers: An Emerging Crisis | StrategyDriven

Strategy Driven

Insurers claim that these discounts are necessary to help them secure the best possible deal. BCBSM also threatened to revoke its other customers’ hospital discounts if they carved out their physical therapy benefits and contracted with TheraMatrix to provide them.

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The Big Picture of Business – Achieving the Best by Preparing for the Worst: Lessons Learned from High-Profile Crises, part 2 of 4

Strategy Driven

Business shift from the retail dealer customer service mentality of Firestone shifted to a high-production tire operation. Rather than stick together in crisis situations and collectively investigate the problems, both Ford and Firestone distanced themselves from each. 85% of the time, planning and forethought will avert the crisis.

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Is Your Supply Chain Ready for the Congestion Crisis?

Harvard Business Review

A looming crisis. First, it’s important to understand the magnitude of the coming congestion crisis and its underlying drivers. The Future of Operations. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. These include the following: Not enough port container capacity. Insight Center.

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How Large Food Retailers Can Help Solve the Food Waste Crisis

Harvard Business Review

For example, super discounters such as Aldi, Lidl, and Amazon are further squeezing already thin food retail margins for large retailers. Upgrade inventory systems with the latest technology. Investing in new technology can reduce excess inventory and handling, and cut down on the amount of perishables that ultimately go to waste.

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Why We Need to Update Financial Reporting for the Digital Era

Harvard Business Review

Since then, we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks who follow technology companies. Business students are taught to value a company based on the discounted amounts of future cash flows or earnings.

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Tesco’s Downfall Is a Warning to Data-Driven Retailers

Harvard Business Review

Many analysts and unhappy investors point to Tesco’s ill-fated Fresh & Easy convenience store foray in America just as the global financial crisis kicked in. At the same time, dramatically increased price competition by discounters such as Aldi severely undercut Tesco’s “every little helps” value proposition.

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