Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

I conduct Executive Think Tanks for corporate management. These pointers are suggested in budgeting for and pricing services : Budget for training at the start of the fiscal year, averaging 10% of gross sales. See training as an investment (short-term and long-term), not to be short-changed.

Education 50

Education Company Succession Mentor 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Does stock price accurately reflect intrinsic value? How does the concept help business people make critical trade-offs between short and long term or between competing, legitimate concerns of stakeholders — employees, suppliers, customers and shareowners? Apple has paid no dividends since 1995. It hasn't used leverage.

Short-term 16

Short-term Rogers Long-term Price 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The “ accelerated recognition of commercial income and delayed accrual of costs” undoubtedly flatters short-term results, but it soon catches up with you, as four suspended senior executives have found out. UK retail, like the rest of the developed world, is witnessing a few big long-term trends. Everyone shops at Aldi.

Retail 14

Retail Merchandising Discount Price 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2015

As a result, workers are less productive, less healthy, even less ethical. In the short term, this will likely mean a pay increase for newly eligible workers, at least on an hourly basis. But research suggests that over time firms will lower salaries in order to get the same amount of work at the same price.

Long-term 8

Long-term Short-term Retail Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2012

Fastow's message, an important one for all managers and potential managers, has two key points. First, the rules provide managers with discretion to be misleading. But he rationalized those actions in his mind at the time, because the result was higher leverage, a higher return on equity, and a higher stock price.

Chief Financial Officer 12

Chief Financial Officer Finance Banking Class 12

Strategy Driven

APRIL 15, 2020

It saves you from having to buy digital ad space from publishers and it offers more predictable pricing. In short, make sure you’re investing your advertising budget wisely by aiming at the right audiences. Be a caring and ethical employer to show that your business can be trusted. Working on your company’s reputation.

Marketing 76

Marketing Audience Reputation Advertising 76

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

The insight behind Zipcar comes from an analysis of three fundamental trends: increasing urban densities, the growing preference for convenience in a time-scarce world, and a growing green ethic. The future success of Zipcar may rely as much on the strength and speed of those trends as it will on the effective management of the company.

Trends 12

Trends Short-term Resistance Marketing 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Instead, the regulatory filing simply listed, in summary fashion, “factors” supporting the raise, without any analysis elsewhere: JPM’s long-term performance; gains in market share and customer satisfaction; resolution of regulatory issues; improved control structures and processes; and leadership improvements. Boards Ethics Leadership'

Banking 8

Banking Fashion CEO Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2015

“I hadn’t realized how much I cared, how much work mattered to me, until then,” he explained, sharing a feeling I have heard many a manager describe. Each time we ponder, in essence, whether senior management, banking, consulting, entrepreneurship, and statesmanship are compatible with human life. It’s a demon!”

Long-term 8

Long-term Loyalty Uncertainty Banking 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

Short tenure in consulting, believing that recent corporate experience readily translates to the entrepreneurial marketplace. 99.99999 percent of actual management consultants come from five basic career orientations and fit onto one of the five branches of The Business Tree : Technical or niche industry orientation.

Consultative 59

Consultative Short-term Budgeting Strategic Planning 59

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Although many upper-level managers don't do these things enough, by far and away the single-most shirked responsibility of executives is holding people accountable. It holds up for C-level executives compared to directors and middle managers. They are not particularly open to critical feedback.

Management 12

Management Cooper Short-term Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

For example, in the 1990s, leading businesses like 3M adopted concepts like eco-efficiency, focusing on saving and making money through the better management of materials, energy and waste. Challenges of this frame: Be wary of pricing everything that moves in the environment and focusing too much on costs.

Morale 8

Morale EPS Supply Chain Politics 8

HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

The ability to manage change determines the fate of any organization. Companies that effectively manage change thrive, while those unable to do so ultimately fail from irrelevance. This second type of change management is critical because it creates meaning and purpose around the other challenges.

Ulrich 52

Ulrich Leadership Diversity Audience 52

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

Leaders must manage the present while preparing for the future. In extolling his own work ethic, President Donald Trump notes : “Don’t sleep any more than you have to. But it is also a mirage; you may be able to complete more tasks, at least in the short term. Marissa Mayer (former CEO of Yahoo!)

Short-term 15

Short-term How To Long-term Follow-up 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2016

An HR manager has one worthy candidate for a particular position in the organization. Sharing this fact may lead the candidate to use it to gain an edge in the negotiations about the terms of the job (e.g., My assistant narrowed these down to a short list of 10, each of whom has excellent credentials, skills, and experience.”

Participative 15

Participative Norton Short-term Ethics 15