Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

The hardest part is connecting long-term goals to near-term actions — especially when those new actions directly threaten the way you make money right now. Back before the passage of the Affordable Care Act, MedStar’s leaders decided they needed a strategic plan to reimagine the company in 2020.

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Health Care Insurance 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Business shift from the retail dealer customer service mentality of Firestone shifted to a high-production tire operation. During the years while K-Mart did not plan for change, Target and Wal-Mart did plan, change and established defined marketplace niches. Retail stores are about more than just storefront locations.

Crisis 58

Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Product-service movement at retail levels. 7 Steps Toward Getting Your Budgets Accepted More Readily: Commitment toward strategic planning for your function-department-company. 7 Stages in Making a Case for Business Funding: Link to a strategic business objective. Managers lose sight of their employees’ goals.

Budgeting 50

Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

Giving the CMO a clear role in the strategic planning process is a good start. It’s a practical way not only to inject a customer perspective into the core planning activities, but it also provides the CMO with the big-picture business perspective. Leadership Marketing' Tariq Shaukat, CMO for Caesars, agrees.

CEO 8

CEO Marketing Hotels Long-term 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

The goal was to keep litigation from occurring, which was met. The common denominator was open communications with customers, where other retail centers try to stifle mention of incidents. What-if scenario planning is similar to the processes utilized in overall company strategic planning and visioning.

Crisis Management 76

Crisis Management Crisis Risk Management Budgeting 76

Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2012

This is a primer for executives and the heirs apparent to company leadership. Many books have been written on the subject of leadership. My own philosophy of leadership starts with the premise that every dynamic of a successful organization must be in some way aimed towards its stakeholders. Entry-Level Worker. Support Staff.

Business Development 51

Business Development Development Learning-by-Doing Ethics 51

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2010

What’s optimal for you – with your goals and values – could very well be suboptimal for the next person. Get executive buy-in and foster accountability It’s not enough for executives to agree on the goals, business rules and constraints, and decisions that will be made. Of course, it’s the “defined sense” that makes things murky.

Resources 50

Resources Process Constraint Objective 50

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 4, 2013

For many years, we will be measuring how loss of corporate credibility has tainted all facets of business, in terms of remediation, replacement, litigation, make-good, rework, damage control, recovery process, settlements to victims, decreased stock market value and sagging retail sales. The Art of Learning From Failure to Get Better.

Crisis 58

Crisis Airlines Transportation Crisis Management 58

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Failure to understand and nurture relationships with the retailing industry. Failure to plan for the present. There were more retail outlets for the music than ever before or ever since. Deregulation of broadcasting. Failure to collaborate, bundle products or combine efforts to create and sustain advantage.

Download 54

Download Industry Trends Technology 54

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Yet, most CEOs were never trained on how to be CEOs, with all the responsibility, people skills, leadership and ethical management that must go along with the job. Retailers make 70% of their earnings in the fourth quarter of each year. They have not really been in the decision making and leadership processes, as they should have been.

Ethics 59

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Shared goals and clearly defined roles provide the foundation upon which cooperation and coordination can be built. It developed the NOOK and has devoted significant space in its retail stores to display and promote it, and it has a broad online library. But doing so requires more than faith and words alone.

Execution 67

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

In one of the most comprehensive global surveys of corporate directors to date, we found that they were very worried about developing and enacting strategic plans that will enable their organizations to succeed. What would this leadership look like over time? What is top of mind for corporate boards worldwide? Not rising costs.

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Company Telecommunications Management 8