Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2018

We invest billions of dollars each year in medicines, new technologies, doctors, and hospitals—all with the goal of improving health, arguably our most prized commodity. health care system woefully underperform relative to those made in health care in other countries. rawpixel/Getty Images. Yet, investments in the U.S.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Pharmaceuticals Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2012

I ask these questions because, like the lottery, organizations can shape their employees' dreams; and when the dreams are exciting and the odds are believable, employees will dramatically increase their investments in making them come true. But what if the odds were much better than one in 176 million? Would you double your investment?

Power 15

Power Pharmaceuticals Travel Cost 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Data science is becoming a reality for change management, and although it may not have arrived yet, it is time for organizations to get ready. Although predictive models for change management are still a ways off, organizations can get themselves on the right path by adopting the right tools and capturing the right data.

Company 8

Company Management Metrics Tools 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Many newly appointed managers, as they assume unfamiliar roles, cling to a belief system that emphasizes “hard skills” and a “nose to the grindstone” mentality. Some managers struggle to adapt their belief system, in part because they fear they will lose their edge in their area of technical expertise.

Belief Systems 8

Belief Systems Executive Coaching Stress Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

The concept is fairly straightforward: The parties define the result up front, agree on a baseline, work out how confident the organization is in delivering the result, and then specify the expectation and payment in the contract. Another problem is that badly designed contracts can leave open the possibility of companies gaming the system.

Health Care 8

Health Care Incentives Education Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2013

While currently crippled by inadequate infrastructure in many countries, low- and middle-income countries will be the fastest-growing markets for pharmaceuticals and medical devices over the next decade. To do so, we enlisted one of our NGO partners to teach our IT team how to use geographic information systems (GIS).

Health Care 8

Health Care ROI NGO Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

You either achieve your goals or you don't. Most organizations take the same stance. But only athletic events produce clear winners and losers in the short-term — and most organizations are not actively engaged in those. I've always been a big believer in using results as the differentiator between success and failure.

Short-term 14

Short-term Pharmaceuticals Long-term Maturity 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

Most companies talk a good ethics game and even make their goals public. For example, compensation tied solely to landing a contract invites abuse of the system. Many of these engineers may have been honest, upstanding citizens in their communities, but the pressure to succeed at work led them to game the system.

Ethics 8

Ethics Company Incentives Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2017

But we hear this kind of thing all the time from leaders in industries as varied as financial services, education, pharmaceuticals, and health care. A lot of it has to do with uncertainty in the world and constant changes in our organizations. .” Stress a happiness killer. And life is just too short to be unhappy at work.

Stress 15

Stress Health Care Emotional Intelligence Pharmaceuticals 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2013

Over the past 20 years, no group has endured greater pain and humiliation within organizations than mid-level managers (MLMs — managers from two levels below the CEO down to the line managers). Because of their 360-degree view of organizations, MLMs are uniquely positioned to implement such large-scale initiatives.

Middle Management 8

Middle Management Management Automotive Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Pharmaceutical companies, buffeted by regulatory changes, new drug technologies that alter entry barriers and competition, price pressures, and an estimated 300,000 job cuts since 2000, seem to fit the popular narrative of large organizations unable to deal with disruptive forces. ”

Health Care 8

Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2012

Without it, they narrowly focus on specific measurable goals or task completion without context or meaning. They need a system view of the levels within which the team functions, to avoid a preoccupation with one leader versus the multiple layers of leaders who affect their future. Now to the world of business.

Team 15

Team Sports Pharmaceuticals Human Capital 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Maybe you were contemplating a change in employment policies such as flextime or one in customer-facing processes such as a new billing system. Why do organizations so often introduce such new initiatives without thinking about this step? That’s where experimental testing comes in. Revenue might have increased by 20%.

Flextime 11

Flextime Call Center Human Resources CRM 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

3) What processes in an organization affect culture? For example, a teacher driven by purpose values or identifies with the goal of educating and empowering children. How to Measure Total Motivation We survey employees of an organization, asking six questions–one for each motive. 2) What is culture worth?

Motivation 8

Motivation Company Airlines Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

You think the company’s IT system is out of date. Ask yourself how important the issue is to you and the organization. Kelly agrees: “Effective rebels have a good radar for what matters to the organization.” Clark adds that you should be able to articulate how your solution will move your group or company toward its goals.

How To 12

How To Case Study Politics Reputation 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

During my years at OSHA, where I served as the Assistant Secretary of Labor from 2009 through the beginning of 2017, I received several reports of safety system failures at DuPont facilities. They convey to workers what’s really important, and they create ample context for inadequate safety focus lower down the organization.

Operations 17

Operations Chemicals CEO Metrics 17

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. If an organization can’t get things done, nothing else matters – not the smartest strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even game-changing technology. Juliano Howard T.

Execution 68

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 68

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

I studied large-scale change and innovation efforts in 56 randomly selected companies in the high-tech, retail, pharmaceutical, banking, automotive, insurance, energy, non-profit, and health care industries. Many change efforts fail because people reduce themselves to checking boxes in safe, defensible systems such as Lean and Six Sigma.

Middle Management 13

Middle Management Six Sigma Taylorism Taylor 13

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. We know that organizations commit enormous resources and effort to talent management, so why aren''t they doing a better job?

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Company Telecommunications Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

maintaining alignment with the company’s corporate goals. Cross-functional teams often fail because the organization lacks a systemic approach. Every project should have clearly established goals, resources, and deadlines. When they do, goals are met and the organization is ultimately more successful.

Team 8

Team Project Software Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2017

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its approval of nusinersen (sold as “Spinraza”), an effective SMA treatment licensed to Biogen by Ionis Pharmaceuticals. health care system: the cumulative cost of therapies for rare diseases may be impossible to bear. In December, the U.S. governmental equivalent of NICE.

Health Care 10

Health Care Cost System Pharmaceuticals 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2013

There is widespread agreement that if the United States is to achieve sustainable levels of health care spending, it must make greater use of payment mechanisms that reward physicians, hospitals, and health systems for the results achieved. health system. pharmaceuticals, physical therapy, skilled nursing facility care).

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Analysis Competitive Advantage 8