HR Digest

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Donna Morris, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Walmart, discusses the world’s largest retailer’s priorities when selecting future leadership pipeline, and why companies who hire a diverse talent do better than others. What other workforce trends do you think are here to stay?

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Environment Diversity Leadership Supply Chain 98

CO2

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

As a seasoned professional with a rich background in executive coaching and a personal passion for skiing and quality experiences, I’ve observed a concerning trend in the business world – a trend that threatens the very essence of brand integrity. Brand Integrity in Economic Downturns is crucial to keep your eye on.

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Brand Quality Loyalty Long-term 78

Chartered Management Institute

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Co-op is one example of this trend. Since the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy in 2017, the retail group now has more than 750 apprentices in its workforce. Article Our extensive range of articles are designed to keep you in the loop with all the latest management and leadership best practice, research and news.

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Supply Chain Article Retail Trends 69

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2022

“It is hoped this will inspire and encourage SMEs and mid-sized companies to harness their potential in becoming a major driver of sustainable and inclusive economic growth and innovation by focusing on several core dimensions of future readiness: sustainable growth, societal impact and adaptive capacity,” the authors conclude.

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Company Hofstede Supply Chain Agility 127

Coaching Tip

JULY 9, 2013

First Borders, then Barnes & Noble CEOs make the wrong leadership decisions. Tom Borders told me that they decided to hire a CEO whose experience was in retailing versus a strategic marketing expert. Unfortunately, the Borders CEO didn''t recognize that the Internet was changing everything.including the book retail business.

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Chief Executive Officer eBook Leadership Leadership Styles 97

Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

It is clear in my mind the real cause was failed leadership. Leadership is Responsible — Leadership is responsible for everything the organization does or fails to do. Leadership is more than a wooden figurehead. Leadership is not about power, ego or pride. Rank Has Its Privileges?

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Newsletter Leadership Learning Curve Bureaucracy 162

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Harley’s worldwide sales was down nearly 7%, while American retail sales slumped by over 8%. Here are just a few ideas: Stop putting heritage before innovation : Millennials don’t care about buying their grandfather’s bike. In fact, they would prefer to set their own trend with completely new designs and styles.

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Brand Press Release Loyalty Learning-by-Doing 170

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Firstly, societies around the world have lauded “key workers” in healthcare, logistics, food retail, refuse management, and so on, who have worked throughout the pandemic to keep society functioning, often putting themselves in harm’s way to do so.

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Class Retail Trends Tools 129

HR Digest

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Google Known for its innovative and relaxed work environment, Google encourages creativity, and collaboration, and provides various perks for employees, such as flexible schedules and on-site facilities. Microsoft Under the leadership of Satya Nadella, Microsoft has embraced a culture of inclusivity, innovation, and continuous learning.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Recent weeks have seen a spate of layoffs being announced by the retail, beverages and the airlines industries totaling nearly 200,000 in number. The US retail industry furloughed more than 2 million workers amid the lockdown, out of these only 62 percent have retained their jobs that is roughly 1.3 million, says a MarketWatch report.

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Industry Airlines Retail Banking 75

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 21, 2021

This is aptly illustrated in a recent study from MIT, which shows that women tend to be under-represented in managerial roles in large part because their leadership skills are undervalued. When they explored why this was, it emerged that the leadership potential of female employees was consistently under-valued compared to men.

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Performance Review Charisma Discount Incentives 127

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 20, 2012

& Doug Lennick: If you’re in a leadership position, you make hundreds of decisions each day – and most of those have the potential to impact the well-being of others. Incidentally, Costco employees sell twice as much merchandise per square foot of retail space as their nearest competitor – Sam’s Club! Guest post by Fred Kiel, Ph.D.

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Morale CEO Merchandising Long-term 232

Thin Difference

APRIL 4, 2019

Likewise, if someone suggests a trend or change seems to be coming, others may think the individual is demonstrating angst or is just out-of-line. When congruence is the primary and paramount objective, innovation and performance eventually suffer. Innovation comes from a broader perspective. Kodak had a lot of congruence.

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Team Industry Technology Innovation 71

HR Digest

JULY 16, 2020

Major retail outlets believed saleswomen who wore glasses gave a “cold impression”; domestic airlines claimed safety concerns for forbidding glasses, restaurateurs said that glasses clashed with traditional outfits, like kimonos, that employees are required to wear on the job. Have you ever been told what to wear and what not to wear at work?

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Ishikawa Airlines Policies Retail 98

In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 8, 2016

Years later, it took on bigger players by introducing new innovative packaging to the market, and subsequently carving out a double-digit share when few thought it could be done. wholesale grocers (prior to Bell’s arrival in 1977), which meant its market share inside competitive retailers was, naturally, quite low. “By

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Brand Brand Management Advertising Management 100

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Few industries are being disrupted as drastically as the retail industry. Pioneers of new business models, such as Alibaba and Amazon, are launching innovations in rapid succession, such as voice ordering and real-time pricing, while simultaneously building scale and driving down costs. Insight center.

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Retail Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain Operations 8

HR Digest

JULY 16, 2020

Major retail outlets believed saleswomen who wore glasses gave a “cold impression”; domestic airlines claimed safety concerns for forbidding glasses, restaurateurs said that glasses clashed with traditional outfits, like kimonos, that employees are required to wear on the job. Have you ever been told what to wear and what not to wear at work?

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Ishikawa Airlines Policies Retail 52

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

3 May Dear all, On a recent episode of the FT ’s Working It podcast, Ann Francke discussed how to turn around a toxic workplace culture and the importance of holding senior leadership to account. Here are CMI's highlights from 2022 and 2021. You can listen back here.) You can learn more in FE News. Enjoy the rest of your week.

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Policies Article Skills Learning-by-Doing 121

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2018

It turns out that the word “innovation” is not a Harry Potter-esque magical incantation that, once spoken, renders companies more inventive, creative, and entrepreneurial. It can be emblazoned on the door to a new innovation center in Silicon Valley. Yes, even Toys R Us had a head of innovation.).

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Innovation Company Budgeting Survey 13

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2011

Through innovative solutions delivered within an integrated framework, SAS helps customers at more than 45,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. Remove them and you will find more time to focus on innovation. Innovate quickly. We want to come out strong.” Get strategic.

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Real Estate Magazine Rogers Long-term 66

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Our team collectively spent about 100 days across the two markets, visiting urban areas, rural areas, homes, retail locations, hospitals, and more. Another wanted to discuss how to identify transformational trends (which allowed me to dust off Seeing What's Next ). A third wanted to "expand the minds of its regional leadership team."

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Innovation Disruptive Innovation Christensen Hotels 10

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Pharmaceutical companies have long needed deep scientific-innovation leadership capabilities but relatively few general managers. This may change with trends like the proliferation of personalized therapeutics into product markets. One dimension of this is the needed flows of talent.

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ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Troubles at Tesco, the UK’s leading retailer, are mounting. Tesco, the success story of the British retail scene for the last 20 years, has suddenly fallen from grace. UK retail, like the rest of the developed world, is witnessing a few big long-term trends. How did this happen? and spends it in international markets.

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Retail Merchandising Discount Price 9

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Through innovative solutions delivered within an integrated framework, SAS helps customers at more than 45,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. The millions of customers in its database represent the gamut of buying histories, buying propensities, profitability, demographics and cost to serve.

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Resources Process Constraint Objective 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

subprime mortgages, instead doing business the old-fashioned way, with 80 percent of revenues derived from retail banking. Santander has also been innovative when it comes to social media and mobile campaigns. Unlike competitors, Santander stayed out of U.S.

Brand 69

Brand Globalization Banking Long-term 69

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2018

For the latter, we measured incumbents’ operational efficiency, commitment to innovation, and defenses against attack. The competitive landscape brings opportunities for new structural efficiencies, but high rates of innovation mean that sources of competitive advantage are often short-lived as new disruptors continually emerge.

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Industry Fixed Assets Retail Market Penetration 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2012

To be highly digital, by our definition a company must pass four tests: it generates a high percentage of revenues digitally; its leadership (both the CEO and the Board) has deep digital experience; it does business significantly enabled by digital channels; and it's recognized as transformational in its industry. In retail, there's Wal-Mart.

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Retail CEO Health Care Middle Management 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2017

It has also been acquiring e-commerce niche players, including Shoebuy and outdoor gear retailer Moosejaw, and digital technology companies, such as search experts Adchemy and cloud platform OneOps. Walmart has perhaps the best physical distribution and retail network in the world. It needs to be competitive on digital channels, sure.

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IT Strategy Strategy Core Competence Price 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Where are the next trends and opportunities? This chapter talks candidly about recent trends. 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.

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Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 60

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

It’s not been a great year for venerable retailer Sears, which is reputed to be closing 130 retail stores and laying off more than 5,000 employees. Founded in 1886 as a mail-order watch retailer, Sears was already 71 when it became an original member of the S&P 500 in 1957. The results are spectacular.

Retail 8

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In The Good Jobs Strategy , Zeynep Ton, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, demonstrates how the best retail companies align their customer value proposition with their operations strategy and their approach to human capital. One step in reversing this trend is to start treating hours like dollars, with a real opportunity cost.

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Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 12

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Closing the Execution Gap : How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results by Richard Lepsinger If an organization can’t execute its plans and initiatives, nothing else matters: not the most solid, well thought-out strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even technological breakthroughs that could transform an industry.

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Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 68

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

With technology and business model cycles becoming shorter and companies facing unrelenting pressure to innovate or suffer the consequences, more and more boards need to focus on the second of these roles. Confront Unwelcome News and Trends. For boards used to preserving the status quo, this shift can be uncomfortable.

Retail 8

Retail CEO Core Competence Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Russell Reynolds Associates, in partnership with Hogan Assessment Systems, has led a research effort to separate myth from reality, identifying key indicators of leadership that have a measurable impact on a company’s growth. Leadership is changing — fast. Insight Center. The 21st-Century CEO. Sponsored by Cognizant.

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CEO Retail Class Charan 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Google Trends is fast becoming an indispensable tool for many analysts who believe — as Brin does — that the wisdom (and/or delusions) of googling crowds can successfully inform investment strategies worldwide. The company might well have given Temasek, Pimco, and Berkshire Hathaway a run for their money.

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Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

In health care, these tools are changing the way doctors identify people at risk of developing certain diseases; in fashion, they crunch purchasing data to anticipate trends; sales and marketing experts use them to tailor ad campaigns. Information & technology Leadership Strategy'

Strategy 9

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

This sense of being pushed and pulled every which way – without having any broader context or a sense that you’re getting somewhere – is something I see all too often in organizations, as executives try to keep up with new competitors or business trends.

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Welch Six Sigma Real Estate Trends 8