Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Having had advance notice, the leaders had worked diligently with a top consulting firm to create a comprehensive strategic plan that would make them competitive. It involved restructuring into wholesale and retail operations and providing an array of new retail services. .

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LDRLB

MAY 25, 2012

Border’s inability to see the way online retailing forced a change in business models led to closing its doors and admitting defeat by Amazon. McKeown argues that an executive can develop a plan; the truly great leaders know how to react to new events and new possibilities. Leadership adaptability book review mcKeown strategy'

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The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

He’s like the high IQ, low EQ, dehumanizing retail/technology global VP who joined us (and met the Canadian leadership team for the first time) at a strategic planning retreat a few years ago. In the community where I grew up, farmers would ask each other questions like “how many head are you milking?”

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

She also headed the company’s strategic planning team and business transformation office. . in July amid allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a woman before he joined the retailer. She was in charge of the finances of the company’s commercial unit and some other departments. McDonald’s Corp. ” .

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In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

I’ll start with leadership. The very best strategies aren’t generated by outside strategic planning consultants who bill thousands of dollars a day. That doesn’t meant they can’t be strategically powerful. There are far more than you think. The same argument can be made for strategies.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Few industries are being disrupted as drastically as the retail industry. More retail purchases are moving online, and a growing number of manufacturers now sell to consumers directly, cutting out retailers entirely. It’s either adapt to the new environment or step aside and make room for a competitor who can.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Special Edition 50 – An Interview with Marshall Fisher, co-author of The New Science of Retailing examines the use of analytics to improve an organization’s supply chain performance in a way that ultimately enhances the bottom line. Thank you again for listening to the StrategyDriven Podcast !

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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.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

New technologies and socioeconomic trends are reshaping the retail marketplace. The IBM Institute for Business Value recently surveyed over 30,000 people in three mature and three growth markets to discover what consumers will want from retailers in the future.

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CO2

JULY 6, 2010

As a reminder, if you are not fully satisfied, you can return your undamaged iPhone to any Apple Retail Store or the online Apple Store within 30 days of purchase for a full refund. For those who have had concerns, we apologize for any anxiety we may have caused. We hope you love the iPhone 4 as much as we do.

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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.

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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. Adopt a policy of strategic planning.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 31, 2019

While direct-to-consumer is a big part of our business, we’re also looking to increase our offerings in grocery and retail on-the-go stores and getting our vending machines a wider release. We’ve targeted corporate wellness programs with the vending machines, but we plan to take a more mainstream approach in the coming years.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

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. The process of strategy development is not esoteric.

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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.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

My analysis: Financial planning does not constitute global thought on life. Banks buy money wholesale and sell it to borrowers at retail rates. ’ What they’re really selling: Retail merchandise. Retailers are motivated by keeping the cash registers ringing. .’ What they’re really selling: Banking.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Mary Grace holds leadership appointments with several professional societies including Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. 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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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 27, 2010

The increase in private sector jobs suggests that retail and factory jobs will continue to climb. Economists predict that the United States economy will grow at a three percent pace in the October-December quarter, up from a two and a half percent growth rate in the July-September quarter. The results are mixed.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2011

One retail CTO summed it up well at a recent SAS event when he said, “We don’t want to just struggle through and be hanging by our fingertips when the economy recovers. Subscribe now to get your subscription to this award-winning quarterly magazine. sas com Magazine can also be accessed online at www.sas.com/sascom.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

subprime mortgages, instead doing business the old-fashioned way, with 80 percent of revenues derived from retail banking. Santander: building trust and stability through brand Unlike many of its financial services competitors, Santander emerged from the financial crisis, relatively unscathed. Unlike competitors, Santander stayed out of U.S.

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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.

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

The tales of two companies, cell phone accessories retailer Cellairis and skin care products maker Rodan + Fields, illustrate the dangers of top-level strategic tinkering. They had the epiphany that they could use cheap retail space – the carts that sit in the middle of shopping malls – to sell mobile phone accessories, mostly cases.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

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. Barnes & Noble appears to be doing a lot of the right things. The big question is whether the company is fully committed to this change.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

There are many explanations for this abysmal failure rate, but a 10-year longitudinal study on executive leadership conducted by my firm showed one clear reason. A full 61% of executives told us they were not prepared for the strategic challenges they faced upon being appointed to senior leadership roles.

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Before joining Facebook as a security engineer in 2015, I worked in industries from consulting to manufacturing to retail. Measure and report that impact to business leadership as part of the product experience. Effective security investments and strategic planning can improve a company’s bottom line.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Many companies are inconsistent in their strategic direction, often because leaders want to find the next shiny new idea that will transform (or save) the company. Strategic plans will always need adjustment, learning, and iteration, and there will always be new opportunities and approaches cropping up.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The restaurant chain, Olive Garden, uses predictive analytics to guide its food buying and retail staffing plans. The company uses these insights to drive—and adapt—strategic plans for new device and service offerings (e.g., Information & technology Leadership Strategy'

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

Back before the passage of the Affordable Care Act, MedStar’s leaders decided they needed a strategic plan to reimagine the company in 2020. CEO Kenneth Samet, along with Wagner and the six other executives on the leadership team, set a long-term goal of building a major growth business from these new areas.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

Its recent launch of Marcus , an online retail bank, is a particularly promising signal. Beyond simply launching an “innovation lab” or investing untold sums in established startups, Goldman Sachs is prioritizing an innovation agenda over short-term growth.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

When I conduct workshops with marketing and leadership teams on the design of strategic narratives , I’m often asked, “Should we include the sales teams?” Meanwhile, other retailers were still focused on year-over-year same-store sales, treating their e-commerce operations as a “digital store.”

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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.

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