Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2015

Just as it’s hard to remember what life was like before the iPhone, it can be hard to remember business before there was CRM software — back when you still had to explain that it stood for “customer relationship management.” when they are ready to leave that Lord & Taylor store)?

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CRM Management Taylorism Taylor 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2013

For millennia people have run by feel, an "art of combining our breath and mind and muscles into fluid self-propulsion over wild terrain," says Christopher McDougall in his anthropological study of the topic. Frederick Taylor''s famous Time and Motion studies aimed to make factory work more scientific.

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Taylorism Taylor Wireless Early Adopters 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2018

The interviewees, who were in the process of an M&A deal or who had recently been through one, included C-suite executives, private equity dealmakers, business owners, entrepreneurs, and middle managers. “Once the deal closed,” shared Enterprise CEO Andrew Taylor, “Enterprise pursued a deliberate integration.

Company 9

Company Direct Marketing Execution Taylorism 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

My friend is a mid-level manager, and he’s very observant and bright. Blair Taylor is now chief community officer at Starbucks after a cold email the former head of the Los Angeles Urban League sent to CEO Howard Schultz. I saw this the other day in a friend who works for Salesforce. I may be an outlier, but I’m not alone.

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Power Tips CEO Taylorism 14

Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

– The Product Management Perspective: This is a great book for product managers. According to Robin Sharma , the author of The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life , anyone can be a leader. “Problems and difficult days are actually good for you.&#

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Review Books Self-aware Ethics 236

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

When you begin to quantify customer feedback, employees and managers may not know how to move them in the right direction. Branches that received low scores, recalls CEO Andy Taylor , "ripped the measurement, the survey questionnaire, and the sampling technique behind it." That will infuriate anyone whose pay is tied to the scores.

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Incentives Metrics Sample Survey 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Taylor s textbook about "productivity" squarely at my nose if youd like, but Id suggest: the sharpest implement you might not yet have in your toolkit is a set of reflection items. What most companies (and economies) dont do is to stop doing — and thats a self-defeating problem. Our doing/reflecting ratio is wildly out of whack.

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Short-term Guidelines Mass Marketing Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2015

Here are some tips brand and marketing managers can use to leverage converged media to their advantage: 1. Taco Bell got it right with the launch of the Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Taco, sending customers on a wild goose chase to get the news about this new product. Brands must be creative and nimble in their approach.

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Media Tactics Productivity Products 8