Strategy Driven

AUGUST 11, 2023

Strategic Team Synergy: Elevating Collaboration Collaboration isn’t a mere buzzword; it’s a strategic imperative. Communication training equips teams with the tools to share insights and feedback seamlessly. When team members communicate openly, projects align with precision, sidestepping misunderstandings.

Training 116

Training Active Listening Bond McKinsey 116

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The 2020 Leaders25 Top CHRO Award is a list curated by a panel of N2Growth team members ( co-led by Jeffrey Cohn and Mike Myatt ), as well as outside advisory members to ensure objectivity and rigor in our selection process. He is the total package – a team player people love to work with and for.

Human Resources 469

Human Resources Globalization Diversity Resources 469

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Today, executive leaders need to be skilled in areas beyond their technical and managerial expertise to motivate their teams, continuously improve their own output, and take their organizations to new heights. But a study by McKinsey revealed that in today’s business landscape, employees also want to feel valued by their organization.

Executive Coaching 318

Executive Coaching Execution Self-aware Company 318

Chart Your Course

AUGUST 22, 2014

Only 52 percent of companies spend their time in a way that aligns with their strategic goals, according to a McKinsey survey of 1,500 executives from businesses of all sizes around the world. The most essential time management technology for increasing your productivity is calendar scheduling software. Calendar Management.

Tools 133

Tools Productivity Products Company 133

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Rumelt (PublicAffairs, 2022) What passes for strategy in too many businesses, government agencies, and military operations is a toxic mix of wishful thinking and a jumble of incoherent policies. The 6 Types of Working Genius : A Better Way to Understand Your Gifts, Your Frustrations, and Your Team by Patrick M. Blog Post ).

Books 369

Books Leadership P&L Blog 369

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 20, 2021

A really good leader makes sure the entire team learns as much as possible from the failures, extracting maximum value from the experience. Consider the case of a large tech company that suffered a very big and embarrassing failure of a new product. All four authors are partners or senior partners at McKinsey & Company.

McKinsey 65

McKinsey B2C Telecommunications Learning-by-Doing 65

Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2016

Do you serve your team or are you a self-serving team member? The Biggest Leap You’ll Ever Make : From Team Member to First-Time Manager by @JesseLynStoner. How technology is creating a new world of work via @McKinsey. 7 Things A Leader Must Do To Build The Perfect Team by @Terry.Starbucker. by @JesseLynStoner.

Servant Leader 150

Servant Leader McKinsey Strategic Planning Open-book 150

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 30, 2021

A really good leader makes sure the entire team learns as much as possible from the failures, extracting maximum value from the experience. Consider the case of a large tech company that suffered a very big and embarrassing failure of a new product. All four authors are partners or senior partners at McKinsey & Company.

McKinsey 65

McKinsey B2C Telecommunications Globalization 65

The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 9, 2020

“However, that assumption lacked credible empirical backing — until a team of researchers recently decided to test it. In fact, our operating expenses associated with service have gone down because we’re more streamlined, and we limit friction points and errors.”

McKinsey 124

McKinsey Human Resources Insurance Cost 124

Experience to Lead

JANUARY 29, 2024

Whether you’re a seasoned executive or an emerging leader, this podcast provides actionable strategies for personal and professional development, team building, and inspiring others, all rooted in Maxwell’s proven leadership philosophies.

Emotional Intelligence 52

Emotional Intelligence Blanchard Leadership McKinsey 52

The Practical Leader

APRIL 5, 2023

I was asked to facilitate an annual strategic planning retreat with a senior leadership team. Hmm…oh, oh… Looking at the typical approach they’ve used before, four common strategic planning problems immediately popped out: The agenda was loaded with about 17 project/operational presentations/reviews and updates.

Planning 52

Planning Strategic Planning How To Operations 52

The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Fortunately, the surgeon operated before the worst could happen and my husband recovered completely. McKinsey recently noted, “Numerous studies show that in a business-as-usual environment, compassionate leaders perform better and foster more loyalty and engagement by their teams. McKinsey & Company. 3 Goleman D.

Emotional Intelligence 98

Emotional Intelligence Training Goleman McKinsey 98

Experience to Lead

JANUARY 25, 2022

This robust leadership blog from INSEAD features incisive pieces on strategy, operations and management. Check this out: How I Taught the ‘Team from Hell’ to Trust Each Other. Great for L&D leaders looking to drive change within their teams. The McKinsey Podcast. INSEAD Knowledge. The Bottom Line. Deloitte Insights.

Blog 52

Blog Leadership McKinsey Globalization 52

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The number of industrial robots in operation around the world has grown rapidly in recent years, but nowhere more so than in China, where some 30% of the world’s robots are in operation. This growth has prompted many to ponder whether humans are being pushed out of the workforce in favor of their robotic brethren.

TCO 74

TCO Decentralization CAPEX Industry 74

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

While HR teams complete workforce planning, they will keep an eye on auditing current talent capabilities and anticipate future skills, assuring survival and growth, rather than extinction. Workers who adapt and grow with the organization in a time of accelerated change will be able to launch products and services that meet market needs.

Skills 145

Skills Emotional Intelligence CFO Power 145

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

A recent survey conducted by McKinsey found that 42% of millennial and Gen Z consumers cited purpose as the primary reason they switched brands. After all, your business’s future success depends not only on the health and longevity of the community in which you operate — but also on the health of our entire world.

Mission Statement 78

Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

A recent survey conducted by McKinsey found that 42% of millennial and Gen Z consumers cited purpose as the primary reason they switched brands. After all, your business’s future success depends not only on the health and longevity of the community in which you operate — but also on the health of our entire world. Ernst & Young.

Mission Statement 78

Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Many leaders will be operating more like the managing director of a consulting firm. At the consulting firm McKinsey and Company, a Director may often have less detailed knowledge about a client than a more junior partner. Selling a product to customers is simpler than providing an integrated solution.

Short-term 107

Short-term Long-term Trends Telecommunications 107

The Idolbuster

AUGUST 8, 2012

McKinsey 7S Model. I find the McKinsey 7S framework particularly relevant model for organizational behavior. The company had become large enough that the ad-hoc decision making was no longer effective, and product development was impeded by political infighting. It categorizes 7 elements that together categorize a company. (See

Organization 36

Organization McKinsey Organizational Behavior System 36

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2012

Social technologies — the software and services that make it possible to show off your vacation pictures to all your Facebook friends and follow your favorite team tweet by tweet — are not just giant time sinks that keep your employees from getting their work done. trillion annually.

Media 16

Media Productivity Products Technology 16

Eric Jacobson

MAY 25, 2016

Clearly and powerfully define your company's contribution to society -- which must be at the heart of the company's purpose, not a side operation. John Browne : When it comes to relationships with external stakeholders, research conducted by McKinsey shows that on average, 30 percent of a company’s value is at stake.

Company 50

Company Competitive Advantage Open-book Long-term 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

In-house strategy and consulting groups are growing in popularity , supplementing and increasingly winning business from traditional consulting firms such as McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group and Bain & Company. McKinsey, Bain, or Boston Consulting Group). Set objectives and size. Work on discrete projects.

Consultative 8

Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2016

But how can you, as a manager, help the members of your team handle their feelings of stress, burnout, or disengagement? In our high-pressure workplaces, staying productive and engaged can be challenging. Takeaway: understand and prioritize activities that promote well-being for yourself and your team. Further Reading.

Stress 8

Stress Team Management Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

.” A 10-year McKinsey study on flow found that top executives are up to 500% more productive when they’re in a state of flow. The Modern Organization Sabotages Productivity. How to Foster a Shorter, More Productive Workday. ” Fried agreed, saying that he gets into flow for about half the day.

Outsourcing 15

Outsourcing Stress Productivity Products 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Even more striking, new research from the McKinsey Global Institute analyzes firm-level financial results and finds a stark contrast in performance between the biggest U.S. Past work by McKinsey found that inefficiencies in manufacturer-supplier interactions add up to roughly 5% of development, tooling, and product costs in the auto industry.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Incentives Bottom-up 8

Ask Atma

JANUARY 2, 2011

They ran productive meetings. If the person(s) responsible for managing are able to look at the eighteen points above and determine they are more or less in place, they are operating at the most fundamental or beginner’s level of management. Processes, products, and services should be improved constantly; reducing waste.

Management 40

Management CRM Objective Human Resources 40

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2018

But it’s particularly difficult for large, traditional firms , especially those which operate in consolidated, non-growth industries (think pulp and paper, steel, airlines) and which are often located away from the metropolitan areas where data scientists live. There were no processes in place to share the learning.

Bottom-up 9

Bottom-up Operations Training Efficiency 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2018

When Liz was offered a job as a product manager at a growing biotech firm, she was ecstatic. According to research by McKinsey , up to half of new-leader transitions fail within two years. Instead, it’s to select an initial success that motivates the team, can be achieved quickly, and delivers operational or financial results.

Learning Curve 14

Learning Curve McKinsey Goal Planning 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Back in 2011, the McKinsey Global Institute published a report on the transformational potential of big data—and it would take a supercomputer to process all of the articles that have appeared since then urging companies to get on board before some digital disruptor renders them obsolete.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Early Adopters Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

There is no burden on those who proposed a new idea or technology to talk to customers, build minimal viable products, test hypotheses or understand the barriers to deployment. Most importantly, minimal viable products and working prototypes will have been tested. government federal research agencies to turn ideas into products.

Process 14

Process Innovation Incubator Committee 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Innovation, in operations, products, business models and ecosystems, isn't merely a competitive advantage, it's the competitive advantage. Yet more often than not, when innovation occurs, it's a "happy accident" rather than the product of a deep-rooted innovation competence. Want some hard evidence? This is hardly surprising.

Innovation 15

Innovation Process Competitive Advantage McKinsey 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

Captive offshore operations centers — company-owned delivery units located in low-cost countries such as India and the Philippines — have come a long way. Since 2008, we've benchmarked the performance of nearly 250 operations centers working on both core operations (e.g., But that's not by accident.

Offshoring 8

Offshoring Cost Benchmarking Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

We were struck by the assumption made by an article in The McKinsey Quarterly this month. Called "Why US Productivity Can Grow Without Killing Jobs," it takes as a given that this would strike readers as counterintuitive. it's a fallacy to suggest that there's a trade-off between unemployment and productivity." What a conundrum!

McKinsey 14

McKinsey Efficiency Long-term Analysis 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2011

On the one hand, membership in the top bracket — the lofty heights occupied by the likes of McKinsey & Co. Meanwhile behemoths such as McKinsey and BCG, to maintain their above-industry-average growth rates and keep their global office networks humming, have broadened what they do and moved down the food chain. Monitor & Co.,

Consultative 15

Consultative Strategy McKinsey Porter 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2016

Research by McKinsey shows that, on average, 30% of corporate earnings are at stake when it comes to a company’s relationships with society. As a global survey conducted by McKinsey shows, only 21% of business executives think their company frequently engages successfully. The current model is not working. Engage radically.

Company 8

Company McKinsey Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

USC’s John Boudreau, CEO adviser Ram Charan, and consultants at Bain & Company , McKinsey, and Korn Ferry have made similar arguments. The chief marketing officers at consumer products companies, the heads of design at luxury apparel companies, and the heads of logistics at large retailers are cases in point.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2017

A recent McKinsey report suggests that fewer than 30% of organizations are able to find the right C-suite leaders, and that newly appointed executives take too long to adapt. The odds of success will be slim, and some leaders may be so disruptive in their intentions that they may harm morale and productivity, or end up disrupting themselves.

McKinsey 15

McKinsey Self-aware Motivation Report 15