Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

This post is part of an HBR Spotlight examining leadership lessons from the military. From there, they set an order of battle, an operations plan, and timetable with responsibilities delineated. With less than six months of operating cash, we could not hire for those positions immediately.

Health Care 13

Health Care Delegation PR Operations 13

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Business shift from the retail dealer customer service mentality of Firestone shifted to a high-production tire operation. K-Mart closed 617 of its under-performing department stores and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in 2002. In the 1990s, another international conglomerate purchased Bridgestone-Firestone.

Crisis 58

Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Tactics deemed as ’standard operating procedure’ for some companies were exposed and ridiculed by others. 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. Operational Statistics.

Ethics 59

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59

CO2

AUGUST 2, 2011

The last time I flew in coach was 2002. Travel agents and agencies are operating in an antiquated model that only focuses on price and are not in touch with what today’s business traveler really is looking for in business travel. Understanding that there would not be any additional budget dollars, I become an expert on airfare.

Travel 98

Travel Books Airlines Budgeting 98

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. Enron did not demand enough accountability, fairness, ethics and operational autonomy from its outside auditor. Capitalization is stretched beyond limits, and operations advance in a cash-poor mode. Executives never stayed long.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57