Strategy Driven

AUGUST 24, 2017

According to estimates by supply chain management organizations, the global supply chain market is worth more than $10 trillion a year. As a company, managing your supply chain, organizing shipments and coordinating your efforts with other companies takes a lot of planning and effort. Returns management should be a major focus.

Supply Chain 50

Supply Chain Strategy Cost Software 50

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 27, 2010

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Team Building 119

Team Building Skills Team Open-book 119

Change Starts Here

JANUARY 8, 2013

For more than 100 years, United Illuminating provided electricity to its customers in Connecticut through distributed operations. In December 2010, the project team met for a one-day workshop to take stock of the potential “people issues” created by the move. The United Illuminating Story. It was clear a new approach was required.

Succession 81

Succession Workshop Project Budgeting 81

You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Leaders who operate from a platform of good manners and civility know that: Everyone likes to feel acknowledged and important I started my work life in the mailroom of a bank. Some of the department managers received their mail with good grace, responding with a well-placed thank you and a smile.

Blog 79

Blog Politics Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 79

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2018

There is a crying need for companies to enlist their supply chain management departments in the fight against cyberattackers. firms in 2017 were launched through the IT systems of suppliers or other third parties such as contractors, up from less than one-quarter of attacks in 2010. Hold supply managers accountable.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Management Metrics Hotels 8

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

In meat plants, tens of thousands of operators are “whizzing” meat products everyday in over sixty countries around the world. By the end of 2010, we have a prototype adaptation of our Whizard trimmer for tissue processing operating with the original customer, but we know that the tool is unsatisfactory in many ways.

Succession 70

Succession Industry Stage-Gate CFO 70

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. The common idea behind these models is that the company does not have to be the (full) owner of the asset to be its (sole) operator.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

What did 2010 look like for you and your company? OnPoint Consulting’s 2010 Execution Gap Maker Round-Up… Execution Gap Maker #1: BP (Need I say more?) Execution Gap Maker #2: Nokia Nokia’s share of the worldwide market for mobile phones continued to slip in 2010. More like a chasm, really.)

Execution 67

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

So the designer teaches everyone about UX/AI, the coders teach about their development methodology, the project managers teach about agile protocols, and the sales people describe what it is like in the field. Emotional control – successful anger and/or frustration management. Cooperation – willingness to collaborate.

Team 52

Team How To Knowledge Management Self-aware 52

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Business needs to play a more powerful role in supporting responsible practices throughout every aspect of their operations. Companies usually manage bribery and corruption risk through a mix of internal processes, certification requirements, and basic good practices throughout their operations — including with suppliers and vendors.

Company 8

Company Compliance Ethics Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Consider ThedaCare , a healthcare system in Wisconsin, which eliminated its budgeting process in 2010. According to ThedaCare's chief financial officer, Tim Olson , top management viewed it as a significant waste of time. Managers no longer have to collect 7,000 lines of budget data. There have been challenges.

Budgeting 11

Budgeting Chief Financial Officer Cost CFO 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. When firms fail to establish good relationships with their stakeholders, it can lead to increased conflict and reduced stakeholder cooperation. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. ” Improving risk management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 13, 2009

Performance assessment is a cooperative thing In order for a performance assessment to be effective, both the leader and the individual must participate. In other words we operate on the principle that equity means treating everyone in the same way. There is a personal accountability there that the manager has given to the employee.

Performance Review 40

Performance Review Review PR Blanchard 40

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

It initially lost about half of its revenues by divesting its copper and zinc smelting business, but by 2010 it had quadrupled its revenues to €2 billion through a combination of acquisitions and organic growth. During the past two decades it has transformed into a provider of electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical power management solutions.

Company 11

Company Chemicals Short-term How To 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

It increased R&D spending from 7-8% of revenue before 2009 to 11-12% of revenue starting in 2010, and maximized the return on that increased investment. It has a more rigorous organization structure that divides responsibilities between the innovation team and development team, and strengthens management around the opportunity pipeline.

Technology 8

Technology Innovation Kaizen Chief Executive Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2014

The quote comes from author, tech thinker, and now public-TV personality Steven Johnson: “The history of the Internet suggests that there have been cool Web sites that go in and out of fashion and then there have been open standards that become plumbing,” he told David Carr of The New York Times in January 2010. billion in less than a year.

Marketing 9

Marketing IPO Venture Capitalist Fashion 9

Building Personal Strength

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

It is still common for most managers to refer to people skills as “soft skills,” because they aren’t specifically about the business of the organization. The perception is that getting along with people is nice, but “nice-to-have” — secondary to the operation of the business. Nothing is further from the truth. And that's not all.

Skills 104

Skills Construction Goleman Emotional Intelligence 104

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer. The prevalent model of startup cooperation in recent years has been corporate venture capital and accelerators (CVC&A).

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Management vs. Leadership Difference 8:20 30:42. I think the work that Duane Trammell and Ann McGee-Cooper and their associates have been doing with companies like Southwest Airlines and TDIndustries are stellar examples of what can be done within organizations once they make a commitment to servant-leadership. Ben : Yeah.

Greenleaf 125

Greenleaf Servant Leader Leadership Learning-by-Doing 125

Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Management vs. Leadership Difference 8:20 30:42. I think the work that Duane Trammell and Ann McGee-Cooper and their associates have been doing with companies like Southwest Airlines and TDIndustries are stellar examples of what can be done within organizations once they make a commitment to servant-leadership. Ben : Yeah.

Greenleaf 100

Greenleaf Servant Leader Leadership Learning-by-Doing 100

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

HBS Executive Education brings you these articles about business management courtesy of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. At Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program. What can executives and managers do to motivate employees and ease the transition for the business to become more customer-centric?

Education 8

Education Execution Content Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2014

The struggle of the old management model is playing out before our very eyes. Hierarchical command-and-control is slow and operates less on incentives for solutions than on avoiding criticism or mistakes. Institutions and even nations will never meet these challenges alone, and especially not with yesterday’s management approaches.

Crisis 8

Crisis Crisis Management Uncertainty Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2014

Instead, it operates more like GE. Competition trumps cooperation, and distributed decision-making by individual business units trumps universal strategy. Competition trumps cooperation, and distributed decision-making by individual business units trumps universal strategy. The article, by J. Ramachandran, K.S.

IPO 12

IPO Welch Strategy Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

The infamous East German secret police, the Stasi , managed to infiltrate every pay of German life, from factories, to schools, to apartment blocks — the Stasi had eyes and ears everywhere. The Washington Post ran a special back in 2010 entitled " Top Secret America " that detailed the extent to which this was taking place.

Film 8

Film Information Technology Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Economists, policy makers, executives, educators, the press, and others must become more adept at anger management. personal consumption expenditures in 2010 and that over half of that amount actually went to U.S. newspapers, the share of foreign stories has declined from 27% in 1987 to 11% in 2010. Furthermore, U.S. in the U.S.,

Globalization 8

Globalization Education Policies Survey 8