The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Already we’ve seen retail demand falling to unprecedented levels, with reduced mobility also causing demand for oil to plummet. They then attempted to control for various factors that might influence workplace performance, such as the region the firm was based in, the size of the workforce, and the industry the company operated in.

Short-term 92

Short-term Long-term Survey Leadership Styles 92

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 28, 2011

Design by 12GrainStudio Expectations + Capabilities = Judgment Friday, January 28th, 2011 Posted by: mike Expectations: Your perception, anticipation and interpretation of what work should be completed and the level of competency that should be present in order to complete the work. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.

Team Building 116

Team Building Learning-by-Doing Retail Training 116

In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 14, 2011

by John • April 14, 2011 • Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. April 26, 2011 at 11:20 pm. December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. © 2011 In the CEO Afterlife. Leadership.

Price 100

Price CEO Brand Discount 100

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 21, 2010

All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress. Design by 12GrainStudio Positive Illusion an Elbow to the Crotch of Your Dogmatic Leadership & Team Building Tuesday, July 06th, 2010 Posted by: mike image from Grand Illusions THE IMAGE ABOVE IS NOT MOVING!

Team Building 114

Team Building Case Study Learning-by-Doing Training 114

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Related posts: How to Select the Right Project Team Members Eliminating Negative to Increase Positive Team Building & Leadership Process for a Retail Operation; New Product Launch Before the Promotion He Was Nice & Had Potential. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.

Project 109

Project Six Sigma Team Building How To 109

Eric Jacobson

JUNE 21, 2023

Debbie Laskey: In the CORNER OFFICE section of The New York Times , there was a memorable interview on January 29, 2011, entitled, " Hey, Rock Stars: Take Your Show SomeplaceElse ," conducted by Adam Bryant of Michael Lebowitz, founder and CEO of Big Spaceship, a digital marketing and communications agency. Do you agree with this approach?

Brand 65

Brand Leadership Marketing Strategy Media 65

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 9, 2010

All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress. Design by 12GrainStudio 12 Steps To Building & Maintaining The Team Thursday, December 09th, 2010 Posted by: mike 3 circles image = TM John Adair (1) Leading & Working in teams 3 areas of focus are necessary; Team : the need to develop and maintain good working relationships among team members.

Team 124

Team Team Building Training Commitment 124

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 !

Supply Chain 57

Supply Chain Retail Bottom-up Newsletter 57

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Increasingly, the largest retailers in markets across the country are employing sophisticated personalized marketing and thereby becoming the primary shopping destination for a growing number of consumers. Retail has entered the era of Big Data. The biggest retailers are investing accordingly.

Retail 15

Retail Brand Marketing Industry 15

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Cortazar Related posts: Leadership Development Program Team Building & Leadership Process for a Retail Operation; New Product Launch Little things that make a BIG difference as a Leader Make decisions & Solve Problems Within a Time Span…TeamBuilding & Leadership Process Planning, Delegation, Accountability + FUN!

Delegation 92

Delegation Leadership Team Building Process 92

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 12, 2010

All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress. Design by 12GrainStudio Is Your Leadership & Work Matched to Capability; How do you know?

Team Building 132

Team Building Leadership Process Learning-by-Doing 132

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 25, 2011

Design by 12GrainStudio Team Building & Leadership: Case Study; Increased Trust=Faster Implementation of Decisions & Problems Solved Cheaper Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 Posted by: mike The following is a true story, of value added results that come from Create-Learning’s Team Building & Leadership Processes. Jan 2011 Guy.

Case Study 110

Case Study Team Building Team Leadership 110

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2013

Penney in November 2011 with a mandate to turn the ailing retailer around, all eyes were on him. He had an amazing legacy: Senior VP of Retail Operations at Apple pioneering the concept of the Apple Retail stores and the Genius Bar. When Ron Johnson took over the helm at J.

Retail 11

Retail Price Merchandising CFO 11

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 20, 2010

All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress. Design by 12GrainStudio 9 Team Dynamics That Get Results Wednesday, October 20th, 2010 Posted by: mike Team dynamics defined as the motivating and driving forces that propel a team toward its goal and mission 1.

Team 108

Team Six Sigma Team Building Project 108

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2014

But they don’t think nearly enough about operational meltdowns – technological glitches and other problems that can put them out of business. They are usually quick to recognize operational problems and deal with them before they become disasters. Operational meltdowns at midsized companies can take much longer to notice and resolve.

Operations 8

Operations Company Supply Chain Short-term 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

He is the founder of The Potential Project – a leading global provider of corporate based mindfulness solutions operating in 20 countries. Gillian Coutts has over 20 years of experience as a leader and change agent in the sales and operations functions of large corporations. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 191, 2011, 36–43.

Productivity 50

Productivity Products Strategy Covey 50

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Why didn’t Folgers recognize the retail consumer demand for coffee and develop a Starbucks type business model? Let’s just take a moment and look at a few notable examples of what happens to companies that become complacent…Why didn’t the railroads innovate? Why didn’t IBM see Dell coming?

Business Model 305

Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 305

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

These drivers underpin a number of stories from 2011, but a few new themes came out as well. Coca-Cola was not alone in facing increasing costs in 2011; one of my clients, Kimberly-Clark, took an earnings hit from record pulp prices. Was a year like 2011 possible in a world without climate change? Was a year like 2011 likely ?

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2011

McKinsey teams are beavering away in places like the United Arab Emirates and the 'Stans — Turkmenistan, say, or Tajikistan — but they're as likely to be doing operations projects as pure strategy work. The most intense competition between consulting firms is for "whale" engagements.

Consultative 15

Consultative Strategy McKinsey Porter 15

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Operating-cost productivity metrics might include the component costs for building an automobile or delivering a package, the rates of rework, and so forth. Retailers historically need trained stored managers, a few great merchandisers, and, in most cases, store staff with a customer service orientation. Copyright (c) 2011.

ROIC 62

ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

I launched a number of successful business ventures, including OfficeMax and my newest business, Max-Wellness, a new and unique health and wellness retail chain. This behavior consumes your time, disturbs day-to-day operations, and alienates other team members. billion sale in his 16 years as CEO Beating the competition is never easy.

Motivation 52

Motivation Management How To Retail 52

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

Tim Cook took over as CEO in 2011. To this day, Cook continues as one of the best when it comes to operational excellence. Cook's public face is deeply and publicly connected to Apple operations, ranging from supply chain challenges in China to eating with employees in Apple's lunchroom. Neither bode well for the future.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Retail PR Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Troubles at Tesco, the UK’s leading retailer, are mounting. If round after round of profit warnings was not enough – group operating profits fell 20% between 2011 and 2013 and are likely to fall another 30% in 2014 — the company recently announced it had overstated its first-half profit by about $400 million. billion to $8.6

Retail 12

Retail Merchandising Discount Price 12

Strategy Driven

MARCH 21, 2011

The modern corporation that has evolved as a result consists of many specialized functional departments, such as sales, engineering, marketing, manufacturing, operations, and finance. Getting a 50,000-foot picture of our operations illustrates outdated, cumbersome, inefficient processes. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

Hammer 50

Hammer Chief Executive Officer Metrics Process 50

Building Personal Strength

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Is it the clothing retail business? Can you operate weapons? Is it the restaurant business? If so, do you understand that business? Can you cook great food? Can you wait tables? Is it the military? Do you understand small unit tactics? You gotta know the business. You gotta have business savvy. Administration/management.

Skills 44

Skills Bottom-up Video Blog 44

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2020

as well as the Tohoku earthquake in Japan in 2011. COVID-19 has changed virtually everything, including the way electronics manufacturers operate. It operates simply and efficiently without the need for WiFi, yet its sophisticated inner workings enable it to take stock of its environment and easily move and manipulate items.

Supply Chain 118

Supply Chain Compliance Fashion Efficiency 118

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

The bullwhip effect is the amplified response to demand signals as one moves “upstream” in the supply chain: from retailers to manufacturers to suppliers to commodity providers. Here’s a hypothetical illustration of the bullwhip effect: A retailer might experience an X% drop in sales owing to some external event.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Retail Crisis Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

Just as important, Johnson was trying to significantly change the retailer''s merchandise offerings and hence, its customer base. It can''t revert to its past strategy because the chain was spiraling downwards before hiring Ron Johnson in late 2011. From 2007 to 2011, the chain store''s operating profit dropped from $1.9B

Merchandising 8

Merchandising Discount Retail Price 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Don't be surprised if Thanksgiving becomes just another super-shopping day — or just another workday if you're a retail employee. But that was last year.This year, retailers such as Walmart, Toys R Us, and Kmart opened their doors at 8 p.m. Retailers get a temporary sales lift from offering deep discounts. Why not 4 a.m.?

Retail 10

Retail Bottom-up Budgeting Price 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Although dampened somewhat by the economic climate and job uncertainty , the five+ weeks from late November through the end of the calendar year represent more than $500 billion in sales — or approximately 40% of the entire year's retail revenue in the U.S. — and even more for some kinds of businesses. What's your view?

Productivity 15

Productivity Products Supply Chain Airlines 15

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. Those disruptors are right around the corner.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Early Adopters Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

DISH Networks, the owners since 2011 of video rental giant Blockbuster, announced Wednesday the shuttering of all remaining company-owned retail locations and of Blockbuster’s DVD-by-mail service. At its peak, the company operated 10,000 stores. As recently as 2002, the company had a market value of $5 billion. postal service.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Intangible Assets Retail Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

As the argument goes, that’s good for workers, who don’t want to be bored or overwhelmed, and it’s good for retailers, whose biggest cost and revenue driver is typically labor. Our collective research has also shown that retailers really do struggle with scheduling. So what should retailers do? on Saturdays.

Software 9

Software Management Retail How To 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2013

Our research (discussed in detail in a 2011 Harvard Business Review article one of us coauthored) distinguished between two basic types of acquisitions. Google''s buyout of Android also fits into this category, adding the licensing of telecom-operating software to its main business model of contextual advertising. That''s a problem.

Advertising 8

Advertising Business Model Audience Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Then in October, the retail giant announced it would double the amount of locally-grown produce on its shelves (and former sustainability exec Matt Kistler indicated this year that products getting higher scores in its Sustainability Index would get more shelf space ). Looking Forward to 2011. Big goals were back. Go military green!

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Retail Globalization Price 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2011

But, in 2011, ours is a different world, which made me wonder: Were these Hearst facilities artifacts of a by-gone era? A vast swath of e-retailers followed Amazon's example. And outsourced technology providers, such as Bazaarvoice, made it relatively straightforward to add consumer product reviews to retail sites.

Productivity 13

Productivity Products Retail Telemarketing 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2011

In the first quarter of 2011, industry-wide book sales were down 2.5% But B&N is the only legacy retailer to create its own devices — and rather than offer a single reader as a defensive move, it took the offense with a frequently updated family of products that are promoted prominently in-store. from the same period in 2010.

Strategy 15

Strategy Retail Long-term Short-term 15