Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

s Co-operative Bank in June 2013. This shortfall resulted in its parent, Co-operative Group, ceding control of the bank to bondholders, including U.S. The factors contributing to the failure cited in the report are ones that we all too frequently have encountered when we have reviewed challenged or failed projects.

Banking 8

Banking Project Enterprise Architecture CIO 8

Skip Prichard

JANUARY 30, 2020

29% of Americans believe that armed rebellion might be necessary in the near future to protect their liberties from government intrusion (Cassino, Jenkins, 2013). Or, “We all agree, everyone is operations is ancient and smells like moth balls.”. I stayed in touch with the CEO for two years to see if Shelly succeeded and she did!

How To 106

How To Bond Positioning Stress 106

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

I was recently asked to think about how 2013 trends will impact women in the work force and how women will impact the trends. As a female entrepreneur who has built a successful company over the past decade, I forced myself to look even further ahead and determine what might be coming, not just in 2013 but in the next five years or so.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2014

Apple CEO Tim Cook recently said something to a shareholder that you very rarely hear: take a hike. Cook went on a tirade — or at least what passes for one from the very cool and collected CEO. Cook went on a tirade — or at least what passes for one from the very cool and collected CEO. I’m paraphrasing, but only slightly.

CEO 8

CEO ROI Environment Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2014

If you only read one piece, make it this one by David Garvin in 2013 , on how Google sold its engineers on management. To do so, it had to come up with a brand of management all its own, centered around “people analytics,” a quantitative approach to hiring and operations. How Google manages. Business in the age of Google.

IPO 14

IPO Management Engineering Innovation 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

There is a lot at stake here for GE’s operations strategy. In January 2013, Chip Blankenship, CEO of GE Appliances issued a challenge to the newly formed team: “You’re going to change every part the customer sees. In January 2013 the team came out with a “minimum viable product.” and compete successfully.

Ries 10

Ries Waterman Finance Competitive Advantage 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Today, many high-profile companies— Cisco , Google , IBM , Samsung , Siemens , Disney , Volkswagen and Deutsche Bank , to name a few—contain such roving consulting groups to help solve the most critical strategy and operations problems throughout the business. This also forces us to deliver great quality on every project.

Consultative 8

Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The grueling testimonies from CEO John Stumpf, coupled with insights from my industry-wide research into the culture and mindsets of bankers, suggest there is a blind spot among senior leaders at Wells Fargo, as well as deterrents to speaking up among the rank and file.

Banking 10

Banking Committee Leadership Ethics 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

More than 2,500 developers and start-ups have reached out to the IBM Watson Group since the Watson Developers Cloud was launched in November 2013. We can provide the entrepreneurs with access to early adopter customers in the 170 countries in which we operate. So how does it work? First, with multiple business models.

Venture Funding 14

Venture Funding Entrepreneur Agility Business Model 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Beginning in 2013, a handful of tech companies (including Yelp, where some of us work, Google, LinkedIn, and Facebook) began to research and release data on the diversity of their workforces. According to Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, “As a founder, I think we were late to this issue.… The numbers were grim.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Dara Khosrowshahi, the CEO of Uber, the ride-sharing giant, proudly declared on September 10 that “very few brands become verbs” The same week Upwork, a platform for hiring freelancers, filed for an IPO, as did Fiverr , which boasts that it offers a “freelance services marketplace for the lean entrepreneur.”

Quinn 10

Quinn Entrepreneur IPO Survey 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

When the company had 60 or 70 people working at its Palo Alto headquarters, founder and then CEO David Kelley (now Chairman) did a masterful job of orchestrating the “Monday morning,” a weekly 9:00 am gathering. BuildDirect was founded in 1999 by CEO Jeff Booth with his good friend Rob Banks. Sales doubled in 2013.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Brainstorming Proposal CEO 8

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

Actually, this project started probably three or four years ago when Paul’s last book came out, which is called Jumping the S-Curve. That’s an interesting question that I think far too many CEOs are probably struggling with right now; how do I deal with that? The managers just don’t have the tool set often to operate.

Early Adopters 60

Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

However, in recent years a parallel explosion of digital tools and services has taken place in the manufacturing realm as well, drawing in computer-assisted design and 3D printing equipment to open-source operating systems, the cloud, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Second, a number of important inputs have gotten cheaper.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

At the same time, alternative approaches to accessing capital and funding projects proliferated, forcing financial decision-making to become increasingly sophisticated. A recent survey of CEOs reveals that HR is overwhelmingly viewed as the least agile function. And HR’s credibility deficit doesn’t help the matter.

CFO 11

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2015

First, it’s not nostalgia for manufacturing that’s driving GE CEO Jeff Immelt and his team to make this decision to focus (again and still) on making the stuff our economy needs. Sustainability Data Operations' I see two angles on GE’s move that tell an important story, and one that’s not being discussed.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Engineering Energy Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2016

In fact, that exact conclusion is one that Thierry Breton, CEO of the France-based information technology services firm Atos Origin, arrived at several years ago. ” That statement seems surprising coming from the CEO of a technology company employing over 70,000 people in more than forty offices around the world. percent to 7.5

Company 8

Company Stress Participative Wilde 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

When a new project comes in, the manager does not devise a plan to complete it. At Decathlon, a sports equipment retailer with 80,000 employees , their form of corporate liberation is strongly supported by the CEO. billion in revenue in 2013. Instead, she asks the team to do so. The results have been impressive.

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Team Scientific Management Taylorism Taylor 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2015

“Do a test run on a project that is a bit less urgent and give your team full accountability and see how it goes,” Chatman says. ” Another way to ease out of micromanaging is to discretely seek feedback from other coworkers about how your team is operating, says Dillon. Step back slowly. ” Build t rust. .”

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Micromanagement Team How To Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2013

burden of running their companies’ day-to-day operations. It''s an attractive value proposition: It''s projected to be a big part of the 13.4% growth in digital ads between 2013 and 2014. Why Lululemon''s "CEO Wanted" Ad Is Bad for the Brand Fast Company. First See-Through Pants, Now This.

Advertising 8

Advertising Video Ethics PR 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Andy O''Connell Justin Bieber's Involved, of Course The Rise and Fall of BlackBerry: An Oral History Businessweek For years, every CEO had a BlackBerry. The inventions, Antonio Regalado writes in Technology Review , range from automated cars to balloon-based data networks to images of keypads that can be projected onto a user''s hand.

CTO 8

CTO Apparel Ryan Proposal 8

Chart Your Course

JUNE 10, 2013

Futren Corporation is a private-club management and operations company with around 200 employees, based in Marietta, Ga. The company manages Indian Hills Country Club and The Georgian Club in Marietta, and acquired Woodland Hills Golf Course in Cartersville in February 2013.

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Strategy White Paper Human Resources Case Study 133

Chart Your Course

JUNE 10, 2013

Futren Corporation is a private-club management and operations company with around 200 employees, based in Marietta, Ga. The company manages Indian Hills Country Club and The Georgian Club in Marietta, and acquired Woodland Hills Golf Course in Cartersville in February 2013.

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White Paper Case Study Class Newsletter 100

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2015

As I reported in an earlier piece for HBR.org : A software CEO I spoke with recently said he avoids job candidates with advanced software engineering degrees because they represent an overinvestment in education that brings with it both higher salary demands and hubris. .”

Software 8

Software Engineering Incentives CRM 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

in 1999 with the dream of: “changing people’s lives with science and technology” — and then he delivered this in a big way, becoming probably the richest person in China, and the only Chinese member of Forbes ’ “top 12 most powerful entrepreneurs for 2013”. . For those operating in China, this is, indeed, a quandary.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Proposal Stage-Gate Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

Presidents and provosts will tell you: operating budgets are tight. The National Association of College and University Business Officers Study on Endowments reveals that endowments are performing enviably — with returns of near 12% in 2013. Institutions have been raising tuition just to keep the lights on.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Education Disruptive Innovation Asset Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2016

And our own survey of 795 large companies (average revenue of $22 billion) in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America found average per-company spending on IoT initiatives — $86 million in 2015 — was projected to grow to $103 million by 2018. Operations in a Connected World. Insight Center.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Wireless Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2016

Fallouts with family over work can cause a tremendous amount of anger, sadness, and shame , says Rob Lachenauer, CEO and cofounder of Banyan Family Business Advisors. He eventually headed up the company’s development business before becoming the company’s president in 2013. ” Adopt an office voice. .”

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing Career 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

One 2013 study illustrates this well. Looking at all these processes together, it’s clear that culture is the operating system of an organization. CEOs should make a business case for culture (with a budget) and enlist HR and business leaders to improve the elements that affect culture, from role design to performance reviews.

Motivation 8

Motivation Company Airlines Learning-by-Doing 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 7, 2013

It occupied one counter at 2-J’s Hamburgers, an established Austin restaurant, owned and operated by Ralph Moreland. Its CEO (John Y. One resulting project was ‘KFC Kalendar,’ an advertising campaign that showcased community events and public service announcements to diverse communities. Yes and here I stand.”

Franchising 63

Franchising Budgeting Pryor Consultative 63

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Although this can present leadership challenges related to shifting strategy, culture and operations, it certainly isn’t rocket science. Back in 2012, Erasmus’s CEO, Professor Hans Buller, was a huge proponent of VBHC and led the development of the organization’s 5-year VBHC strategy with one of us (Dr.

Health Care 8

Health Care Committee Compliance Project 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2016

In the 2013 report of the same population, 82% of workers around the world did not trust their bosses to tell the truth. At several financial services firms , for example, business units whose employees reported speaking up more had significantly better financial and operational results than others.” Boredom seems inevitable.

Company 8

Company McKinsey Survey COO 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2014

Kickstarter is one of a growing number of crowdfunding platforms for gathering money from the public to fund all sorts of projects. IBM saw these online social systems for investing in new ventures and decided they would like to develop a similar system internally for selecting innovative projects.

Software 8

Software CIO Early Adopters Project 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

In the five-year period from 2009 to 2013, there were 8,786 U.S. In 2013 there were approximately 1.02 especially those with R&D operations. The management of R&D projects will become more difficult and less efficient as the movement of personnel between firms’ U.S. It turns out that the U.S.

Innovation 14

Innovation Analysis Technology Efficiency 14

Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

Brandt, CEO and founder of The MPI Group and an award-winning journalist, has devoted more than two decades to studying leadership in effective, purpose-driven organizations. As a result, Fitbit held 68 percent market share through 2013 versus 19 percent for Jawbone and just 10 percent for Nike. How did we become such nincompoops?

How To 76

How To Middle Management Innovation Technology 76

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Some parts of the agenda — eco-efficiency and resource conservation for example — are widely accepted now, and it's rare to find a big-company CEO who doesn't have sustainability on his or her radar. Five Questions For 2013. This is the focus of my next project.). on to 2013. So many stories, so little time.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Take the case of General Electric, whose CEO, Jeff Immelt, recently delivered a widely noted speech on globalization and strategy, which included the following: Today: Big companies are distrusted; governments and global institutions are failing to address the world’s challenges; globalization is being attacked as never before.

Globalization 8

Globalization Education Policies Survey 8