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. Win on merit. Our group welcomes the competition.

Consultative 8

Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

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. Together, we can develop a tool kit that tech companies can use to create a more dynamic and inclusive industry. The numbers were grim.

Diversity 8

Diversity Engineering Committee Brainstorming 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2015

They saw it as an opportunity to completely transform the operation to improve care and the patient experience and to lower costs. To that end, they decided to have a team study how care is delivered, identify the barriers to smooth operations, and fix the barriers. It was fully integrated into emergency room operations at St.

Technology 8

Technology Mayo Health Care Engineering 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. Rhoden is a second-generation executive.

Strategy 133

Strategy White Paper Human Resources Case Study 133

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

Still, most colleges are lucky if they can afford even a small team charged with developing new lines of business and new business models. Presidents and provosts will tell you: operating budgets are tight. The trustee committees and endowment managers are fine with making investment decisions about any old asset.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Education Disruptive Innovation Asset Management 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. Futren also provides some creative training.

White Paper 100

White Paper Case Study Class Newsletter 100

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Business development. Another energy industry client operated coal mines. The process of strategy development is not esoteric. This becomes a coordinated committee, with multiple departments and professional disciplines represented. Business development. Running the business. Body of Knowledge. The Big Picture.

Crisis Management 77

Crisis Management Crisis Risk Management Budgeting 77

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 25, 2014

Clayton (Clay) Daniels is VP of Operations , Midwest Service & Solutions at Kansas City-based U.S. Engineering in November 2013. I personally have developed fantastic relationships with members of my EMBA cohort at the Bloch School of Management (class of 2013) that are going to last a lifetime. Engineering Company.

Engineering 56

Engineering Servant Leader Learning-by-Doing Skills 56

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

In a pattern that would become familiar to today’s innovation thinkers, Worthy reports, “the then managements of Sears and Wards alike failed to grasp the significance of these new developments.”. But then “Sears found the answer first,” Worthy reports, in 1924.

Retail 9

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 9

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

DECEMBER 17, 2015

But eight months before completion, in August 2013, while presenting our expansion plan to the hospital’s board, we had an epiphany. Our eight-person senior leadership committee, led by the department chair (me) and a hospital senior VP, outlined three core functions: quality, operations, and process improvement (PI).

Health Care 8

Health Care Diversity Proposal Document 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

We held scores of open meetings involving our advisory committees during the two years I was national coordinator. The problem was that it had multiple, homegrown, electronic health records onto which local physician-developer teams had layered a wide variety of specialty specific applications.

System 8

System Skills Health Care Constraint 8