Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

And once they know what they want, how can they convince hiring managers that their skills will translate — especially if they’re not quite sure they will? He tried tech, finance, and real estate — all to no avail. Toby Johnson, who I interviewed for my book Reinventing You , taught me this one.

Career 12

Career Skills Real Estate Learning-by-Doing 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

This is promising for a market formerly dubbed the “breadbasket of Africa.” ” Once one of Africa’s most developed markets – with a solid education system, good infrastructure, and a relatively large middle class – decades of mismanagement have cost Zimbabwe.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

Break up a strategic function in response to underperformance in the wake of severe market disruptions? What would the capital markets look like today if a similar tack had been taken when the CFO role was ripe for transformation? These days, the scarcity impeding firms’ growth is not of capital — it’s of talent.

CFO 11

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2013

It is the skillful combination of emotion and logic, people and process, free-thinking and organization. Sixty-four percent of study participants have vertical sales specialists on their sales force (calling on verticals such as public sector, finance, healthcare, manufacturing, etc.). Sales is both an art and a science.

Metrics 11

Metrics Telecommunications Telemarketing Software 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2015

This, of course, raises an obvious question: Why are so few CEOs skilled at capital allocation? Looking at the resumes of current CEOs across developed markets suggests that the answer may be that many lack training in the skills of investment analysis.

CEO 8

CEO ROIC Cost of Capital Merton 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2018

Our combined skill sets (academic expertise on leasing, the choice of modularity and refurbishing, and practical expertise on asset management and product recovery) allowed us to identify three approaches to breaking through. Philips wanted to increase this business to serve more cost-constrained segments of the market.

Policies 8

Policies Asset Management Cost Productivity 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Human-capital issues are top-of-mind for CEOs around the world — but their regard for the HR function remains perilously low: In a PwC study , only 34% said that HR is well prepared to capitalize on transformational trends (compared with 56% for finance). Sadly, chief executives aren’t the only ones with this negative perception.

Human Capital 14

Human Capital Charan Human Resources Cost 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

In a study conducted with Google Europe , Roland Berger assessed the digital maturity of French companies, looking into three distinct dimensions: equipment, practices and uses, and organization and skills. In 2013 Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A. They want to encourage distributed decision-making and empower middle management.

Maturity 8

Maturity Drucker Osborne Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Back in 2013, a much-touted survey suggested that by 2020 — just over a year from now — a whopping 40% of the workforce would be so-called contingent workers, a number that would include contractors, temps and the self-employed. They realize they have a lot of skills that companies want and a lot of options.

Quinn 10

Quinn Entrepreneur IPO Survey 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Robo-advisors, which were introduced in 2008 , are steadily eating up market share from their human counterparts much the way that Amazon and Netflix have taken share from Walmart and Regal Cinemas. These numbers represent more than three times as much as was invested in 2013. will grow to U.S. $5 5 trillion to U.S. $7 ZB by 2020.

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

Instead, the last few years have seen a proliferation of C-suite titles that include a component of marketing. This diversity reflects not only a deepening understanding of the connection between growth and customer satisfaction, but a much greater awareness of what marketing can do to help forge that bond.

P&L 10

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

He is no Jim Simons , using his mathematical genius to outsmart the market in (to an outsider) incomprehensible ways. billion in 2013, making him the fifth highest-paid fund manager in the land. There is tons of evidence, much of it compiled by the formulator of the efficient market hypothesis, Eugene Fama , that value investing works.

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

A hallmark of skilled leaders and teams is that, as their organizations grow larger and older, as the footprint of a change program expands, they keep looking for signs of once useful but now unnecessary roles, rules, traditions, processes, products, strategies, and services. Sales doubled in 2013.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Brainstorming Proposal CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

Total investment (internal and external) in AI reached somewhere in the range of $26 billion to $39 billion in 2016, with external investment tripling since 2013. Even large digital natives such as Amazon and Google have turned to companies and talent outside their confines to beef up their AI skills.

Survey 11

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

Would you launch a new product with software delivering orders to everyone from development to marketing? The most talented individuals in industries such as technology and finance spoke English, either as a first or second language. out of a possible 990 in February 2013. Many had been educated in English-speaking institutions.

Globalization 8

Globalization Company Software Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Or pay a freelance consultant to do market research? Clark recommends listing the “concrete skills you need to develop in order to be successful at pursuing your passion full-time.” ” Once you have a list of necessary skills, figure out how to acquire them. Patch weak spots. “It also made me accountable.”

Project 8

Project Outsourcing Learning-by-Doing Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’m talking about the superconsumers who are inside your organization, working at every level: the fashionista who works in the mail room at the headquarters of an apparel company, or the finance manager who works for a pork brand and who eats three pounds of bacon in any given week. So find them, ask questions, and let them help you.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Digital players wield outsize market power. With products that rely on network effects, these players enjoy economies of scale and dominant market share. Digital markets are uneven. Politics, regulations, and levels of economic development play a major role in shaping the digital industry and its market attractiveness.

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In this letter, I’d like to explain more fully why I view the $51 billion already spent by Apple on open market (including accelerated) share repurchases under your leadership as a major misallocation of resources for both the company and the U.S. Rather, they trade in outstanding shares in the hope that their market price will increase.

Innovation 10

Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

A witty comment or botched response on Twitter can travel to Facebook and even news websites in minutes (think of the Oreo tweet during the Superbowl blackout of 2013 ). Moreover, Twitter is used by virtually all big Western companies either for marketing or to respond to customers—and sometimes both.

Company 8

Company Airlines Brand Analysis 8