Strategy Driven

JUNE 15, 2016

While politeness is a stereotype that doesn’t personally cause me much grief, it’s important to remember that many stereotypes are actually quite dangerous—even the ones that seem harmless. Pulling this off required matrix management across IS, marketing, customer service, product management, and product development.

USP 50

USP Diversity Learning-by-Doing Definition 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Then came 2016. In 2016, two dwarf the rest: the election of Donald Trump and significant action on climate change. For most of 2016, the world moved quickly on climate. For some, it’s about the commercial opportunity to appeal to a new or growing market of rights-focused consumers. Why all this progress?

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

My Beliefs inform my politics, my choice of city, my choice of friends; they are hard-wired, and make me me. Sales and marketing folks, managers, trainers, coaches, leaders – any profession that focuses on offering advice or promoting action – must stop trying to ‘pitch’ even if someone needs to hear it. All rights reserved.

Influence 50

Influence Management System Proposal 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2016

Saudi Arabia’s government reshuffle in early May is more than a political watershed. In early 2016, the country began a process of reviewing multiple economic sectors, including energy, labor markets, pensions, and health. The timing for these reforms is no accident.

Politics 8

Politics Human Capital Price Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Critics across the political spectrum have said that fake news and cyberattacks played a big role in determining the course of events. Political campaigns are marketing campaigns, messages aimed at selling a product. Yet by 2004 its market share was down to 3%. Bigger marketing budgets may not pay off.

Media 10

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

President Obama’s historic visit to Cuba in March 2016 drove excitement for businesses considering the market that the island could become. In April 2016, Cuba held its Seventh Communist Party Congress. The move made it possible to imagine an end to the U.S. An economic crossroads.

Policies 8

Policies Short-term Long-term GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2016

From the early nineteenth century, trade was a divisive issue in American politics—and the fault-line fell fairly neatly between slave and non-slave states. trade policy, opening both the American and foreign markets to an unprecedented degree. Changes in political support for free trade. Until then, successive U.S.

Politics 8

Politics Policies Globalization Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

presidential campaign, commentators of all political stripes urged Donald Trump to give his Twitter account a rest. “Big-seed” marketing beats viral. His notion of big-seed marketing suggests that a message can spread faster and more systematically if it is “seeded” among many people.

Media 8

Media Brand Audience Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

white working-class voters to President Trump has puzzled some political pundits. We began to explore this question by looking back to Trump’s rhetoric during the 2016 presidential campaign, when this group coalesced as the core of his political base. What we found shows a consistent approach to leadership communication.

Class 8

Class Morale Loyalty Reference 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2017

When he entered the race, Trump had zero political experience and was reviled by the Republican establishment. What he was doing was creating with precise and relentless consistency an entirely new category in the minds of voters: the politically incorrect candidate. It was one of the longest long shots in modern U.S.

Strategy 8

Strategy Politics Long-term Media 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

In 2016, it was estimated that 67% of well-formulated strategies failed due to poor execution. There are many explanations for this abysmal failure rate, but a 10-year longitudinal study on executive leadership conducted by my firm showed one clear reason. They lack depth in their competitive context.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Budgeting Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2011

corporate boardroom representation , despite solid evidence that greater women's representation in corporate leadership correlates directly with improved business performance. France plans to impose a 20 percent quota by 2012 and double it to 40 percent by 2016 for the country's 2,500 largest companies. As of 2010, women held just 15.7

Competitive Advantage 15

Competitive Advantage McKinsey Resistance Crisis 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2017

Americans have become accustomed to chief executives offering their views on political issues, but rarely do they witness the scenes that played out last weekend. Bean received threats of a boycott after news came out that a board member had donated money to a pro-Trump political action committee.

CEO 8

CEO Attrition Travel Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Drucker Forum 2016: The Entrepreneurial Society. First, as noted in an editorial in Science magazine, the bulk of China’s government R&D funds are allocated on the basis of political connections rather than merit as judged by independent scientific panels.

Innovation 8

Innovation Drucker Policies Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

In emerging markets, billions of people have moved out of extreme poverty. Traditionally, it has been government’s role to provide equality of opportunity (particularly through education), an effective safety net, and social, political, and economic stability. Toward a New Leadership Agenda. These are the seven areas: 1.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

It can generate political capital with government regulators, who may then grant the company greater freedom of movement. So far in 2017, our firm, Semler Brossy, has identified 200 shareholder proposals on the environment among the Russell 3000 companies, already exceeding 2016’s total. It’s not for every company.

Execution 10

Execution Metrics Long-term Incentives 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

Capital markets, as a whole, are also moving in this direction. In 2016, socially responsible investing made up more than one out of every four invested dollars under professional management. In turn, this will foster better social outcomes and create new markets and consumer segments. This initiative will soon connect all 1.3

Company 9

Company Decentralization Long-term Operations 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2016

In the 2016 Edelman Global Trust Barometer survey, of more than 33,000 people around the world, only 27% of leaders were seen as behaving in open and transparent ways. ” While truth telling is critical in any organization, larger organizations are perceived as more political and therefore less safe to be honest in.

Company 8

Company McKinsey Survey COO 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2013

Doing so would show that he places the highest priority on both the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations — started in 2011 and slated to end this year — and the newly launched free trade negotiations between the US and EU which are scheduled (optimistically) to be completed before the 2016 election. Obama''s task is clear.

GDP 8

GDP Short-term Globalization Long-term 8