Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Instead, leaders of these companies excel at five unconventional acts — management practices that contradict conventional wisdom. Second, many managers assume they should adopt the best practices of their industry and treat external benchmarking as the established path to success. First, these companies commit to an identity.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Fashion Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Planning has long been one of the cornerstones of management. Early in the twentieth century Henri Fayol identified the job of managers as to plan, organize, command, coordinate, and control. The capacity and willingness of managers to plan developed throughout the century. The world appeared predictable.

Agility 15

Agility Planning Fayol Strategic Planning 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

What links the world together has changed fundamentally — and for many companies, succeeding in this new operating environment will require rethinking many past decisions and assumptions. Corporations generate a large share of internet traffic through private networks used to share information and manage their international operations.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain GDP Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2015

Today, a few organizations – like Medium, David Allen Consultants, and Zappos – are adopting a radically different, approach to management: holacracy. For all of the sturm und drang surrounding the idea, as we talked I realized a lot of holacracy is just codifying many of the informal elements of good management.

Groupthink 8

Groupthink Agility Diversity Information 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

The Future of Operations. Supply-chain speed and agility sharply increase when information is shared across the network. For instance, the average transit times to move containers from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to Chicago grew from 84 hours at the end of 2004 to 120 hours by early 2015. Insight Center.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Crisis Transportation Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

It''s not about price, or code, or agile development. A good management team will be dedicated to creating product market fit, otherwise the business will flounder. Investors are involved for the long haul, understanding that startup managers will have to experiment and fail along the way to a successful IPO. Patient capital.

Company 8

Company Ries Maturity Innovation 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2015

This online tool allows any individual to create a mobile application for uploading to any operating system including Android, Apple, BlackBerry, and Windows. Some templates include accounting firm, bank, bar, cooking, educational, family, fashion, general business, salon, and vehicle services.

Tools 50

Tools Document Restructuring Software 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

They’re extending their brand into areas like technology, gaming, fashion, and lifestyle content — essentially becoming entertainment platforms. Over the course of a year, we built strong case studies in fashion, design, and technology. Our business now operates like a tech startup, with less hierarchy and far more agility.

Business Model 8

Business Model Merchandising Restructuring Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2017

Companies deploying IoT successfully in industrial sectors such as manufacturing, oil and gas, mining, and transportation are seeking multiple agile partners with open IP architectures to co-create solutions. They Update Their Talent Management Strategies. How the best companies get up to speed. The reason? Not so cool.

Succession 8

Succession ROI Technology Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2015

The dark, freezing air rushes in and swirls around the Special Operations Forces (SOF) team that stands on the ramp of the aircraft, ready to jump. SOF’s critical first step was recognizing that our operating model needed to shift. The cargo door of an aircraft opens at 25,000 feet. You and Your Team. Leading Teams.

Team 8

Team Efficiency Bureaucracy Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2015

in statistics, was the obvious choice to lead the SAS software and data management group of a global healthcare corporation when the current director suddenly departed. Having managed a small team of bio-statisticians successfully over three years, promoting him to director seemed like a no-brainer. You and Your Team.

Management 8

Management Self-aware Teamwork Pharmaceuticals 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

I would caution you against confusing speed with reckless abandon…I’m a big proponent of planning, assessment, analysis and strategy, but only if it is concluded in a timely fashion. Agility, fluidity, decisiveness, commitment and focus all lead to the creation of speed which results in a certainty of execution.

Blog 419

Blog Leadership Competitive Advantage Brand 419

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

MBA students are dutifully taught finance, strategy and operations as if revenue appeared by magic and salespeople were at best a necessary evil. When you get into a bar fight, you revert to what comes naturally — the old-fashioned tactics." Instead, what he looks for are intelligence, curiosity and an agile mind.

Succession 15

Succession Conference Outsourcing Long-term 15

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Rumelt (PublicAffairs, 2022) What passes for strategy in too many businesses, government agencies, and military operations is a toxic mix of wishful thinking and a jumble of incoherent policies. People don’t want to be managed; they want to be led. A New Way to Think : Your Guide to Superior Management Effectiveness by Roger L.

Books 368

Books Leadership P&L Blog 368