Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

A passenger jet belonging to a cut-rate airline had recently crashed into the Florida Everglades, and Kinsley argued in Slate that it was appropriate for discount airlines to be more dangerous than the major carriers. The chance of getting killed in a crash on a given flight on a major airline is roughly 1 in 10 million.

Airlines 13

Airlines Report Guidelines Discount 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Its directors have turned over many times, of course, but Trian Fund Management, led by activist Nelson Peltz, is pressing for far more than a routine remake, demanding four seats of its own choosing at the table. Much the same occurred at Canadian Pacific Railway in 2012, when Pershing Square Capital Management acquired control of its board.

Airlines 8

Airlines CEO Automotive Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2018

For example, I manage the finances for a team that travels very often, and I’ve been grateful for the intelligent guesswork that my expenses software extracts from receipts using machine learning: the merchant’s name, the dollar amount spent, taxes, and likely expense categorization. Insight Center. Adopting AI.

Learning-by-Doing 9

Learning-by-Doing Software Technology Travel 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2014

But had they looked at themselves from the point of view of their customers, they would have seen that they were really in the transportation and logistics business and would have better understood the challenge, and the opportunities, represented by the growing airline industry. Innovation Leadership Strategy'

Levitt 9

Levitt Christensen Competitive Advantage Welch 9

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For example, as a designer/writer, my skills are not well applied to bookkeeping or financial management. Exhaust resources that don’t cost first and at least come up to “Dummy&# level on each initiative that you manage. &# To know what you need, determine your strengths and strategize to supplement your weaknesses.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2011

Three-fourths of those we examined sit on the executive management team within the company. Even if their teams are small, their voice on the executive management team means they have influence over how the company prioritizes and spends resources. About one quarter of these CCOs formerly held operations positions.

B2C 14

B2C B2B Forrester Budgeting 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’ve found that managers who fully embrace a superconsumer strategy learn more from their consumers through increased empathy. These managers are more persuasive at getting buy-in from the leaders in their organization, make better strategic decisions, and achieve more stable, more predictable, and longer-term growth.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

HR Digest

AUGUST 1, 2019

Without an understanding of basic financial concepts, executives are not well-equipped to make decisions related to financial management. managers are uninformed about the basics of financial literacy to face the challenges of the future. Why is financial literacy at all levels of management a basic need?

Finance 63

Finance Metrics EBITDA Handbook 63

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

He wasnt a process manager. Operations : Approaches problems practically; stands firm on issues, perseveres; maintains a standard of consistency and quality; provides stable leadership and supervision; develops detailed plans and procedures; implements projects in a timely manner; keeps financial records straight. We all have.

Process 14

Process CEO Insurance Banking 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

Companies included in the ETF include major airlines, pharmaceuticals, industrials, and technology. After our meeting at the SSE, we had lunch with Dean Xiongwen Lu and Professor Cheng-Hua Tzeng of the Fudan School of Management. Eccles is a professor of management practice at HBS. Stay tuned.

Long-term 14

Long-term Sample Report Pharmaceuticals 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

CEOs can waste a massive amount of time simply tending to the egos and petty squabbles of professional managers―time better spent connecting directly with the front line and solving their needs. Professional managers tend to worry most about stakeholders somewhere in their own office. I recognize this sounds harsh; it is.

CEO 8

CEO Class Chief Executive Officer Strategy 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Yet, most CEOs were never trained on how to be CEOs, with all the responsibility, people skills, leadership and ethical management that must go along with the job. This book states the case for more of a macro-focused approach to management. People are envious of the power, status and wealth of company heads.

Ethics 64

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 64

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Recently, my colleagues and I interviewed dozens of these higher-ambition CEOs , all of whom taught us a valuable lesson: integrity is at the heart of great leadership. Or Val Gooding , former CEO of BUPA UK, who shared her 360-degree feedback with managers across the business, role-modeling the kind of behavior she wanted them to emulate.

360-Degree Feedback 14

360-Degree Feedback Ethics Education Human Resources 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2015

What happens if next time it’s not a near-miss , but a direct hit of a commercial airliner by a Russian plane that turns its transponder off? The “weaponization of finance” is also high on your list. And America’s willingness to weaponize finance has grown substantially as a consequence.

Globalization 8

Globalization Banking Politics Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

At times this belief has led the managing director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin into pretty fierce debates with his intellectual opponents. What’s the problem with the way that turkey approached risk management? But the same managers would never admit this in public. But he feeds you.

Uncertainty 8

Uncertainty Kahneman Banking System 8