Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. The team wasn’t perfect, but it was still operating at a pretty high level. “I did talk to that leadership development firm last year,” he said. “OK.

Case Study 13

Case Study Team CFO Merchandising 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

To get everyone to agree on a realistic goal, we suggest picking a year far enough in the future that people feel safe discussing what needs to happen by that time but not so far away that uncertainty about technological or market developments would render a discussion meaningless. There are two ways to set revenue targets.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 9

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.”. Competition Leadership Retail' But then “Sears found the answer first,” Worthy reports, in 1924. We felt defeated and powerless.”.

Retail 9

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 9

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Thankfully now we have a growing team that can assist with many of the day-to-day operations, but at times, especially at the beginning, I found it challenging to be “among the chaos” while building the business. We have our apparel releases planned for the next year, but always take into account ideas people have or suggestions for colors.

Entrepreneur 73

Entrepreneur Advice Apparel Audience 73

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

In the developed world, we enjoy better medicines, connectivity, and mobility than most of us could have imagined even 20 years ago. Toward a New Leadership Agenda. The effects of technology on humans depends on how we choose to develop and use it. In emerging markets, billions of people have moved out of extreme poverty.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Eric Jacobson

MAY 25, 2014

And as I worked through the dip I saw how unprepared everyone was because we all operated on assumptions or promises that didn’t exist anymore. Then Dov Charney at American Apparel, who taught me everything I know about business today. Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Leadership Ryan Holiday The Obstacle Is The Way'

Ryan 56

Ryan Apparel Crisis Learning-by-Doing 56

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Good leadership certainly helps, but more often than not, the organization will revert to business as usual. So when I asked Mark Krolick—managing director of marketing and product development at United Airlines—about the hypothesis that having more superconsumers as leaders or employees enhances business performance, he smiled.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

For decades, we’ve often thought of leadership profiles in unique buckets—two popular varieties were the “visionaries”, who embrace strategy and think about amazing things to do, and the “operators”, who get stuff done. Adam Pretty/Getty Images. It just does not work.”

Execution 15

Execution Strategy How To Budgeting 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Increased demand for transparency and its close partners, (a) the quest to define and develop useful sustainability metrics and (b) the growing sustainability data explosion. Value chain and transparency partnerships growing: The apparel industry bands together. for " every manufacturer, component, and process in apparel production."

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

This principle has always been a priority for the leadership team at Vineyard Vines and it is still top of mind today. Like many competitors in the apparel industry, Vineyard Vines has kept their operations lean in order to preserve operating margins.

Retail 8

Retail Apparel Engineering Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

It was the stuff of Silicon Valley lore : Employees from across the company took a break from their regular projects to develop mind-blowing ideas about artificial intelligence over an intense 24-hour period. At their best, hackathons create a structure and process around idea development. Facebook recently hosted its 50th hackathon.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Banking Brainstorming Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

can benefit consumers and the economy with lower cost (although foreign operations often sell in foreign markets). The cash from high revenues and margins is also often used to enhance the corporation: for improving its operations, productivity, technology and products, or for increasing reach and scale efficiencies through acquisitions.

Offshoring 13

Offshoring Outsourcing Supply Chain Globalization 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

At the state level, New Jersey passed a big new gas tax , and Oregon , Illinois , and California developed robust energy and climate policies. Nine big brands with operations in Ohio publicly pressed the state to reinstate energy efficiency and renewable energy portfolio standards. All of this will affect companies of all stripes.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Boards of companies operating in the consumer discretionary industry have a disproportionately high representation of Democrats, while boards operating in the industrials and energy and utilities industries skew more Republican. apparel, automobiles, retailing, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g.,

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8