My Own Coach

AUGUST 5, 2013

The senior team went on to use these in their organisation as a benchmark to assess leadership and how people measured up. I''d be interested to learn what you think of these statements and how you may use something similar. Do these represent the leadership brand you have, or would like to have, in your organisation?

Brand 43

Brand Leadership Benchmarking Library 43

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2015

Many companies start their search for global growth in an alphabet soup of emerging-market groupings such as the BRIC , CIVETS , MINT , Next 11 , and so on. There are several flaws in using such acronyms as the basis for entering overseas markets. Benchmark all the economies for which reliable data are available. Is that smart?

Marketing 8

Marketing Benchmarking Globalization Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2018

Take Uber: at only eight years old, it’s already upended the business model of taxis. The people analytics team was surprised — as was finance team in that country, which had no reason to benchmark themselves against other countries and had no idea that they were such a bright spot.

Process 14

Process Strategy Benchmarking Storytelling 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

Our research shows that companies with platform- and network-based business models are exponentially better at creating value. Building a successful platform business is hard enough when you have an original idea, ample capital, no core business to cannibalize, and a team of top talent. Companies are right to be worried.

Intellectual Capital 8

Intellectual Capital Strategy Supply Chain Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most successful transformations, creating new offerings and business models to push into new growth markets, share common characteristics and strategies. Clay Christensen , Professor at Harvard Business School and Innosight co-founder.

Franchising 14

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Yet, when the marketing team suggested that Cabot become a certified B Corporation, I was skeptical. According to Chris McAllister , vice president for reputation management and public affairs at Nielsen, companies engaged in “sincerely-driven” CSR must work harder to convince consumers of this fact.

Cooper 8

Cooper Benchmarking Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Buffer builds tools to help businesses manage and analyze their social media activity. Generative businesses have three key features: They design their work processes to power their own growth while sharing what they know, creating opportunities for other businesses to learn, experiment, or challenge themselves.

Company 8

Company Business Model Workshop Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Identifying this so-called “growth gap” is critical, because the bigger the gap, the more a company needs to look beyond its current offerings, markets, and business models to find growth opportunities. By reaching new customers in current markets? By stealing share from current competitors?

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

And how can companies benchmark themselves against competitors? To benchmark them, the index measures how much companies invest in hardware, software, data, and IT services (whether through outright purchases or contracting with third parties to fill in gaps). But what are the key attributes of a digital leader? First, digital assets.

Industry 8

Industry Benchmarking Supply Chain Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2012

Trend lines, market sizing, and competitive benchmarks that served companies well during periods of gradual market evolution do little good in industries where new technologies create seismic shifts, demand is uncertain, and rivals emerge from left field. Identifying a clear destination Big companies often hate to make choices.

Strategy 14

Strategy CEO Strategic Planning Consensus 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

For the social network companies, it didn’t take long to realize that the latter form of value creation should be the real focus of their business models. Early ventures like MySpace primarily focused on the social activity among their account holders, working to provide better tools to help them manage their relationships.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Hotels Reputation Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

cents for a sachet that could purify 10 liters, Pur achieved penetration rates of 5% to 10% in its test markets — strong by almost any yardstick — but in 2005 the company gave up on Pur as a business, because the numbers simply hadn't worked. At a price equivalent to 10 U.S.

Microfinance 13

Microfinance Prahalad Bottom-up Banking 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

Companies tend to do plans by business unit, regardless of the firm’s go-to-market approach (which often spans business units). While this is going on, the market is doing what the market will do. Managers must manage this decision. You won’t allocate sales resources optimally.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products CRM Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2018

In the age of rapid advances in data science and artificial intelligence, many organizations still struggle to incorporate advanced analytics capabilities into their business models. True incorporation requires bold decisions about reorganizing the business to make analytics a key component of strategy. David Malan/Getty Images.

Company 8

Company Chief Operating Officer Incentives Project 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Capitalists focus on the financial returns from capital invested, and most business leaders prioritize issues that are financially material. For anyone with a pension linked to market performance, that is a good thing. Today, we see growing interest in new business benchmarks and in potential breakthrough materials and forms of energy.

Morale 8

Morale EPS Supply Chain Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

Over the past couple of years, I've become close with a handful of web product managers. What's worse, Facebook's efforts to bring transactions inside the walled garden - through Facebook Storefronts - seem to be decreasingly important to large e-commerce players as they discover the high costs and low returns of doing business on the site.

IPO 12

IPO Advertising IRR Venture Funding 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

Executive education students at Harvard Business School. HBS Executive Education brings you these articles about business management courtesy of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. Times are tough for many businesses, yet some are holding their own, even thriving. How do they do it? Join the conversation.

Education 8

Education Execution Content Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Recruiting in today’s ultra-competitive job market is tough and success can often hinge on the team that you already have in place. The team is more important than the idea, the business model, and funding. Some sources suggest that in the start-up world the team is second only to timing when it comes to recruiting.

Company 8

Company Benchmarking Storytelling Engineering 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 9

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2011

For our portfolio businesses (especially those in digital media and information services) and for businesses in general, there is a simple question that CEOs and management team members should ask and ask frequently: How do we become a must-have to our customer? How can they best measure their success?

Metrics 13

Metrics Benchmarking Media CEO 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

By now, your company probably has a new busi­ness incubator, an idea wiki, a disciplined process for mining customer insights, an awards program for successful innovators, and maybe even an outpost in Silicon Valley—all fine ideas—and yet, most likely, it still struggles to meet its growth goals and seldom thrills its customers.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8