Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2016

Ask these same managers after a launch whether they met their performance objectives, and too many will answer “not quite” or “not at all.” ” Despite positive market indicators and careful planning, international-entry initiatives often fall short. laura schneider FOR HBR.

Globalization 8

Globalization Company Short-term Objective 8

Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

What is the number #1 characteristic of an employee/contract worker that hiring managers look for when hiring? What is the number #1 characteristic of an employee/contract worker that hiring managers look for when hiring? The #1 characteristic that I believe hiring managers seek in a candidate is flexibility. Initiative.

Career 74

Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Organizations get people caught in activity traps…unless managers periodically pull back and reassess in terms of goals. Managers lose sight of their employees’ goals. Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior. Programs must be competent, effective and benchmarked. Human beings live to attract goals.

Strategic Planning 56

Strategic Planning Goal Planning Budgeting 56

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 12, 2011

This ladder holds true for managers and employees within the organization, as well as outside consultants brought in. These are managers, concerned with structure, hiring, control, work design, supervision and the effects of management decisions. Leadership comes from inner quests, ethical pursuits and professional diligence.

Mentor 56

Mentor Strategic Planning Leadership Benchmarking 56

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2011

New year projections are the best time to benchmark progress and adjust sights for the coming term. Organizations get people caught in activity traps… unless managers periodically pull back and reassess in terms of goals. Managers lose sight of their employees’ goals. Training is vital.

Goal 50

Goal Strategic Planning Benchmarking Budgeting 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2016

Remember the public shaming – and heavy sentences — heaped on Enron and Worldcom for their accounting (and more importantly, ethical) failures? I’m not against benchmarking and norming. While benchmarks are useful inputs for compensation decisions, they shouldn’t be a straitjacket. Let’s take pay.

Benchmarking 15

Benchmarking Company Short-term Long-term 15

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Getting the funds that you need from tight fisted management is an ongoing process. Sell management-clients on acquiring more returns on their investments, not just on making further investments. Reduce management’s risk in doing business with you. Acquire an upper-management mindset. Cash outlays are always risks.

Budgeting 50

Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Unfortunately, one can get caught in a trap of being on the short end of the equation. These pointers are offered to help manage time and resources. ” Sizing you in terms of immediate benefit to them, they either probe further or move on. These people couch their requests in terms of your benefit.

Committee 53

Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 53

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

For example, in the 1990s, leading businesses like 3M adopted concepts like eco-efficiency, focusing on saving and making money through the better management of materials, energy and waste. 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