Lead Change Blog
MARCH 29, 2017
When I was a naive manager thrust into a management role, I had the misconception that most leaders back then were born or they just seemed to drop from the sky. Our bank management training group dwindled down as we became “leaders” and landed new roles. Forward a year and I acknowledged my errors. Wish us luck!
Harvard Business Review
MAY 30, 2014
Many managers, even at the most senior levels, don’t fully appreciate the difference between announcing a major change initiative and actually making it happen. When senior leaders disappear after a big change announcement, and leave lower-level managers to execute it, they are missing in action. You probably get the picture.
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Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 9, 2016
The types of private equity firms and the approaches to managing these firms has evolved over the last 40 years through three general phases. These buy outs shifted agency from owners to managers; “corporate raiders” worked with high-yield debt to fund these turnarounds. Large private equity firms (e.g.,
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 13, 2018
Managers in an up-or-out organization are expected to advance. It’s why companies like Colorcon and Deloitte are giving their performance management systems an overhaul. Our Senior Supply Managers shared process refinements for utilizing the Army’s digital property tracking system.
Strategy Driven
MARCH 18, 2011
Walmart wrings maximum efficiency from its supply chain by integrating four capabilities – aggressive vendor management, expert point-of-sale data analytics, superior logistics, and rigorous working-capital management – that together deliver ‘everyday low prices’ to consumers.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 5, 2016
Aggravated and depressed by the decline of their core memory business in the 1980s, Intel’s top management struggled for strategic clarity. They see disrupted incumbents from retail, finance, health care, transportation, professional services, and manufacturing requiring radical restructuring of assets, productivity , and innovation.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 30, 2014
Along with these efforts, a huge and growing array of award granters, raters, and scorecard vendors has emerged to help companies benchmark, track progress, and measure success. Siemens , for instance, does not currently have any women on the managing board. However, until very recently, there were two.
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