Women on Business

JANUARY 26, 2011

This due diligence included, setting a new household budget, moving investments, setting up a home equity line of credit, and finally, buying a new car (for the first time in 11 years!). The plan was to build my coaching business and the True Balance brand, one day at a time until I could give my two weeks notice.

Press Release 100

Press Release PR Exit Strategy Discount 100

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

If a company wants to generate the most revenue from its resources, it should put its most experienced leaders in charge of those resources. But a new study on Hollywood producers in the Strategic Management Journal reminds us that it’s not that simple. What they wanted to explore is how managers do that.

RBV 8

RBV Mass Marketing Budgeting Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2014

In its “State of Human Capital” report , McKinsey found that people in HR still largely have “a support-function mindset, a low tolerance for risk, and a limited sense of strategic ‘authorship’” — all of which has led to “low status among executive peers, no budget for innovation, and a ‘zero-defects’ mentality.”.

Human Capital 13

Human Capital Charan Human Resources Cost 13

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For example, as a designer/writer, my skills are not well applied to bookkeeping or financial management. By investigating resources MOST open to you, momentum increases. Exhaust resources that don’t cost first and at least come up to “Dummy&# level on each initiative that you manage. Mine your backyard.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2017

It also informs future spending levels, allocation of the budget across programs and media, and which messages a marketer chooses. “In principle, managers should try to estimate the full cost of the marketing activity, including creative development, media spend, and customer-facing staff time.”

ROI 8

ROI Marketing Marketing Mix Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

of the total IT budget for the previous year was spent on addressing internal security. The detrimental impact of an internal breach can extend far beyond the significant financial costs, to damage the integrity of the company’s brand, and even affect the physical safety of employees.

Forrester 8

Forrester Shaw Absenteeism Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

Today’s brand-new workplaces may contain officeless offices, cubeless cubelands, and collaborative spaces only surrounded by glass walls. Those with the budgets to get more creative can consider drop ceilings that soak up sound and incorporate shapes, colors, and designs.

Bottom-up 8

Bottom-up Environment Productivity Products 8

Rapid BI

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Increasingly Human Resources (HR) or Organizational Development (OD) teams are being asked to drive and deliver internal communications, but what is an internal communications plan and how do you go about writing and applying one? What are the roles and responsibilities of leaders, managers, employees and communication professionals?

Planning 61

Planning Strategy How To KPI 61

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2014

Every job is going to have tradeoffs,” says Dorie Clark, author of Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future. Consider where you went wrong in your last search and don’t be afraid to ask hard questions of prospective employers — questions like what success looks like at the company and how managers handle challenges.

Short-term 8

Short-term Career Long-term Case Study 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 13, 2011

I recommend you devote the bulk of your marketing budget to developing excellent content and lots of it, with some additional funds set aside for design, production, and maintenance. Related posts: What are the Best Ways to Create, Manage, and Build a Brand? Drupal, Joomla, WordPress, or Custom Content Management?

Press Release 145

Press Release Discount Content Directory 145

In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 7, 2015

Mistrust of senior management. Budgets are constantly cut and revised. There’s a rift within top management and everyone knows it. New products are “me-to” brand line extensions. Picture this: The CEO of the decaying company is addressing his management team. Too many meetings. Finger pointing.

Absenteeism 100

Absenteeism Short-term Long-term Strategic Planning 100