Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2012

But what about the more strategic risk areas, such as those related to emerging market entry or acquisition growth strategies? What about the risks that could affect the financial performance (or even the very survival) of the enterprise—risks like brand degradation or product relevance?

Risk Management 14

Risk Management Maturity EBITDA Management 14

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

On the other, while private companies aren’t under the same legal obligations in terms of disclosure, and while the short-term consequences may be less impactful, these companies still face long-term pitfalls, such as lost trust and tarnished brands. About the Author.

Chief Technology Officer 76

Chief Technology Officer Short-term How To Long-term 76

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2015

In recent years, investors have learned that defining the market value of a firm cannot just be based on finances. But recently, these financial outcomes have been found to predict only about 50% of a firm’s market value. Wise, long term investors recognize that leadership affects firm performance.

Marketing 8

Marketing Leadership Venture Capitalist GAAP 8

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

The keystone of effective governance lies within the trapeze act of balancing stakeholder interests, harmonizing corporate objectives, maintaining legal and ethical standards, and ensuring a robust risk management system. The strength of governance can be significantly amplified with the employment of a dedicated leadership team.

Compliance 235

Compliance Efficiency Ethics Metrics 235

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Welcome to the September edition of the Leadership Development Carnival ! For this month’s edition, I asked an all-star cadre of leadership development bloggers, authors, and consultants to submit an answer to the following question: “We all know that individual development plans (IDPs) need to be tailored for each leader.

Leadership Development 283

Leadership Development Development Planning Self-aware 283

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Aside from being costly, a flawed execution can cast doubt on management credibility, have a negative impact on morale, taint the brand, adversely affect external relationships, and cause a variety of other problems for your business. All initiatives surrounding new ideas should include detailed risk management provisions.

Blog 413

Blog Innovation Strategic Planning Brand 413

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

We find the debate interesting because it offers a great example of reputation risk – and more specifically, of why such risk has to be assessed both quantitatively and qualitatively. Over the decades, risk management has become a deeply quantitative endeavor. Vision and leadership. Emotional appeal.

Reputation 9

Reputation Risk Management Supply Chain Crisis 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2012

Every large financial services company has instituted risk management, but that hasn't prevented risky behavior in the form of office politics and personality conflict — as the JP Morgan trading debacle has demonstrated. Risk management isn't exclusive to banking. MORE ON MANAGING RISKY BEHAVIORS.

Merchandising 11

Merchandising Risk Management Supply Chain Retail 11

Strategy Driven

APRIL 28, 2020

The trend towards consolidation in industry has become a threat to any business whose leadership has a desire to maintain its own identity and strategic path. Mergers and acquisitions have been around forever, but there is a new legal form of conquest that is allowing organizations to steal market share from well-established businesses.

Industry 112

Industry Organization Real Estate Outsourcing 112

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

What are the downsides of and obstacles to introducing a new product or targeting a new market? They are far less adept at reckoning honestly with the risks of staying the course. In a very real sense, the first job of leadership is to identify and overcome the costs of complacency. The solution? It’s time to aim higher.

White Paper 9

White Paper Advertising Risk Management Entrepreneur 9

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

If as a leader you don’t take the time to get to know your team members on a very personal basis you simply won’t build the trust necessary to successfully weather the seasons of leadership. Which markets, partners, clients, or other opportunities can add significant value to our business?

Team Building 284

Team Building Blog Team CEO 284

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

The combination of these three has created what I'd call a new world order of risk — one that can have a tremendous impact on your brand. So, do companies now need to manage risk differently than they have in the past? First, in terms of managing the current uncertainty. I think so, yes. And in two ways.

Long-term 11

Long-term Short-term Brand Uncertainty 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2014

As group president of enterprise growth at American Express, Dan Schulman is trying to expand the brand to serve non-affluent customers who he says are paying too much for existing financial services. Instead of thinking about technology for technology’s sake, we studied the real consumer pain points in the market.

Execution 8

Execution Software Banking Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

Unfortunately, failing to assess the risk of the status quo does not mean the risks won’t materialize—it just means you won’t be adequately prepared when they do. If you are a member of a leadership team facing a critical strategic decision, you have an obligation to address these biases before inaction leaves your business irrelevant.

Strategic Planning 8

Strategic Planning Due Diligence Proposal Rogers 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 18, 2013

So also should diversity, branding, quality, marketing, re-engineering and other important processes. The next phase in restoring public credibility to Tylenol was the reintroduction of new product to the shelves, done in such a way as to restore consumer confidence and increase market share. by Hank Moore. Maquiladoras.

Crisis 71

Crisis Crisis Management Budgeting Risk Management 71

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2012

They were the people whose job it is to worry about risks to the on-going organization — legal, risk management, finance, IT, and the brand team. We engaged our brand team to help us increase the impact of the project through our newly launched visual identity. Getting the General Managers on Board.

Innovation 11

Innovation CFO Learning-by-Doing Brainstorming 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

This is a big transition for firms whose marketing, sales-training and enablement tools, and wider organizational processes reflect outdated assumptions about purchasing in their markets. The marketing–sales relationship now tops the agenda of concerns in a survey of B2B executives.

B2B 8

B2B AIDA AIDAS Disintermediation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2015

I think we’re more likely to see a kind of metastasis of the ISIS brand and ethos causing one-off attacks in major capital cities in Europe than in the U.S. And because Europe is the world’s largest single common market, all of this redounds very negatively to the global scene. Russia is your number two risk.

Globalization 8

Globalization Banking Politics Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2013

Adoption risk: Adopting technologies or responding to market, business, and technology trends too quickly or too slowly; reactively or over thought, without considering how non-technical implications or unintended consequences contribute adoption risk. This loss aversion prevents taking appropriate risks.

Dunning 8

Dunning Project CTO Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

The smaller ones could keep their own names, leadership teams, practices, and policies for the first five years. And although senior managers’ remuneration was tied to Contect’s overall sales and operating profits, the head office had relatively little control over the 30,000 projects the company had underway at any given time.

Case Study 8

Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2011

This is driven by the successes of product-design leaders like Apple, and a macroeconomic environment that demands better risk management. I've found shortcutting this process, or failing to explore how design can align with strategy, will only limit market and financial success. Increase profitability? Improve lives?

Prahalad 14

Prahalad Budgeting Creativity Fashion 14