Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Most companies make big investments in leadership development, rolling out intensive internal programs for high potentials, sending key leaders off to expensive executive education programs, or hiring personal coaches for those moving into key positions at the top of the company. Business is moving too fast. What works instead?

Leadership Development 8

Leadership Development Development Leadership Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic. Beyond wages, other forms of investment in human capital include education and training, improved healthcare, and other, less obvious investments, such as the time and space to explore new ideas and professional development opportunities.

Human Capital 15

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

If companies can’t attract, engage, and retain the right talent, they’re unlikely to achieve their business objectives. For example, engineers tend to be far more attracted to companies that emphasize innovation, while those in more commercial roles tend to be far more attracted by leadership opportunities.

Globalization 8

Globalization Brand Survey Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

Organizational Development Book. Take Tom, a website developer whom I met on a consulting assignment at an accounting firm. “He was more concerned with protocol than personal development. And, in my experience working with leaders across the globe, you can reach business objectives while improving the lives of employees.

Motivation 15

Motivation Lean Manufacturing Management System 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2014

A clear business objective: Popular wisdom suggests that big data projects are primarily about sifting through a big pile of data to find promising relationships. That is an essential task, but it will be an unproductive fishing expedition unless a company has a business problem in mind.

Project 8

Project Business Objectives Information Technology Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2014

Companies across the globe are tackling some of the world’s greatest societal challenges — water scarcity, climate change, and even the rights of women and girls in the developing world. We support legitimate social and environmental issues that are globally relevant but also have a clear fit with our brands and business strategies.

CEO 8

CEO Company Reputation Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2013

But these organizations still face a daunting challenge in distributing digital expertise: how do you develop digital competency more broadly across a large organization? Make sure your guidelines align to business objectives. Bringing distributed groups up to speed with digital strategy puts you in the guidelines business.

Guidelines 8

Guidelines Team KPI Business Objectives 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

MedStar operated nine hospitals, but realized that its long-held objective of increasing revenue and profits at those venues was unsustainable, given the outcries over runaway medical costs. Doing that required developing a new business model in which MedStar would get paid to keep patients well. The innovation portfolio.

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Health Care Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Marketing, sales teams and the DSD force itself operate with tremendous coordination to ensure that they are consistently aligned in their business objectives. If the products are hits, that's even better; because it "owns the shelf," there's a direct link back to innovation and marketing.

Operations 13

Operations Competitive Advantage Supply Chain Retail 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

With a tsunami of new digital technologies all converging simultaneously — social, mobile, cloud, analytics and embedded devices — there has been, once again, a cry for corporate IT to radically change to enable the digital transformation of businesses. New, more agile , software development tools and testing methods are utilized.

CIO 8

CIO CTO Operations Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

With this intense competition, brands and mobile app developers are forced to reevaluate tactics for growing user retention and engagement rates, which is increasingly difficult. Here are some guidelines that brands and mobile app developers need to consider: 1. Innovations in Digital and Mobile Marketing An HBR Insight Center.

Brand 8

Brand Airlines Advertising Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

When Deborah DiSanzo took over as CEO of Philips Healthcare in May 2012, she knew that engineering would continue to drive innovation. But she also realized that the company needed to develop greater marketing muscle to drive a commercial transformation. Develop—and stick to—a marketing blueprint.

CEO 8

CEO Marketing Hotels Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2015

A crisis throws predictability out the window and forces everyone to adopt new ways to run the business. To effectively manage that chaos, it’s necessary to develop the habit of continuously processing new information, playing out “what if” scenarios, calculating risk factors, and running through checklists.

Crisis 8

Crisis Management Contingency Plans Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

A study conducted by Innovate + Educate , which uses research-based strategies to address the U.S. But it was Destin Dexter, vice president of technology, who scaled the company’s efforts to meet business objectives related to hiring entry-level IT talent in a highly competitive market.

Organization 8

Organization Chief Operating Officer Education Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2013

Over the past four years, we''ve developed a well-defined set of principles that guide our annual "challenge," (lauded by Bill Clinton in TIME magazine as one of the top five initiatives changing the world for the better) that produces original and actionable ideas to solve social issues. Insist on low barriers to entry. Provide a toolkit.

Participative 9

Participative Innovation Guidelines Idea Generation 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2016

If the marketing team is developing a strategy to advance client needs, the IT team helps prioritize those needs based on the requirements of the infrastructure. Website innovation and other digital marketing projects, which require IT staff to accomplish, would be top priorities for marketing. It also helps for long-term planning.

Marketing 8

Marketing Enterprise Architecture Technology Project 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

And the development leader failed to identify any new ideas for store layout or building features. How could such a misconception of customer experience have developed? To develop a customer experience architecture, follow these steps: 1. They were happy to maintain the age-old silo between marketing and operations.

Brand 8

Brand Reis Objective Merchandising 8