Chart Your Course

APRIL 13, 2013

A recent study from Dale Carnegie Training found that only 23 percent (that’s one in four!) of non-management workers reported being engaged at their current job. They also provide more than double the market average in training time for entry-level employees, and offer clear paths for advancement into management.

White Paper 157

White Paper Case Study Human Resources Newsletter 157

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 25, 2019

In a global marketplace there has been a number of innovative solutions emerging that provide telling glimpses into the future of education, and a recent report from the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) and WorldSkills UK uncovers a handful of the most innovative ones from Switzerland, Shanghai, Russia and Singapore.

Skills 84

Skills Innovation Education Restructuring 84

Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 1, 2023

Structural challenges Proposed Improvements Read the full report We have an opportunity to improve the apprenticeship levy system for its second decade, and focus on what really matters: not only up front costs and qualifications, but outputs and impacts. Flexibility and open spend: Under this system any levy incurred above 0.5%

Productivity 52

Productivity Products Short-term Proposal 52

Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 1, 2023

Structural challenges Proposed Improvements Read the full report We have an opportunity to improve the apprenticeship levy system for its second decade, and focus on what really matters: not only up front costs and qualifications, but outputs and impacts. Flexibility and open spend: Under this system any levy incurred above 0.5%

Productivity 52

Productivity Products Short-term Proposal 52

Chart Your Course

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Science has shown that optimistic people heal faster, perform better, live longer and report more happiness and fulfillment in their lives. Microsoft has no shortage of firsts for technology, but they fail to generate the same buzz. So where does optimism fit in your business? But it’s more than that.

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Chief Executive Officer Bureaucracy Motivation Innovation 185

Lead Change Blog

JULY 4, 2016

Art writes, “The emerging digital and technology-driven world demands that we rethink everything about how we manage, lead, structure and run our organizations. The study features case studies on Google, LinkedIn, HSBC, and Intel.” Let’s Get Started. ” Tweet i4cp at @i4cp.

Leadership Development 170

Leadership Development Development Leadership Advice 170

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2017

Mr. Moon (as Susan had been told to call him by her half-Korean father, Don) was the Seoul office manager of Zantech, a technology security firm with headquarters in Amsterdam. Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers.

Case Study 8

Case Study Follow-up Ethics CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Bank of America convenes a local committee of bank leaders in each of its 45 Neighborhood Builders markets then uses a short application and lots of on-the-ground research to select two awardees per community per year. And, as a result, we are now able to identify three key reasons why it has been so effective. It is both local and national.

Case Study 14

Case Study Banking Participative Training 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Editor’s Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Competitive products came on the market, but none were as popular as the Express. Terranola’s market cap skyrocketed to $8.1 Doom and Gloom. A Veiled Threat.

Case Study 8

Case Study CFO Hedge PR 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

It looked like a stuffed animal — a cartoonish plush bird with a beetling brow and goofy eyes — but it contained a microphone, tiny speaker, headphone jack, computer chip, and enough speech-recognition and voice-generation technology to engage in sassy banter in Mandarin. Are we a toy company or a language company?"

Case Study 8

Case Study Retail Learning-by-Doing Education 8

Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 21, 2010

   You will find their research in a variety of formats like case studies, surveys, white papers, newsletter articles, and editorial-like letters from Buck team members on select issues.    Why do they do all this?    Why do they do all this? 

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Resources Consultative White Paper Human Resources 100

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2015

Editor’s note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. “Matt’s reports show huge jumps in productivity. . “What was that all about?” ” Amrita asked as she and Vijay sat down.

Case Study 8

Case Study Morale Policies Library 8

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Look to those who aren’t just saying they are experts but can demonstrate some successful examples or case studies from their expertise.​ Networking and marketing are vital parts of building a business, so make sure you have a plan to tackle both. That's okay!

Tips 95

Tips Franchising Cost Travel 95

HR Digest

JUNE 24, 2023

Optimized HR Operations: HR analytics streamlines HR processes by automating data collection, analysis, and reporting. HR analytics enables organizations to attract and retain top talent, optimize resource allocation, and adapt to changing market dynamics.

Metrics 98

Metrics Trends Compliance Analysis 98

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

In 2008, when the Harvard Business School case study was written on the launch two years earlier of the PlayStation 3, the question was whether it was “game over” for Sony. Despite its impressive specs, the PS3 was widely viewed, according to the case, as too expensive.

Strategy 12

Strategy Price Case Study Industry 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2018

But along with fax machines and long golf games, these features of B2B life have all but disappeared due to the astonishing change in technology over the past two decades. Bain & Company’s research on what consumers value shows how people benefit in multiple ways from digital technology.

B2B 8

B2B Schein Forrester CRM 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

It will change the category you compete in, the products and services you sell, and how you market them, and even the talent you acquire. These three mini case studies will show you just how profound those shifts will be. Longer-term, Lowe’s needs to reinvent the way it markets and sells to consumers.

Industry 9

Industry Retail Software Marketing 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

While it’s clear that CEOs need to consider AI’s business implications, the technology’s nascence in business settings makes it less clear how to profitably employ it. While investment in AI is heating up, corporate adoption of AI technologies is still lagging. Furthermore, early AI adopters are 3.5

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Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 11

LDRLB

APRIL 28, 2014

I really harvested a lot of case studies and examined what highly effective leaders see, say, and do and that’s actually the subtitle. Everything needs to match, if you’re saying things are going to be fine, it’ll only be a short period of time when we have to sustain ourselves given this market downturn.

Positioning 60

Positioning Learning-by-Doing Books Follow-up 60

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Virtually every 21 st century business scandal is reducible to a morality tale of a technology that allows us to do things we couldn’t before, coupled with major institutional failures that were enabled by failures of omission and commission of corporate leaders. Consider the Columbia and Challenger space shuttle disasters.

Ethics 9

Ethics CFO Technology Learning-by-Doing 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

It will change the category you compete in, the products and services you sell, and how you market them, and even the talent you acquire. These three mini case studies will show you just how profound those shifts will be. Longer-term, Lowe’s needs to reinvent the way it markets and sells to consumers.

Industry 8

Industry Retail Software Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2013

As the internet continues to make it easier to connect with potential customers, some entrepreneurs have decided that Instagram isn''t just for "selfies," but for marketing. Instagram should not be underrated as an engine of marketing, considering the engagement beautiful images can generate.

Company 8

Company Merchandising Entrepreneur Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

As I said at the time, it was a case study in poor policy and even poorer execution. The original reason given for the drastic demonetization action was to expose the so-called “black” market, fueled by money that is illegally gained and undeclared for tax purposes. Overnight, 86% of cash in circulation was voided.

Banking 10

Banking GDP Policies Real Estate 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2017

Case Study #1: Develop an understanding of your customer’s needs, and show empathic concern. He wanted to sell his company’s organizational assessment and leadership development services to “George,” a CEO who had taken the reins of a technology firm poised for a great deal of change. Think big picture.

Skills 21

Skills How To Brainstorming Case Study 21

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2018

Consider that in just the first two months of 2018, 24 health care provider organizations reported data breaches affecting over 1,000 patients each, a 60% increase over the same time period last year. How technology is changing the design and delivery of care. Insight Center. Health Care’s New Frontier. Sponsored by Optum.

Health Care 9

Health Care Forrester Policies Tactics 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

An impatient marketing or finance manager would, on the sly, secure some extra budget money and hire a contractor to build a little database that tracked mailing addresses or top-line financials. Lines of business are now getting their own official technology budgets for non-standard software products.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

Reporting to an indecisive boss is an unquestionably “challenging and frustrating situation,” says Sydney Finkelstein, the Director of the Leadership Center at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and author of the book, Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Manage the Flow of Talent. What the Experts Say.

How To 10

How To Reputation Case Study Advice 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2012

When you're in this situation, avoid the six common mistakes most salespeople make: They use truisms : They believe their company's own marketing pitch, which makes claims that are not considered entirely true by the listener. My name is Luke Skywalker and I'm a sales rep [demeans salesperson] for XYZ Technologies. Hello, Norman.

CIO 15

CIO Chief Information Officer Outsourcing Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2013

The marketing head of an ambitious technology firm recently shared with me a vexing problem: Apple was one of their customers. You''ll get further by aligning any proposed advocacy or co-marketing efforts with those of the marquee customer. But the executive and her team could essentially tell no one. Then reality strikes.

Brand 8

Brand Stephenson PR Reference 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 8, 2010

This book will show you, as an employee, customer or partner, how to use new social technologies, make yourself heard, and produce better products and services. As a leader and manager, you’ll learn how to use these tools to harness social interactions to improve your business and to create your own social nation.

Self-aware 72

Self-aware Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 72

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2017

Regarding the former, the increased complexity of global supply chains could increase the likelihood of industrial accidents due to such factors as technological differences between home and host countries or culturally divergent perceptions of risk and workplace safety.

Globalization 8

Globalization Industry Cost Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Case Study #1: Tend to your primary work relationship by finding solutions to your boss’s problems. Case Study #2: Make your boss look good by being an exemplary employee — and don’t force a relationship with your boss’s boss. Neglect your primary work relationship.

Career 13

Career Bond Case Study CEO 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2016

One-on-one meetings with direct reports often feel more hurried and disorganized than they need to be. What do you need to change as the manager and what do you need to ask your direct report to do differently as well? What do you need to change as the manager and what do you need to ask your direct report to do differently as well?

Productivity 8

Productivity Products How To Report 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2015

But what if your direct reports are smarter than you? “There’s nothing wrong with asking for reassurance,” and the answers “will give you insight into your strengths and the development needs of your reports.” Case Study #1: Get educated about what your direct reports do.

Management 8

Management How To CTO Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

To look into this question, I conducted a case study as part of my dissertation research involving 23 women of color at a Fortune 500 company. They were employed in midlevel to upper-midlevel management positions in strategy, finance, marketing, legal, operations, and technology functions. What made their ascent possible?

Management 13

Management Tacit Knowledge Diversity Leadership Pipeline 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Sesame Street , in fact, is a great case study of a brand that has managed to remain powerful over decades and across cultures. And while school enrollment is at an all-time high, UNICEF has reported that the educational system is "inadequately developed." "The Being Willing To Try New Operating Models.

Globalization 8

Globalization Power Workshop Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2013

Case studies at MIT''s Center for Information Systems Research suggest that if people don''t know the percentage of projects that meet their business objectives, the percentage is probably very low. It also educates everyone involved so that future business cases become increasingly realistic. CIOs Must Lead Outside of IT.

CIO 8

CIO Stage-Gate Project Information Technology 8