The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 2, 2020

Sectors such as chemicals, food and drink, and textiles were among the most enthusiastic shifters. ” The researchers accept that the Covid-19 crisis has added a considerable layer of uncertainty to the trading environment, both due to direct trading conditions but also the vulnerability of supply chains. Tariff barriers.

Supply Chain 93

Supply Chain Hedge Credit Risk Bureaucracy 93

Strategy Driven

JULY 21, 2020

Shrinking Profit Margins – The growing pressure on profit margins and talent challenges is felt across all asset-intensive industries, such as CPG, Life Sciences, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Mining & Metals, Chemicals, and Industrial Manufacturing. You also need to be thinking about the growing population from 7.6B

Skills 68

Skills Operations Trends Industry 68

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Few are better in a crisis than Buckingham – she is steady, but also possesses the ability to see around corners. Whited previously served as chief marketing officer for UP, led the Chemicals business, and also previously ran the railroad’s National Customer Service Center.

Human Resources 469

Human Resources Globalization Diversity Resources 469

Building Personal Strength

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

When I've suffered a big loss or am dealing with a major crisis, it's as if the scales are tipped on the side of unhappiness. Of course, there's a difference between psychological depression, which passes when the loss or issues are worked out, and chronic depression, which is caused by an imbalance of neurotransmitters - brain chemicals.

Chemicals 95

Chemicals Open-book Bottom-up Tips 95

Ron Edmondson

APRIL 20, 2011

These powerful chemicals give us feelings of profound joy, calmness and spiritual connection. We get as high as a kite, or gain the internal/chemical feeling of true Richness. We lift off, emotionally, and it lasts for days, sometimes weeks. Proof positive that this research is true!

Chemicals 47

Chemicals Stress Edmondson Participative 47

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2011

Japan is in a state of crisis at present , but its future may be in safe hands judging by the manner in which the country's young people have rallied in the aftermath of the earthquake, the tsunami, and the nuclear power crisis that struck on March 11, 2011.

Crisis 14

Crisis COO Chemicals Transportation 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

It''s a lawyerly, exhaustive, exhausting rundown of all the things that could possibly weigh on the earnings of a giant global bank, from regulatory changes to loans going bad to a liquidity crisis to the possibility that "one or more of its employees causes a significant operational breakdown or failure." But he didn''t.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis CEO Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

Russia’s industrialization also means that the market offers substantial opportunities in diverse B2B sectors such as mining, oil and gas, metallurgy, chemicals, light industry, and consumer durables. Today’s crisis is different. This worked, because both crises were short-lived (lasting approximately 1-1.5

Depreciation 8

Depreciation B2B Price Crisis 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Crisis management is so much more than handling of the media. My client (a different chemical company) later had a similar explosion. We therefore mounted a full-scope crisis management initiative that focused heavily on after-the-crisis help for the victims and their families. Next comes Crisis Planning.

Crisis Management 80

Crisis Management Crisis Risk Management Budgeting 80

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2013

Why are so many companies struggling with a crisis of their leadership bench? chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products). We now see they are also struggling to do a good job managing their own talent responsibilities. If they can''t get talent management right, how can they expect their companies to do so?

Succession 8

Succession Telecommunications Biotechnology Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2011

Appoint process owners not just to address a crisis, but to improve performance on broad customer-defined measures that cut across functions and need sustained attention. A chemical company identified seven key process performance measures for each of its seven "value chains." They can do it in the following ways.

Process 15

Process Supply Chain Balanced Scorecard Engineering 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2016

For example, Marijn Dekkers, who served as the CEO of Bayer, is also the chair of Unilever, an independent director on GE’s board, president of the German Chemical Industry Association, and vice president of the Federation of German Industry.

Company 8

Company Committee CEO Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

In the aftermath of the US financial crisis in 2008, companies from North America and Europe rushed into China, seeking to grow both sales and profits. China is changing more rapidly than ever, but has your China strategy adapted yet? One, they must evaluate their customers’ prospects to see if it’s worthwhile investing for growth.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Retail Chemicals Marketing 9

Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 24, 2012

Often, leaders without titles arise in the midst of a crisis—a crisis like a bully’s ego trip. The embalming fluid of business is no mere chemical concoction dreamed up by heartless analysts. It is usually easier to lead with a title than without. Dealing with a bully is not especially complicated or difficult.

Chemicals 317

Chemicals Crisis Execution Fashion 317

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2012

Take the people responsible for precipitating this devastating economic crisis. As has been documented in Fortune , former directors of Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Washington Mutual, and Wachovia Bank resurfaced in no time on other corporate boards like Verizon, Dow Chemical, Hewlett Packard, and Nike.

Ethics 11

Ethics Chemicals Short-term Report 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2012

To the "widespread astonishment" of the business world, he traded in the company's valuable holding in chemical giant Du Pont in order to buy up Universal Studios. The cost of sloth can be very high when management fails to make necessary strategic adjustments when the business is in crisis.

Management 16

Management Gordon Welch Chemicals 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

In a large petro-chemical company, for example, we found a lot of de-energizing relationships — and most of them emanated from the leaders. The results are quite revealing. With this objective map, they could identify where they needed to make positive improvements.

Energy 8

Energy Health Care Leadership Pipeline Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

A potentially catastrophic technological problem, an incomplete crisis response plan, misleading early information, divided private and public authority, ineffective initial actions. Of course, such plans will have to adapt to actual events, but without a robust plan, "seat of the pants" crisis management won't work.

Crisis Management 15

Crisis Management Crisis Management Chemicals 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

Attacking "other" greenhouse gases , those that can be much more powerful warming agents than CO2, such as methane (which comes from animals/farms, natural gas leaks, and landfills) and HFCs (the class of chemicals used in refrigerants).

Payback Period 8

Payback Period Energy Politics Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Sensors can also be used to detect the presence of harmful gases or chemicals emanating from a storage tank, factory, or plant in the path of destruction. For hurricanes or tsunamis, sensors can monitor water levels to send alerts at the first sign of flooding.

Transportation 8

Transportation Tactics System Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

Likewise, the European Commission is barely willing to tolerate so-called “ crisis cartels ” that would be set up by industry in an attempt to reduce overcapacity in an orderly fashion. In parallel to these three considerations, a company should assess opportunities to unshackle the business from the economics of lumpiness.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

At the hoary age of 128, it had already beat the odds twice over when it lost its place to chemical maker LyondellBasell at close of trading this year on September 4 th. In 1922, Sears’s rural mail-order catalogue business was already facing an existential crisis.

Retail 9

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

And Southeast Asia''s financial crisis was crippling Indonesia''s growth; perhaps my uncles sensed vulnerability. He liked hearing that and became excited thinking about how to take advantage of the crisis. As the economy improved, the company expanded into machinery and chemicals imports. Dramatic growth followed.

Case Study 8

Case Study CEO Chief Operating Officer Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

Both Ford and Chrysler’s hierarchies place safety directors closer to the CEO, and management experts told the AP that “safety ranks higher at other companies as well, especially food, drug, and chemical makers. “You hope a crisis brings change,” says Maryann Keller.

Root Cause Analysis 8

Root Cause Analysis Edmondson Industry CEO 8

Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2019

The climate crisis has been going on for decades, but the issue has only become a contentious one in the last few years due to huge public backlash against companies and governments alike. There is no room for debate on the issue, either. A contentious study has estimated that we have wiped out 60% of wildlife since 1970.

Innovation 51

Innovation Fashion Chemicals Environment 51

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Except when it''s not, which is becoming increasingly common — see the sheer pants crisis , the abrupt resignation of a CEO , a poorly-received job ad to replace said CEO, and a bit of media heat over a 2011 murder that occurred in a Bethesda store. The Psychiatric Drug Crisis The New Yorker. Crisis management'

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Crisis Crisis Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2011

Instead, the Commission's focus in the report is on the immediate causes of the explosion and on the individual and collective failures of BP (owner), Transocean (rig operator) and Haliburton (construction services) to assess and mitigate immediate risks — and to have effective crisis response plans. (It

Analysis 14

Analysis Report Operations Document 14

In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 21, 2011

Call it a hiccup or a long-term slump; every brand faces a crisis. Whether self-created or a swipe from the blind side, crisis recovery can be elusive. The J&J folks set the crisis management standard for all others to follow—to be prepared for that inevitable day when disaster WILL strike. Good Brands Gone Bad.

Brand 140

Brand CEO Long-term Crisis 140

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2013

I was once asked to facilitate in a group coaching intervention for the leadership team at the subsidiary of a large chemical company. Getting this match wrong can bring misery to all concerned and cause considerable damage. A year before Kate (not her real name, the head of the subsidiary) had been moved from head office to take charge.

Leadership 14

Leadership Chemicals Execution Influence 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

Instead, particularly after the 2008 financial crisis, China has expanded central planning ; 100,000 SOEs have been the principal engine of that expansion. billion in subsidies included solar panels, chemicals, pipe, steel wire, wheels, wind towers, and kitchen appliances. In recent years, U.S. And they were just a leading edge.

GDP 8

GDP Policies Supply Chain Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2017

This regulation came as a result of concerns that the exploitation and trade of conflict minerals by armed groups was helping to finance conflict in the DRC region and contributing to its emergency humanitarian crisis.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Productivity Products Company 9