The Practical Leader

JANUARY 23, 2012

I can hear these old world managers (the anti-leaders) now: “that’s not the reality of how the business world works. ” Unfortunately, for old school managers — and thankfully for the rest of us — Good Company builds many of its arguments around solid research. Good guys finish last.”

Company 53

Company Parcell Books Review 53

Women on Business

DECEMBER 2, 2010

For others, adults, Buddy was a “chemically imbalanced” adult man who thinks and dresses like an elf running around through the streets of New York City. Buddy is a human raised by elves, therefore, does he fall into the “human” or “elf” category? For some, say children (most likely his primary target audience), Buddy is an elf.

Brand 215

Brand Press Release Discount Customer Loyalty 215

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Fewer than one-third (30%) of respondents to our survey see innovation as one of the top three challenges their company faces in achieving its strategic objectives, and just 21% think that technology trends are a major strategic challenge. chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products).

Innovation 10

Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

These two trends may seem separate—or, some people believe, incompatible—but together I believe they have the power to improve finance’s role in the world. It is tough to beat the market and over long periods of time indexing has been shown to outperform most active managers.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2014

But it will be important for managers to know when to use each of these types of deals. A decline in economic uncertainty in 2014 will now support bolder strategic moves by managers. Even Merck, long a holdout on the partnership trend in pharma, now appears to be looking to leverage external relationships.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Trends Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2012

She had a good relationship with the CEO of a medium-sized chemical company and had done a lot of work with the customer over the years. The chemical firm's CEO asked her to prepare a bid for a new production line that the buyer needed to install quickly. The Best Sales Leaders Are Trend Hunters. MORE ON SMARTER SALES.

Price 14

Price Chemicals Tactics CFO 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

That's what we found when we studied the top management teams of companies in Europe over the past three years. Appointing a COO is a recent trend on the continent. Few European companies have COOs, although their numbers appear to be growing.

COO 13

COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Kodak had built a successful enterprise producing cameras, film, and photographic paper and chemicals, but what people wanted was images, and so when a better way to get those images was found, its customers followed. Employers increasingly focus on employee wellness, on one side, and disease management, on the other.

Health Care 16

Health Care Levitt Film Chemicals 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2015

Hundreds if not thousands of hospitals have responded to trends such as shorter average hospital stays, fewer surgeries, a shift to outpatient and home care, and reduced reimbursements by consolidating or overhauling their operations and laying off staff. We do that by connecting the front line with management in a continuing dialogue.

Policies 8

Policies Chemicals Bond Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2011

The problem, as I described in my last post , is that six things militate against success in the role: The management team's attention shifts to other priorities. Make the role permanent and incorporate it into overall performance management. Every month the top management team (which represents all functions) reviews the measures.

Process 15

Process Supply Chain Balanced Scorecard Engineering 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

Consider three critical mega-trends: resource constraints and rising commodity prices; climate change and extreme weather; and radical, technology-driven transparency. McKinsey, for example, recently outlined the “new organizational capabilities” that chemical companies should develop to deal with frequent oil price shocks.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Also consider how a company in an industry notoriously difficult to make money in, has managed to be wildly successful, where others have failed. So I convinced the plant manager they gotta bring this guy back. So the plant manager didn’t understand how they could be getting such good results, if he wasn’t beating them or kicking them.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Also consider how a company in an industry notoriously difficult to make money in, has managed to be wildly successful, where others have failed. So I convinced the plant manager they gotta bring this guy back. So the plant manager didn’t understand how they could be getting such good results, if he wasn’t beating them or kicking them.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Ensuring stress and fatigue are handled immediately and employees are not overworked beyond their limits Crowd management training and preparations for the large crowds expected during the holiday season Ensuing barricades, sufficient staff, managers, visible signboards, etc.,

Compliance 52

Compliance Policies Guidelines Planning 52

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

Fran Melmed is the founder of context , a communication and change management consulting firm. Fran is part of a growing trend known as walking meetings or “walk and talk.” First, from a neurochemical perspective, Dr. Eytan emphasizes that our brains are more relaxed during walks due to the release of certain chemicals.

How To 8

How To Cost-Benefit Analysis Bond Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

That leaves country managers in China with two choices, neither of which will be an easy sell at corporate headquarters (HQ) that are still looking for substantial top-line growth and above-average profits in emerging markets. In a dynamic market like China, a review of trends is necessary every one or two years.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Retail Chemicals Marketing 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Many business leaders are fond of the spurious Peter Drucker quote that “you can’t manage what you can’t measure.” While cloud is a more advanced notion, both ASP and SaaS provided foresight to where the industry might trend. ” This attractive, apocryphal quote breaks down upon inspection.

Metrics 8

Metrics Business Model Retail Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

billion impressions on Twitter and Instagram and was the top trending topic in the U.S. But awareness of the challenges is the first step toward managing them. Coming out of the meeting, the hashtag #2030Now, meant to drum up ground-level support, made a combined total of more than 1.6 during the assembly.

Goal 8

Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 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. Under Wood, Sears became a pioneer in using demographic and economic trends to anticipate customer demand.

Retail 9

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. ” Improving risk management. Investing in sustainability is not only a risk management tool; it can also drive innovation.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2012

Starting in our biggest business — carpet tiles — our managers and staff have gone through the grinding process of identifying every single chemical in our products. We will phase out all chemicals deemed unacceptable according to Cradle-to-Cradle by 2020. Sounds pretty idealistic, doesn't it?

Strategy 11

Strategy McKinsey Chemicals Armstrong 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

So, rather than take up valuable list real estate with these perennial favorites and big-picture drivers, I'll quickly list them in one big bucket of mega-trends: The rise of the consumer around the world, related to. Here's the rest of my top 10 stories, with callouts for companies and examples that typify the trend.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

Chan School of Public Health, about the major challenges of local sourcing, how companies can manage them, and what food supply chains will look like in the future. There will continue to be a passion and a demand among a minority of consumers for locally produced, farm-to-table food—that trend will continue.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Globalization Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2013

While there's much chatter in the management world about the need to be adaptable, only a few creative companies and innovative managers have probed the natural world for its adaptability secrets. Adaptability is the power to detect and respond to change in the world, no matter how surprising or inconvenient it may be.

Decentralization 9

Decentralization Real Estate Brand Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

Our argument has been that a number of trends have leveled the playing field around the globe. This trend has triggered significant interest in reshoring production to and sourcing from North America. In 2016, that gap was down to about 1 percentage point. However, they are encountering some formidable challenges. Census Bureau data.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Chemicals Uncertainty Policies 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

How talent management is changing. Each year 40 high potential young leaders from around the globe come together and work in teams on projects like “How do we grow our business in the chemicals industry?” Insight Center. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. Sponsored by Korn Ferry.

Agility 8

Agility Development Workshop Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2017

more competitive prices, more localized products) and improve their risk management and operational efficiency. As a result, we’re seeing multinationals take a more holistic approach to managing and reskilling their local partners. We’ve identified three key areas that need to change: Demand creation.

Depreciation 9

Depreciation Contingency Plans Policies Marketing 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

It’s not yet clear what Trump’s election means for issues that impact companies’ efforts to manage environmental and social issues. One energy hog, the IT sector, has managed to level off energy use in data centers. These trends will continue and companies will need to adapt — fast.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8