Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2010

For me it was a first grade teacher who challenged me to take an art project some “annoying boy” in my class had scribbled on and find a way to make it work. Way back in 1793 women could not hold patents so she passed the concept to Eli Whitney who got all the fame and glory. Now think about the women close to you.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

On the business front… Strategy: Yes, our clients are our bread and butter. Take some time to rethink your strategy and go after clients that allow you to thrive and to whom you can provide the most value (and who appreciate your talents and pay for them!). Are you going after the book of business that’s right for you?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2011

To prove her commitment to what she calls the ‘lifestyle component’ of her business, her employees participate in a weekly yoga class at the office. She believes there is more to her company than money.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

I was in my junior year of undergraduate school and I was thinking about going to law school when a professor asked me to be his teaching assistant in a communications class. Leadership Strategies: Are You a Davos Woman? As soon as I stood in front of the students I knew, absolutely knew, this is where I want to be”.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Even worse, functional processes — finance, human resources, sales, etc. logistics, and finance. Define the scope of the work by applying best-in-class principles. finance, I.T., His strategies appear in numerous books, articles, and business reviews. This issue can become a major performance barrier.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Yet, because HR strategy typically reacts to organization strategy , SWP often assumes a single future as its goal. Do you approach strategy and talent like a hedgehog or a fox? Consider your talent resource like an investment portfolio. Human resources Information & technology Talent management'

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2018

In Reverse Innovation in Health Care we elaborate on the five principles that allow the Indian exemplars to provide world-class health care at ultra-low prices. In a 2010 review of its purchasing strategy, Ascension concluded that it didn’t really have an effective purchasing strategy at all. The question is: Could U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The banks that have nearly completed their regulatory agenda have a head start, since they can free up more financial and human resources to address evolving technology. Those declines reflect changes in strategies and the basic business model of investment banks, post-crisis. Third, a new breed startup is making inroads.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Today, the guild mentality persists within companies, where functions such as marketing, sales, finance, IT, human resources and R&D all have their own area of special expertise. Like a guild, each of these departments looks to become world-class at what it does.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2017

You block time on your calendar for a yoga class, lunch with a friend, or even a tech Shabbat. It wasn’t until I moved to Paris in 1997 to become Finance Manager for Disney Consumer Products Europe, Middle East, and Africa that I experienced someone setting a non-negotiable boundary for herself.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2014

Most people who take the wrong job haven’t done enough research going in,” says Priscilla Claman, president of Career Strategies, Inc., But if you are already fantasizing about exit strategies after only a few weeks, don’t ignore those signs. Consider taking online classes or joining volunteer professional activities. “If

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

Executives who wouldn’t hesitate to automate a factory now flinch at the prospect of deep-learning algorithms dictating their sales strategies and capex. World-Class Challenging/Challenged Autonomous Employee. They’re analogous to autonomous resources, as opposed to human resources, departments.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

As the industrial revolution progressed, society was enjoying enormous benefits from mass production, which brought former luxuries within middle class reach. DuPont sent Donaldson Brown, a promising engineer-turned-finance staffer, to Detroit to sort things out, and sort them out he did.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

To have the influence to help set business strategy for the company, CMOs need to translate customer insights into terms meaningful to senior leadership. She knew that to have a role in steering strategy, she had to earn the trust of her CEO and board. “To Deborah DiSanzo, the CEO of Philips Healthcare, was once a CMO.

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