Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

We thought that creative, capability-rich companies would have paid a lot of attention to the way they organized and the value that restructuring gave them. Instead, our interviews found a willingness to let organizational forms and structures evolve naturally, developing in line with the identity of the enterprise.

Development 8

Development Supply Chain Incentives Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2012

How to find good quality employees, how to hang onto them, and how to develop them into better employees — these are the questions managers across the world constantly wrestle with. The weak link in that approach is that with the focus on outside hiring to get skills, few employers are providing development opportunities.

Organization 13

Organization Restructuring Talent Management Skills 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

To be sure, the proposal set forth by the Greek finance minister is less detailed than that of his predecessor, and leaves some room for maneuvering, but this is a mixed blessing, as the EU, the IMF, and the ECB will need to sign off on specifics. The EU is notorious for putting off its hard decisions.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Policies Crisis Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2013

True, to the surprise of many analysts, the prime minister, Antonis Samaras, abandoned his earlier populist rhetoric and tried to sort out public finances. Predictably, Greece was unable to meet its commitment. But on the issue of administrative reform, his government procrastinated, wasting a valuable year.

Politics 8

Politics Restructuring Crisis McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

The outsiders provide new blood in support functions such as finance, legal, or administration. Decisive actions are required to tackle the factors that prompted the spin-off in the first place, which in many cases are underperformance and/or a lack of strategic fit leading to chronic underinvestment in the development of the business.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals How To Kahneman Reputation 8