Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2010

As Nike's Senior Portfolio Manager Adam Day says, "The global development sector had overlooked the enormous potential of investing in adolescent girls to reduce global poverty. To do this, Goldman used its competencies in understanding markets, convening needed expertise and business networks.

Core Competence 15

Core Competence Market Segmentation Globalization Reputation 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

The vast majority of your marketing data, whether from purchases or surveys, tells you about your business customers’ past behaviors. Your job as a manager is to know what your customers will do next month or next year. But the past is over. Who has data about the future? Your salespeople, that’s who.

Competitive Intelligence 8

Competitive Intelligence Discount Market Segmentation Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2012

This company has demonstrated a repeated pattern of 3- to 5-year cycles where it launches a change program, takes awhile for managers to get behind it, and then more time to get it funded. It then tried a more traditional functional management structure but then found it lost customer focus.

Company 8

Company COO CFO Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

As one sales manager noted, “In this job, if you don’t survive the short term, you don’t need to worry about the long term.” ” The biggest problem with a short-term approach is that managers develop blind spots around crucial processes such as recruiting, hiring, and training and development.

Long-term 8

Long-term Short-term Team Succession 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

As one sales manager noted, “In this job, if you don’t survive the short term, you don’t need to worry about the long term.” ” The biggest problem with a short-term approach is that managers develop blind spots around crucial processes such as recruiting, hiring, and training and development.

Long-term 8

Long-term Short-term Team Succession 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2014

My work with leaders from Finance, HR, and the C-Suite suggests instead that HR and talent decisions are optimized by  retooling HR   adapting financial and other management frameworks to HR and talent decisions. Human resources Leadership Talent management'

Charan 13

Charan Finance Human Resources Supply Chain 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Instead, according to new research from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), the fundamental issue is the health care industry’s failure to develop a nuanced understanding of, and commitment to, women as consumers and decision makers. The roles women play in the lives of others lend a multiplier effect.

Health Care 8

Health Care Industry First-mover Advantage Market Segmentation 8