Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2014

Your healthcare executive resume will be read by not only scientific professionals in medical affairs, research and development, clinical operations, but your resume will also be reviewed by financial, operational, marketing and human resources leaders. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

Tactics 51

Tactics Execution Pharmaceuticals Human Capital 51

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Developing a culture of caring within your organization to engage your employees is vital to the strategy to drive success to your business. But what they don’t realize is that they are damaging the business by failing to develop staff. Now she writes about business and finance and finds her work-life balance far more enjoyable.

Motivation 58

Motivation Environment Servant Leader Competitive Advantage 58

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

Since then, as the composition of top executive teams has changed, responsibility for leading strategy development has been shared by more members of the C-suite. In our experience at McKinsey, creating this ideal partnership usually requires the CFO to become more directly and deeply involved in strategy development.

Strategy 8

Strategy CFO Finance Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Based on this research, I have developed a three-phase model that shows how companies can move beyond rhetoric and take ownership of sustainability. Psychological ownership refers to feelings of possessiveness and connection that we develop toward an appealing object such as a person, company, or even an idea.

Incubator 10

Incubator How To Real Estate Business Model 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2016

As financing dries up, entrepreneurs would do well to remember the benefits of bootstrapping. Though taking money from investors might seem like the path to success, bootstrapping has several advantages. The result is a culture able to solve problems with fewer resources, which creates a huge competitive advantage.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Long-term Short-term Competitive Advantage 8

HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

Robinson recently received its World Finance Sustainability Awards 2022. We have taken an intentional approach to develop a vision and strategy that takes all our stakeholders’ perspectives into account – one that our customers, carriers and employees can stand behind. It is a key competitive advantage. The HR Digest: C.

Supply Chain 109

Supply Chain Human Resources Diversity Transportation 109

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

It’s not implausible to imagine that one day a “strategist in a box” could autonomously develop and execute a business strategy. LTCM was founded, in 1994, by some of the best minds in finance theory, including two Nobel Prize winners. Remember Long-Term Capital Management ? Unique tools, data, or process.

Strategy 8

Strategy Supply Chain Technology Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2018

It’s true that some technologies need further development, but some (like traditional machine learning) are quite mature and have been available in some form for decades. System Development Time. First, there is the time required to develop AI systems. We think this is a bad idea. Human Interactions with AI Time.

Company 8

Company Maturity System Engineering 8

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. The goal of ARD is to produce denim in a sustainable way by tackling the three main ecological issues the industry faces: water, energy, and chemicals.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2012

He nodded: "That's our competitive advantage.". If businesses in China can import capital equipment, secure accounting and consulting services, hire the most efficient workers in the country, and secure financing for any project, how then will you compete? But in rich countries, that goal seems to be pursued narrowly.

Globalization 13

Globalization Competitive Advantage Software Consultative 13

HR Digest

JANUARY 7, 2020

It requires employers, educators, government administrators, and not-for-profit organizations to come together to develop plans to help people become more resilient, capable, and agile. Upskilling, in the end, should be a team sport, one even where employees support one another in their mutual goals to advance their skills.

Diversity 111

Diversity Education Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing 111

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

One reason for the paltry performance is that while other business areas, like sales or finance, are considered to be core functions, innovation is often considered to be something that’s “nice to have” rather than essential. Yet every enterprise is essentially a square-peg business waiting for a round-hole world.

Innovation 8

Innovation P&L ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

This striking gap signals an opportunity for companies: Secure a competitive advantage by building your employees' ability to succeed in the increasingly complicated labyrinths of today's — and tomorrow's — markets. Achieving the project goal within five days requires them to balance results and trust.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Company Six Sigma Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Since the classical style is the best known to corporate planners and I've already discussed the adaptive style in depth in a previous HBR article (" Adaptability: The New Competitive Advantage " with co-author Mike Deimier) let's take a closer look at the other two: shaping and visionary. But it didn't need to.

Strategy 8

Strategy Organization Committee Environment 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

This makes sense, because the alternative is for behavioral insights to be tried out by individuals or specific departments, and their knowledge and skill are likely to vary: Someone in marketing might use their behavioral knowledge to develop more-effective campaigns, while at the same time someone in HR uses theirs to focus on employee engagement.

Company 8

Company Committee Ethics Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

Companies need these practical hacktivists to dream up new ways to meet the needs of consumers who require customization on demand and to outpace competitors in an era when competitive advantage is often fleeting. She found partners, attracted financing, and cultivated a community of internal supporters.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Innovation Brand Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Over the past few years, most businesses have come to recognize that the ability to collect and analyze the data they generate has become a key source of competitive advantage. As the goal of the data lab is to create value by analyzing data, we initially focused on the departments that generate the most data.

Company 10

Company Automotive Project Chief Information Officer 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

Mission-driven employees naturally expect competitive compensation, but more important is the opportunity to shape the path of innovation, to play a meaningful role in growing the business, and to develop their own leadership chops. Think like engineers and customers. Startups need money, too, of course.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2013

The problem, I realized, was that the US company’s strategy of constant new product development was not aligned with what motivated our salespeople. The steady stream of new products, they complained, was too much for their retail clients to absorb. I started by educating them about our supplier.

Company 8

Company Franchising Retail Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2013

No matter your interests (sports, movies, politics), your industry (finance, marketing, technology, manufacturing), or the type of organization you work for (big company, nonprofit, small start-up) — your world is awash with data. The End of Competitive Advantage: How to Keep Your Strategy Moving as Fast as Your Business.

Books 8

Books Emotional Intelligence Competitive Advantage Storytelling 8

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

” The bottom line is that most people don’t want to be “sold” by an ad anymore; they want to develop a relationship where a business earns their purchase by offering invaluable content. The answer to that depends on your goals, budget, etc., and the best agencies know how to tailor their solution to your needs.

Marketing 105

Marketing Content Audience Brand 105

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Moreover, the pursuit of perfectionism rarely results in a competitive advantage, but it will result in time delays, cost overruns, missed deadlines, and unkept commitments. New Flash : speed trumps perfectionism. Perfectionists tend to be very busy, but rarely are they productive.

Blog 419

Blog Leadership Competitive Advantage Brand 419

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

The economic gains for developing countries have been extraordinary. Lean cost models that make use of globally centralized control functions (finance, compliance, legal, risk) will no longer be deemed sufficient. The fall of the Berlin Wall, in 1989, ushered in a new era of globalization.

Politics 8

Politics Globalization Business Model Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2014

It happens every time there’s a big announcement about a national or regional innovation policy that will lead us into the future: We are presented with schemes to strengthen intellectual property rights, enlarge the pool of risk financing, and upgrade the universities while pushing them to collaborate more with industry.

Policies 8

Policies Innovation Finance Industry 8