In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 24, 2017

What’s left in apparel and sporting goods is a good strategic fit with Nike’s operations. The reward is longer-term competitive advantages. Farsightedness is essential to effective leadership. The glue that binds leadership, strategy, and execution is people—at every level of the organization. 1 Big Idea .

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Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2019

Acquaintance with how systems think can be helpful in troubleshooting, understanding limitations, and explaining the operation of cognitive technologies.”. That means humans have a competitive advantage in the workplace if they are perceptive, sensitive, and insightful about human emotions.”

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In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

I’ll start with leadership. Monsanto , for example, enjoys the competitive advantage that emanates from a culture of clout. There might be elements that are worth emulating, but certainly not the ethic of dominance, because by their very nature, small and medium sized operations have no clout.

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Chart Your Course

JULY 24, 2018

By being a dynamic leader, and leveraging the strengths of each of these generations, effective managers can turn what seems like an obstacle into a competitive advantage. The reason that a multi-generational workforce is at such a competitive advantage, is that there’s a wider range of skills and perspectives to draw from.

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HR Digest

MAY 3, 2019

"Workforce Skills Upgrade: A New Competitive Advantage" SAP is one of the few companies leading diversity & Inclusion, having implemented a comprehensive workforce skills upgrade since 2017. The HR Digest: Under your leadership, SAP successfully implemented a comprehensive workforce skills upgrade in 2017. PHOTOS: SAP.

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Skip Prichard

MARCH 21, 2021

To help more workers thrive, and to make organizations more agile and efficient, we must understand these changes as they are occurring and redesign both business operating systems and our contract for work in America. Employers who embrace workforce mobility … have a competitive advantage.” Brynne Kennedy.

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LDRLB

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Marty Parker attempts to tackle this “how” question in his book, Culture Connection: How Developing a Winning Culture Will Give Your Organization a Competitive Advantage. While the companies Parker studies are mostly Canadian, almost all of them operate globally. His findings will apply to many organizations.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

There is no doubt that strong culture translates into a powerful competitive advantage. In fact, there is a huge risk in undervaluing the advantage the right culture plays. The culture required to drive a strategy of innovation is different from the culture required to develop efficiency or operational excellence.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

Great businesses are in constant search of improvement, innovation, change, disruption, knowledge and other strategic leverage points that lead to a competitive advantage or operational enhancement. Well actually, no it’s not. Great businesses are dynamic, fluid, vibrant and ever changing.

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HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

In an exclusive interview with HR Digest, Trent Henry, EY’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), shares key strategies driving EY’s commitment to diversity, innovation, employee well-being, and leadership development.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

It’s a provider that a customer or client favors in the purchase of a product or service versus its competition. A preferred provider has a significant competitive advantage over all other providers, because it is the “go-to” provider in the marketplace. What Is a “Preferred Provider”? ” -Stan Silverman. How to Earn Trust.

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 29, 2011

Leadership. by John • August 29, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 2 Comments. billion in sales) provides huge economies of scale throughout the operation, especially in production, fixed overheads, distribution and marketing. This is a tremendous competitive advantage.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 19, 2012

History has shown us that the best performers were those who made the right strategic moves to create a future in which their company would enjoy significant competitive advantage. At this point I will gaze into my crystal ball and prophesize the environments in which 21 st century CEOs will operate, a decade from now.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JULY 21, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! Larger companies are often owned by shareholders who are removed from day-to-day operations of the company and therefore more likely to demand performance accountability from the management. One might say this is a good thing. I do not believe so.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 5, 2013

I think she sized up the work force and concluded that her most valuable employees were the ones prepared to come into the operation every day. The competitive advantage lies in how Yahoo’s employees work together to fulfill Marissa Mayer’s strategic vision. These are the people who will represent Yahoo’s future.

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Moving on your instincts is not seat-of-the-pants leadership. Rather, it is using judgment at the right time and in the right place to seize the competitive edge. Competitive advantage, not information, is power. Not everyone or every organization can, or should operate this way. Entrepreneurial Mindset Power.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 2, 2012

Proponents believe that dominant market share creates competitive advantage because ofmarketplace leverage and economies of scale. Old economy thinking works within known market space defined by industry boundaries and competitive rules. The new economy doesn’t operate that way. But hold on for a moment.

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Advancing the model’ is just another way of saying improving or fortifying the company’s competitive advantage. Differentiation holds the key to competitive success. One day a year, I worked in various jobs within our coffee roasting operation, side-by-side with union employees. Maybe they’ll work for you or for your CEO.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The “intellectual capital” brought in by high-knowledge employees will be a major, if not the primary, competitive advantage. As the perceived value of key knowledge workers increases, the competition to hire these workers will intensify. Employee Engagement Leadership' Retaining High-Impact Performers .

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2014

Successful leaders in Medical Affairs, Clinical Operations and Medical Scientific Liaison positions will use their resumes to market themselves as cross-functional leaders that have made an impact across many aspects of the business—not just the scientific areas. You must appeal to all of these audiences.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Diversity is about so much more than human resources issues. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Several years ago, we realized that specialized positioning and communications are necessary for social harmony and a global economy. It means making the most of the organization that we can.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 18, 2015

Thanks to Coke’s global reach, brand power, bottling network, and single-minded focus, I’m betting on Coca-Cola sustaining this competitive advantage. This vision establishes the principles for running a simple operation. That said, $47 billion in sales isn’t too shabby for a company that sells only soft drinks.

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Apparel Brand Franchising Competitive Advantage 100

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2018

Second, the fit between theoretical descriptions of competitive advantage and commonly used organizational outcome measures is inadequate. We found that any type of leadership change will result in short-term adverse impacts on a firm’s operational efficiency, but outsider CEOs experienced a clear advantage in productivity gains.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations. Paying attention to quality can realize: Lower operating costs. This is not something that can be conducted alone by internal human resources departments. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Customer retention.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

How is your company’s leadership making informed decisions about the arrangement of your company as a complex system of many moving and interconnected parts — including organizational capabilities, resources, and management systems — all aimed at fulfilling one overarching purpose? What Do Enterprise Leaders Do?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2017

Instead of cutting human resource jobs (which seems counterproductive for a company that employs 2.3 million people) and closing new store formats (which make the brand more convenient and accessible to more people), Walmart should invest to advance its strongest competitive advantage: its physical stores.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2017

Each of these companies has aligned and integrated its culture and brand to create a powerful engine of competitive advantage and growth. When you think and operate in unique ways internally, you can produce the unique identity and image you desire externally. Just as brands differ, there is no single right culture.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Our research, conducted in partnership with Harvard Business Review, The Economist, CEB (formerly the Corporate Executive Board), Intel, and TNS Global, finds that corporate leadership has lost confidence in the CIO as a strategic partner and views IT as a commodity rather than a difference-maker. Victorio M. So it''s not just us!

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

In reality, “handoffs” and transitions prove to be significant operational problems. They’re analogous to autonomous resources, as opposed to human resources, departments. Their results should humble those who privilege human agency. Human leadership defers to demonstrable algorithmic power.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2014

Rather it’s an on-going nipping and tucking of organizational resources to achieve both growth and efficiency at multiple levels: the company overall, the operating group level, and even within functional groups like human resources and information technology. Operations Organizational culture'

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2015

Getting the company back on its feet required a major boost in operating efficiency. In order to make our success sustainable, we decided to roll out a new “leadership model” for our middle- and upper-level managers. It had to come from the leadership, and it had to come with some humility.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Human Resources groups have many line responsibilities of their own, such as succession planning, setting pay scales, and selecting the benefits package. They also work with other departments to help hire and train the human capabilities they need. The corporate DG must also own the end-to-end metadata processes.

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Management Policies Competitive Advantage Webinar 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

And that same transparency has radically shortened the shelf life of any new competitive advantage. “We’ll To have the influence to help set business strategy for the company, CMOs need to translate customer insights into terms meaningful to senior leadership. Deborah DiSanzo, the CEO of Philips Healthcare, was once a CMO.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

Our human resources department takes care of that. Not engaging in planning for future operations: So what are you gonna do about it? EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Learn to live with it. We’re afraid of litigation. There’s not a thing that we can do to change things.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Validate your worth to the overall company operation. Become top management’s partner in efficiency of operations. Continuous quality improvement within your own operation. Values benefiting other aspects of the company operation: Quality improved on behalf of the overall organization. Human resources development.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 21, 2021

I wanted to know their needs at the level they were operating, and there wasn’t a data point or spreadsheet in the world that could trump simply seeing them in action. I recently talked with the Chief Human Resource Officer of a significant player in the insurance industry about this exact topic.

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