The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The authors wanted to explore just how people, and especially those in low- to medium-paying jobs, think about the prospect of refreshing their skillset to remain valuable in the labor market. . When change arrived suddenly and unexpectedly however, people were much more apprehensive and uncertainty clouded their thinking.

Technology 96

Technology Competitive Advantage Training Report 96

Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

In a world that grows more complex every day, executives often face scrutiny as they lead through uncertainty. Additionally, leadership training helps executives to develop a deep understanding of their own leadership style, strengths, and weaknesses, giving them a competitive advantage to lead more effectively.

Training 52

Training Execution Leadership Emotional Intelligence 52

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Great by Choice : Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck – Why Some Thrive Despite Them All. Great by Choice by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen represents a detailed assessment of companies thriving in times of uncertainty compared with similar organizations not performing so well. by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen. About the Reference.

Resources 50

Resources Collins Comparison Competitive Advantage 50

Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Whether it be a global pandemic, a company restructuring or a merger, a leadership strategy is crucial if you want to manage shifts and times of uncertainty. Organizational Goals and Objectives Let’s say you want your business to launch into a new market and make a name for itself within the next 18 months.

Strategy 52

Strategy Development Leadership 360-Degree Feedback 52

Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

entitled The Ownership Quotient, Putting The Service Profit Chain to Work for Unbeatable Competitive Advantage. In our book, we studied the practices of organizations like Wegmans Food Markets, ING Direct, and Harrah's Entertainment. There is a lot of anxiety and uncertainty in many organizations today. Heskett and W.

Heskett 117

Heskett Competitive Advantage Health Care Short-term 117

Rajesh Setty

JUNE 2, 2013

Competence without calmness might might signal hubris or over-confidence or in some cases plain uncertainty. One of the keys to gain unfair competitive advantage is to practice being calm and one of the keys to being calm is to not be on a quest for gaining unfair competitive advantage.

Power 60

Power Constraint Competitive Advantage Short-term 60

QAspire

JUNE 1, 2014

of The Idea Driven Blog shows how leaders can prepare for uncertainty by embracing flexibility through his post “ A High-Performing System Helps You Face an Uncertain Future with More Confidence.” ( @alangrobinson ). To lead effectively through VUCA, we need to be Direct, Understandable, Reliable, and Trustworthy. Alan Robinson, PH.D

Leadership Development 185

Leadership Development Development Leadership McCarthy 185

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Nonetheless, the failure and resolution of Texas-based First RepublicBank, reminds us that the hand of government can harm as well as help when it wrestles the invisible hand of the market. With both banks highly concentrated in the weak Texas real estate market, the deal ended up helping neither bank. All told, the FDIC paid $1.9

Banking 50

Banking Real Estate Insurance Handbook 50

Strategy Driven

JULY 9, 2015

Nigel Dessau is a nationally award-winning marketing professional with over 25 years of experience leading corporate marketing and communications for several multi-million and billion dollar companies. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. About the Author. A monthly recurring subscription of $9.95

Competitive Advantage 50

Competitive Advantage Open-book Learning-by-Doing Content 50

Strategy Driven

MAY 1, 2014

Over the past few years, spending cuts along with budget uncertainties forced government agencies to yield on contracts. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. In January, Congress approved a $1.1 trillion spending bill. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †. Drill or hole?

Open-book 58

Open-book Budgeting Proposal Competitive Advantage 58

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2018

However, they have all failed in China, the world’s largest digital market. Google, for example, has succeeded in dominating many foreign markets that have radically different political systems and cultures (including Indonesia, Thailand, and Saudi Arabia). failure to cope with the extremely fierce competition in China.

Competitive Advantage 14

Competitive Advantage Business Model Technology Marketing 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Michael Porter, the world's leading authority on competition and strategy, is sometimes the victim of his own success. We use his terminology every day — competitive advantage, the value chain, differentiation, value creation. Competitive advantage, for example, is often used to mean "anything we think we're good at."

Porter 16

Porter Strategy Competitive Advantage P&L 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2016

All the originally appealing simplicity vanished into uncertainty. ” ”Platformization” dissolves once-meaningful distinctions between product vs. process competitive advantage. .” Would they defect to competitors? Might product bundles or incentives meaningfully shift demand and production flows?

Process 15

Process Competitive Advantage Outsourcing Supply Chain 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

From Michael Porter to Costas Markides and through the Blue Oceans of Kim and Mauborgne, strategy scholars have been urging executives to distinguish their firm’s offerings and carve out a unique market position. McKinsey’s competitive advantage apparently does not come from how it differentiates its offering.

McKinsey 15

McKinsey Mauborgne Competitive Advantage Porter 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2014

In 1960, marketing legend Ted Levitt provided perhaps his seminal contribution to the Harvard Business Review : “ Marketing Myopia.” The first is a true “consumer is boss” mind-set, which recognizes that the only path to sustainable competitive advantage is to create customer value. And short-term numbers at that.

Levitt 14

Levitt Christensen Competitive Advantage Welch 14

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2013

As the underwriting weaknesses of subprime portfolios became known, banks stopped lending to each other, paralyzing credit markets. Rockefeller and others to pony up enough cash to stabilize the markets. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. In 1907, the fire started when F.

Banking 50

Banking Crisis Morale System 50

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2017

Given these network effects – as many proclaim – markets get “winner takes all properties”: the largest network will win, crowding out the remaining competitors (like MySpace and Google+). It is a misconception to think that network effects inevitably and always lead to a winner-take-all market.

McCallum 15

McCallum Competitive Advantage Business Model Consultative 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Digital-first companies, such as Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Twitter, are amassing market share and capitalization, but only a few brick-and-mortar corporations (think Apple, Nissan, and HCL Technologies) have been able to change fast enough to catch up with their rivals. The Leadership Trap.

Competitive Advantage 9

Competitive Advantage Attrition Uncertainty Bottom-up 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Digital-first companies, such as Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Twitter, are amassing market share and capitalization, but only a few brick-and-mortar corporations (think Apple, Nissan, and HCL Technologies) have been able to change fast enough to catch up with their rivals. The Leadership Trap.

Competitive Advantage 9

Competitive Advantage Attrition Uncertainty Bottom-up 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2012

Erratic capital markets, systemic risk, tax policy, and regulatory uncertainty have all been offered as culprits, and all play their parts. companies from innovating their way to competitive advantage. Why are CEOs having just as much trouble finding talent now as they did in tighter job markets? Why aren't U.S.

Retail 19

Retail Competitive Advantage CEO Banking 19

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2018

Organizations, processes, and cultures will be integrated for weeks and months after the organizations come together, causing disruption and uncertainty. Change-agile leaders demonstrate five integrated behaviors that, together, create a competitive advantage for the organization. Their sense of normal is disrupted.

Agility 15

Agility Shaw Learning-by-Doing Efficiency 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Being unpredictable is a competi­tive advantage. Keeping secrets can protect competitive advantage. Unpredictability bluffs, postures, and palters to gain advantage through uncertainty and misdirection. But in my experience with competitive strategy in the real world, they aren’t common.

Strategy 14

Strategy Price Competitive Advantage Participative 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

We started mapping future projections to resource commitments with a framework called the Opportunity Portfolio , in which projects are evaluated with respect to their market and technical uncertainty, their resource intensity, and their upside potential. Stepping-stone options have both high technical and high marketing uncertainty.

How To 8

How To Uncertainty Project Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2016

For example, some may provide a source of competitive differentiation like the investment that German manufacturer Bosch is making in its internet of things (IoT) data platform. Others are essential to running the existing business but don’t necessarily provide a competitive advantage. Development approaches.

Tools 8

Tools Competitive Advantage Operations Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

New innovations will change the basis of competition in many markets and alter the sources of advantage for most companies. In years past, an important source of competitive advantage for insurers was the ability to price risk better than rivals. Take insurance, for example.

Company 15

Company Insurance Engineering Software 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2011

Yes, the market has gone down and up — markets do that. We live now in a condition of constant change brought on by more interconnected markets and rapidly advancing technologies. (In Ask how much of it is being spent on finding ways to compete more effectively in current markets. It just felt.

Innovation 14

Innovation Competitive Advantage Health Care Globalization 14

Skip Prichard

JULY 29, 2019

I have been speaking, teaching and consulting on marketing and branding for 30 years, and I began to notice a disturbing trend. Those who can’t or won’t accommodate our growing demands are perceived as “poor” market players. Then we can capture their information for later marketing. How did you develop the list? .

Competitive Advantage 80

Competitive Advantage Short-term Policies Open-book 80

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

So you look at past projects, gather and analyze relevant market data, make predictions about how much revenue you’ll be able to generate, decide what resources you’ll need, and set milestones to reach your targets. You’re working on a new venture and you know you’ve got to create a plan to execute it. Not so fast.

Planning 11

Planning Benchmarking Project Competitive Advantage 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2014

particularly in emerging markets, for many of the same reasons. In fact, American companies often have a competitive advantage when it comes to producing technologically advanced, differentiated goods that require precision manufacturing and a high level of quality control. So the picture is truly nuanced. based manufacturing?

Chemicals 9

Chemicals Automotive Supply Chain Offshoring 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

For example, one of eHarmony’s competitive advantages in the matchmaking market is that it limits competition on both sides of the match. Some residents seem to view Ellison’s actions with suspicion and uncertainty. So when you contact someone, your chances of getting a response are higher.

Management 12

Management Risk Management Finance Real Estate 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Some studies suggest that radical innovation (which does sound sexy) confers sustainable competitive advantages, but others show that “mild” innovation – think iPhone 5 rather than the original iPhone – is generally more effective, not least because it reduces market uncertainty.

Innovation 8

Innovation Succession Creativity Competitive Advantage 8

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Here’s why: “Most organizations see leaders'' as drivers of results - exceeding sales quotas, deepening market share, boosting profits, etc. Given the pace of change, complexity of business, ever-shifting markets, and escalating expectations (just to name a few), the only sustainable advantage an organization has is its people.

Leadership Development 283

Leadership Development Development Planning Self-aware 283

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2015

Acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, alliances, partnerships, and other business combinations are no longer exceptions for most firms — they have become central to gaining competitive advantage. The first law asks these practical questions: How much more value can we create in the market together?

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Strategy Short-term Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

A point of market share creates five times that amount. As Rita Gunther McGrath notes , competitive advantage is increasingly a transient notion. “It is simple math,” the strategist said in a tone that sounded suspiciously similar to how I explain things to my six-year-old daughter. Products come and go.

Incubator 15

Incubator Business Model Competitive Advantage Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

But, Africa is not an isolated island in the world, and ongoing uncertainty with some of its trading partners could imperil any sustainable progress. But, none of this should keep businesses from expanding into African markets. The international community should not ignore a growing market of roughly a billion people.

Globalization 18

Globalization Banking Class Competitive Advantage 18

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

And such flexibility can provide a distinct competitive advantage — as long as costs aren’t spiraling out of control. In a study of nearly 250 manufacturers over a 10-year period (2005–2015), we found that 78% of firms had improved their ability to fill their total actual market demand but had lost control over costs.

Automotive 8

Automotive Operations Efficiency Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2013

But it is also a complex market, with a reputation for corruption, uncertainty, and bureaucracy. Ravi Venkatesan, the former Chairman of Microsoft India, offers inside advice on how your firm can overcome the unique challenges of the Indian market. The old way to market a business was storytelling. by Thomas H.

Books 8

Books Emotional Intelligence Competitive Advantage Storytelling 8