Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2014

Another endorsed “willingness to learn and adapt to changing environments,” and a third urged “adaptability, the ability to operate in multi-cultural environments and the openness to learn.” Another urged executives to “continue to educate themselves commercially, financially, and operationally.”.

360-Degree Feedback 8

360-Degree Feedback Self-aware Mentor Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2011

An executive in the company's finance operations adopted a Six Sigma belt-driven approach to reduce costs in the company's global shared service centers. A senior operations leader I spoke to was skeptical that the quoted financial savings from Six Sigma projects, while valid, were having long-term effects on their cost structure.

Six Sigma 15

Six Sigma Bottom-up Cost Project 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

Two factors are conspiring to heighten concerns over rapid commoditization: price pressures from still budget-conscious customers, and market compression from more competitors (and more cut-throat competitors). Will These Trends Continue? These equate to a race to the bottom on price, and an inability to differentiate except on price.

Innovation 15

Innovation B2B Price Trends 15

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. Examples: an accounting manager could shadow HR for a day or an person in operations could learn more about the sales process.

Leadership Development 283

Leadership Development Development Planning Self-aware 283

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

“The phenomenal number of interacting parts, interacting people and continuing changes in technology mean that we will always have failures, full stop.” Managers coded their operations green at the first couple of meetings to show how well they were doing, but Mulally called them on it.

Root Cause Analysis 8

Root Cause Analysis Edmondson Industry CEO 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

This is not written to take swipes at responsible branding, marketing and advertising. Branding is a sub-set of marketing, which is a sub-sub-set of corporate strategy. Cause-related marketing materials. My analysis: The stock market looks primarily at profits…one small part (1%) of the business picture.

Brand 50

Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

As a result, we expect to see America’s leading companies leveraging what Mark Cuban calls the “spot market for intellect” for an increasing share of their needs. The increased difficulty of saving for retirement from continually changing benefits programs. This is already happening in some places.

Human Resources 8

Human Resources Bureaucracy Cost Wilde 8