Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

It doesn’t seem like a big issue but if you add up those extra few seconds over the course of a day, it does actually waste quite a lot of time. Customers have high expectations when it comes to product shipping and there are plenty of big companies that can get parcels out in a day or two.

Efficiency 58

Efficiency Operations Outsourcing Decentralization 58

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2013

Here''s an example of this pattern: Over the course of several years, a major healthcare company introduced thousands of managers to a particular change management approach, while providing more intensive training in specific tools and techniques to six sigma and HR experts.

Six Sigma 11

Six Sigma Management Parcell Kotter 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

To keep all stakeholders aligned over the course of the transformation, the company’s executive team should be clear and unrelenting about the vision of its future and the rationale thereof. Acquisitions are part and parcel of a transformation. Be clear about the destination, yet flexible about the path.

Company 11

Company Chemicals Short-term How To 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

Of course, a goal that is too ambitious will break the team’s spirit. The severances team aimed to increase the number of land parcels processed per day by 50% in one field office in 100 days. The severances team increased parcels processed per day by 175%. (If the goal can be achieved through business as usual, it will.)

Project 8

Project Parcell How To Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2012

ready to weigh and measure any parcel of human nature, and tell you what it comes to." Thankfully, in the course of researching our new book, my coauthors and I found several companies that don't fall victim to the Gradgrind effect. Of course, not every organization thinks it can use analytics. A man who is.

Metrics 13

Metrics Parcell Call Center Productivity 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

VCs, they’re told, take more of a long-term approach, have a greater degree of risk tolerance, and parcel out their funds in stages to mitigate risk. And of course the more the company pushes the edges of today’s business, the lower those odds sink. All of this is right, as far as it goes.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Discounted Cash Flow Parcell Project 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2012

Of course, true leaders know this is no excuse. Working to find and fix errors is part and parcel of most operational processes, and once they turn a harsh eye on non-value-added work, most leaders can root it out. We struggle to provide powerful business cases for improving data quality that command attention and focus the effort.

Quality 14

Quality Parcell Cost Deming 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2013

Of course, encouraging the kind of loyalties and leadership that enhance collaboration becomes inherently more difficult when performers fear they may fall on the wrong side of the aging curve. The classic response, of course, is to insist that, ultimately, these decisions come down to human judgments rather than computational dictatorships.

Loyalty 8

Loyalty Franchising Six Sigma Sports 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

Over the course of a couple of decades, meditation has migrated from Himalayan hilltops and Japanese Zendos to corporate boardrooms and corridors of power, including Google , Apple , Aetna , the Pentagon , and the U.S. Visualize positive outcomes : As Daniel Goleman argues , positivity is part and parcel of focused attention.

Strategy 8

Strategy Goleman Strategic Planning Parcell 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2017

And that is part and parcel of professional life. “If you look at things you do over the course of your day, from internal meetings with colleagues to clients calls, almost all of your interactions involve some form of selling.” ” But that notion is outdated. ” Here’s how to get better at it.

Skills 21

Skills How To Brainstorming Case Study 21

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2015

During the course of research for our new book on what it takes to create authentic organizations, we saw over and over that the most admired organizations don’t do “spin.” Other managers see parcelling out information on a need-to-know basis as an operational maxim, important to maintaining efficiency.

Parcell 8

Parcell Public Relations Reputation Information 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The first step in earning your manager’s respect is, of course, doing your job and doing it reliably well. Earning your boss’s respect is part and parcel of earning the esteem of your colleagues. .” Wanting respect is one thing; getting it is another. Here are some strategies. Clarify your responsibilities.

How To 8

How To PR Politics Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

And in a connected world, build­ing stronger external networks to tap into the best sources of insight into environmental trends is also part and parcel of the leadership role. But of course, that depends a lot on what a person’s job is. Teach a course at a university or local college. Learn from your students.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

For example, if you sell a service that you’ll be delivering for the next twelve months, the costs and revenues are supposed to be parceled out over those twelve months, regardless of when the cash changes hands. Net income is a noble if flawed attempt to match expenses and revenue in time.

Retail 21

Retail Finance Parcell Depreciation 21

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

Your personal life, of course, is not the only source of energy; under the right conditions, your work can also contribute to your mental reserves. Risk-taking is part and parcel of corporate careers, and few people, men or women, enter the top ranks of the organization without having made a bold gamble or two along the way.

Energy 14

Energy Hedge Parcell Career 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2012

They could then parcel out the costs and benefits so each camp would gain on balance. It would, of course, take substantial time and resources to mobilize enough public support to turn the tide in Washington. As voters began to support the deal, lawmakers who wanted to stay in office would also start endorsing it.

Politics 10

Politics System Policies Parcell 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2016

Of course, he could monitor his crops by scanning computer screens back in the farmhouse, but he liked to see and smell the tilled soil, sprouting tendrils, bushy trees, and ripe produce for himself. “Guaranteeing a solid return on this parcel will seem like a smart move. We might even want to expand the operation.”

Case Study 8

Case Study Parcell Price Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

UPS informed Young that she could not work because the company required drivers in her position to be able to lift parcels weighing up to 70 pounds. Indeed, during the course of the Young litigation, UPS voluntarily changed its accommodation policy, even while maintaining that it was not required to do so by law. Business law Gender'

Policies 8

Policies Compliance Parcell Follow-up 8