Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2011

Katrina followed that initial success by branching out of her apartment and opening a retail store in Chicago just two-months after her chocolates launched in Neiman Marcus. The employees loved them, and the next thing Katrina knew, her chocolates were being sold in Neiman Marcus.

Press Release 133

Press Release Magazine Entrepreneur Discount 133

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Fortunately, demonstrating your skills in this area doesn't demand that you singlehandedly develop a new breakthrough product or revise the company's overall business model. Senior-level decision makers aren't looking for someone at your level to make "roll the dice" bets that can have a significant negative impact on company performance.

Innovation 16

Innovation Merchandising How To Proposal 16

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

It may do to physical goods what cloud computing is now doing to digital services; what the PC, internet, and smart mobility have done to personal computing; and what outsourcing did to software development and business processing — take mass distribution and innovation to the next level while realigning the very geography of work and trade.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Execution Analysis Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

So four years ago, when I was CEO of GE Capital Retail Finance and tapped to lead a mega change initiative — splitting off our unit into a new, publicly traded company, Synchrony Financial — I’ll admit I viewed it as a huge challenge. It was a highly valued change.

Management 12

Management IPO Diversity Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Today, the guild mentality persists within companies, where functions such as marketing, sales, finance, IT, human resources and R&D all have their own area of special expertise. It can rapidly build demand, which reinforces the relationship with retail grocers. But Frito-Lay stocks its own products.

Operations 13

Operations Competitive Advantage Supply Chain Retail 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Professionals from the banking, finance, investing, and accounting worlds. Technology, marketing, retail, HVAC, construction, and manufacturing pros. Like any industry, the medical cannabis sector needs everything from lawyers and accountants to human resources professionals, insurance specialists, and consultants.

Industry 11

Industry Retail Banking Brand 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The banks that have nearly completed their regulatory agenda have a head start, since they can free up more financial and human resources to address evolving technology. They are subject to more rigorous stress testing by regulators and have to develop plans aimed at ensuring that they can recover from a crisis.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Bottom-up Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. After all, sales and finance were often at odds in organizations, and the conflict hadn’t had a big impact on Barker’s revenues. He needed to fix this. Doing Just Fine.

Case Study 14

Case Study Team CFO Merchandising 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

My team would have people with deep functional knowledge and skills (strategy, sales, marketing, finance, and information technology) to align surrounding processes. Consider Lowe's , America's second-largest home improvement retailer worldwide, with revenue of $49 billion and more than 1,700 stores. These are "people skills.".

Six Sigma 14

Six Sigma Skills Team Compliance 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2017

This program, our Fresh Food “Farmacy ,” has had clinical impacts superior to those provided by medications that cost billions of dollars to develop, and has done so at dramatically lower cost. Together, these behaviors can contribute to the development of diabetes and exacerbate it.

Class 8

Class Insurance Cost Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

“We’ll spend a lot of time bringing product to market, but we need to plan for the fact that a launch gives us a six-month head start and no more,” says Gary Booker, CMO of Dixons Retail. To affect changes in culture, some CMOs are partnering more closely with human resources.

P&L 12

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

In addressing the billion-dollar adherence problem, Vitality (since acquired by NANTHEALTH ) considered the interests of the players in the diverse ecosystem, including pharmaceutical companies, retail pharmacies, and health care providers. Human resources. It also took into account their roles in changing patient behavior.

Productivity 9

Productivity Products Company Engineering 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

hormone therapy, cosmetic surgery) and the risks; increasing awareness of support groups, coaching, and other resources; and developing strategies to help individuals manage issues of work and family that may arise during the process. ” –Transgender woman, finance. ” –Transgender man, retail.

Self-aware 8

Self-aware Survey Process Participative 8