The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 26, 2023

Four Tips for Leading Through Disruption Leading change through talent shortages and disruptions in supply chain, sales, distribution or cash flow takes resilience and quick, efficient reaction. It starts with effective leadership and training and taking multiple approaches to uphold leadership.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2020

They had to deal with cancelled orders and supply chain disruptions, as well as employees needing more flexible schedules or being unable to work remotely due to inadequate home office setups. This means having a couple of short meetings with the leadership team to talk about the issues that recently cropped up. .

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2022

Through that understanding the team and I can then develop new solutions that save time and money or create greater efficiencies or develop better processes. If a business process seems broken, analyze each step. ” According to Clear, successful habits are developed gradually. Break it Down. Forget Perfection.

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COO Supply Chain Globalization Learning-by-Doing 127

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Take stock of the progressive development plans and programs they’ve made available to the workforce. To be recognized on the 2020 Top CHRO List, the words leadership, team, succession, purpose, culture, governance, and diversity are not just buzzwords – they represent who a CHRO is, what they believe, and where they work every day.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Companies have begun to take more proactive leadership roles in advancing equity within their organizations and in society more broadly. Meanwhile, the other five actions are already quite common , but many companies often are not aware of important nuances needed to optimize them to drive DEI goals. Build a diverse supply chain. .

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Diversity Competitive Advantage Supply Chain Report 122

Skip Prichard

APRIL 27, 2020

I think most of us, especially in leadership roles, are probably more comfortable dealing with “fast” than “slow.” We’ve all had to deal with unexpected hiccups or new competitors or sudden breakdowns in a supply chain. But you can choose a leadership path that makes changes based on your vision, your principles and your goals.

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Supply Chain Crisis Learning-by-Doing Finance 111

HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

Our employees are experts in helping our customers create more efficient, resilient and sustainable supply chains. We have taken an intentional approach to develop a vision and strategy that takes all our stakeholders’ perspectives into account – one that our customers, carriers and employees can stand behind.

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Supply Chain Human Resources Diversity Transportation 109

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The following 10 leadership and business book authors recently answered this question for me: Question: While we surely will find ourselves challenged by COVID-19 in the foreseeable future, what is the most important thing a leader can do as they lead their business/organization? and Ignite Your Leadership Expertise.

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Leadership Uncertainty Long-term Supply Chain 65

Strategy Driven

JUNE 29, 2016

How do organizations achieve longevity, the kind of longevity that survives long past the founder or any particular leader or leadership team? In this article I explore three barriers to entrepreneurial action: resistance from within the firm, resistance from within the supply chain, and resistance from the customer.

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Supply Chain Real Estate Resistance Competitive Advantage 51

Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The following 10 leadership and business book authors answered this question for me: Question: While we surely will find ourselves challenged by COVID-19 in the foreseeable future, what is the most important thing a leader can do as they lead their business/organization? and Ignite Your Leadership Expertise.

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How To Leadership Uncertainty Long-term 65

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

It can sometimes seem like magic when we get the right people together with the right attitude, motivated to work toward a common goal. where one of us is Vice President Supply Chain, suggests this “magic” can be repeatable. The experiences of global beauty company Coty Inc., How can we go even faster?

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Supply Chain Kotter Critical Success Factor Learning-by-Doing 9

HR Digest

APRIL 6, 2020

Managers are the people that lead a team, give instruction, and see that an organization’s goals are achieved, be it production, branding, or more. This is the lose structural framework, but one can classify managers based on their leadership styles too. They keep quality control over the materials supplied.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Performance evaluation and work goals also need to be recalibrated to suit the new work norms. A streamlining of roles with a smooth supply chain and workflow created cost efficiencies, but the pandemic showed up the model’s fragility. Transition from designing for efficiency to designing for resilience.

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Trends Chief Operating Officer Supply Chain Crisis 105

Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Only those who are able to reinvent themselves, imagining new solutions, and developing new products and services to be relevant in the future will be poised to thrive. If it’s largely the latter, management plays a more vigorous role: establishing roles and processes, setting goals and measures, and reviewing progress at every step.”

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Innovation Drucker Supply Chain Influence 109

Strategy Driven

APRIL 20, 2020

To set yourself up for success, you need to understand how to develop a strong business model and to avoid the potential pitfalls that could thwart your venture’s growth and profitability. You could also study health management, operations management, global leadership, or supply chain & enterprise resource planning.

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Supply Chain How To Brand Audience 65

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Today, the following 10 leadership and business book authors answered this question for me: Question: While we surely will find ourselves challenged by COVID-19 in the foreseeable future, what is the most important thing a leader can do as they lead their business/organization? and Ignite Your Leadership Expertise.

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How To Uncertainty Long-term Supply Chain 94

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Special Edition 50 – An Interview with Marshall Fisher, co-author of The New Science of Retailing examines the use of analytics to improve an organization’s supply chain performance in a way that ultimately enhances the bottom line.

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Supply Chain Retail Bottom-up Newsletter 57

Change Starts Here

JULY 9, 2013

A revolving leadership door had ushered four CEOs in and out in two years. Dubbed the Transformation Team, the group of 35 managers would be responsible for developing and executing the strategy of the organization. After years of losses, the profitability goal the team set for 2012 initially seemed like a giant challenge.

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Balanced Scorecard Workshop Supply Chain Objective 95

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

3 May Dear all, On a recent episode of the FT ’s Working It podcast, Ann Francke discussed how to turn around a toxic workplace culture and the importance of holding senior leadership to account. Here are CMI's highlights from 2022 and 2021. You can listen back here.) Reserved your spot? You can learn more in FE News.

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Policies Article Skills Learning-by-Doing 121

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

To set yourself up for success, you need to understand how to develop a strong business model and to avoid the potential pitfalls that could thwart your venture’s growth and profitability. You could also study health management, operations management, global leadership, or supply chain & enterprise resource planning.

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Supply Chain How To Brand Audience 68

N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain. It applies to your branding, marketing, supply chain, and ultimately to your customer base. Here is a simple rule of thumb…the bigger the key man policy the less scalable the company is.

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Business Model Brand Blog Supply Chain 344

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Does the company purchase an off-the-shelf solution, utilize an ASP (Application Service Provider) solution or embark upon developing a custom application? Oh, and what about development methodology? And what are your strategic goals?

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Blog Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Innovation 334

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

The strength of governance can be significantly amplified with the employment of a dedicated leadership team. This leadership should be committed to the organization’s vision, mission, and core values. Essentially, they serve as the guiding light, steering the organization toward its goals and objectives.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2016

Leadership development represents a huge and growing investment for most organizations. Industry research, for example, shows that companies spent more than $24 billion on leadership and management training worldwide in 2013, an increase of 15% from 2012. Reversing this means that companies start at the end — with results.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Coca-Cola, in an impressive display of leadership on water issues, recently announced it would meet its aggressive water targets five years early. And so it set goals accordingly. This goal, and its achievement, arguably makes Coca-Cola “water neutral.” Does meeting a goal 5 years early mean it was too easy ?

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Goal Supply Chain Operations Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

Most big corporations follow global development trends. That is the reactive approach to economic development. CEOs are proactively engaging with emerging market government to spur economic development and create opportunities for their companies. They are playing development to win. That is playing development to win.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

As the Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh makes all too clear, the factory jobs in our global supply chain carry significant risks for the millions of people who fill them — the majority of whom are women under the age of 30. Access to professional development and advancement opportunities.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2015

To move from a reactive posture to a proactive leadership position in driving health care reform, large employers have a lever at their fingertips that they have not often deployed in procuring health care: their purchasing power. Employers can readily apply market forces and supply-chain tools to improve the performance of both.

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Health Care Supply Chain Incentives Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2017

Retailers combine data on demographics and weather to predict sales and develop merchandising plans. The failure of major transformation projects to deliver the expected benefits is a well-documented phenomenon : many change programs simply do not achieve their business goals. It’s time for that to change.

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Marketing Root Cause Analysis Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Rather than aiming at all 17 of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals , for example, companies will likely tailor their sustainability efforts to their commercial priorities. Coca-Cola devotes many resources to creating cleaner water supplies in developing countries. It’s not for every company.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

While there are some factors that make social innovation more likely than not — such as intrapreneurs who will champion them — Davis and White find that competing for talent, strong brands, and leadership transitions all correlate with stronger social initiatives.

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Innovation Company Supply Chain Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

My experience with even the most successful global companies is that they’re between average and poor at developing future talent. They’re often not transparent about your real needs and vague about the most effective development options. Development matters. Leadership & Developing People Book.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The pandemic has clearly shown us that leadership is much needed, and as the future continues to be uncertain, it will matter even more as we try to salvage an economic and social recovery. So, what are the key traits of successful leadership in a post pandemic world? Flexibility.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

What if you’re just trying to change the way your people handle loans, manage a supply chain, or interact with customers? To protect us from that icky feeling that part of our world no longer makes sense, our brains have developed an instinctive defense mechanism. There is a simpler way to inspire change.

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Charisma Supply Chain Creativity Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

D&A should be the pulse of the organization, incorporated into all key decisions across sales, marketing, supply chain, customer experience, and other core functions. Start by developing a strategy across the entire enterprise that includes a clear understanding of what you hope to accomplish and how success will be measured.

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Organization How To Supply Chain Technology 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

The goal is balance: A coherent company strikes a balance where the right product and service portfolio naturally thrives within a capabilities system consciously chosen and implemented to support a deliberate strategy or way to play. SD : It sounds logical to develop strategy by starting with one’s capabilities. SD : Why now?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Every leader wants to avoid major strategic mistakes, but, in a complex world, it’s hard to anticipate all the forces that might impact your goal. It’s vital to find weaknesses in your strategies before you implement them — and developing a rigorous process to do so. Develop an outside-in perspective.

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