Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2018

You might espouse being a learning organization that develops people, but then not give people the time to actually take classes or learn on the job (system-behaviors gap). Before we realize it, the organization becomes known for late meetings, face-time, or reactive and apathetic leadership. Strategy and goal setting.

Teamwork 15

Teamwork Consensus Attrition System 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

Information Technology Changes the Way You Compete" was a trailblazing HBR article by Warren McFarlan back in the early 1980s. Their strategic use of information technology (IT) presaged the dot.com boom of the 1990s when the Internet made this kind of online ordering commonplace.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Management Information Technology Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Before the iPhone was introduced, in 2007, Nokia was the dominant mobile phone maker with a clearly stated purpose — “Connecting people” — and an aggressive strategy for sustaining market dominance. Nokia was so immersed in executing its strategy that it lost sight of its purpose.

Strategy 13

Strategy Company How To Supply Chain 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2013

Economic performance for organizations whose CIOs were part of the overall development of strategy outpaced that of other organizations by a scale of two to one as discovered in our Economist and HBR studies. Define Your Strategy. CIOs must be an integral and vocal part of conversations on new ventures and resource allocation.

CIO 8

CIO Hamel Technology Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2012

For years, companies have been pouring money into people, processes, and technology that can help them manage risk. At a Global 50 consumer products company, management has developed a governance structure that allows it think about risk proactively, and has aligned its risk profile and exposures more closely with its strategy.

Risk Management 14

Risk Management Maturity EBITDA Management 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

For example, as it grew, Facebook found that its early “move fast and break things” culture had to be funneled into focused technical teams and product groups to make its product development process faster and less erratic, and for it to have a chance of meeting the demands of its new public shareholders following its IPO.

Banking 14

Banking Strategy Film Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2015

While large consulting firms push expensive “war games” at the leadership level, Jessica ran cheap and quick local games based on local market dynamics. She then fed the results as market intelligence input into a senior leadership competitive game. Consider the example of Pratt and Whitney, a United Technology company.

Competitive Intelligence 8

Competitive Intelligence Agility Workshop Definition 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

But Bernstein and his team observed that when managers were not watching, employees secretly developed and shared better ways of doing the work. Tactical performance is how effectively your organization sticks to its strategy. Workers were carefully trained to follow processes exactly as they were laid out.

Organization 13

Organization Tactics Call Center Metrics 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

For every company wrestling with evolutions in its strategy, success depends as much on matching the operating model to those evolutions as it does on the soundness of the strategy itself. Principles informed by a fact-based strategy encourage impartiality, highlighting gaps, and forcing difficult choices. ” he asked. .”

Strategy 8

Strategy Company Banking Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2016

Some have responded by developing a concept known as “ ambidexterity ,” an organizational capability of fulfilling both managerial imperatives at once. Managers exploiting current businesses develop mindsets based on what they have experienced in the past. Andrew Nguyen/HBR STAFF. ” Create win-win incentives.

Company 8

Company Licensing Incentives Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2015

Price leadership: A no-frills airline constantly advertises the lowest fares on any route served. Deterring new providers: A professional event technology firm offers rock-bottom quotes to special events to signal its pricing power to any potential new entrants. First: Market share is a dangerous key performance indicator (KPI).

Balanced Scorecard 8

Balanced Scorecard Company Price KPI 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

In an economy where traditional manufacturing jobs have gone offshore, and globalization and technology have put pressure on U.S. In the past, economic development has prioritized big businesses. For each city or region the right mix of programs depends on what outcomes the leadership of that area is trying to achieve.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

During those nine months, Cellairis’ leadership had been distracted from their core business. Unlike a startup company, which is supposed to play with alternative strategies until the right one emerges, a midsize firm already has a strategy that is working. After nine months, AMP’d filed for bankruptcy.

Strategy 8

Strategy Wireless Company Retail 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Closing the Execution Gap : How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results by Richard Lepsinger If an organization can’t execute its plans and initiatives, nothing else matters: not the most solid, well thought-out strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even technological breakthroughs that could transform an industry.

Execution 67

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

For decades, we’ve often thought of leadership profiles in unique buckets—two popular varieties were the “visionaries”, who embrace strategy and think about amazing things to do, and the “operators”, who get stuff done. Adam Pretty/Getty Images.

Execution 15

Execution Strategy How To Budgeting 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2011

While the technology giant's second-quarter revenue increased by 3%, its relatively new CEO, Leo Apotheker, was forced to lower the forecast for revenue for the fiscal year. The technology market is the epitome of creative destruction. That put it in the right place at the right time as the technology revolution was beginning.

Software 12

Software Technology Intellectual Capital Marketing 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2014

Jim, a brilliant professor of engineering, came on as the new Chief Knowledge Officer and John, an experienced petroleum executive identified by a major shareholder, became Vice President of Technology, Products, and Services. The coach began with a short lecture about high performance organizations and effective leadership.

360-Degree Feedback 10

360-Degree Feedback Offshoring Construction Execution 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

Better Place''s most visible and best-publicized innovation was its switchable battery technology, a novel way to overcome the short-range limits and long recharge times dictated by existing battery technology. EV advocates are quick to note that technology improvements in batteries will one day eliminate the range problem.

Mass Marketing 8

Mass Marketing Transportation Depreciation Short-term 8