Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

Atis and her tiny team knocked down the enduring obstacles and solved a dilemma that had existed for generations. Being a successful corporate hacker thus requires an enormous amount of energy and persuasiveness. Thanks to Windham and her team’s incredible perseverance, the BLACK+DECKER brand has a series of prototypes completed.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Innovation Brand Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Founding teams eager to raise capital to grow their companies enter into long-term partnerships with VC firms they don’t know well. After all, the best performing VC firms, by definition, have experience identifying and working with high-performing teams, helping startup companies grow rapidly, and guiding them through successful exits.

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence Entrepreneur Rate of Return Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

These two trends may seem separate—or, some people believe, incompatible—but together I believe they have the power to improve finance’s role in the world. The goal of ARD is to produce denim in a sustainable way by tackling the three main ecological issues the industry faces: water, energy, and chemicals.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

An important part of your job as a manager is making sure everyone on your team has the right amount of work. How do you make sure that work on your team is evenly distributed? Delegating work to your team may sound like a straightforward task of management, but, in fact, it’s complicated. What the Experts Say.

Delegation 8

Delegation Project Team Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

For example, it may be the case that a manager needs to exert a large amount of pressure on a team to get something done by using the power of their position over others. Your best bet is to redirect the energy of a dysfunctional leader, either through reasoned argument or by appealing to their interests.

Politics 13

Politics Bureaucracy Long-term Short-term 13

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Case in point is Wal-Mart CEO, Lee Scott, who is so concerned with diversity mandates that Wal-Mart officers are held financially accountable by tying officer incentive bonuses to achieving diversity goals. I seems odd to me that people promote diversity as a response to racism when in fact, it is a form of racism.

Diversity 350

Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

With our cotton farmers in Xinjiang, we changed many of the unfair trade practices and now aim for more than just fair trade by promoting higher cotton yields and quality through assistance in cotton research, farming techniques, and access to micro-finance.

Industry 10

Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

The CMO also worked with the finance office and product managers to link pricing and benchmark data into the RFP process, which improved quality and response times. To woo high-value, low risk customers, the CMO worked with the risk team to fast-track the credit approval process. So the HR director has to be my best friend.”.

P&L 9

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

We did the study in conjunction with the White House Social and Behavioral Science Team, also known as the Nudge Unit within the Obama administration. One project I’m very excited about is being led by the Voya Behavioral Finance Institute for Innovation, where I am Senior Academic Advisor. A control group received no email.)

Tools 9

Tools Participative Planning Education 9