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. I Think Not.

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Business Model Brand Blog Supply Chain 298

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

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

As one example; if you are a manufacturing organization, innovation in your core could include new and improved materials, new techniques, novel approaches to supply chain management etc. We did not formulate our own style but tweaked it to our leadership style and vision plan. Many things in the church world do cross over.

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Blog Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Innovation 295

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

But when we carry this mindset into our first leadership roles, we confuse doing with leading. Suddenly we need to expand our behavioral repertoire to incorporate new leadership styles as a means of influencing others effectively. ” Leadership'

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Goleman Supply Chain Leadership Styles McKinsey 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

In the process she developed managerial muscle in finance, human resources, governance, and IT, and, as a bonus, Bronwyn gained more flexibility in her schedule since she didn’t have external client demands driving her day-to-day work. By expanding her influence outside the organization, she gained credibility within.

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Chief Operating Officer Supply Chain Finance Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2011

The recent headlines about John Galliano's tirade at a Parisian restaurant has brought the not so recent attempt by Bernard Arnault to gain influence and potential control of Hermès International into the limelight. Professor Michael Moffett is Continental Grain Professor of Finance, and Professor Kannan Ramaswamy holds the William D.

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Ramaswamy Supply Chain Brand Short-term 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Leadership & Developing People Book. Functional experiences help make you great at something, i.e. marketing, supply chain, R&D. It should be a significant building block of your functional or leadership capability; your accomplishment of it should mean something to others in your field. Further Reading.

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Career Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

How much time do you spend enhancing your organizational culture, leadership pipeline, and employer brand? If you’re typical, then your culture, leadership, and employment brand are described vaguely or not at all. How well are those efforts reported to your investors?

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Human Capital CFO Banking Report 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

His group’s data science, procurement, and supply chain teams crafted algorithmic ensembles that, by all measures and simulations, would save hundreds of millions. Human leadership defers to demonstrable algorithmic power. CEOs and executive leaderships should be wary of mashing up or hybridizing these separate approaches.

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Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

By competing on serving customers, we can understand, anticipate, stimulate, and influence market demands. Suppliers play far more than a supplementary role in our supply chain. Cold" metrics of monetary return are giving way to "warm" metrics of non-monetary return such as happiness, satisfaction, and influence.

Industry 10

Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2011

They go by names like corporate social responsibility, sustainability, shareholder advocacy, social assessment and auditing, consumer action, government regulation, leadership development, ethics, realignment of incentives , attracting long-term investors , creating shared value , and more. They can invest in for-benefit enterprises.

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CEO Incubator Supply Chain Entrepreneur 11