Lead Change Blog
JUNE 14, 2016
In the global economy, each company is constantly adjusting its strategies to enable it to stay ahead of its competition. Cost management strategies are equally important, as the management of all firms is pressured to see how they can manage the cost to help improve the bottom line.
In the CEO Afterlife
JUNE 8, 2016
Its strategy to get out ahead of the competition rested on the innovative, hard, vacuum-sealed packaging its then-parent company, Jacob Suchard, was using in Europe at the time. It made sense, because we looked at the competition as our well-financed enemy, and so there was no way we could win at the spending war,” says Bell. “So
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Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 23, 2016
Supported by TAPFIN, a division of ManpowerGroup, they gathered data from HR and Finance systems including the HRIS, VMS, ATS, GL/Finance and A/P. The company’s finance organization was developing a new three-year Operating Expense (OPEX) plan, at the same time that HR rolled out their new plan.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Ascension centralized functions such as human resources, payroll, travel services, and finance, thereby streamlining operations and saving costs. Ascension has another solid reason for pursuing its strategy. It will be well positioned to thrive if value-based competition replaces the fee-for-service system in the United States.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 5, 2013
The vast majority of strategic plans that I have seen over 30 years of working in the strategy realm are simply budgets with lots of explanatory words attached. This may be the case because the finance function is deeply involved in the strategy process in most organizations. I suspect that CEO will never go back.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
Business-critical roles — that is, the jobs that are central to differentiating a company from its competitors and successfully executing its strategy — will also change. And a new ecosystem of finance, insurance, energy, infotainment and maintenance services has emerged based on the data-driven, app economy.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 9, 2016
Almost every organization today is putting customer experience (CX) at the core of its strategy, aiming to provide products and services that meet customers at every touch point. Marketing can look at this data and decide to test a hypothesis: Is that color product selling best because it’s in an image featured on the homepage?
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