Strategy Driven

MAY 12, 2018

In Billions, he is taking on Axelrod, a (corrupt) hedge fun tycoon. A great insight into how the advertising industry operates combined with enough fictional drama to keep you binge watching those episodes. Set in New York, it tells the story of the U.S. I Give It a Year. Gordon Ramsey Kitchen Nightmares.

Entrepreneur 51

Entrepreneur Gordon Supply Chain Advertising 51

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Decisioning by consensus usually results in no decision being made, or an intellectually dishonest, watered-down decision that is so full of compromises, hedges and caveats that a non-decision might have been preferable. You deserve input – but that done not mean that 100% agreement is the goal. Consensus isn’t the goal.

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Consensus Team Building Blog Team 333

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

To use CARVER — whether you’re assessing a system, a business goal, or something else — you assign scores from 1 to 5 (with 5 being “most essential,” “most likely,” and so on) for each of the six criteria above. 4 – Loss would reduce operations considerably.

Tools 11

Tools Risk Management Budgeting SWOT 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

It both funds day-to-day operations and generates profits for the future. The three-box framework has challenged us to redesign the planning process, which would allow us to brainstorm Box 2 and Box 3 nonlinear initiatives in addition to undertaking Box 1 operational excellence initiatives. To be sure, the present is vitally important.

Innovation 8

Innovation Hedge Management Govindarajan 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2015

If the world is to become ever more efficient and reach global climate goals, internet power will need to play its part. Leading companies are learning that sourcing renewable energy for data centers is a low-cost way to demonstrate commitment to global climate goals while adding reliability and predictability to energy consumption.

Energy 8

Energy Globalization Hedge Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

What does it mean to articulate and instill a vision compelling enough to inspire sacrifice, stimulate innovation, and hedge against expediency? Capitalism cannot operate in a social vacuum, and profits and shareholder return can no longer be the only measures of a company's value-add.

Short-term 15

Short-term Long-term Ethics Incentives 15

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

And that response is hidden inside ‘business’ behaviors – sandbagging quotas, hedging on stretch goals, and avoiding accountability or commitment. Without trust, people respond with distraction, fear, and, at the extreme, paralysis. Trustworthiness is the most noble and powerful of all the attributes of leadership.

Company 62

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 62

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2017

These organizations are a collection of hard-driving, fiercely competitive individuals who measure their success against personal goals, and even against one another. Many investment banks and hedge funds operate this way, as do some law firms, consulting outfits, and tech titans. “They are 100 times better.”

Health Care 14

Health Care How To Hedge Environment 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2015

As complex systems, they require systems of measurement to track progress against key goals. It’s common sense, but it bears repeating, given how many companies don’t operate that way. Companies should be managed much more holistically. Initially the market took a dim view of this shift, punishing the stock price.

Metrics 8

Metrics Long-term Short-term Hedge 8

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

And that response is hidden inside ‘business’ behaviors – sandbagging quotas, hedging on stretch goals, and avoiding accountability or commitment. Without trust, people respond with distraction, fear, and, at the extreme, paralysis. Trustworthiness is the most noble and powerful of all the attributes of leadership.

Company 50

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

LTCM’s model continued to predict that it was properly hedged against a potential Russian default; the insight that it actually needed — that it was under-hedged and exposed to liquidity risk — could only have come from outside of the model. Nevertheless, overreliance on models was its downfall.

Strategy 8

Strategy Supply Chain Technology Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

It has implications that extend far beyond the company’s stated goal to design single-purpose apps that fit mobile usage and the bottleneck of screen mobile device real estate. Can a company built on the ideas of scale and network effects unbundle its offering into multiple brands and still thrive? Facebook is about to find out.

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Real Estate Strategic Planning 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

Investors from hedge funds to insurance companies are operating in an environment of low yields, near-zero interest rates, and a glut of savings. As I travel to urban development conferences, I often hear people bemoan an infrastructure funding gap, but the hard truth is there is no funding gap.

Finance 8

Finance Innovation Bond Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Leaders need to draw up a list of all the bad things that can happen, build cash reserves, hedge, and acquire options, to prepare for the worst. In our HBR article on collaborative leadership , Herminia Ibarra and I argue that leaders need to instill the growth mindset and learning goals in their company to spur innovation.

Hedge 15

Hedge Collins Open-book Teamwork 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Companies are both operators and investors. Companies in every industry can benefit from making more data and algorithm-based decisions in areas of internal operations and finance. Their goal was to hit the lowest possible price point, and to appeal to “digital native” customers. Deliver behavioral coaching.

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2014

When pressed, Owens tried to hedge his answer, but the media portrayed him as calling the President a liar. The President’s conflict with Owens was a surprise to everyone because the two assumed that their casual friendship and shared goal of promoting financial stimulus was enough to guarantee shared talking points on this key issue.

Ethics 8

Ethics Hedge Diversity CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2012

The Kahn Academy, founded by Salman Kahn (a former hedge fund manager), is a not-for-profit, online venture that is currently revolutionizing K-12 education. Hart does not quite do what the Kahn Academy does but she operates in the same space. If you want to know how, here is the obligatory TED video. Want to get a taste?

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Video Education Christensen Hedge 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2017

” People in industries as different as commercial real estate, pharma, biotech startups, hedge funds, and public school districts worried about how to transform a competitive, star-driven culture into a collaborative one when they had no power to juggle financial rewards and no influence over promotion decisions.

Payback Period 8

Payback Period How To Real Estate Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2017

After managing a sleeve of a successful hedge fund in London for five years, and building ample savings, Colin was ready for his own shop. They were both naïve to think that creating a high-expense, polished operation would automatically enhance their business. The first is Colin. This would have helped them avoid a cash crunch.

Strategy 8

Strategy Budgeting Cost Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2015

They might impersonate a bank, saying, “Hey, I know you’re about to go and get an operation, don’t forget to transfer some money by clicking here,” or whatever. And then you think, “Well, they know I’m having an operation tomorrow, so they must be a legitimate bank.”

Health Care 8

Health Care Hedge Banking Training 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

So is John Rice, the head of global operations, along with CFO Jeffrey Bornstein. Increase operating margins to 18% (by cutting expenses). Activist investors have a simple goal: increase the value of their investment. In June 2017 the board “retired” Immelt and promoted John Flannery to CEO. Comstock is out.

Ries 8

Ries Long-term Short-term Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2014

Whyte kept them on the defensive by peppering them with personal opinions and demanding lofty goals that could not be met. We are not even talking about hostile directors sometimes forced onto the board by a hedge fund trying to take control of a company or about partisan factions that have formed for whatever reason.

Chief Operating Officer 8

Chief Operating Officer Hedge Micromanagement Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

This is partly due to the tendency to grow more than needed as a hedge against weather and disease and fluctuating wholesale and retail orders. Free food magazines that supermarkets such as the Co-operative in UK use to share food stories can also feature waste reduction tips and recipes to utilize leftovers. In the U.S.,

Retail 8

Retail Supply Chain Crisis Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2013

They may not be like the big conglomerates of the 1960s — you can see how their portfolio of somewhat related business came about — but, in reality, the various divisions and business units do operate completely independently from one another. First, corporate C-suite executives are portfolio managers.

Strategy 8

Strategy P&L Engineering Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

We rightfully add safety systems to things like planes and oil rigs, and hedge the bets of major banks, in an effort to encourage them to run safely yet ever-more efficiently. The reasons are rooted partly in the pernicious nature of complexity, and partly in the way that human beings psychologically respond to risk.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Hedge System 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

In scores of conversations I've had with business leaders, pension fund trustees, asset managers, employer associations, and NGOs since I first issued this call in HBR , everyone has agreed with the goal. What we continue to struggle with is how to build this essential managerial muscle.

Long-term 8

Long-term CEO Short-term McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Or you could accept lower returns in exchange for accomplishing social goals. Even in the most hard-nosed of private equity firms or hedge funds you will find that people align with strategies that mean something to them, that they’re passionate about. Noble: Economies and business operate in very complex systems.

Insurance 8

Insurance Bond Hedge Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

For example, a teacher driven by purpose values or identifies with the goal of educating and empowering children. In one hedge fund, the highest performing portfolio managers had higher total motivation. Looking at all these processes together, it’s clear that culture is the operating system of an organization.

Motivation 8

Motivation Company Airlines Learning-by-Doing 8

CO2

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

You can’t predict or control the future, but you can control your organization’s alignment in terms of mission, vision, goals, and strategy. Phase 2: Establish Your Position & Goal At CO2 Coaching, we use GPSing (Goal, Position, Strategy) to guide decision-making. The destination must be crystal clear, not soft and mushy.

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Strategic Planning Planning Balanced Scorecard Mission Statement 78

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

On a scale of one to five, how important is having a good network to your ability to accomplish your goals? Burt asked the managers to write down their best ideas about how to improve business operations, and then he asked two ex­ecutives at the company to rate the quality of these ideas. Most-senior people in your company.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Great stories are credible, simple, consistent, and use both financial and nonfinancial metrics to link a long-term vision and firm values with a distinctive business strategy and focused operational priorities. ” The blueprint included the company’s purpose, vision, values, and strategic goals, and fits on a single page.

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CEO Short-term Long-term EPS 9