Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Panhandle developed its strategy around dealing with this uncertainty. They kept detailed information on the contents of converters they had processed in the past and turned this data into a system to ensure they never paid junk dealers more than the value of the metals that they could extract.

Travel 69

Travel PR Learning-by-Doing Open-book 69

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Panhandle developed its strategy around dealing with this uncertainty. They kept detailed information on the contents of converters they had processed in the past and turned this data into a system to ensure they never paid junk dealers more than the value of the metals that they could extract.

Travel 74

Travel Learning-by-Doing PR Open-book 74

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2015

Managers, he argued, take a rational approach and seek order and control. Managers provide the continuity needed to execute efficiently and leaders drive the kinetic energy needed to respond dynamically to the needs of the marketplace. Lafley, are both great managers and great leaders. Every organization needs both.

IT Strategy 8

IT Strategy Strategy Operations Resistance 8

Eric Jacobson

JULY 2, 2014

Panhandle developed its strategy around dealing with this uncertainty. They kept detailed information on the contents of converters they had processed in the past and turned this data into a system to ensure they never paid junk dealers more than the value of the metals that they could extract.

Succession 78

Succession Travel Learning-by-Doing PR 78

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

It told how American Airlines and others had introduced systems to help their customers choose their products and services. These "channel" systems helped steer business to American Airlines. ERP systems, RFID , knowledge management, business intelligence) have washed over organizations.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Management Information Technology Airlines 8

Change Starts Here

APRIL 24, 2012

People started asking me if I had a change management kit based on what really works. The methods in this change guide have been used successfully by people in roles as diverse as human resources, organization development, project management, process improvement, IT, strategy management, sustainability and operations.

Webinar 78

Webinar Price Resistance Workshop 78

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 7, 2015

Reddit, the on-line bulletin board system that posts entertainment, social networking and news content, gained a high profile, attracted Rock Star investors and a $500 million valuation. While addressing the sacred cow, the company failed miserably to articulate its strategy and gain support for its direction. Confusion reigned.

How To 50

How To Leadership Competitive Advantage Consensus 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

You know you’re product inside and out, you’ve got a track record at driving through sales and you’re a great manager. Integrated Systems. Integrated systems also mean that your team works better together, that mistakes are less likely to happen and that you can offer your customers a seamless experience when they deal with you.

Consultative 10

Consultative Technology Budgeting Reputation 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2018

I’ve been working in HR for over twenty years, and the best companies I’ve worked with have recognized that there are three elements to a culture: behaviors, systems, and practices, all guided by an overarching set of values. A place to start is by reviewing the behaviors, systems, and practices in place in your company.

Teamwork 15

Teamwork Consensus Attrition System 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

Unfortunately, many managers misunderstand their competitive set, and that leads to strategic mistakes. Once Braun understood this dynamic, it shifted its strategy to focus on beating Remington, which competed in both the foil and rotary markets with lower-priced, lesser quality razors. Perfection" positioning.

Management 15

Management Retail Brand Merchandising 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

As the talent ecosystem evolves to offer more options, talent systems have not kept pace. Typical systems are fragmented between disciplines like HR (which focuses on the internal, “permanent” workforce) and Procurement (which focuses on the external, “contingent” workforce), each with different and competing goals.

Strategy 8

Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Precision made it easy for managers to oversee their employees. Every spot on every line was visible to managers. But Bernstein and his team observed that when managers were not watching, employees secretly developed and shared better ways of doing the work. These stats were reviewed by managers every week.

Organization 13

Organization Tactics Call Center Metrics 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2016

Managers, consultants, and academics around the world have long wrestled with this question. But simultaneously managing today’s business while creating tomorrow’s goes beyond being ambidextrous. Managers exploiting current businesses develop mindsets based on what they have experienced in the past.

Company 8

Company Licensing Incentives Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2014

Like a startup, you have to get the market fit right, but you also have to fight the corporate systems at the same time, dealing with the rules, procedures, and approval processes that every big company has in place to support its strategy. Our job as senior managers is not to prevent all forms of rule breaking.

Innovation 11

Innovation Conflict of Interest Strategy System 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2014

You sometimes hear managers complain that their organization has no strategy. Every organization has a strategy: its strategy is what it does. 4) How can I communicate the logic of my strategy choices to those who report to me? Managing people Strategy' This isn’t true. Think about it.

Strategy 9

Strategy Bottom-up Organization Report 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2011

As overall business strategy planning ties closer to IT strategy, four personas of the next-generation CIO will emerge: 1. Most of this CIO persona's projects prioritize keeping the lights on and managing legacy environments. Projects touch external systems and often address post-merger integration environments.

CIO 15

CIO Chief Information Officer Budgeting Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

A crucial element of its strategy to win over consumers to its advanced smartphones was to persuade third-party developers to create a vast array of apps for its phones. It helped to establish the Symbian operating system in 1998 and spent a fortune trying to attract developers to the platform.

Innovation 13

Innovation Supply Chain Telecommunications Core Competence 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2013

Recent allegations of the theft of top-security information connected to the development of sophisticated weapons and air defense systems have only heightened concerns about the security of the nation''s networks. Take, for example, the energy industry: According to one recent Congressional report , the computer systems that drive the U.S.

Cooper 8

Cooper CIO Risk Management Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Strategy is not planning — it is the making of an integrated set of choices that collectively position the firm in its industry so as to create sustainable advantage relative to competition and deliver superior financial returns. Obviously you can't execute a strategy without initiatives, investments, and budgeting.

Planning 13

Planning Strategy Strategic Planning Budgeting 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. Crucially, the operating model also must define ways of working and behaviors that actually bring your company’s strategy to life.

Strategy 8

Strategy Company Banking Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

How well does your organization support the achievement of your business strategy? “Organization,” as we’re using it here, includes all of the required capabilities, resources (including human), and management systems necessary to implement your strategy.

Banking 14

Banking Strategy Film Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

The original IT department was formed to centralize a unique expertise that could purchase, implement, and manage technology in the enterprise. Only the largest of enterprises could afford the best technologies, and even for those with the largest bank accounts, IT strategies were limited to basics like CRM , ERP , or email.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Information Technology How To 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2011

They may have done a swell $2 million strategy study for a client, but then have to watch from the sidelines as a more broadly based firm swoops in to do the $15 million project — a total systems redesign, say, or a corporate reorganization — entailed in implementing the strategy. Monitor & Co.,

Consultative 15

Consultative Strategy McKinsey Porter 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2017

In interviews, we heard that individuals with disabilities face deep stigma and bias (whether conscious or not) from colleagues and managers. Our research shows that the same inclusive leadership behaviors that leverage diversity to drive innovation and market growth can enable managers to support individuals with disabilities.

Compliance 8

Compliance Chief Operating Officer Innovation Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2014

Glass product manager Steve Lee is quoted as saying: Major new consumer tech products are rarely brought out of the lab at this stage of development. Google has never been afraid to branch out beyond its core business; it expanded beyond search into email, chat, mobile operating systems, and more. Glass is different.

Strategy 10

Strategy Early Adopters Innovation Proposal 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2016

It used to be “What’s your IT strategy?” ” Then it was “What’s your internet strategy?” ” Now it’s “What’s your digital strategy?” For example, could an eBay-like platform enable you to bring the discipline of competitive markets to your corporate services?

Strategy 8

Strategy Technology Strategic Planning Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

This is ineffective deal management, and it eventually leads to loss of positioning with customers, and, over time, the nurturing of “commodity competencies.” At that point, Alphatech’s management reassessed its strategy and sales approach. Management first evaluated who were, and who were not, good customers.

Strategy 8

Strategy Team Discount ROIC 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2013

Many CIOs have buckled under the CIO paradox, while others have managed to be effective despite it. As long as the mainframe systems aren''t broken, let''s not fix them. The IT function is not easy to manage. IT management Leadership' Be strategic and operational. Stay secure and boost innovation. Reach beyond IT.

CIO 8

CIO Technology Storytelling Strategic Planning 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2014

For over 50 years, Wal-Mart has pursued essentially the same strategy of “offering the lowest price so its customer can live better.” Wells Fargo has become the most valuable bank in the world by sticking to its strategy of building a value proposition around selling more products per customer than anyone else. Or consider U.S.

Company 8

Company Supply Chain Airlines Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Everyone thinks they have a digital strategy these days. But while your company may have a business or IT strategy that incorporates digital technology, an IT strategy does not equal a digital strategy. Because most IT strategies treat technology in isolation. This gives the effort a clear and manageable focus.

IT Strategy 9

IT Strategy Strategy Class Offshoring 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

In 2006, they hired an experienced president to manage their rapidly growing business. Cellairis had tinkered with its core strategy, one that had been working beautifully, and it had turned ugly. System-wide revenue for 2013 was $350 million – seven times revenue for 2005. The future looked bright.

Strategy 8

Strategy Wireless Company Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2017

If you put yourself in front of high-level decision-makers before you get the sadness, anger, and bitterness out of your system, you risk “leaking emotional information” that could damage your reputation, he says. Say, for instance, your dismissal was due to a personality clash with your manager or a mismatched cultural fit.

How To 8

How To Letter Learning-by-Doing PR 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

It appears Nokia was not able to coordinate decisions and activities across departments or levels of management. Many innovative ideas became the victims of in-fighting among managers who had competing objectives. It just fell through the cracks. In addition, people must be held accountable for results. When one million bottles of St.

Execution 67

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2017

” Call it cost management fatigue. When doing research for our book , we found that the main reasons most companies suffer from this syndrome are that they make across-the-board cuts that are unconnected to their strategy, and fail to make the cuts sustainable. First, connect costs and strategy.

Cost 10

Cost How To Budgeting Strategic Planning 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2017

Organizations waste too much time - see how Bain helps them manage it like money in this 10-minute video slide deck. While the former approach is friendlier from a change management perspective, we usually find that it leads to only incremental change. Related Video. Your Scarcest Resource. Redesign the Operating Model.

Zero Based Budgeting 14

Zero Based Budgeting Organization Budgeting How To 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2018

Management cred? This powerful data system creates a rich social system that influences the movies and shows members see, based in part on which shows they’ve liked in the past what other subscribers see and like. Strategy is culture, culture is strategy. Cultural sway? million subscribers.

Technology 15

Technology Sharpe Strategy Content 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

There is general consensus that a major solution lies in better managing and preventing adult chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart failure. These include infant safety and injury prevention, social work, legal advocacy, case management, tutoring, fitness classes, nutrition and lactation, mental health, and dental care.

Health Care 10

Health Care Metrics Efficiency Absenteeism 10