The Practical Leader

JUNE 14, 2023

Fad surfing in the C-suite often leads to dunking trainees in the training tank , slogans, improvement projects, marketing campaigns, motivational programs, educational fix-them efforts, etc. This chart shows a few key differences between a narrow and management-based approach and a systemic or leadership-based approach.

Root Cause Analysis 52

Root Cause Analysis Mission Statement Travel Restructuring 52

HR Digest

MAY 3, 2019

The HR Digest: Under your leadership, SAP successfully implemented a comprehensive workforce skills upgrade in 2017. We needed to shift faster to public cloud and new technologies such as IoT, machine learning, SAP Cloud Platform and advanced analytics. How did you approach this unique task?

Ries 76

Ries Skills Human Resources Software 76

Center for Creative Leadership

MAY 19, 2019

In an effort to better understand when and how corporate cultures change, CCL and corporate leaders surveyed a group of global VPs and directors in HR, Learning & Development, Leadership, and Talent Management. Maintaining a market position under intense pressure. Technology trends. The results were telling.

Altman 76

Altman Decentralization COO Restructuring 76

The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Last week I ran a highly customized Peak Performance Leadership workshop and facilitated a strategy session in beautiful Colorado Springs. In their case, the biggest internal changes they identified were: Leadership/Culture Development. New Technology. Organizational Restructuring/Building. Adapting to Market Changes.

Video 56

Video Restructuring Brainstorming Morale 56

Women on Business

JANUARY 23, 2011

Now DC workers are seeing a change in leadership across different agencies which may mean a new boss along with new systems and priorities. Washingtonians are not the only ones in transition; companies are reorganizing, restructuring, and adjusting their plans for 2009. Leadership and Change It was a planned change.

Press Release 100

Press Release Motivation Discount PR 100

Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Restructuring has led to fewer layers of management, also to fewer opportunities for promotion. Innovative high-technology corporations are currently paying employees large bonuses to recruit top talent. Leaders can no longer afford to let the vagaries of the job market determine who leaves and who stays.

Bureaucracy 151

Bureaucracy Intellectual Capital Kotter Telecommunications 151

Rich Gee Group

MARCH 19, 2014

New technology all the time. Also, it’s one of those majors that will never trend or be posted on Yahoo as a growing area, so the market never gets flooded for food scientists and they are always in high demand. Satellite / Cable guy/gal) – You’re out on your own, virtually unsupervised after training.

Career 192

Career Real Estate Engineering Education 192

The Practical Leader

APRIL 17, 2024

I’ve just completed a two-day retreat with a fast-growing leadership team. Rarely do we see a leadership team as dysfunctional as this one. Leadership Lip Service THE single most critical variable to the success of a team development or organization improvement effort is the behavior of those leading it.

Teamwork 104

Teamwork Restructuring Project Micromanagement 104

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2018

In competitive markets, managers have a strong incentive to give their best effort. ” Similarly, without sufficient monitoring by owners of the firms or the stock market, managers might be tempted to enjoy the quiet life instead of making hard decisions or taking on difficult tasks. .” Kenneth Andersson for HBR.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Management Marketing Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2016

The rapid pace of change in business and technology means that more and more companies will find themselves being disrupted. What does digital leadership look like in this sense? Leadership is changing — fast. One large media organization faces large incumbent players and operates in a market that is growing quickly.

CEO 8

CEO Metrics Leadership Business Model 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

In The Essential Advantage : How to Win with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy , Booz & Company’s Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi maintain that success in any market accrues to firms with a coherence premium – a tight match between their strategic direction and the capabilities that make them unique. Let’s go after it.”

Resources 52

Resources Industry System Strategy 52

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2017

An education technology startup hired a sales leader who came from a large, well-respected firm. He had extensive market knowledge and a stellar track record. Weak leaders at a technology company made a decision to restructure the sales organization using a model from their own past that did not match the current situation.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Health Care Self-aware Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

There is no burden on those who proposed a new idea or technology to talk to customers, build minimal viable products, test hypotheses or understand the barriers to deployment. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force, one of us built a curation process to help technology solutions to be deployed rapidly. As the head of the U.S.

Process 13

Process Innovation Incubator Committee 13

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 6, 2013

Never in the history of marketing has there been so much talk about branding. The conversation in the world of branding is well beyond product and service brand discussion by marketers and ad agencies. I am not suggesting restructuring the entire brand management system. That’s an understatement.

Brand 260

Brand P&L Human Resources Brand Management 260

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

He asked one former major investor for a reaction to the company’s prediction (accompanying poor quarterly results): “that the [current] market contraction will bottom out soon and our profits will improve.” Not until the restructuring was completed would Nikon pursue a growth agenda. What he heard was uncomfortable.

Company 8

Company ROIC CFO Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Technological innovations have radically transformed the business landscape in many ways over the last two centuries, from the introduction of steam power to the market conquest of radial-ply tires. Fix leadership skills first. Experiment with frontier technologies. joshua sortino/unsplash.

Succession 8

Succession Industry McKinsey Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2016

For example, Google’s restructuring into Alphabet highlighted just how much the company is spending on new businesses, from self-driving cars to space exploration and more. economy is not just the opportunity for raw innovation, but the ability to scale new technologies within large global companies.

Company 11

Company Supply Chain Retail Bureaucracy 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2016

Digital technologies enable companies to better engage with their customers and offer superior experiences at affordable costs. Thriving companies are also integrating related products and services into sophisticated industry solutions, while extending and restructuring industry boundaries, essentially creating whole new industries.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Health Care Globalization Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2011

He was first shown the door when John Scully and other marketing folks led the charge at Apple — a charge that quickly took a nosedive. But the key question is whether Cook can sniff out technology and market opportunities while knowing intuitively (or with the help of others) what risks to take. Can Cook do this?

Innovation 13

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Restructuring Technology 13

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 25, 2019

“The effectiveness of investment in infrastructure, new technologies, research and innovation, regional growth and improved business practices and processes is influenced by how well skills are cultivated (their supply) and applied (their utilisation).” Restructuring. Lifelong learning.

Skills 72

Skills Innovation Education Restructuring 72

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

Today’s young professionals grew up in an age of mind-boggling technological change, seeing the growth of the internet, the invention of the smartphone, and the development of machine-learning systems. It’s no wonder, then, that young people are anxious about their ability to compete in the job market.

Skills 14

Skills Morale Ethics System 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

As a result, they tend to focus narrowly on technology skills, the Accenture survey reports. The Hilton Worldwide hotel chain documents every employee's specific skills, including languages, education, experience, property experiences, local market connections, and affiliations with boards and non-profits. Have you ever started a club?

Skills 14

Skills Survey Human Resources Document 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

There is a much more important change in the global distribution of power underway, and the play for leadership of the World Bank signals that emerging markets will be increasingly bold in asserting their views about the management of the global economy. That's correct so far as it goes —but it doesn't go nearly far enough.

Globalization 11

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2018

For the former, we examined the presence and market penetration of disruptor companies; we also considered incumbents’ financial performance. Incumbents in these industries often own established brands, proprietary technology, and control of distribution channels. Supermarkets are a case in point.

Industry 8

Industry Fixed Assets Retail Market Penetration 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Rebel Brown : I’ve been a consultant for over 20 years now, focused on helping international clients in areas of business and market strategy, positioning and market launches. On with the interview… Mike Myatt: For our readers not familiar with your background, could you give us a brief Bio?

Open-book 272

Open-book Greenleaf Blog Marketing 272

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2013

She is also Chair and Director of the Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative. P&G is in the midst of a major restructuring, and has laid off thousands of people. P&G''s board has been under a great deal of pressure from an activist investor who has made his views on the pace of the restructuring clear and vocal.

P&L 8

P&L Restructuring Price CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2018

From leadership transitions and restructurings, to mergers and acquisitions, to regulatory changes, there seems to be constant unrest in the workforce. And it wasn’t just about new job opportunities or increased market share. Alan Copson/Getty Images. But according to one survey of more than half a million U.S.

Resistance 15

Resistance Commitment Uncertainty Restructuring 15

In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Leadership. by John • October 17, 2011 • Branding , Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 3 Comments. Never in the history of marketing has there been so much talk about branding. I’m not suggesting restructuring the entire brand management system. Leadership. Main menu Home.

Brand 168

Brand CEO Stage-Gate SWOT 168

Marshall Goldsmith

JANUARY 13, 2014

In our study of leadership characteristics, we found both consistent themes and emerging trends. Many qualities of effective leadership – characteristics such as communicating vision, demonstrating integrity, focusing on results, and ensuring customer satisfaction – will never change. Demonstrating technological savvy.

Competitive Advantage 140

Competitive Advantage Globalization Diversity Technology 140

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

’ the questions must be asked, ‘WHY did we start doing WHAT we’re doing in the first place, and WHAT can we do to bring our cause to life considering all the technologies and market opportunities available today?’” In 1921, two brothers started the company to serve the ham radio market.

Brand 8

Brand Merchandising Retail Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

IRS Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998); and an outstanding, senior executive from the private sector, Charles Rossotti , was appointed for a five-year term to drive the changes. IT also upgraded old technology and processes, achieving significant improvements in service and compliance.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Innovation Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

” That clean-sheet perspective emboldened Intel’s leadership to abandon memory and focus on microprocessors. Stagnant growth in its core PC market recently led Intel to announce layoffs of roughly 12% of its workforce. The company will also eliminate a key chipset in the difficult tablet and smartphone market.

Levitt 8

Levitt Disaggregation Kaizen Call Center 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

His letter announced a compensation restructuring, which accompanied a dismantling of hierarchy and the introduction of self-managed, self-organizing teams throughout the company. ” We have known they do since they were introduced among British miners whose industry had been disrupted by new technology.

Management 8

Management Long-term System Delegation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

As digital technologies permeate all aspects of their operations, companies around the world anticipate the need for massive change over the next five years, according to a new global survey by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services. Read More from DXC Technology: The Questions IT Should Be Asking to Empower Employees.

Technology 8

Technology Company Content Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2018

Since the Apollo program, NASA has faced funding cuts, competition from other nations for space leadership, and a radical restructuring of its operating environment due to the emergence of commercial space – all of which have forced the organization to change its ways of thinking and operating. Adapting to change.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Technology Innovation Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2013

As noted management expert Geoffrey Moore told me with respect to high-velocity competition, "I''m not sure you ever want to be in the public markets." Its RAZR thin phone was a huge success in the mid-2000''s, and the market raved. Take Motorola, for instance. Take Motorola, for instance.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Restructuring Competitive Advantage Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2014

Candidates also appraise a firm’s future prospects, market competitiveness, and business strategy. He offered an example: “I recently recruited a VP Sales and Marketing from a well-known consumer technology company to be the president and COO of a small but fast-growing smart-grid consumer technology-products company.

Reputation 12

Reputation Consultative P&L Execution 12