The Practical Leader

JUNE 14, 2023

Many leaders set strategies and launch efforts to boost service/quality levels. Too many of these initiatives have a limited scope and are disconnected from daily operations. 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

MARCH 23, 2023

You want to inform the employee that they are being laid off due to reasons such as company restructuring or budget cuts. Layoff due to restructuring. Sincerely, Grace OPTION 2: LAYOFF DUE TO RESTRUCTING A sample layoff email to communicate a restructuring layoff with empathy and clarity. Layoff due to economic downturn.

Letter 98

Letter Politics Restructuring Sample 98

HR Digest

JANUARY 9, 2021

A new IBM report shows that half of CHROs identified for the study recognize the possibilities for innovation in HR operations and the acquisition and development of talent. While performance management is seen in most organizations, there are many strategies that have been tried and tested over the years. Performance Management.

How To 111

How To Due Diligence Leadership Pipeline Stress 111

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Identify what could have gone wrong with the leadership team. It involves reassessing your business operations, starting with leadership. You may discover that some poor leadership decisions may have been responsible for your establishment doldrums. Institute new money management procedures.

Finance 81

Finance Long-term Banking Restructuring 81

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

It involved restructuring into wholesale and retail operations and providing an array of new retail services. . Not only would there have been better understanding of the strategies throughout the company, the officers would have gotten good input on feasibility of the strategies and what would be needed for successful implementation.

Process 199

Process Telecommunications Tips Productivity 199

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2016

A new strategy was required. billion into Nissan, but in return it required more than 36 percent of the company’s ownership and a commitment from Nissan to appoint Renault executive Carlos Ghosn as Nissan’s chief operating officer. Fifteen years later, Nissan under Ghosn’s strategy and leadership was indeed back on its feet.

Chief Operating Officer 50

Chief Operating Officer Short-term Strategic Fit Restructuring 50

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 7, 2011

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Level Five Leaders : Jim refers to a hierarchical matrix of leadership that describes 5 different types of leaders, and suggests that only with rare exception can anything other than a Level 5 leader take a company from good to great.

Collins 371

Collins Leadership Styles Books Restructuring 371

HR Digest

MAY 23, 2021

They include hiring additional staff, improving office tools and operating procedures. Transformational changes: These are large-scale changes that require an investment of time and money into new systems and restructure the business. Here are some tips to managing change in the workplace in a streamlined manner.

Management 94

Management How To Retail Uncertainty 94

In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 6, 2016

Heinz, like so many other multinationals gave the stereotypical corporate rationale — they said the plant was unprofitable and part of a global restructuring. That tenure came to an end in 2014 when Heinz decided to mothball the factory and put 740 people out of work. Declining Sensitivity of Downsizing.

Retail 100

Retail Restructuring Brand Ethics 100

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Be aware, however, that constant re-engineering, reorganization, and restructuring in pursuit of efficiency (or the latest management fad) has a questionable effect at best. Adjusting in order to thrive, however, requires competent leadership and commitment to creating the best possible corporate culture. About the Author.

Succession 50

Succession Teamwork Restructuring Commitment 50

In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Leadership. by John • February 5, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. Indeed, a case can be made where specific restructuring is necessary to bring companies to the new economic reality. Formerlife: CEO of Jacobs Suchard (Nabob, Kraft), Strategy/Branding Consultant.

Magazine 100

Magazine Brand Article Marketing 100

HR Digest

MAY 3, 2019

The HR Digest: Under your leadership, SAP successfully implemented a comprehensive workforce skills upgrade in 2017. While we were restructuring our services business, we made significant investments in training to help our employees make this skills transition and to introduce a learning culture, as learning is a lifelong journey.

Ries 76

Ries Skills Human Resources Software 76

HR Digest

APRIL 3, 2020

Within the past three weeks with Coronavirus creating havoc around the globe, companies have switched to restructuring workplaces, with their emphasis on remote work. With the growing work from home situations, employers and organizations should be aware of the efficient practices of remote work, operational as well as legal.

Compliance 64

Compliance Restructuring Environment Travel 64

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 16, 2013

You would think that an Ivy League institution like Cornell University would be a model of the best practices of leadership throughout its organization since Cornell and most universities believe they are growing the next generation of leaders for our country and our world. not necessarily and not always. That got everyone’s attention!

Leadership 64

Leadership Training Peer Review Budgeting 64

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2011

But it's important to know the difference between a one-time error in judgment and a decision to pursue a critically flawed strategy — in fact, your future career may depend on knowing the difference. On the other hand, bad strategies lead to bad performance, bad leaders, and bad companies. Regroup, but with flexibility.

Strategy 14

Strategy Metrics Restructuring Finance 14

Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 8, 2013

A recent global workforce study by Towers Watson suggests that although traditional employee engagement strategies help foster high performance, companies must now also consider how to sustain higher levels of employee engagement over time to avoid a diminishing impact. Then, as managers, we have to accept that we can make that happen.

Strategy 276

Strategy Development Restructuring Learning-by-Doing 276

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Capital-intensive factories have a high-fixed-cost, low-variable-cost operating model. Every day GM operates such factories, it expends more resources that could be redeployed elsewhere. I believe a far-better path is to restructure the operations in question way before they threaten the company’s survival.

Restructuring 9

Restructuring Fixed Costs Consensus Operations 9

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

The Essential Advantage : How to Win with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy. The conventional wisdom about strategy may be leading your company astray. In this unpredictable economy, traditional approaches to strategy are a luxury most companies cannot afford. SD : What is ‘capabilities-driven strategy?’. Let’s go after it.”

Resources 52

Resources Industry System Strategy 52

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2016

So the chiefs of strategy and technology formed a unique circle of peers — 18 diverse members from across the organization whose task over the next six months was to ask and answer what they felt were the most pressing strategic questions facing the company. That, in brief, is the concept of a leadership circle.

Leadership 9

Leadership Diversity Committee Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2016

The primary focus was on fixing the acquired firm through financial restructuring, dramatic cost cutting, and strategic slashing. But just as rental houses are often given minimal maintenance, leaders of acquired firms brought in only the minimum leadership necessary. a condo development, apartment building, or golf course).

LBO 8

LBO Restructuring Real Estate Leveraged Buy-out 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

One of the wonderful things about being a coach is that I meet hundreds of executives who freely share their business and leadership challenges with me. When organizational strategy changes, structures, roles, and functions should be realigned with the new objectives.

Restructuring 15

Restructuring Operations Consultative Retail 15

Frank Sonnenberg Online

JUNE 21, 2021

This post is an excerpt from his excellent, internationally bestselling book CHANGE-friendly LEADERSHIP. Change can involve the adoption of new technologies, reengineering, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, culture blending, or any of a number of other forms. Change-friendly is also about leadership. Why settle for less?

Hotels 125

Hotels Stress Resistance Restructuring 125

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2017

Although good at scaling and operating a sales organization, the leader was unable to succeed in a rapidly changing environment that needed experimentation and nimbleness. Poor understanding of the business, leading to errors in vision and strategy. He had extensive market knowledge and a stellar track record.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Health Care Self-aware Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

To deliver more value, the human resources function needs to spend more time accelerating operational improvement and less time on its traditional administrative and compliance activities. Bring people into HR with extensive operational improvement experience. In HR, we need to focus on what is important.".

Process 13

Process Compliance Operations Human Resources 13

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

Fluid and innovative business strategies centered on adaptability, foresight, and competition are replacing traditional management methods. One is the ongoing impact of digitalization, which changes how operations and regulatory compliance are conducted. Managers must now consider sustainable and socially responsible practices.

Strategy 344

Strategy Competitive Advantage SWOT Strategic Planning 344

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2014

Typically a graphic depiction of the organizational components to be addressed in a redesign (for example, McKinsey’s 7S model, which includes strategy, structure, systems, staff, skills, and so on), every consultant and his brother flogs an organization design model. As a result, organization design is no longer just a big bang event.

Ulrich 8

Ulrich Cost Efficiency Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2018

For the latter, we measured incumbents’ operational efficiency, commitment to innovation, and defenses against attack. But companies in this state often face increasing pressure to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs in their legacy businesses, and this pressure attracts opportunistic disruptors.

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''s an expert on strategy, innovation, and leading change. 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. Does this move suggest that P&G needs a better succession strategy?

P&L 8

P&L Restructuring Price CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

The changes in healthcare – consolidation, restructuring, regulation, spending pressures – that are necessitating a transformation at Philips Healthcare are a subset of a series of powerful forces in the business world that have catapulted marketing from an often-isolated support function to a critical capability for driving above-average growth.

CEO 8

CEO Marketing Hotels Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

to the revolution in Libya, from the continuing economic upheaval to Steve Jobs announcing his resignation as CEO of Apple and to HP restructuring their business, and from earthquakes to hurricanes and floods, each event is yet another chink in our sense of stability and control of the environment around us. From News Corp.

Uncertainty 14

Uncertainty Politics Restructuring Technology 14

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. Only about 7% to 8% of companies retain the strengths of the founder’s mentality as they grow to industry leadership.

Company 10

Company Supply Chain Retail Bureaucracy 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Tor many people who want to solve pressing social and environmental problems, founding a social enterprise is the strategy of choice. The men and women who choose this path have diverse expertise and job responsibilities: marketing, leadership development, communications, operations, new business development, purchasing.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Constraint Entrepreneur Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2018

Job personalization is best applied when there are clear inflection points: when career trajectories are stalled, during corporate restructuring, or in recruiting for open positions. All these actions were finally amplified and recognized, when the company decided to make purpose a central theme of their brand strategy.

Creativity 9

Creativity Restructuring PR Mentor 9

In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Leadership. by John • October 17, 2011 • Branding , Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 3 Comments. I’m not suggesting restructuring the entire brand management system. Formerlife: CEO of Jacobs Suchard (Nabob, Kraft), Strategy/Branding Consultant. Leadership. Main menu Home.

Brand 168

Brand CEO Stage-Gate SWOT 168

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2016

VP, Marketing, Communication, and Strategy 2011 – present. As the 8 th person to join this now 178-person manufacturer of recycled plastic building materials, created—from scratch—brand strategy and fully-functioning commercial infrastructure. Overall Strategy and Success. in revenue and 70 customers.

Brand 8

Brand Press Release Marketing B2B 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2018

One popular view of activists is that they are short-term, cut-and-run operators who are looking for a quick profit. Think of how often activists have pressed for the sale and restructuring of firms and for the dismissal of CEOs. Many don’t have much operational experience; we certainly didn’t.

CEO 8

CEO Real Estate Long-term Short-term 8