Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

I have produced videos with stars from Audrey Hepburn to Vincent Price, plus television public service announcements. I have spoken at conferences, strategic planning retreats, symposia, workshops and board meetings for hundreds. Non-profit organizations operating more business-like. That was another lifetime ago.

Strategic Planning 50

Strategic Planning Planning Ethics Learning-by-Doing 50

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

a holding company that operates seven distinct business. Operations Group Baring Private Equity. Facilitates workshops on vision, mission and values integration. Former Operating Partner at Blackstone, Chief Human Resources Officer for Unilever. Brown Johnson – EVP, Creative Director, Sesame Workshop.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

"We learned that staff needs training to take full advantage of the data we can provide them," said Rob Colwell, Qantas Loyalty''s Chief Commercial Officer at a recent analytics workshop hosted by Ernst & Young in Sydney. So should technology-empowered "customer touch" personnel attend improvisational acting workshops?

Marketing 8

Marketing Airlines Workshop Loyalty 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2017

Housing market price changes can be more accurately predicted from analysis of Google searches than by a team of expert real estate forecasters. When a change practitioner talks about data, typically that is qualitative information, generated by a root cause analysis workshop or similar.

Marketing 8

Marketing Root Cause Analysis Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Its reliance on commodities remains its weakest link, causing cyclical trade shocks and welfare losses as the current fall in crude oil price has proven. Another oil exporter, Angola, introduced austerity measures and revamped its budget as oil price continues to collapse.

Innovation 8

Innovation Engineering Entrepreneur Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2013

A brand’s difference gives consumers an easy rationale for choosing it, and a ready justification for paying a price premium. Research by Millward Brown finds that brands with a meaningful difference command a price premium 13 percent higher than weaker category alternatives. For example, look at Lululemon.

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Apparel Brand Sports Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

Yet wanting to be closer with customers, and knowing what actual, operational pathways to take in order to achieve this are two very different things. The Future of Operations. Using these principles Intuit began driving design thinking deep into its culture and operations. Insight Center. Sponsored by GE Corporate.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Software 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Meanwhile, employee disengagement results in higher absenteeism, more accidents, lower business profitability, worse customer service, and a lower share price. HMSHost will be launching workshops on engagement across the entire company. Offer professional-development opportunities.

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Survey Retail How To Reis 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Most employees are not coin-operated, and more money does not lead to more engagement. Southwest Airlines promised people the “freedom to fly” at a low price. So the company overinvests in the economic rewards for the job. At the same time, many companies underinvest in some of the other foundational elements.

360-Degree Feedback 8

360-Degree Feedback Maslow Mission Statement Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2013

I met Slovenian entrepreneur, Sandi Cesko, in 2007 when his Ljubljana -based multi-channel retail operation, Studio Moderna , had about $70 million in sales. So Puerto Rican entrepreneurs hire consultants to badger government procurement to pay up, and in parallel they jack up their prices to finance the long receivables cycle.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur IPO Incentives Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2018

At the recent Brexit Workshop we held for clients — in this case, 19 UK heads of some of the world’s largest multinational firms — 10 of them had not started or had only just begun planning for Brexit. In some ways, the UK in this Brexit environment resembles the uncertain operating environment of some emerging markets.

Planning 8

Planning Supply Chain Strategic Planning Workshop 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

They created a feeling that no matter how demanding or volatile other aspects of their lives were, things were at least operating as they should within the domestic world in which they had some measure of control. We found that our members didn’t so much actively renew as just “stay” with us, and largely because of price.

Document 8

Document Marketing Learning-by-Doing Travel 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Any number of franchised coaching offerings can be purchased at affordable prices, numerous affliliations with the hot coaching brand de-jure are available for the asking, or if all else fails coaches can just go it alone as a solo practitioner – the more the merrier right? Ultimately, I agree with Peter. Its about results.

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