Harvard Business

AUGUST 1, 2017

But I’ve learned key lessons to help managers turn lofty goals — such as making learning and development a central pillar of the workday — into real actions that mitigate damage to, and even help strengthen, the bottom line. Get top-level guidance and metrics. Here’s how. There will always be some tension.

How To 28

How To Development Metrics Talent 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Starting in the late 1980s , academic researchers began to develop sophisticated predictive techniques to answer that question. As they reported in a paper published in 2008 , rule-of-thumb methods were generally as good or even slightly better at predicting individual customer behavior than sophisticated models. Ergo: heuristics win.

Retail 28

Retail Apparel Financial Case Interview 28

Harvard Business

MAY 23, 2018

Recall that Nokia dominated the mobile and smartphone markets in 2007-2008 when Apple launched the iPhone and Google the Android operating system. In particular, top managers and even some board members were unable or afraid to voice their concerns about the severity of the threats and to develop a stronger response.

Strategy 28

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Analysis 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Managing risks therefore requires making investment decisions today for longer-term capacity building and developing adaptive strategies. Recognizing the growing consumer interest in sustainable products and looking to solve consumer challenges such as high energy costs, CPG companies have developed new products to gain access to this market.

Study 28

Study Efficiency Productivity Operations 28

Organizational Talent Consulting

AUGUST 7, 2023

Inequity and discrimination result from failure, one person at a time, one action at a time (Greenleaf, 2008). He is the former GE CEO and is known for achieving tremendous organizational results and developing followers. 2008) The servant as leader. Full range leadership development: Pathways for people, profit, and planet.

Culture 52

Culture Financial Leadership Deloitte 52

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

After all, “short-termism” does not correspond to any single quantifiable metric. It started with developing a proprietary Corporate Horizon Index. With this metric, the gap between long-term companies and the rest is even bigger. It is a confluence of so many complex factors it can be nearly impossible to pin down.

Management 28

Management Metrics Financial Company 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 3, 2016

According to the Market Research Society (MRS) , spending on online research increased 15 percent from 2008 to 2012. The risk of underestimating the necessary time is that the day-to-day work of tactical community management will prevent planning for future strategic initiatives like new product development.

ROI 28

ROI Recruiting Recruitment Metrics 28

Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

He installed heavy-weight market leaders in key growth markets (much as GE has done) to bring management attention to market development, commercial capability, and relationships with government entities. The strategy worked until growth slowed in both developed and developing markets. How will we choose to compete?

Apparel 82

Apparel Healthcare Enterprise Chemicals 82

CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Learning and development opportunities are integrated into day-to-day duties. Employees appreciate Accenture’s phenomenal opportunities to develop key skills, especially in technology-heavy areas. Career progression is linear, with a focus on developing young talent. BAIN & COMPANY. Employee Satisfaction. women and 49.6%

Oliver Wyman 81

Oliver Wyman Boston Consulting Group Consulting Bain 81

Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2017

Garvin was a generalist more than a specialist, perhaps because he came of age at HBS during the 1980s, when the school’s primary focus was the development of skilled general managers. Case closed (until engineers develop an algorithm that does the job better). That quality made him (arguably) the quintessential HBR author.

Management 30

Management Turnaround Engineering Benchmarking 30

Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2017

Like marketers, politicians obsess over messaging (what journalists would call “content”) and a few key metrics that historically have determined success: amount of television advertising, number of “foot soldiers,” intensity of get-out-the-vote operations, and voter demographics. Two developments bear noting.

Media 34

Media Advertising Metrics Productivity 34