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Digital Growth Depends More on Business Models than Technology

Harvard Business

For startups, 2009 was a good year. There are four essential elements to the formula: revenues, cost structure, margins, and resource velocity. Key Resources are the assets that are required to deliver the CVP to the customer at a profit, meaning the people, technology, products, facilities, equipment, channels, and brand.

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Executives on Demand: What are part-time CEOs and why does every business need one?

SkillQuo

billion in revenue in 2009. Many SMBs haven’t encountered the idea of on demand CEOs, though, it’s just waiting to be tapped into for its rich resource of cost effective solutions to advanced problems in key stages of business development. So how big is the ‘supertemp’ phenomenon in business today?

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A Transformation Is Underway at U.S. Veterans Affairs. We Got an Inside Look.

Harvard Business

Obama nominated Robert McDonald , an Army veteran and experienced executive who had honed his leadership skills during a 33-year career at Proctor and Gamble, to attempt the difficult turnaround. Align requirements with resources — and encourage employees to speak up about any gaps.

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4 Ways CEOs Can Conquer Short-Termism

Harvard Business

Bertolini observed that many of his peers had been promising 15% earnings per share (EPS), even during the financial crisis of 2009. He developed a three-year plan for his turnaround vision, which was translated into annual and quarterly operating plans, and biquarterly responsibilities for his executive team.

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As Work Changes, Leadership Development Has to Keep Up

Harvard Business

Voser took a detour to be CFO for ABB from 2002 to 2004 and then returned to Shell to become CEO in 2009. Voser was impatient for a new experience which attracted him to ABB and there he learned a whole new level of turnaround leadership. In his own words, “it was a truly formative experience.”