Kates Kesler

JULY 2, 2015

The economic recovery of 2010-2015 has triggered a number of high-profile mergers, but even more break-ups and spin-offs among large global companies, particularly those based in the US. Have conglomerates and diversified companies under-performed because of failures in enterprise strategy?

Enterprise 50

Enterprise Operations Agile Metrics 50

Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 11, 2010

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Consulting 40

Consulting Emotional Intelligence Management Organizational Development 40

Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2017

American firms alone laid off more than 8 million workers from the end of 2008 to the middle of 2010. Proponents of downsizing argue that it is an effective strategy, with benefits such as increased performance and sales. During the Great Recession of 2008, companies around the world downsized their workforces.

Company 28

Company Balance Sheet Resources Financial 28

Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2017

They have to decide where to adopt agile principles and mindsets, where to use agile problem-solving methodologies to dynamically address strategic and organizational challenges, and where to more formally deploy the full agile model, including self-managed teams. Senior leadership teams that embrace agile do a few things differently.

Agile 28

Agile How To Enterprise Metrics 28

Harvard Business

JANUARY 12, 2017

The best business decisions are never ones of strategy, sales, or marketing. Whom we hire, how we manage, and whom we fire have far greater impacts on results than the things we usually think of as driving success. I became the CEO of a manufacturing company in 2010 after a completing management buyout with some outside investors.

Engineering 28

Engineering Education Talent Metrics 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits. ” Improving risk management. billion in mining projects since 2010.

Study 28

Study Efficiency Productivity Operations 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2018

These questions should be of concern to all investors in Japanese listed companies, as many Japanese public companies have explored strategies for reducing the amount of CEO pay included in their annual reports. Nor does the board issue a compensation report, which explains the rationale and metrics for setting executive compensation.

Government 28

Government Financial Insurance Insurance 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’ve found that managers who fully embrace a superconsumer strategy learn more from their consumers through increased empathy. These managers are more persuasive at getting buy-in from the leaders in their organization, make better strategic decisions, and achieve more stable, more predictable, and longer-term growth.

Energy 28

Energy Airlines Culture Retail 28

Harvard Business

JULY 11, 2017

metros that increased their productivity, average wages, and standard of living from 2010 to 2015, only 11 metros achieved inclusive economic outcomes. Here, real estate developers and managers can orient their tenant selection around companies that provide higher-paying, family-supporting jobs with pathways for upward mobility and careers.

Development 43

Development Real Estate Retail Guidelines 43

Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

Our sports-apparel CEO had the right idea in challenging his team to think about the organization and ask: are we fit for growth, given our strategies going forward? At a glance, the study revealed these themes: There is no common pattern for a ‘best organization design’ regardless of size, strategy, or industry.

Apparel 82

Apparel Healthcare Enterprise Chemicals 82

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Great stories are credible, simple, consistent, and use both financial and nonfinancial metrics to link a long-term vision and firm values with a distinctive business strategy and focused operational priorities. ” Keeping it simple, with five core strategies in his long-term plan, helped people remember his message.

Metrics 30

Metrics Study Financial Operations 30

1 to 1

MAY 3, 2013

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Media 37

Media Metrics Advertising Trends 37

1 to 1

JUNE 11, 2013

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Media 37

Media Advertising Trends Video 37

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The challenge, she said, was that these managers were highly proficient in their own disciplines such as finance, marketing, research, clinical care, and insurance reimbursement — and had demonstrated that they could manage people in these areas — but she needed them to be “bigger” leaders.

Leadership 42

Leadership Handbook Healthcare Emotional Intelligence 42

MishTalk

JANUARY 8, 2015

December 12, 2010 : Williams Calls for "Great Hyperinflationary Great Depression"; A Very Easy Rebuttal May 25, 2011 : Hyperinflation Nonsense in Multiple Places All of the hyperinflation calls have been missed by a mile. I''ll close with one more example of why I completely reject the Alternate CPI as a valid metric.

Government 28

Government Policies Banking Data 28

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. Essential Background. Spillovers.

Media 34

Media Advertising Metrics Productivity 34