Harvard Business

JULY 10, 2018

firms in 2017 were launched through the IT systems of suppliers or other third parties such as contractors, up from less than one-quarter of attacks in 2010. Key suppliers should have to meet performance and training standards and then should be regularly assessed to ensure that they are meeting them.

Management 28

Management Metrics System Hotels 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2016

In Seattle, for example, large employers will have to pay a $15 minimum wage by January 2017. The operational problems caused by understaffing will stymie attempts to lower costs and reduce service. Standardizing routine processes and providing enough equipment, training, and time would help employees do their work properly.

Retail 28

Retail Training Training Productivity 28

Tom Spencer

JUNE 21, 2015

Tom: LEK offers a range of services including Strategy, Marketing & Sales, Operations and Mergers & Acquisitions. Tom: What kind of training and mentoring can graduates expect to receive at LEK? Where does LEK do the bulk of its work? Are graduates able to gain exposure to more than one service line?

Consulting 60

Consulting Case Interview Cover Letters Recruiting 60

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

.” Fast forward to 2017, and things are improving after three years of work. These goals include aiming for Yelp’s sales teams to match the composition of the diverse communities in which they operate, increasing its proportion of female engineers, and making its culture more inclusive. has increased from 10% to 18%.

Recruiting 28

Recruiting Recruitment Interviews Engineering 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

Brocade, a data and network solutions provider, created a “customer first” program by identifying their top 200 customers, who account for 80% of their sales. Like many retailers, Macy’s has traditionally spent 85% of its marketing budget on driving sales. These members are 2.6 The results?

Marketing 49

Marketing Agile Fashion Sales 49

Harvard Business

JANUARY 2, 2017

HEB, Costco, Trader Joe’s, and QuikTrip all made Glassdoor’s 2017 “Best Places to Work: Employees’ Choice” list , released in early December. For example, it provides regional sales data to spur store-to-store competition. But they also score higher on culture.

Retail 45

Retail Culture Data Company 45

Emerson Consulting Group

APRIL 4, 2019

Published articles are high-level sales tools. Retirement benefits thoughtleader Dan Cassidy makes it a practice to show up at every sales meeting with a briefcase filled with reprints of his many published articles. Sales of your book increase as a result. Publishing articles can lead actually WRITING to a book!

Journal 40

Journal Case Interview Conference Meeting 40

Harvard Business

APRIL 14, 2017

And in January 2017, McKinsey’s research arm estimated AI-driven job losses at 5%. So that year, AP began working with an AI firm to train software to automatically write short earnings news stories. “Machine-to-machine” transactions are the low-hanging fruit of AI, not people-displacement.

Company 45

Company Survey Finance Engineering 45

Harvard Business

MARCH 21, 2018

During my years at OSHA, where I served as the Assistant Secretary of Labor from 2009 through the beginning of 2017, I received several reports of safety system failures at DuPont facilities. Needed repairs and upgrades were delayed, worker training postponed, and risk assessments overlooked. It doesn’t have to be this way.

Operations 60

Operations Chemicals Metrics System 60

Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 25, 2018

McKinsey’s most popular article in 2017 was a list post. Examples: What CEOs are reading in 2017 . As a consultant, there is no better position to be in for sales conversations than that of the trusted advisor — a position that publishing your white paper helps you take. And it had less than 1000 words.

Consulting 68

Consulting Advertising Case Interview Conference 68

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 8, 2016

But Rogier thought it was the key to boosting engagement and performance, and he had hinted that he might use Contect’s 2017 annual all-employee meeting—his chance to announce new goals and celebrate the previous year’s accomplishments—to roll out the change. And here’s to an even better 2017!”

Case Study 28

Case Study Case Studies Study Construction 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2017

In doing research on multinational operations in the Middle East and Africa, we’ve learned that companies are well aware of how President Trump’s foreign and trade policies could affect their businesses there. more competitive prices, more localized products) and improve their risk management and operational efficiency.

Government 32

Government Efficiency Policies Operations 32

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

sales and production. The number one aim should be to get people back into jobs, not just into training programs. Until recently, the federal government spent about $18 billion a year on 47 separate training programs, run by 9 different federal agencies. also needs education and skills training recognized through certification.

Policies 28

Policies Government Intellectual Property Training 28