Harvard Business
JULY 8, 2016
The American textile and apparel industries, for example, will tell you that the evidence can be found in the blood on the floor — their blood, on what used to be their floor. Experts continue to debate whether Chinese businesses are truly disruptive. For some industries in the West, this question appears a bit ridiculous.
Kates Kesler
JANUARY 25, 2013
Take Nike, marketing a core brand across a number of consumer categories with hundreds of footwear and apparel products all over the world. A clear approach to operating governance is the key to making the tension in the matrix work for customers, shareholders and the assorted teams inside the business. Nike’s money-making matrix.
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Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
A new operating model also requires a governance structure and leadership model so leaders know how they will exercise operational control and inspire employees—and hold themselves accountable for doing both. For individuals, they make sure that difference-making talent is in mission critical positions. Yet change they must.
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
Innovation ranks fifth, after more-conventional concerns such as attracting and retaining top talent and the regulatory environment. In the words of one director, there is an “imbalance between the need to focus on governance and compliance, while the importance of innovation and disruptive influences are noted but less focused on.”
Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 27, 2017
Traditionally, it has been government’s role to provide equality of opportunity (particularly through education), an effective safety net, and social, political, and economic stability. “Inside AT&T’s Talent Overhaul” 5. Businesses can use these trends to reconnect with their customers and their communities.
Kates Kesler
JUNE 11, 2014
We recently completed a study for the CEO of a very well known, global sports-apparel brand company. He wanted to challenge his team, as part of the strategic talent review process, to think about whether or not the company’s organizational architecture was suited to its growth plan to double in size. Learning from Big Companies.
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 20, 2016
federal government. He disparaged the “quarterly earnings hysteria” and asked companies to submit long-term strategy plans and address environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. Others want to attract and retain diverse talent. In the U.S., Many banks heeded the advice, pulling funding from coal.
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