Harvard Business

JULY 30, 2018

. “With a budget of less than $1 million, it seems like the job is to build a case for innovation investment, versus [doing the work of] innovation itself,” says Rick Waldron, a former Nike executive who ran the apparel company’s innovation accelerator until last year.

Company 53

Company Survey Apparel Culture 53

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. “I did talk to that leadership development firm last year,” he said. Lance knew that as part of this process he’d need to examine his own leadership. “OK.

Case Study 48

Case Study Case Studies Study Sales 48

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 16, 2016

BTS Group specializes in digital technology, leadership development, sales training, and assessments. However, the firm operates in five main practice areas: Assessments, Business Acumen, Leadership Development, Sales Training, and Strategy Execution. Leadership Development. After Senior Consultant, the next level is Manager.

Groups 100

Groups Interviews Culture Case Interview 100

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

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Toward a New Leadership Agenda. We already see companies localizing time-sensitive and highly customizable forms of production to move closer to customer demand, particularly in the fast apparel (Adidas, Zara) and automotive (Tesla) industries, thus turning global supply chains into two-way streets. Essential background.

Education 28

Education Enterprise Productivity Examples 28

Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

We recently completed a study for the CEO of a very well known, global sports-apparel brand company. 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? Learning from Big Companies.

Apparel 82

Apparel Healthcare Enterprise Chemicals 82

Kates Kesler

APRIL 17, 2016

A well-designed organization structure brings management attention to the nodes where value and capabilities are created—the intersection of customers, brands, products, emerging markets, functional expertise, and other strategic choices. Managing Partners. This is a value-creating form of tension. Amy Kates & Greg Kesler.

Apparel 50

Apparel Metrics Retail System 50

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

For decades, we’ve often thought of leadership profiles in unique buckets—two popular varieties were the “visionaries”, who embrace strategy and think about amazing things to do, and the “operators”, who get stuff done. Adam Pretty/Getty Images. It just does not work.” Execute the strategy.

Strategy 54

Strategy Strategy Strategy& How To 54

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2016

It’s not yet clear what Trump’s election means for issues that impact companies’ efforts to manage environmental and social issues. One energy hog, the IT sector, has managed to level off energy use in data centers. So let’s focus on these two first, and then run quickly through seven other interesting stories.

Energy 28

Energy Chemicals Banking Financial 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2016

Our limited sample suggests that both groups agree that board leadership should serve as champions of board diversity, but they differ on the policies they advocate to increase board diversity. Meanwhile, Democrats place greater importance on technology expertise and risk management.

Telecommunications 28

Telecommunications Biotechnology Survey Healthcare 28