Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2016

My guess is that while a poor balance sheet might cause restless sleep, it’s the thought of an incorrectly reported balance sheet that brings on night terrors. Applying them broadly without reference to your talent strategy could make it impossible to source or retain the people you need to achieve goals.

Benchmarking 36

Benchmarking Company Balance Sheet Intellectual Property 36

Harvard Business

MAY 1, 2017

Bain & Company’s Macro Trends Group carefully analyzed the global balance sheet and found that the world is awash in money. Global capital balances more than doubled between 1990 and 2010 — from $220 trillion (about 6.5 Bain recently completed research on workforce productivity. times global GDP).

Cash Flow 49

Cash Flow Financial Balance Sheet Bain 49

Harvard Business

JULY 17, 2018

For example, if you are suggesting cost reduction and balance sheet restructuring to GE, where activist investor Nelson Peltz, one of the founders of hedge fund Trian Fund Management, has a major stake, your pitch has a very different meaning than it would at News Corporation, where Rupert Murdoch still has effective control of the company.

Ethics 52

Ethics Balance Sheet System Productivity 52

Harvard Business

MAY 9, 2018

Walter Thompson Company for $566 million in 1987 and Ogilvy for $864 million in 1989 — big acquisitions that stretched the company’s balance sheet. Strength of productivity program. This means improving productivity at a rate sufficient to put you in at least the top 30% of your industry.

Research 28

Research Balance Sheet Industry Sales 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 18, 2017

This is true both for “on balance sheet” workers and the gig economy. Millions today are already freely committing billions of hours, across distant locations, to co-creating products and services they care about. Why wouldn’t they do the same for their own future?

Balance Sheet 28

Balance Sheet Efficiency Agile Financial 28

Harvard Business

JULY 15, 2016

While Kodak stagnated and ultimately stumbled, Fuji aggressively explored new opportunities, creating products adjacent to its film business, such as magnetic tape optics and videotape, and branching into copiers and office automation, notably through a joint venture with Xerox. Approach new growth with appropriate humility.

Film 28

Film Balance Sheet Chemicals Engineering 28

Harvard Business

JULY 14, 2017

They grow faster, make more money, and are more valued than companies organized around products and services. Building a successful platform business is hard enough when you have an original idea, ample capital, no core business to cannibalize, and a team of top talent. Value is in the products and services themselves.

Intellectual Property 28

Intellectual Property Strategy Strategy Strategy& 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Third, they’re focused on optimizing what I’ll call the human capital balance sheet, making sure their workforce dollars are creating the right kind of impact in the way that their workforce is showing up day in and day out in the workplace. And to Michael’s point, how does HR partner with the business?

Deloitte 36

Deloitte Consulting Data Talent 36

Harvard Business

JANUARY 24, 2017

For us, growth events mean simply concrete, directly observable achievements that foreshadow future success: for example, new customer contracts, initial export sales, new bank or equity financings, expanded production capacity, or expanded people platforms (e.g. strategic hires). day, scale-focused workshops and related activities.

Training 28

Training Training Banking Balance Sheet 28