Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2017

The company focuses on building environmentally friendly work sites and data centers and improving access to clean energy for all. Levine talked with HBR about her firm’s sustainability efforts as part of the Future Economy Project, an HBR initiative that shares real-world lessons on sustainability leadership.

Energy 28

Energy Efficiency Data Policies 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Our Climate Commitment is one way we help solve the unsustainable demand for energy resources and its impact on the environment. However, like many of the companies surveyed by Bain, we were unsure how to connect our strategic vision around sustainability with meaningful operational changes. What lessons can we share?

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Company Strategy Strategy Strategy& 48

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Our research involved a detailed cross-case analysis of five major corporations operating in Australia over 10 years, from 2005 to 2015. Today, businesses often operate on short-term objectives of profit maximization and shareholder return. Each of these five companies were at the leading edge of corporate engagement with this issue.

Energy 28

Energy Case Interview Insurance Insurance 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In research for our book, Time, Talent and Energy, my co-author Michael Mankins and I found that such investments do indeed pay off: The top-quartile companies in our study unlocked 40% more productive power in their workforce through better practices in time, talent and energy management. Yet, only one in eight employees are inspired.

Agile 53

Agile Energy Productivity Talent 53

Harvard Business

MAY 12, 2017

Few would argue with that, and even if they did, there is evidence to support the idea that resisting distraction and staying present have benefits: practicing mindfulness for 10 minutes a day , for example, can enhance leadership effectiveness by helping you become more able to regulate your emotions and make sense of past experiences.

Energy 28

Energy Agile Leadership Exercises 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

In 2011, when I came to Centura Health in Colorado as President of its largest operating group (Mountains and North Denver Operating Group or MNDOG) and CEO of its flagship health organization, Saint Anthony Hospital, I saw a clear mandate for change. I put my immediate energies toward building an exceptionally strong executive team.

How To 28

How To Healthcare Operations Leadership 28

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Services include architecture, building engineering, construction services, design + planning, economics, energy and environmental services. Through its economics and planning service Arup focuses on creating sustainable, efficient and culturally-appropriate businesses and places. and has operations in more than 20 countries.

Consulting 94

Consulting Intellectual Property Engineering Real Estate 94

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Some of the major practice areas that the NYC region focuses on are corporate development, corporate finance, digital economy, globalization, growth, information technology, marketing & sales operations, people and organization, post merger integration, risk management, strategy, sustainability, and transformation.

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Consulting Deloitte Bain McKinsey 157

Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

After building a successful model in financial services, Oliver Wyman expanded to offer pure strategy consulting services to non-financial services groups and now has 2 internal divisions that operate relatively independently. Strategic Information Technology and Operations. Oliver Wyman became own firm again. Mercer buys Oliver Wyman.

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Oliver Wyman Interviews Mercer NERA Economic Consulting 201

Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2018

. “To prosper over time,” he argued, “companies must benefit all of their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers, and the communities in which they operate.” Through a well-structured operating process, partners expand and align their efforts and draw on comparative strengths.

Nonprofit 37

Nonprofit Government Company Operations 37

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Companies that are able to easily access and manage these workers will be able to unleash fresh energy and thinking inside their organizations, and quickly meet staffing needs when new opportunities arise. Adaptable Processes Identify and modify key business processes, policies, and procedures to align with the new ways of operating.

Talent 33

Talent How To Benchmarking Operations 33

Tom Spencer

JULY 12, 2015

Tom: North Highland offers a range of solutions including Data and Analytics, Managed Services, Operating Efficiency Ratio, People and Change, Professionalising IT, Social Insights Lab and Strategy and Advisory. Where does North Highland do the bulk of its work?

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Travel Telecommunications Industry Consulting 60

Harvard Business

JANUARY 29, 2018

For the latter, we measured incumbents’ operational efficiency, commitment to innovation, and defenses against attack. In the durability state, we found efficient, mature industries — think alcoholic beverages or tires and rubber. It has already sold off Maersk Oil in a deal with Total for $7.5

Industry 28

Industry Retail Accenture Transportation 28

Management Consulted

MARCH 26, 2017

Although historically not known for consulting services (unless you were consulting – ahem, lobbying – government officials), strategy, operations, and even tech consulting have exploded inside and outside the Beltway in the last 10 years. The leadership set you up for success. – Washington, DC.

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Oliver Wyman Consulting Deloitte Bain 100

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

But such a change would probably not change how resources are allocated or businesses operate. Tomorrow, another three companies — IBM, NRG Energy, and GSK — are presenting their long-term plans. Many people have suggested moving away from quarterly earnings reporting as a way to reduce short-termism.

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Metrics Financial Marketing Trends 37

Harvard Business

AUGUST 2, 2018

Instead, employees throughout the organization will be able to spot the low-hanging fruit where AI could make your organization more efficient. Finding opportunities for this kind of clever improvement, saving human time and energy, is not just a leadership challenge. Insight Center. Adopting AI. Sponsored by SAS.

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Data Software Tools Travel 41

Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2016

I found that the companies that survive and thrive are good at aligning their organizations around three critical but competing activities : Box 1: Manage the present at peak efficiency and profitability. And yet without Box 2, organizations don’t truly transform; they persist in limiting ways of operating.

Company 28

Company Culture Turnaround Productivity 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 22, 2018

We needed to adjust our plan to give room and seize the opportunities that had risen within housing, energy, and services. María Luisa: Our businesses were able to operate immediately after Maria because we planned for redundancy — generators, diesel, tech infrastructure. These opportunities sprouted from the crisis.

Media 36

Media Company Real Estate Advertising 36

Tom Spencer

JANUARY 7, 2013

What could be different this time, though, is that the new possibilities which beckon will not just be more efficient ways of meeting our existing basic needs, for it appears that we may be nearing a point at which technology attends to these without any regular intervention on our part. Leadership. Graduate Consulting Group.

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Engineering Case Interview Development System 140

Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 7, 2022

Strategy and Leadership Team Alignment energizes an organization and increases the stock price by 170%. A multinational biopharmaceutical company brought in a new CEO to improve operational efficiencies and accelerate growth. Brimstone led the executive leadership team through our Strategy and Leadership Team Alignment process.

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Case Study Case Studies Study Leadership 66

Brimstone Consulting

MARCH 27, 2023

CASE STUDY Telecom Leader Accelerates Business Growth Through Coaching A global telecommunications provider engaged Brimstone to design and facilitate leadership development cohorts, build an inclusive global Sustainability Plan, and coach leaders across the US and Europe. Was he working efficiently or just working hard?

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Case Study Case Studies Case Interview Study 52

Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2016

” That clean-sheet perspective emboldened Intel’s leadership to abandon memory and focus on microprocessors. Preemptive self-disruption is becoming a new normal for the serious leadership. Optimizing customer experiences invariably demands internal realignment.

Enterprise 28

Enterprise Metrics Retail Productivity 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 8, 2018

They also enable them to make changes as-needed before fatigue and frustration are imbedded within a system’s operations and culture. When we do this, clinicians will once again be able to show up for patients the way they want — with passion, energy, enthusiasm, and empathy.

Metrics 28

Metrics System Healthcare Culture 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Growing food requires water, seeds, labor, machinery, energy, and fertilizer. Retailers can also share productivity-enhancing knowledge and techniques to help farmers increase their production efficiency and boost farm product quality. The United Nations reports that the world population is expected to grow from 7.6 billion to 9.8

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Retail Software Productivity Examples 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 16, 2016

The Joint Center For Energy Storage Research (JCESR) has a five-year mandate to develop next generation battery technologies. “But here, we can operate within the time frame of the next coffee break.” In battery research, for example, scientists have long focused on finding materials with greater energy density.

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Government Research Journal Biotechnology 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Toward a New Leadership Agenda. Leading energy companies are investing in decentralized energy grids, demonstrating the broad feasibility of such approaches. To do so, business leaders must balance two apparently conflicting objectives. First, they must secure the prosperity of their own companies.

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Education Enterprise Productivity Examples 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Most companies are unprepared for the emerging revolution in predictive energy analytics. In fact, many readers’ eyes will have already glazed over at the preceding sentence, with the natural initial reaction that energy-related data isn’t relevant to their jobs. Cost Savings. alone, according to the US.

Energy 28

Energy Data Resources Operations 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Leadership would shape the conversation to ensure proposals were strategically on-point. Several organizations for whom we had worked or had researched used a technique we call “innovation communities” to structure strategic conversations so that they’re both efficient and effective. And the cost was marginal.

Strategy 28

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Analysis 28

Brimstone Consulting

APRIL 4, 2023

The coachee was the head of the US Operations group; we will call him “Bob.” Having partnered with Brimstone in the past on creating a strategy for the Operations group in Europe, Bob’s manager reached out to us, and Bob agreed to enter into a 6-month coaching relationship with one of our executive coaches.

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Ethics Telecommunications Operations Leadership 52

Harvard Business

JULY 14, 2017

Or it could be indirectly, as Opower does in giving people benchmarking data on energy usage to foster conservation and efficiency. Operate : Deploy the platform to foster connections and the exchange of value at scale. Everyone on the leadership team has a role to play in making this pivot.

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Intellectual Property Strategy Strategy Strategy& 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2017

A year into their jobs, how many employees still have the unbridled energy and enthusiasm that they brought with them to their first day on the job? Unproductive routines, corporate bureaucracy, and “administrivia” kill ambition and sap energy for far too many employees. redesign the operating model. Related Video.

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How To Energy Operations Bain 50

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Efficiency is built into the design of its winning organization in the form of formalized hierarchies of performance accountability, a high division of labor, routinization of specialist tasks, and teamwork at the point of sale. It is a reckless leadership team that commits to a business strategy without knowing whether they can achieve it.

Enterprise 28

Enterprise System Resources Agile 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

The focus here should be on repeatability and efficiency. Leadership within the squad is self-determined, while the chapter leader is a formal manager who focuses on coaching and mentoring. There is no single appointed leader of a squad; any such leadership role is emergent and informal. ” Adapted from. Add to Cart.

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Agile Culture Operations Leadership 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 26, 2017

If your culture and your brand are driven by the same purpose and values and if you weave them together into a single guiding force for your company, you will win the competitive battle for customers and employees, future-proof your business from failures and downturns, and produce an organization that operates with integrity and authenticity.

Culture 28

Culture Company Cash Flow Operations 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 27, 2017

For magnitude, the metrics included size of capital investment or operational expenditure and time to expected benefits; the greater the investment or longer the time-to-benefit, the higher the point score. For the manufacturer, that included decisions about energy and water solutions as part of the company’s drive for sustainability.

Exercises 28

Exercises Productivity Efficiency Methodologies 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 23, 2017

The title of our book celebrates the internal energy and sense of insurgency that propels rapidly growing companies, but the book also warns of four predictable internal growth barriers that all too often trip up these companies during their pursuit of scale.

Talent 40

Talent Company Culture Bain 40

Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2017

trillion in wages are automatable by today’s technology, which could open the door to new ways to harness human energy as well as to displacing routine jobs and increasing social inequities. They are leaders in driving innovation, building on their existing advantages in efficient and effective ways. Digital markets are uneven.

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Methodologies Policies Government Data 28