LSA Global

APRIL 18, 2017

Borders began as a standard bricks-and-mortar bookstore in Michigan in 1971 and grew to employ almost 20,000 workers before it ceased operations in 2011. Yes, the “old fashioned” bookstores all struggle to compete with online book sales but Borders had additional challenges they failed to meet.

Change Management 34

Change Management Management Film Pharmaceuticals 34

Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2017

Without building on the basis of a digital operating model, there is no way to ensure alignment among a company’s digital initiatives. Operational excellence, customer intimacy, or product leadership — successful companies excel in one dimension and perform well in the others. Digital transformation requires new strengths.

Enterprise 28

Enterprise Insurance Insurance Agile 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The team was structured to operate like a startup, with a particular focus on user research, feedback, and a commitment to lean operations. LVMH’s Fashion Group, part of the massive French luxury products group, is one team that’s embracing this approach.

Media 53

Media Fashion Agile Sales 53

Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2016

The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. The common idea behind these models is that the company does not have to be the (full) owner of the asset to be its (sole) operator.

Operations 28

Operations Examples Insurance Insurance 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

An interface communicates the algorithms’ results along with more-nuanced data, such as the personal notes, to the company’s fashion stylists, who then select five items from a variety of brands to send to the customer. When it comes to recommendations, is there room for improvement in the way Amazon and Netflix operate?

Company 28

Company Fashion Apparel Trends 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2018

He’s the CEO and self-titled “Head Coach ” of Björn Borg, the Swedish sports fashion company named after the tennis star. After class, Bunge explained his sports-meets-work philosophy when we met for lunch at an elegant Thai restaurant. Henrik Bunge is one such leader. ” from the podium.

Sports 28

Sports Company Exercises Fashion 28

Tsavo Neal

JULY 20, 2017

We discuss what actually works in generating business, from writing books to organizing events to old-fashioned relationship building. We discuss concepts to help listeners advance their strategy, operations and implementation skills, enhance their critical thinking ability and build their executive presence.

Consulting 113

Consulting Interviews Sales Travel 113

Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2018

It failed to meet its revenue and subscriber growth targets. Investors, therefore, look not just for reported revenues but for drivers behind the revenues, especially because digital companies’ operating activities often differ from their revenue-generating activities. What caused this slump?

Financial 28

Financial Report Company Metrics 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 2, 2017

While salespeople frequently meet with lower-level and midlevel personnel at a client company, the rare conversations they have with C-level decision makers directly determine whether they win or lose the deal. Study participants were asked to choose the primary reason they don’t like meeting with salespeople.

Fashion 28

Fashion Study Meeting Sales 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 17, 2017

But even when the technology is ready to use and has been shown to meet customer demands, there’s still a great deal of skepticism among consumers. Based on this cross-case analysis, we found that operational safety and data security are decisive factors in getting people to trust technology.

Case Interview 46

Case Interview Transportation Healthcare System 46

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Most workers are still grabbing extra hours the old-fashioned way — tending bar or temp work on the side — not by being digitally summoned. She’s seeing first-hand that while the gig economy isn’t the answer to all problems, it can help startups meet their talent needs at lower costs and help mature companies grow.

Talent 49

Talent Case Interview Survey Interviews 49

Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 16, 2010

For the last 50 years it has not been fashionable to talk about moral development, yet the subject of moral development is all about being a grown up. They operate from self-evaluated standards. I am sure we have all seen groups operate from these various stages, or plateaus. We know the list and it keeps getting bigger.

Development 68

Development Leadership Consulting Organizational Development 68

MishTalk

JANUARY 1, 2014

The US-led coalition has rejected any crop eradication operations by its soldiers for fear of bankrupting farmers and forcing them to join the insurgency. Adidas and Ralph Lauren already have hemp products, and Calvin Klein insists that hemp will hit the fashion industry full-force in the years to come.

Retail 77

Retail Industry Sales Fashion 77

Harvard Business

MARCH 20, 2017

Home Run Media, a media agency that helped its clients plan and carry out their marketing strategies, had been operating for more than a decade when a key client in the fantasy sports industry began to grow rapidly, thanks in part to Home Run’s work and to a healthy dose of venture capital that was fueling its growth.

Media 39

Media Culture Company Software 39

Harvard Business

JUNE 3, 2016

It includes changes in how an organization interacts with its customers, citizens, or patients; in operational processes; in business models; in supply chain relationships; and in how employees use information to generate insight. Operations in a Connected World. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

Tools 28

Tools Construction System Retail 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 7, 2016

These days, I advise Fortune 500 executives to treat talent as they would customers: Understand their behavior, and design recruiting strategies that meet them where they are. Part of its success is that the company supports a collaborative work environment and boasts transparent operations from the top down. What’s the trick?

Recruiting 28

Recruiting Recruitment Talent Strategy 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Dillon says she still remembers meeting one new report and the great impression she left. New managers will be able to see through excessive boasting or kissing up pretty quickly, and most are wary of overt political operators. ’” Assisting your new boss in this fashion shows that you’re a team player.

How To 28

How To Case Study Case Studies Emotional Intelligence 28

Cheryl Cran

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

This requires a plasticity of the brain a rewiring of perspectives and approaches to meet the current reality of multigenerational teams with diverse values and desires. This is an old fashioned approach and one that does not support the current and future reality of a fast changing workplace.

Automotive 20

Automotive Leadership Fashion Survey 20

Cheryl Cran

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

This requires a plasticity of the brain a rewiring of perspectives and approaches to meet the current reality of multigenerational teams with diverse values and desires. This is an old fashioned approach and one that does not support the current and future reality of a fast changing workplace.

Automotive 20

Automotive Leadership Fashion Survey 20

Harvard Business

JANUARY 24, 2018

Discuss your employee’s growth and development plan in a separate meeting. Deliver the news in a timely fashion. ” Case Study #2: Schedule a separate meeting to discuss development and career progression. ” The very next day, Anne scheduled a meeting with Charlie to discuss his career plans. ”

How To 28

How To Case Study Case Studies Case Interview 28

Cheryl Cran

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

This requires a plasticity of the brain a rewiring of perspectives and approaches to meet the current reality of multigenerational teams with diverse values and desires. This is an old fashioned approach and one that does not support the current and future reality of a fast changing workplace.

Leadership 20

Leadership Automotive Fashion Survey 20

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 23, 2017

There is a new generation of real-time employee opinion tools that are starting to replace old-fashioned employee opinion surveys — tools that tell you far more than just what employees think every year. We see five no-regrets steps that organizations can take: Start Using Digital Engagement Tools. Which stakeholders are involved?

Change Management 28

Change Management Data Company Management 28

Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Emma has worked with both large corporations and smaller operations, and she’s joined me today to talk about the keys to success that have taken her consulting business to the next level. Anytime that you can begin to build a relationship of trust with potential clients, even before your first meeting, you are building your portfolio.

Retail 123

Retail Fashion Consulting Marketing 123

Harvard Business

APRIL 30, 2018

We started working with the management and staff of the perioperative unit in 2014 to develop a more systematic, long-term approach for improving patient handoffs from the operating room (OR) to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). The Six Stages. The goal of this stage was to help care providers effectively enact the new protocol.

Training 28

Training Training Survey Tools 28

Harvard Business

JULY 14, 2016

Indeed, psychologist Ellen Langer shows that just as people shift to “autopilot” during routine tasks such as driving to work, they may go through interviews and other spontaneous social interactions in a similarly automated fashion. Further Reading. Setting the Record Straight on Job Interviews. Job search. Digital Article.

Interviews 28

Interviews Resumes Research Fashion 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 26, 2017

Alan Kurtz, MMC’s chief operating officer, was standing off to the side, and she moved to join him, but a racer intercepted her. The following week, Erica and Alan were meeting with Danny at MMC’s Toronto offices to go over the new registration scheme, which Alan had been working on for the past year. Erica sighed.

Case Study 28

Case Study Case Studies Study Apparel 28

Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2017

Today AWS accounts for just 10% of Amazon’s $150 billion in revenue, but generates close to $1 billion in quarterly operating profit. Established as a separate division in 2006, AWS ultimately addressed a long-standing analyst complaint about Amazon — that its core was only barely profitable.

Methodologies 53

Methodologies Culture Metrics Company 53

Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Emma has worked with both large corporations and smaller operations, and she’s joined me today to talk about the keys to success that have taken her consulting business to the next level. Since then it’s varied from startups from those that are launching in market to SMEs to some larger fashion retailers in Australia.

Retail 100

Retail Fashion Consulting Hotels 100

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Management by Objectives (MBO) became the height of corporate fashion in the late 1950s. It restructured its operations in the Netherlands by reorganizing 3,500 employees into agile squads. ING Bank revisited its process and introduced routine meetings and formats to create alignment between and within tribes.

Agile 53

Agile Data Fashion Banking 53

1 to 1

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

What’s even worse that I’ve seen, though, is companies that have a mission statement but it’s the farthest thought process from their actual culture and how they operate. What’s your advice for small companies on meeting customer and shareholder expectations without losing their employees?

Culture 26

Culture Company Fashion Media 26

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

companies manage their supply chains with diligence to ensure suppliers meet their standards for quality and affordability, but the vast majority don’t behave in this fashion when purchasing health care services. Procurement of goods and services is at the heart of good business practice. It is a costly mistake.

Operations 28

Operations Tools Groups Report 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2017

In recent years, the fashionable suggestion has been that companies sell experiences and solutions, solving the needs and aspirations of customers. Selling experiences provides intangible benefits that are hard to quantify and measure, often focusing on meeting the needs of one single customer, preventing any mass production.

Productivity 28

Productivity Tourism Sales Fashion 28

Free Agent CFO

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Meet Susan. He cares about today’s customer complaints, whether or not operating systems are down, and how employees who work on the front stage are being anticipatory of what could go wrong. The majority of the CFOs I meet are past-based CFOs. The Past-based CFO. Susan is a brilliant strategist. I like that too.

Balance Sheet 45

Balance Sheet Cash Flow Financial Report 45

Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2017

How about by meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals? But a recent report concludes that meeting the goals in just four out of 60 sectors (food and agriculture, cities, energy and materials, and health and wellbeing) could indeed open up market opportunities worth up to $12 trillion a year in less than 15 years.

Chemicals 53

Chemicals Energy Case Interview Resources 53

Harvard Business

JANUARY 24, 2018

Instead, they want a relationship model – a durable, cooperative model that enables companies to partner with academia in a fashion that allows them to stay continuously connected to early stage research and to accelerate the translation of that research into new products that drive economic growth. Here’s what that entails.

Company 28

Company Research Engineering Healthcare 28

Confessions of a Consultant

MAY 28, 2017

Personal Story: When I started working as a management consultant, we operated from a shared office on Northumberland Road in Ballsbridge. Outside one of the offices, I noticed a guy continually pressing the same key on an old-fashioned typewriter. Organising Meetings: It can be tricky to line up all the diaries.

Exercises 40

Exercises System Banking Talent 40

Harvard Business

MAY 3, 2016

From building cross-functional customer segment units to creating additional teams that cut across merchandizing, store operations, and segment owners, senior leadership at Best Buy saw to it that the entire organization embraced an outside-in approach. Q: How long does this process generally take? And what are the benchmarks of success?

Education 35

Education Real Estate Research Company 35