Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2016

What she learned informed her strategy for the turnaround, which she then communicated through a series of town halls, roundtables, and memos. ” And she restored the company’s profitability — the turnaround was a success. It doesn’t always take months of research, however. Hope rekindled. Energy returned.”

Turnaround 28

Turnaround How To Survey Enterprise 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

A few outlier industries (notably pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and computers) prop up the sector’s aggregate performance; most others have experienced flat growth or outright declines in real GDP over the past two decades. It’s clear why pain in the domestic supplier base matters from a policy perspective.

McKinsey 28

McKinsey Turnaround Pharmaceuticals Benchmarking 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 9, 2016

In phase one (buy and sell), PE investors looked for the equivalent of a “fixer-upper house” — a dilapidated company in a good industry that could be purchased at a discount and, after the business equivalent of some fresh paint and new appliances, resold for a profit.

Talent 28

Talent Real Estate Financial Operations 28

Harvard Business

MAY 30, 2016

This was validated in my most recent research into mindfulness and leadership, where it emerged as the number one skill. The research involved conducting and coding 88 in-depth behavioral event interviews of leading change with 65 leaders, spread across multiple industries and from across five continents. We traveled together.

Culture 28

Culture Turnaround Interviews Hotels 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 15, 2017

Leading a turnaround requires much more than making a splash. And in fact, the research on the “glass cliff” phenomenon” suggests that a board is much more likely to appoint a female CEO when the company is already struggling; that’s hardly setting Mayer, or any other female CEO, up for success.

Turnaround 28

Turnaround Leadership Case Study Case Studies 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 11, 2017

In phase 3, successful portfolio transformations require financial discipline that is not an event, but a pattern; strategic clarity that is not a direction, but a commitment; operational excellence that is not a tool, but a mindset. We interviewed roughly 30 LCPs to get a sense of how this new role is shaping up.

Leadership 28

Leadership Talent Culture Turnaround 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

” The “ Yerkes-Dodson Law ,” which has been used in research that examines the relationship between stress and individual performance, shows that stress increases performance up to a certain point, but not beyond that point. ” We like to call it “strategic stress.”

Strategy 28

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Turnaround 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2016

” This is a framework I have developed over the course of 35 years of working with and doing research in corporations around the world. And yet without Box 2, organizations don’t truly transform; they persist in limiting ways of operating. Our industry does not respect tradition—it only respects innovation.”

Company 28

Company Culture Turnaround Productivity 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

But what if there were a way to make breakthrough progress by applying research-based tools and strategies to boost these numbers faster? Prior to landing the top job, female CEOs in the study worked in a slightly higher number of roles, functions, companies, and industries than men leading companies of a comparable size.

Interviews 28

Interviews Benchmarking Case Interview Talent 28

Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2016

And he reinforced what he could offer hiring companies — elevating them to the #1 position in their respective industries. This next story is told by a health care EVP/COO who’s planned and executed several turnarounds of large hospital systems. Résumé story details. BREWERY START-UP. FUTURE START-UPS.

Resumes 28

Resumes Interviews Cover Letters Recruiting 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

After studying and working with hundreds of companies in free fall, we’ve identified concrete steps that leadership teams can take to engineer successful turnarounds and transformations. So in addition to cutting businesses, research projects, and toy lines, the team eliminated more than 50% of the components.

Company 28

Company How To Turnaround Engineering 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

We offer such a roadmap here, the outcome of a research project , at the Center for Higher Ambition Leadership, with 25 CEOs and their practices for mastering short-term pressures and creating long-term social and economic value, even in the toughest conditions. ” These four practices operate together as a system.

Metrics 37

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