Harvard Business

APRIL 18, 2016

How many times have you walked out of a theoretically important meeting—a leadership offsite, a C-suite pow-wow, a sit-down with the board—thinking, That was a great discussion, but I’m not sure we really accomplished anything ? Finalize the operating model for strategic governance.

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Meeting Conference Leadership Examples 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 26, 2016

It’s a common complaint among top executives: “I’m spending all my time managing trivial and tactical problems, and I don’t have time to get to the big-picture stuff.” This suggests that the problem of too little strategic leadership may be as much a function of doing as of thinking.

Resources 28

Resources Operations Study Data 28

Tom Spencer

MAY 27, 2017

Thanks to technological advancements, this is now very cost effective with companies like Process Street or SweetProcess specialising in standardising operating procedures. Document processes and repetitive tasks, whether they are back office or client facing. Every successful business is bigger than any staff member, even the owner.

Small Business 60

Small Business Survey Management Sales 60

Harvard Business

JUNE 10, 2016

But the earlier arrivals were a bit bemused by their colleagues, who apparently operated in a different time zone. Although this may sound like a simple holiday anecdote, when different cultural definitions of “on time” spill over to professional projects, people’s reactions can be less than jovial.

Culture 28

Culture Management Meeting Time Management 28

Harvard Business

JULY 29, 2016

If, for instance, you want to assess the candidate’s leadership skills, talk to former subordinates; for questions about the candidate’s strategic orientation, talk to former bosses. Think, too, about who is best positioned to provide the context and insight you seek, says Fernández-Aráoz. ” Set the tone.

Case Interview 28

Case Interview Interviews Case Study Case Studies 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 29, 2018

In study after study for over a decade, operations researchers have found that retailers understaff during peak hours. Another hidden back-end cost of unstable schedules was the inordinate amount of time managers spent on the schedule: one manager of a large store decreased time spent from three days to four hours.

Retail 28

Retail Sales Productivity Research 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Does this stalled revolution play out in management positions, too? To explore this, I used data on full-time managers obtained from the U.S. Among the new positions to emerge since 1980, women make up less than 10% of architecture, engineer, and construction managers. And if so, how?

Data 34

Data Management Real Estate Transportation 34