Harvard Business

JUNE 12, 2018

In 2014 we interviewed 34 women engineers in two FTSE 100 firms in the UK. Despite these efforts, senior managers and HR officers in both companies reported that one in three women engineers continued to leave. I didn’t think I could do the job that was being asked of me — it was something my manager usually did.

Engineering 123

Engineering Management Interviews Construction 123

Management Consulted

JULY 8, 2013

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Cover Letters 113

Cover Letters Case Interview Consulting Resumes 113

The Clever Consultant

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Here’s a roundup of some interesting consulting job opportunities for week #51 of 2014. Management Consulting Protiviti is looking to hire […]. Some are full time, others are contract work. Do you have some ideas for jobs you’d like to see? Drop me a line. Ditto if you have a job you’d like me to add.

Consulting 126

Consulting Management 126

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Once clear, consistent outcomes are set, management conversations shift from exercises in delegation to problem-solving sessions. In a 2014 survey of business leaders at the Global Leadership Summit, almost 60% of leaders said that more than half of their workforce would be remote by 2020.

Management 130

Management Case Interview Leadership Interviews 130

Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

As a minimum, businesses must objectively evaluate not just how their crisis management plan and team performed, but also review the culture and practices which allowed the crisis to occur in the first place. Listen: TCIP #016 – Malaysia Airlines Crisis Management with Jonathan Hemus. Post-crisis review. Food for Thought'

Management 95

Management Airlines Energy Exercises 95

Steve Shu Consulting

DECEMBER 31, 2014

As 2014 comes to a close, I’ve been reflecting on various books, presentations, research, tools and solutions, software and applications that I’ve been involved with and organizations I’ve been consulting to over the years. Behavioral Economics General Management Innovation Behavioral Finance Behavioral Science Nudge'

Finance 186

Finance Software Ethics Tools 186

The Clever Consultant

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Here’s a roundup of some interesting consulting job opportunities for week #50 of 2014. Management Consulting Accenture is looking for Financial […]. Some are full time, others are contract work. Do you have some ideas for jobs you’d like to see? Drop me a line. Ditto if you have a job you’d like me to add.

Consulting 114

Consulting Accenture Financial Management 114

Harvard Business

APRIL 13, 2017

In the field study, captains were randomly assigned to one of four groups, including one “business as usual” control group and three intervention groups, and were provided with monthly letters from February 2014 through September 2014. But there is an important difference across these three examples.

Airlines 188

Airlines Efficiency Study Operations 188

Harvard Business

JULY 5, 2016

Writing for the Harvard Business Review in 1988, Peter Drucker predicted that in 20 years the average organization would have slashed the number of management layers by half and shrunk its managerial ranks by two-thirds. Between 1983 and 2014, the number of managers, supervisors and support staff in the U.S.

Ethics 119

Ethics Trends Education Management 119

Harvard Business

AUGUST 18, 2023

That’s up from zero in 2014, when Apple’s Tim Cook came out. According to Yahoo Finance, there are only four openly gay CEOs atop Fortune 500 companies. But it represents less than 1% of the cohort, well below the 7% rate of Americans in general who identity as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. Is there a glass ceiling for gay executives?

Resumes 171

Resumes Retail Finance Interviews 171

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 8, 2013

On the tour, we passed the Rotman School of Management. We’re excited to be back again soon (January 2014) – if we didn’t see you this time, invite us for a visit! *. Thank you for catching up with us on our Canada tour recap – and thank you so much for making Management Consulted what it is.

Case Interview 128

Case Interview Travel Consulting Interviews 128

Epicflow

APRIL 29, 2022

Project management goes hand in hand with uncertainty and risks. For this reason, identifying and managing project risks gains even more importance these days: it significantly increases the chances for a project to keep afloat. . One of the important components of project risk management is creating a risk register.

Resources 130

Resources Efficiency Management Examples 130

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

million managers, first-line supervisors, and administrators in the American workforce in 2014. That works out to one manager and administrator for every 4.7 Overall, managers and administrators made up 17.6% Overall, managers and administrators made up 17.6% million managers and the equivalent of 8.9

Management 70

Management Banking Pharmaceuticals Productivity 70

Harvard Business

JULY 10, 2018

There is a crying need for companies to enlist their supply chain management departments in the fight against cyberattackers. Consider the 2014 attack on Target, which caused an estimated $162 million in damages. If one cannot meet sufficient levels of performance, supply managers should be empowered to end the relationship.

Management 70

Management Metrics System Hotels 70

Melissa Agnes

JANUARY 5, 2015

2014 was an eventful year, especially when it came to crises of all different sizes and scales. 2014 is officially behind us, but the risks and threats that leave every organization open to destruction are not. Do your customer service representatives understand their responsibility when it comes to issue management ?

Exercises 107

Exercises Training Training Policies 107

Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2017

Data is now the critical tool for managing many corporate functions, including marketing, pricing, supply chain, operations, and more. In a typical big data project, a manager engages an internal or external team to collect and process data, hoping to extract insights related to a particular business problem.

Data 71

Data Management Methodologies Tools 71

Management Consulted

MAY 18, 2014

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Case Interview 158

Case Interview Cover Letters Interviews Resumes 158

Management Consulted

JANUARY 25, 2016

As such, AlixPArtners is known for being packed full of industry and consulting experts and the firm’s managing directors have been called upon by several leading publications such as Bloomberg, WSJ, the Financial Times, CNBC, and Fox Business. Information Management. 2014: “Woman of the Year in Restructuring.”

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Turnaround Case Interview 100

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Today we will look at the differences between traditional vs self-managed teams, communication tools that could support your organization to shift from traditional to self-managed, and factors that, although being important, haven’t made an appearance on the market yet and would help to lead us to the true nature of Teal. Traditional.

Management 60

Management Tools Healthcare Retail 60

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Now, you will have to translate your strategic thinking into a value creation plan that your management team and board will embrace. Starbucks applies its capabilities in talent management and distinctive retailing to everything it does.

Management 70

Management Apparel Industry Company 70

Halo Psych

JANUARY 13, 2025

Create FAST goals If you manage a team and are setting goals with each of them, then FAST goals might be helpful. An article from MIT Sloan Management Review suggests that while SMART goals can be helpful, they tend not to include ambitions within the framework, nor are they explicitly set up to encourage regular discussion about the goal.

Journal 103

Journal Exercises Research Study 103

Harvard Business

JUNE 14, 2016

Managers understand that clear-eyed analysis — both quantitative and qualitative — is the key to building a resilient business. You and the rest of your team likely poured over reports and spreadsheets, facts and figures. Strewn about the table were probably the tools of your trade: reams of data, balance sheets and P&Ls.

Management 70

Management How To Balance Sheet Journal 70

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

General Electric, Microsoft, ExxonMobil, Walmart, and CitiGroup — all were businesses led by managers who were experts in efficiency and optimization and who grew their businesses by making them work better than they had previously. When Nadella took over the CEO role in 2014, he immediately began refocusing the company on growth.

Management 71

Management Enterprise Metrics Productivity 71

Harvard Business

APRIL 12, 2017

From 2012 to 2014 we set up research sites in 10 communities across the country. The cost of a bachelor’s degree from a public college has risen by one-third from 2003 to 2014. She worked her way up to manage several locations of a quick-serve restaurant. We came to understand this after analyzing the U.S. households.

Cash Flow 134

Cash Flow Financial Insurance Insurance 134

Harvard Business

JUNE 27, 2016

Factors that lead to resilience include optimism; the ability to stay balanced and manage strong or difficult emotions; a sense of safety and a strong social support system. It’s important to understand and manage some of the factors that cause us to feel so overwhelmed and stressed at work. Sponsored by SoFi.

Energy 132

Energy Agile Survey Training 132

Clarity Consultants

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Boston Consulting Group is another global management consulting firm that is a world leader in business strategy and professional development. They work hard to attract and retain the best candidates who are encouraged to make an impact in a highly supportive environment. Boston Consulting Group. Booz & Company.

Training 165

Training Training Examples Boston Consulting Group 165

BCG

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Many transformation initiatives focus on improving a company’s financial and operational performance from “good” (or moderate) to “great”—that is, the company is already doing well in some or most areas, yet management still sees a need to make improvements. Very often, management has tried a new strategy, or several, without success. (In

Turnaround 105

Turnaround Operations Financial Sales 105

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 12, 2019

In the last installment , we explored how management has gone through big evolutionary changes since its inception. When a business is falling behind in its evolutionary journey towards adopting a Teal management style, it has two main options: transformation or reinvention. Relevance of the Teal management philosophy.

Management 60

Management Guidelines Change Management Study 60

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 5, 2019

In the last installment , we explored how management has gone through big evolutionary changes since its inception. When a business is falling behind in its evolutionary journey towards adopting a Teal management style, it has two main options: transformation or reinvention. Relevance of the Teal management philosophy.

Management 60

Management Guidelines Change Management Study 60

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Due to the nature of my role, I was exposed to a vast array of leadership and management styles, most specifically Director, VP and Partner level. Management has seen a great deal of change over the years and has been forced to evolve with its times. Next time, we will learn about the future of management. Red – wolfpack.

Management 60

Management Exercises Leadership Consulting 60

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Some of the worst corporate disasters of the past two decades were heralded by whistleblowers: Sherron Watkins raised the red flag internally at Enron, Cynthia Cooper let management know of major accounting problems at WorldCom, and Matthew Lee brought problems to his management team at Lehman Brothers. But that’s not the case.

Research 131

Research Company System Report 131

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

By combining data-driven assessments, targeted engagement of high prescribers, EHR-based interventions, and pharmacist support in care management, Geisinger has dramatically reduced opioid prescribing. In addition to developing programs on pain-management for our broad clinician population, we targeted a focused group of high prescribers.

System 124

System Healthcare Data Management 124

Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2016

By 2006, GMCR owned 100% of Keurig and officially renamed Keurig Green Mountain (KGM) in 2014. in 2014, a new brewer equipped with digital rights management technology that wouldn’t accept knockoff coffee pods. If your company is doing well, it is due in part to your ability to succeed in managing the present.

Company 117

Company Engineering Operations Development 117

Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2018

If that weren’t enough, according to research done at top strategy consulting firms , managers struggle to distinguish between those who work 80-hour weeks and those who work 50-60-hour weeks, suggesting that the extra work generally isn’t noticed. I think about my feet, where they’re going to land.

Automotive 135

Automotive Productivity Emotional Intelligence Culture 135

Harvard Business

JANUARY 4, 2017

Consumers expect consistent products; people appreciate consistent management. By one analysis , 88% of companies appearing on the Fortune 500 list in 1955 were not on it in 2014 (having merged, gone bankrupt, or fallen off the list). They plan diligently and produce excellent products and experiences for clients time and time again.

Agile 142

Agile Course Operations Exercises 142

Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2018

As an experienced manager, he knew that his manufacturing and operation division’s success depended on getting creative ideas from his employees. Golan focused on removing organizational and psychological barriers such as fear of making mistakes, poor management attitude, lack of relevant resources, and stifling bureaucracy.

How To 131

How To System Resources Development 131

Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2017

If you go to job-searching workshops — and I went to more than 50 in the course of studying the contemporary hiring landscape in 2013 and 2014 — you will be told weak ties are the key. What kinds of relationships should we try to use when we are looking for a job? So, are weak ties still the key?

Cover Letters 134

Cover Letters Study Film Case Interview 134