Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

In September 2015 the Environmental Protection Agency found that many Volkswagen cars sold in the United States were equipped with software that could falsely improve the performance of diesel engines on emissions tests. Our analysis of the Volkswagen scandal offers useful insights regarding the management of a crisis incident.

Media 126

Media Analysis Data Software 126

Harvard Business

MAY 23, 2018

How do emotions shape strategy making? As part of this research, we conducted 120 interviews, including nine with board members and 19 with top managers. This bold strategic leap was, we found, in part facilitated by Nokia’s newly appointed board who actively attended to top managers’ emotions in 2012-2013.

Strategy 73

Strategy Strategy& Strategy Analysis 73

Steve Shu Consulting

JANUARY 4, 2023

employers, advisors, platforms, systems providers, investment managers). Harvard Business Press, 2015. In the case of Secure Act 2.0, one way to look at this is in terms of an exogeneous event that constituents have to react to (e.g., However, there will also be those that look at this as an opportunity. ” (Working Paper 2022).

Construction 195

Construction Journal Agile Exercises 195

Management Consulted

APRIL 2, 2017

Strategy& (PwC). Ask any consultant about the Middle East, and Booz (now Strategy&) will be the first name on their lips! A little later, Booz was acquired by PwC and rebranded as Strategy& Now that our little history lesson is complete, let’s continue. Here we go! McKinsey & Company. McKinsey at #4?

Oliver Wyman 160

Oliver Wyman Consulting Deloitte Real Estate 160

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

All of the 500+ BCGers in New York will be moving to the spacious office location; a birdie told us that the consultants at the New York office helped design the office space for the new location because their current Managing Partner said “People should be the author of their own space” – classic BCG creativity at work. .

Consulting 157

Consulting Deloitte Bain McKinsey 157

Harvard Business

MARCH 14, 2017

Unilever, for example, has found that its sustainable living brands are growing 30% faster than the rest of its business and in 2015 delivered nearly half the company’s total growth. While breadth is a virtue for a public policy audience, managers need ways to prioritize and focus resources.

Development 131

Development Company Case Interview Study 131

Management Consulted

MAY 7, 2017

Vault recognized Bain as the “Best place to work in 2015” in the entire U.S. McKinsey’s Bay Area offices serve major technology and financial firms, as well as leading healthcare and retail companies needing strategy and innovation help. Bain has consistently received such honors the past nine years running.

Consulting 113

Consulting Bain Deloitte McKinsey 113

Harvard Business

MAY 16, 2016

Strategic alignment, for us, means that all elements of a business — including the market strategy and the way the company itself is organized — are arranged in such a way as to best support the fulfillment of its long-term purpose. How well does your business strategy support the fulfillment of your company’s purpose?

Banking 132

Banking Film Strategy Strategy 132

Harvard Business

APRIL 7, 2016

According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), late 2015 was the most difficult hiring period in four years. 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. Looking for Millennials?

Recruiting 70

Recruiting Recruitment Talent Strategy 70

Harmonious Workplaces

JANUARY 25, 2024

Strong manager-employee relationships through great leadership leads to positive outcomes After hearing so many people talking about the Apple TV show Ted Lasso and using it in the context of business leadership, I had to see what caused all the buzz. Workers with great managers tend to perform well and experience higher positive affect.

McKinsey 98

McKinsey Sports Ethics Leadership 98

Management Consulted

JULY 2, 2017

And with Bain’s globally-recognized social culture, Vault ranked Bain as the Best Place to Work in 2015. The industry focus in Boston is on Financial Services, Wealth & Asset Management, Banking & Capital Markets, Insurance, Technology, Life Sciences & Health, and Private Equity.

Oliver Wyman 72

Oliver Wyman Mercer Consulting Deloitte 72

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 23, 2016

That leaves most organizations lacking a clear total workforce perspective and no integrated strategy to engage workers at the right time, cost, and contractual arrangement. The disconnect between HR and Procurement often means either choice is suboptimal on its own, so operating managers circumvent both HR and Procurement.

Talent 70

Talent Strategy Strategy& Strategy 70

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

In contrast, 70% of respondents think their boards have effective processes for staying current on the company; 69% for compliance; 66% for financial planning; and 55% for risk management — although we should note that managing risks is a crucial consideration when pursuing innovation.

Telecommunications 126

Telecommunications Survey Biotechnology Industry 126

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Activists launched 159 campaigns in 2015 focused on shareholder value maximization, nearly double the 88 that were launched the year before. Are there difficult moves that must be made to create a winning strategy? Starbucks applies its capabilities in talent management and distinctive retailing to everything it does.

Management 70

Management Apparel Industry Company 70

Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 12, 2023

During the month of October, I had the pleasure of learning Organizational Development (OD) and Change Leadership from The Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University. Effective Communication Strategies: Transparent and consistent communication helps in aligning everyone towards a common goal. link] Kotter, J.

Culture 98

Culture Leadership Change Management Organizational Development 98

Harvard Business

JUNE 29, 2018

GE’s fall accelerated on October 25, 2015, with activist hedge fund Trian announcing a $2.5 During the Immelt era, the dominant mode had been of strategy by way of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures (MA&D), including most recently the disastrous merger of the GE oil and gas business with Baker Hughes in 2016.

Company 122

Company Healthcare Turnaround Strategy 122

Harvard Business

AUGUST 8, 2018

Up until the 1960s, scholars viewed diversification as a valuable strategy. Kenneth Andrews, who popularized the concept of business strategy at Harvard Business School, was one of them. corporations from 1985 to 2015. This has implications that go far beyond corporate diversification strategy. corporations was so slow.

Research 132

Research Education Pharmaceuticals Finance 132

Harvard Business

JANUARY 2, 2017

This brings order to the chaos of initiatives and provides a clearer basis for narrowing down priorities and managing the cross-functional interdependencies that the best digital solutions often present. Choreograph the change: Even the clearest digital strategy will fail if your people are unprepared to embrace it.

Agile 134

Agile Data Development Industry 134

Harvard Business

JUNE 15, 2017

To succeed in India, an American company either needs to have robust electronic communication processes at the top management level or must be willing to set its leaders in India free of the bureaucracy at corporate headquarters, so that they can address local issues and opportunities. Local autonomy makes important decisions possible.

Automotive 126

Automotive Marketing Operations Company 126

Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 31, 2014

Happy new year, and best wishes for a prosperous and productive 2015. Business Strategy consulting conviction Management Consulting motivation perseverance' Business Strategy consulting conviction Management Consulting motivation perseverance'

Consulting 68

Consulting Productivity Strategy Strategy 68

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In the decade between 2005 and 2015, labor productivity in the US as measured by GDP per labor hour was less than 1% for 7 of the 10 years, according to the OECD. Managed by Q, a cleaning and office services company in New York City, decided to pay employees higher wages than the prevailing market rate. And wages are stagnant.

Energy 134

Energy Agile Productivity Talent 134

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

companies can’t fill their open positions, according to a McKinsey Global Institute study that found that analytical, engineering, and management roles are the hardest to fill. million from 2005 to 2015, a 67 percent jump. Winning in the future will require a rigorous approach to accessing and managing independent workers.

Talent 113

Talent How To Benchmarking Operations 113

Harvard Business

JULY 2, 2018

Agile — the management approach that relies on small, entrepreneurial, close-to-the-customer teams — has a reputation that reflects its rapid adoption in software development. Contrary to conventional wisdom and Hollywood action movies, dictatorial management is ineffective in large-scale crises. Patrick Smith/Getty Images.

Turnaround 133

Turnaround Agile Operations System 133

MishTalk

AUGUST 11, 2014

Once known growth in the second quarter, the government will have to revise its forecast for 2014 (1%) and 2015 (1.7%), leading to a greater than 3.8% of GDP deficit in 2014, significantly in excess of the 3% threshold agreement for 2015. Especially as the low inflation kills off the anti-deficit plan.

Government 72

Government Banking Industry Productivity 72

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

But some CEOs have managed to resist these tendencies. A 2015 Harvard Business School study showed that CEOs’ schedules typically leave them with as little as 15% of their time for working alone. ” Yana Kakar, Global Managing Partner of Dalberg, reserves 3 two-hour blocks of time for reflection each week.

How To 134

How To Culture Tools Meeting 134

Harvard Business

JULY 26, 2018

When a platform strategy requires mixing the digital and the physical, the area of differentiation lies in service delivery in the physical world. During this time, management noticed that proprietors who placed ads with Recruit often represented small businesses. China’s WeChat has most evidently pursued this strategy.

Recruiting 125

Recruiting Recruitment Transportation Advertising 125

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 16, 2016

A strategy execution and implementation firm based in Sweden, today the firm counts 59 of the U.S. However, the firm operates in five main practice areas: Assessments, Business Acumen, Leadership Development, Sales Training, and Strategy Execution. After Senior Consultant, the next level is Manager. BTS GROUP KEY STATS.

Groups 100

Groups Interviews Culture Case Interview 100

MishTalk

JUNE 2, 2014

And household debt is expected to reach 177% of disposable income by 2015. Mike "Mish" Shedlock [link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

Banking 77

Banking Management Strategy Strategy 77

MishTalk

DECEMBER 28, 2014

El Economista reports 72% of Treasury Issuance in 2015 to Refinance CCAA and Municipalities. Mike "Mish" Shedlock [link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.'

Comparison 68

Comparison Government Policies Report 68

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

If fighting continued in eastern Ukraine at the same level throughout 2015, it added, Ukraine would need additional financing of $19bn to shore up its central bank reserves. “I If fighting continued through the rest of this year and 2015, however, the economy would contract by 7.3 I am afraid that this should be the IMF’s base case.

Banking 76

Banking Finance Government Management 76

MishTalk

JULY 8, 2014

The city plans to tax owners of vacant commercial premises at 20% of the rental value of the first year, 30% the second, 40% the third year, from 1 January 2015. Mike "Mish" Shedlock [link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management.

Management 77

Management Strategy Strategy Strategy& 77

Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2017

“ At the time we conducted our 2015 research , the website for the investment bank Morgan Stanley emphasized, “This is a great environment for the self-starter, someone who relishes a lot of autonomy… The firm will support that and reward that quality.” One is to simply acknowledge that social class matters.

Research 134

Research Education Culture Training 134

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

by 2015 Q3 One Economic View: Disinflation/deflation will be catalyst for asset sell-off One Timing View: Q2/Q3-2015 low this cycle for all indicators One Guaranteed View: Volatility will go up significantly Core Trading Views 10Y Bond yields(US) will continue lower into Q2-2015. US 10-Year treasury yield will drop under 1.5%

Marketing 72

Marketing Travel Energy Survey 72

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

million deaths in 2015 ), and air pollution (health problems like respiratory ailments). The shift to next-generation mobility systems, however, won’t be easy for cities to manage. Officials who hope to maximize the benefits of advanced mobility might think about several core strategies.

Transportation 131

Transportation System Policies Trends 131

MishTalk

MAY 23, 2014

Please consider Bezos expects 10,000 robots at Amazon warehouses by 2015 Amazon.com plans to aggressively expand its use of robots at it warehouses in 2014, rolling out 10,000 of them by the end of 2014. Mike "Mish" Shedlock [link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management.

Video 78

Video System Meeting Company 78

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 17, 2018

So, in August 2015 we secured board approval to create an innovation committee of 14 top executives and a full-time innovation strategy team of five people, to orchestrate the portfolio of specific initiatives that would create a new way of innovating throughout the company. Building an agile network.

Company 131

Company Agile Training Training 131

Management Consulted

MAY 18, 2014

We’ll walk through both fit and case interviews in detail, answer tons of topical and strategy questions, and then do a scalpel on your personal performance. I might only apply to consulting later in the fall, or even 2015. Should I join now?

Case Interview 158

Case Interview Cover Letters Interviews Resumes 158