Strategy+Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Each year, strategy+business taps expert journalists, academics, and practitioners to review the best business books of the past year in seven genres: Innovation, Strategy, Narratives, Leadership, Economics, Marketing, and Management. Here is 2017's crop. See also Best Business Books 2017 -- in Pictures.

Leadership 26

Leadership Strategy Strategy& Strategy 26

Strategy+Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

This year's best business books on strategy focus to different degrees on the importance and practice of innovation, Ken Favaro writes. In The Net and the Butterfly, Olivia Fox Cabane and Judah Pollack investigate the neuroscience behind innovation and lay out a detailed road map for how executives can link its power to strategy.

Strategy 53

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Efficiency 53

Jacq Hackett Consulting

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Here are five strategies to keep you on track. For example, a final project plan, a stakeholder consultation strategy, a findings paper, a report. In 2017 she launched the Solo Consultant Masterclass , a comprehensive online course for consultants to the public and community services sectors.

Strategy 120

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Management 120

Jacq Hackett Consulting

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Here are five strategies to keep you on track. For example, a final project plan, a stakeholder consultation strategy, a findings paper, a report. In 2017 she launched the Solo Consultant Masterclass , a comprehensive online course for consultants to the public and community services sectors.

Strategy 120

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Management 120

MishTalk

DECEMBER 1, 2013

I think it’s just a fact, and it may take until 2017 when this president leaves office, you’re going to see almost every state in this country running their own exchanges eventually and expanding Medicaid. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.'

Insurance 72

Insurance Insurance Report Software 72

Harvard Business

JUNE 29, 2018

Trian announced that with its help, GE could look forward to a stock price in the $40–$50 range by 2017, and threatened a proxy battle unless GE put Trian cofounder Ed Garten on the board. In June 2017 longtime CEO Jeff Immelt resigned under unrelenting Trian and shareholder pressure, and John Flannery took over as CEO.

Company 121

Company Healthcare Turnaround Strategy 121

MishTalk

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

percent during the period from 2017 to 2024, almost entirely because workers will choose to supply less labor — given the new taxes and other incentives they will face and the financial benefits some will receive. million in 2017, rising to about 2.5 percent to 2.0 million in 2024.

Report 75

Report Insurance Insurance Financial 75

Strategy+Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Duff McDonald writes that 2017's best business books on management all draw their inspiration from neuroscience. It turns out that we are gaining new insight into how to use our knowledge of how the brain works to make better decisions and work more effectively.

Management 53

Management How To 53

Harvard Business

MAY 2, 2017

Drucker Forum 2017: Growth and Inclusive Prosperity. This article is one in a series related to the 9th Global Peter Drucker Forum, taking place in November 2017 in Vienna, Austria. Of course, success of individual Hidden Champions is based on their leadership and strategy.

Film 134

Film Company Research Industry 134

Strategy+Business

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Tell us who you think the most capable leaders are, and what they do to excel at both strategy and execution. See also "Wanted: Ambidextrous Leaders."

Survey 56

Survey Culture Strategy Strategy& 56

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2017

How will AI change strategy? But what does all this mean for strategy? What happens to Amazon’s strategy as their data scientists, engineers, and machine learning experts work tirelessly to dial up the accuracy on the prediction machine? AI is fundamentally a prediction technology.

Strategy 73

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Data 73

Henry DeVries

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Here are some of the top business development growth secrets he has learned since founding his company in 2017. Justin Breen preaches the gospel of exponential growth.

Small Business 111

Small Business How To Development Company 111

Organizational Talent Consulting

OCTOBER 2, 2023

To turn those dreams into workplace realities, leaders set strategies. Evidence suggests only 5% of employees understand their company's strategy. This is alarming, given evidence a direct positive correlation exists between employee commitment to strategy and employee involvement in strategy development. Development.

Strategy 76

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Company 76

Women in Consulting

APRIL 2, 2018

Learning what works for other consultants can be an important way to define and prioritize strategies and activities. The survey takes 10 – 15 minutes to complete and asks detailed questions about your business for the 2017 calendar year, so be prepared with the following information: Total revenue for 2017.

Survey 63

Survey Strategy Strategy Strategy& 63

Clarity Consultants

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Headquartered in Boston, MA, Bain & Company is listed as the best place to work in Glassdoor’s 2017 awards list. Boston Consulting Group is another global management consulting firm that is a world leader in business strategy and professional development. Bain & Company. Boston Consulting Group. Booz & Company.

Training 165

Training Training Examples Boston Consulting Group 165

Strategy+Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

In Competing against Luck, Clayton Christensen and his coauthors argue that customers effectively hire products and services to do a job -- and that this insight should inform innovation strategy.

Productivity 26

Productivity Data Development Strategy& 26

Strategy+Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Our picks for the best business books of 2017 in seven categories.

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Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2018

Accenture Strategy research shows 87 percent of U.S. Read more from Accenture Strategy: How to Become a Future-Ready Business. Accenture Strategy research indicates that the disruption and differentiation that digital technology can create will place it at the center of acquisition strategy for the foreseeable future.

Accenture 71

Accenture Strategy Strategy Strategy& 71

Harvard Business

JANUARY 12, 2018

Corporate strategy is complex, and the advice is expensive. This makes corporate strategy an enormous and untapped prize for “robos” and “AI-enabled” expert advice across the entire enterprise; this market is ripe for disruption much the way the financial investing industry was in 2008.

Strategy 73

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Consulting 73

Effective Managers

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Many businesses today have a similar focus on outcomes for the performance measures used to assess how well they are implementing strategy. This focus can create problems in either diverging from strategy or by ignoring issues in the value chain. Session 2: Metrics vs Strategy. Speaker : Dwight Mihalicz, CMC.

Metrics 130

Metrics Strategy& Strategy Strategy 130

Strategy+Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Ryan Avent writes that this year's best business books on economics all look back, with various degrees of pessimism on the construction of the post-World War II order, and on its demise.

Construction 55

Construction Industry Company 55

SkillQuo

APRIL 3, 2018

Below is an examination of some key consulting trends that 2017 may bring. All of the consulting firms surveyed stated that they would be increasing their hiring in 2017. What 2017 May Bring to the Consulting Industry. Patty Wood is a Senior Editor and Blogger specializing in information strategy and corporate intelligence.

Trends 40

Trends Industry Consulting PricewaterhouseCoopers 40

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 30, 2016

To begin thinking of your own professional development goals, start by asking yourself three questions: If I could accomplish just one major professional development goal in 2017, what would it be? Try one strategy and see how it works. When I think about working on this goal, do I get excited about the process as well as the outcome?

Development 134

Development Ethics Time Management Examples 134

Strategy+Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Sally Helgesen writes that this year's best business books on leadership hammer home the importance of such human values as flexibility, humility, and courage. Sam Walker's The Captain Class describes the ways athletic success rests on team captains, whose leadership capabilities are as impressive as their athletic capabilities.

Leadership 53

Leadership Agile 53

Strategy+Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Bethany McLean reviews the best business books of the year that take the form of narratives, and they focus on issues of crime and punishment -- or lack of punishment. In Why They Do It, Harvard Business School professor Eugene Soltes gets up close and personal with dozens of white-collar criminals to learn how they went astray.

Company 53

Company 53

Strategy+Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Cathy Taylor reviews the best business books on marketing and sales of the year. Leading the pack is Superconsumers, by Eddie Yoon, a highly relatable book that describes how companies can thrive by identifying, catering to, and learning from their most committed and passionate customers.

Marketing 53

Marketing Sales Resources Data 53

BCG

MARCH 31, 2017

Article Friday, March 31, 2017 All too many spinoffs fail to create long-term value. To ink successful demerger deals, executives need to craft a strategy comprising three critical components.

Strategy 40

Strategy Strategy Strategy& 40

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

It wasn’t easy to do, but it was a good strategy. The managers of the new business or organizational unit would have incentives similar to those of their new competitors. They would start with a low-end product and creep up market, ultimately cannibalizing the businesses of their colleagues. Their equity investors saw little impact.

Finance 73

Finance Financial B2B Industry 73

Halo Psych

OCTOBER 25, 2024

then we can be smart and intentional about the strategies we use to influence. These 3% are known as ‘super connectors’ and they are a vital part of YOUR influence strategy. Make these five tips an integral part of your influence strategy and watch your impact rocket! They tend to be the go-to people for advice. Conger, J.A.

Journal 64

Journal Research Examples Leadership 64

Harvard Business

JUNE 15, 2017

General Motors, once the world’s largest car maker, has decided to stop selling vehicles in India by the end of 2017, since it considers its India operation to be not profitable. 3 — Competition Is India-Specific, and Your Strategy Needs to Be, Too. 4 — Strategy Also Needs to Be Based on Volume and Scale.

Automotive 125

Automotive Marketing Operations Company 125

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

That number is half again higher than in the 2017 survey, which suggests that more value is being achieved as companies grow familiar with the technologies. And while all respondents believed it important, the majority of firms still lack an enterprise data strategy. The rise of AI is only exacerbating this trend.

Data 134

Data Culture Company Survey 134

Management Consulted

MAY 28, 2017

In fact, the firm is already beating out strategy heavyweights for strategy projects in the tech sector due to better industry specialty. What makes Bulger Partners even more unique among consulting firms is the fact that the firm houses Strategy Consulting and Investment Banking arms under the same roof, and even has a small PE fund.

Software 100

Software Case Interview Recruiting Recruitment 100

Management Consulted

MAY 28, 2017

In fact, the firm is already beating out heavyweights such as McKinsey, Bain, and Parthenon-EY for strategy projects in the tech sector due to better industry specialty. On the value creation side, Bulger Partners covers 13 different types of value assignments (growth strategy offerings, technical strategy, operations, etc.).

Software 100

Software Case Interview Recruiting Recruitment 100

Management Consulted

MAY 28, 2017

In fact, the firm is already beating out heavyweights such as McKinsey, Bain, and Parthenon-EY for strategy projects in the tech sector due to better industry specialty. On the value creation side, Bulger Partners covers 13 different types of value assignments (growth strategy offerings, technical strategy, operations, etc.).

Software 100

Software Case Interview Recruiting Recruitment 100

Strategy+Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Our writers' selection of the year's best business book in seven categories.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 24, 2017

For example, the cryptocurrency used for the Ethereum network, called Ether , saw its value double in just a few days in March 2017. While the price of Ether has been rising , Bitcoin has dropped 20% to $1,000 dollars from a record $1,290 on March 3, 2017. Yes, in three days, people who invested in Ether doubled their investment.

Financial 131

Financial Finance Government Software 131

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 5, 2016

In the crucible of these conversations, the library’s strategy was transformed from an impersonal statement into a living, internalized guide. The solutions, which required a radical rethinking of how materials circulate, are scheduled to be rolled out to all branches by the end of 2017.

Strategy 70

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Analysis 70