Apparel Development Talent 
Harvard Business
JULY 8, 2016
The American textile and apparel industries, for example, will tell you that the evidence can be found in the blood on the floor — their blood, on what used to be their floor. Experts continue to debate whether Chinese businesses are truly disruptive. For some industries in the West, this question appears a bit ridiculous.
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 17, 2017
If you walk into a department store today, you are probably talking to a guy who is untrained; he was selling vacuum cleaners yesterday, and now he is in the apparel section. Developing a bold but executable strategy starts with making sure leaders have addressed the questions of “What are we great at?”
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Kates Kesler
JUNE 11, 2014
We recently completed a study for the CEO of a very well known, global sports-apparel brand company. He wanted to challenge his team, as part of the strategic talent review process, to think about whether or not the company’s organizational architecture was suited to its growth plan to double in size. Learning from Big Companies.
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
Innovation ranks fifth, after more-conventional concerns such as attracting and retaining top talent and the regulatory environment. apparel, automobiles, retailing, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g., We also found that a focus on innovation tends to go hand in hand with longer-term time horizons.
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
And since people ultimately make all the difference, your operating model should define how you manage the assignments and career paths for your difference-making talent. A decade after the global financial crisis, many banks remain averse to risk, and their legacy talent pools, processes, and IT systems are ill-suited to major change.
Harvard Business
JANUARY 5, 2018
But over and over again in our three decades of experience as talent development and retention specialists, we’ve seen that companies consistently overlook half of them. These are jobs in R&D, technology, and other areas vital to a firm’s strategic direction, product development, and process efficiency.
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
In the Arab world, reality TV is a similar cultural phenomenon, with nation-specific and regional competitions seeking to discover singing and dancing talents. As Maksoud recalls, the political tensions did not affect the participants on the show.
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