Apparel Productivity Talent 
Harvard Business
MAY 16, 2018
Many companies are aiming to be more transparent and authentic about their products, services, and costs. If your company is among those struggling to attract or retain the talent they need, it’s possible that it has a credibility problem. Take outdoor apparel retailer Patagonia. Juj Winn/Getty Images.
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., food, beverage & tobacco, household and personal products); Energy & Utilities (e.g.,
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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
NOVEMBER 17, 2017
It was Schultz who famously said “You can walk into [any type of retail store] and you can feel whether the proprietor or the merchant or the person behind the counter has a good feeling about his product. It just does not work.” receive stock options and health insurance. How are you doing in combining strategy and execution?
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.
Kates Kesler
JANUARY 25, 2013
Organizational simplicity is great when the business is simple – when there are only a few products, serving a few markets (in one or two countries). But in a complex, multi-divisional company, managing brands across several products and geographies things get more complicated. Great talent may well overcome lousy organization design.
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