Epicflow

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Leveraging Cutting-Edge Technologies Under current conditions of economic turbulence, workforce shortage, and supply chain disruptions, manufacturing organizations should work towards increasing the efficiency of their operations, achieving business agility and resilience. At the same time, they are vulnerable to cyber risks.

Trends 130

Trends Talent Deloitte Efficiency 130

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Companies that are able to easily access and manage these workers will be able to unleash fresh energy and thinking inside their organizations, and quickly meet staffing needs when new opportunities arise. But making the most of flexible talent-access platforms is not as simple as adding a solution into an existing organization.

Talent 109

Talent How To Benchmarking Training 109

Organizational Talent Consulting

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Leaders face an unprecedented talent challenge with no immediately obvious solution. It is easy to logically think of the talent challenge as attracting and retaining the right people. At these verbund sites, production, energy, logistics, and site infrastructure are integrated. What if you developed a verbund talent strategy?

Talent 52

Talent Chemicals Handbook How To 52

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

We know, for example, that the more hours a day adults believe they use their strengths , the more likely they are to report having ample energy, feeling well-rested, being happy, smiling or laughing a lot, learning something interesting, and being treated with respect.

Development 132

Development Sales Talent Study 132

Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

When seeking new talent, Oliver Wyman’s consulting team says they are looking for employees who are driven, risky, and innovative. The firm offers consulting services including strategy, operations, risk management, organizational transformation, and leadership development. Strategic Information Technology and Operations.

Oliver Wyman 201

Oliver Wyman Interviews Mercer NERA Economic Consulting 201

Harvard Business

MAY 25, 2016

Operations in a Connected World. The increased prediction accuracy, in turn, makes it possible to achieve large increases in operational efficiency — having the right inventory in the right locations. Smoothly operating supply chains are vital for stable profits. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

Data 132

Data Advertising Operations Case Study 132

Clarity Consultants

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

There is a real war for talent occurring today. Many companies are already operating with lean staff, due to high attrition rates and not replacing staff, not to mention downsizing as a result of a difficult economy. They are based in Calgary, Alberta and are considered to be Canada’s premier integrated energy company.

Training 165

Training Training Examples Boston Consulting Group 165

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Innovation ranks fifth, after more-conventional concerns such as attracting and retaining top talent and the regulatory environment. This isn’t all that surprising given the level of innovation activity in these sectors, but directors operating in similarly disrupted sectors should take note.

Telecommunications 126

Telecommunications Survey Biotechnology Industry 126

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Our Climate Commitment is one way we help solve the unsustainable demand for energy resources and its impact on the environment. However, like many of the companies surveyed by Bain, we were unsure how to connect our strategic vision around sustainability with meaningful operational changes. What lessons can we share?

Company 134

Company Strategy Strategy& Strategy 134

Harvard Business

MAY 1, 2017

Some focus their best people on finding ways to squeeze out more profitability from existing operations, rather than creating new businesses. A lack of talent and capabilities to translate promising growth options into profitable new business. The most productive companies have the talent they need to generate good growth options.

Cash Flow 134

Cash Flow Financial Balance Sheet Bain 134

Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 27, 2023

These professionals stand out as some of the best I’ve met in the biz When I worked as an executive or a consultant advising C-suite leaders and business owners, many of them complained about their inability to attract and recruit talent. Many recruiting firms keep a good handle on their available talent inventory.

Recruiting 98

Recruiting Recruitment Meeting B2C 98

Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2016

First, directors face a real challenge in making sure that protection and alignment of key governance and risk management issues doesn’t crowd out equally important dialogue around strategy and operations. I’m not against benchmarking and norming. Let’s take pay.

Company 126

Company Benchmarking Balance Sheet Intellectual Property 126

Management Consulted

JANUARY 20, 2014

However, today BearingPoint is emerging as a player in the operations and technology scene, especially in Europe, and has re-established an impressive growth trajectory. Now, BearingPoint is operated as a Netherlands-based partnership which consisted of 120 partners in 14 countries throughout Europe. Supply Chain & Operations.

BearingPoint 139

BearingPoint Interviews Oliver Wyman Capgemini 139

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The team was structured to operate like a startup, with a particular focus on user research, feedback, and a commitment to lean operations. ” In a competitive energy market, the Connected Home unit has now become a major differentiator and profit driver for the parent company, Centrica. Help Employees Embrace Agility.

Media 134

Media Fashion Agile Talent 134

Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2018

I just took my company through an acquisition and found that even the smallest operational change can have a significant negative impact on both employees and customers. Maintaining quality customer experience, we found, requires a mix of expert individuals and operational processes. Insight Center. Competing in the Future.

Culture 114

Culture Operations Deloitte Accenture 114

Harvard Business

APRIL 25, 2017

For example, an organization that makes its money out-marketing the competition isn’t likely to be inspired by a leader whose best talent is cost management. Even with a clear idea of your company’s winning behavioral signature, leaders need to develop new ways of operating.

How To 134

How To Culture Survey Video 134

Harvard Business

AUGUST 8, 2018

For Tesla, adding more human labor to the mix means extending traditional jobs with additional responsibilities that would help ensure the smooth and efficient operation of the Alien Dreadnought. How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. Adding Humans to the Mix. Insight Center. Adopting AI.

Engineering 130

Engineering Training Training Analysis 130

Harvard Business

MARCH 1, 2017

Six Sigma, process reengineering, spans and layers analysis, and many other tools have helped executives uncover waste in their operations — in effect, identifying labor hours (or materials) that are unnecessary in order to produce the same level of output. Inspired employees bring more discretionary energy to their work every day.

Efficiency 70

Efficiency Productivity Company Talent 70

Harvard Business

MAY 16, 2016

The current mantra is “Move fast with stable infrastructure”, which speaks to the organizational design challenge of operating at scale in a fickle and volatile world. It also leads to a more positive work climate, above-average staff engagement, a strong commitment to values and few(er) energy-sapping turf wars and in-fighting.

Banking 132

Banking Film Strategy Strategy 132

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 23, 2018

From automotive to semiconductors to pharma to clean energy , America’s innovation centers have shifted east, offering growing evidence that the U.S. companies were deciding to move R&D to China to be closer to manufacturers, suppliers, and talent as well as to reap lower development costs and higher-growth markets.

Engineering 128

Engineering Government Automotive Research 128

Management Consulted

MAY 7, 2017

The San Francisco office is focused mainly (but not exclusively) on technology & telecommunications, private equity, healthcare, retail & consumer goods, and utilities & energy. McKinsey’s Bay Area operation consists of two offices: San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Deloitte Consulting , 101 Market St.,

Consulting 113

Consulting Bain Deloitte McKinsey 113

Harvard Business

MAY 2, 2017

The logic is that if you are present where new trends, ideas, talents, and start-ups are generated you might be able to recognize and assimilate them into your firm’s innovation pipeline. It’s expensive, but you agree to pay an innovation premium because you appreciate that in innovation clusters the search for talent is fierce.

Trends 107

Trends Video Talent Company 107

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

How much energy do you have at work? Either way, the reason might be your coworkers: They are infecting you with their energy, positive or negative. We “catch” energy through our interactions with people – something called “relational energy”— and it affects our performance at work.

Energy 70

Energy Study Chemicals Research 70

Makarios Consulting

AUGUST 2, 2023

They overflow with energy and drive. With such tremendous talents, Visionaries often found or own companies. But what about daily operations? EOS® notes that Visionaries and Integrators complement one another: big picture vs. little picture, innovations vs. operations, future vs. present. So far, so good.

Guidelines 68

Guidelines Operations Energy Tools 68

Harvard Business

JUNE 26, 2017

If your culture and your brand are driven by the same purpose and values and if you weave them together into a single guiding force for your company, you will win the competitive battle for customers and employees, future-proof your business from failures and downturns, and produce an organization that operates with integrity and authenticity.

Culture 71

Culture Company Cash Flow Operations 71

Harvard Business

MAY 20, 2016

And as a mature company in a fast-growing sector where the competition for talent (especially in New York City) has led competing firms to heavily invest in their work settings, Adobe saw an opportunity to rethink the future of its Midtown Manhattan office.

Exercises 129

Exercises Meeting Real Estate Survey 129

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 6, 2016

B Corp certification encouraged more “whole-systems thinking” around our social and environmental practices, which led Cabot to develop even more robust customer and consumer programs, cut operating costs, and strengthen our brand reputation as a sustainability-minded company. ” Benchmarking and Operational Cost Savings.

Benchmarking 70

Benchmarking Energy Operations Retail 70

Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 7, 2022

A multinational biopharmaceutical company brought in a new CEO to improve operational efficiencies and accelerate growth. Strategy and Leadership Team Alignment helped the executive leadership team increase trust, establish operating mechanisms, and unify the group around a single strategic view of the business and its future.

Case Studies 66

Case Studies Case Study Study Leadership 66

Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2017

Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. Create small, talent-rich teams working outside the hierarchy to address your most important priorities.

Agile 71

Agile How To Enterprise Leadership 71

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

It’s time for companies to embrace their rebel talent as a way to foster innovation, employee engagement, and change from within. Regularly expressing specific gratitude to your work mates for their contributions will renew your energy and help you keep going. You ignore personal danger signals.

Handbook 70

Handbook Construction Energy Research 70

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

While I was working with them, the focus of my PhD gradually shifted toward how economic integration and various factors (domestic, international, political, economic) have impacted Japanese companies’ corporate strategy and operations over the past couple of decades. Hence I entered consulting. ” Pure humor.

Consulting 204

Consulting Case Interview Interviews Engineering 204

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. That makes retaining them very different from retaining someone who wants to scale the corporate hierarchy by managing increasingly larger operations.

Talent 72

Talent McKinsey Apparel Company 72

Harvard Business

JANUARY 12, 2018

All too often, individual leaders seek — indeed are incentivized — to protect and optimize their own domains, and find themselves locked in energy-sapping internal turf wars, rather than working with peers to align and improve across the entire enterprise.

Company 71

Company Enterprise System Leadership 71

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

In many cases, the incapacity to successfully support the sales operations has been the downfall of a CMO. You may prefer spending time and energy on one or two of the areas outlined in your job description—the ones you feel especially good at. That is because of the simple truth that revenue and sales always win.

How To 129

How To Sales Marketing Productivity 129

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

The office is incredibly diverse, with some of the best talent from 35+ countries and folks that speak 29 languages. The Manhattan office was awarded the US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certification at the Gold level for commercial interiors in 2013. headquarters in New York City.

Consulting 157

Consulting Deloitte Bain McKinsey 157

Harvard Business

JULY 29, 2016

This is remembered as a “time of heroes” — a period of incredible energy and growth, when job descriptions mattered less than who had the best idea. One of the most powerful is when revenue grows faster than talent. But it is also unsustainable. In essence, they are saying, “Come work with us. We are a winner.

Recruiting 70

Recruiting Recruitment System Talent 70

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

In research for our book, The Founder’s Mentality , my coauthor and I found that 85% of the time, the barriers to sustainable growth are not external, but internal, and include bureaucracy, ability to motivate and retain talent, and slowness to decide, act or redeploy.

Company 70

Company Bain Talent Research 70