Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 25, 2024

These metrics are increasingly influencing business decision-making and thus shaping corporate reputation in a way that impacts customer loyalty and financial performance. Financial Performance There is growing support for the view that strong ESG performance correlates with better financial outcomes.

Metrics 78

Metrics Ethics Government Financial 78

Harvard Business

APRIL 15, 2021

A new type of security, called “mission equity,” caps investor returns so the company’s financial success can help fuel its mission.

Enterprise 91

Enterprise Financial Company Finance 91

Tom Spencer

APRIL 25, 2025

The firm had no clear path to profitability, its Messianic ambitions eventually outpacing its financial resources and operational capabilities, and it filed for bankruptcy in 2023. Jason Oh is a Senior Manager at TD Bank’s Enterprise Strategy team.

Resources 88

Resources Strategy Strategy Strategy& 88

Women in Consulting

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Nonprofit Financial Management Software Fund Accounting Software Fund Accounting Software Modules Nonprofit Accounting. Blackbaud offers the best non profit software solutions including donor management software, church accounting software, enterprise CRM, online fundraising, volunteer management, and much more.

Financial 98

Financial Nonprofit Software Consulting 98

Successful Independent Consulting

AUGUST 28, 2024

Here are some thought-starters: strategic planning, estate planning, merger integration, process reengineering, org design, diversity, digital marketing, college financing, change strategy, performance management, leadership development, executive coaching, financial planning. You get the idea. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. [3]

Development 195

Development Turnaround How To Financial 195

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

As reliance on data and analytics continues to expand across industries from agriculture to manufacturing, health care to financial services, it stands to reason that the next generation of data leaders will have far-reaching roles that impact strategy, decision-making, operations, and countless other functions.

Data 254

Data Development Financial Operations 254

Consulting Success

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

“When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute.” – Simon Sinek. Investing in your team and providing them with a great experience will drive them to perform better.

Consulting 254

Consulting How To Financial Company 254

Tom Spencer

APRIL 25, 2025

Jason Oh is a Senior Manager at TD Bank’s Enterprise Strategy team. Previously, he was a strategy consultant at Strategy&, EYP, and Novantas, where he led and contributed to high-impact projects that delivered top- and bottom-line growth for leading financial institutions.

Leadership 88

Leadership Emotional Intelligence Interviews Deloitte 88

Progressus

MARCH 4, 2025

Every Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system relies on one fundamental element to deliver results: data. Whether its forecasting demand, optimizing inventory, or analyzing financial performance, the accuracy and governance of that data dictate the systems success.

Government 52

Government Data Enterprise System 52

Harvard Business

MAY 10, 2016

Much of the hype around blockchains has focused on their potential to fundamentally change the financial services industry – by dropping the cost and complexity of financial transactions, making the world’s unbanked a viable new market, and improving transparency and regulation. Changing enterprise collaboration.

Financial 70

Financial Intellectual Property Enterprise Data 70

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Since the beginning of 2016, the financial performance of hospitals and health systems in the United States has significantly worsened. To be financially sustainable, hospitals and health systems must revamp their strategies and insist that their investments in new payment models and physician employees generate solid returns.

System 72

System Financial Insurance Insurance 72

Epicflow

JANUARY 30, 2025

Insights into KPIs such as project performance, resource utilization, and financial health. Scalability to accommodate growing portfolios or enterprise-level requirements. Alerts and tracking systems for unresolved issues. Reporting and Analytics Advanced reporting with customizable metrics for decision-making.

Tools 130

Tools Software Efficiency Resources 130

Harvard Business

JUNE 22, 2016

A new type of services company could transform global supply chains: Financial technology companies that act as intermediaries in facilitating transactions between a company and its suppliers. FinTechs are internet companies that streamline financial systems and make funding the supply chain more efficient.

Transportation 131

Transportation Finance Financial Banking 131

Harvard Business

MARCH 16, 2018

Currently gaining force is a movement to focus for-profit enterprises more on the essential work of enriching societies — that is, benefiting not only those humans who are their owners as publicly traded companies but also those who work in them and who stand to benefit from more purpose-driven innovation.

Enterprise 135

Enterprise Education Methodologies Company 135

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 30, 2016

At the height of the global financial crisis, when other companies were cutting HR costs wherever they could, Starbucks invested in staff training, including coffee tastings and courses that ultimately qualified for credit at higher education institutions. Called “partners” rather than employees, even part-time staff (in the U.S.)

Culture 135

Culture Strategy& Strategy Strategy 135

Harvard Business

JANUARY 30, 2018

We also found that diversity had gained momentum as a topic in more than 70% of the enterprises surveyed, especially in developing economies. Most important, we found that the most-diverse enterprises were also the most innovative, as measured by the freshness of their revenue mix.

Financial 72

Financial Boston Consulting Group Education Survey 72

Effective Managers

JUNE 9, 2021

It can grow and mature together with other enterprises, many of which are driving the economic advances in those areas. It’s mostly driven by the financial markets and investor positioning. The future of consulting lies in a mutual-benefit approach between enterprises and their consultants. This needs to change.

Consulting 130

Consulting Enterprise Industry Management 130

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Rising pressure to achieve better medical outcomes with increasingly limited financial resources has created an acute need for more physician leaders. Over time, they develop the capacity to lead beyond the clinical enterprise and a more holistic view of the organization’s needs. Nicholas Blechman for hbr.

Training 135

Training Training Management Healthcare 135

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

An investor-owned hospital executive whose company had acquired major nonprofit health care enterprises compared the proliferation of contracts to the growth of barnacles on the bottom of a freighter. cancel or rebid them). To avoid this danger requires a discerning talent-management capacity in the human resources department. As the U.S.

System 129

System Management Nonprofit Operations 129

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Unless something dramatic has changed in the way that people respond to incentives, it is not clear why the world would shift from a free market system (dominated by for-profit enterprises) to one comprised predominantly of non-profits. At least, less financial profit in the way that we have always been taught to think of it.

Enterprise 107

Enterprise Financial Media Strategy& 107

Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

Oliver Wyman’s strategy consulting practice has made waves specifically in the financial services sector , and beyond as well. At its start, Oliver Wyman capitalized on the deregulation of the financial services industry. Does Oliver Wyman really offer a “different kind of consulting”? Health and Life Sciences.

Oliver Wyman 201

Oliver Wyman Interviews Mercer NERA Economic Consulting 201

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

To do this, we examined how 49 enterprise leadership teams spend their time and also looked at their perceived effectiveness on critical behaviors of a senior team. That time is spent establishing financial and operational metrics, aligning goals with overarching strategy, allocating resources, and reviewing key metrics.

Strategy 135

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Enterprise 135

Harvard Business

MAY 7, 2018

A lean startup approach, we are told, can empower big companies to innovate rapidly and effectively in the face of continual disruption, potentially even transforming enterprises into centers of continual new growth. The worst thing you can do is measure a startup against enterprise financial ratios. paul garbett for hbr.

Enterprise 137

Enterprise Methodologies Accenture Meeting 137

Harvard Business

MAY 16, 2016

As if that weren’t tough enough, another challenge for corporate leaders is how to make sense of strategic alignment at both the team / business unit level (or division or department, however it is classified) and at the enterprise level. But alignment manifests itself in more than just superior financial performance.

Banking 132

Banking Film Strategy Strategy 132

Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2017

Those that do look to leverage new technologies run into financial issues. Beyond precision farming, financial solutions designed for farmers are blossoming. Foreign-made farm technologies remain unappealing to farmers in Africa because they are cumbersome for those who control, on average, 1.6 hectares of farmland.

Financial 135

Financial Tools Data System 135

Harvard Business

JULY 27, 2023

Recent research suggests that this may come with a potential financial drawback for workers, as it can inhibit them from negotiating for higher pay. Today’s companies are likely to tout how their work benefits human welfare or “makes the world a better place.”

Research 172

Research Company Financial Operations 172

Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2016

But most companies lack a strategic objective that spans the customer journey, can be understood and operationalized across the enterprise, and, most importantly, actually increases customer value. Insight Center. Measuring Marketing Insights. Sponsored by Google Analytics 360 Suite.

Retail 132

Retail Apparel Financial ROI 132

Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2017

A financial system that supports entrepreneurship. Labor markets that generally link workers and jobs unimpeded by large trade unions, state-owned enterprises, or excessively restrictive labor regulations. labor force is unionized , and there are virtually no state-owned enterprises. Less than 7% of the private sector U.S.

Finance 135

Finance Energy Enterprise System 135

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

The industry group with the most firms represented in the survey is one of the most data-intensive: financial services. One of the greatest issues for concern in the survey for large enterprises is the risk of disruption from new entrants. The survey includes senior executives from 57 large corporations.

Data 135

Data Culture Company Survey 135

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 6, 2016

We mapped this data against dozens of financial and leadership metrics, clustering companies into four groups (ranging from low- to high-performing). Here’s what we learned about companies that have strong leadership pipelines and strong financial performance: First, they focus intently on culture.

Leadership 135

Leadership Deloitte Culture Pharmaceuticals 135

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 26, 2013

As we identified back in March when we looked at Sustainable Social Enterprise , one of the core problems with traditional charities and government social programs is that the solutions don’t scale. Business Strategy consulting Management Consulting maximising shareholder value Michael Porter shared value social enterprise'

Enterprise 83

Enterprise Government Engineering Efficiency 83

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 30, 2024

Legacy modernization is a daunting challenge – it involves a lot of time, financial resources, and effort. Banks should hire trusted financial software development companies that know the ropes to help smoothly transform the existing infrastructure while also providing end-to-end support in building a powerful Gen AI solution.

Banking 88

Banking Ethics System Data 88

Tom Spencer

APRIL 8, 2022

I was one of the many that joined this movement to work at a large financial institution, specifically their Global Wealth & Asset Management (GWAM) Strategy team. Performing sum-of-the-parts (SOTP) analysis to estimate the firm’s valuation in 2025 following a shift in the business focus and its overall contribution to the enterprise.

Strategy 97

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Analysis 97

Kates Kesler

JUNE 29, 2020

We regularly work with CEO’s that are frustrated with leader behaviors that undermine enterprise strategy. Simple financial measures, like P&Ls, are an effective way to visibly drive leader accountability, yet they frequently do not match the complexity of today’s strategies. Note, each leader is still responsible for one LOB.

Metrics 100

Metrics Sports Enterprise Comparison 100

Harvard Business

JUNE 9, 2017

Yet rarely do conflict-of-interest policies begin with a positive statement endorsing the importance of collaboration for successful translational research, advancing health, and enhancing the productivity of the biomedical enterprise. For academics, publishing and obtaining grants are key to promotion and career advancement.

Pharmaceuticals 126

Pharmaceuticals Policies Journal Research 126

Harvard Business

AUGUST 8, 2018

Does business school education really shape students’ minds and behaviors many years later, when they’ve reached decision-making positions at major corporations and financial institutions? We explore this question by looking at CEOs’ decisions about corporate diversification over the last three decades.

Research 132

Research Education Pharmaceuticals Finance 132

Harvard Business

MARCH 15, 2018

They perceived that women’s supposed risk aversion meant that women are reluctant to take on large financial obligations. Typical statements portraying men as growth-ambitious and in need of financing include: “ His major problem is to find enough financial capital for the investments to grow. That shows some guts to grow.”

Data 132

Data Real Estate Finance Financial 132