Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Senior industry leader adds hands-on management and operational experience to StrategyDriven’s Power & Utilities focused advisory services. At StrategyDriven, we’re proud to be working with industry leaders to address these challenges and adapt their organizations so they continue to operate safely, reliably, and efficiently.”.

Chief Executive Officer 50

Chief Executive Officer Execution Operations Asset Management 50

Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Matt Sweetwood, branding expert, defines personal branding as: " Personal branding is the practice of people marketing themselves and their careers as brands -- the ongoing process of establishing a prescribed image or impression in the mind of others about an individual." Your personal brand is the mark you leave on the world.

Brand 68

Brand Examples Career Content 68

Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Too many times you have leaders who came out of operations as big shots and become isolated and hear what the world is through 4 or 5 people who report to them.” For instance, in 2004 a group of employees travelled to Mexico, where they rebuilt an orphanage and a community center. He prefers to get see things first hand. “I

Taylorism 83

Taylorism Taylor Real Estate Learning-by-Doing 83

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

Nokia's inability to field a credible response to the launch of the iPhone in 2007 and Google's Android operating system in 2008 has precipitated a freefall in its share price. By 2000, Motorola's global market share had collapsed from 45% to 15%, while Nokia's had grown to a market-leading 31%.

Supply Chain 18

Supply Chain Long-term Brand Early Adopters 18

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2013

In 2004, Apple's CFO, Fred Anderson, left the company. There are other markets waiting to be disrupted, for sure. Also, Consumer Reports issued a "does not recommend" on the iPhone 4 (in 2010). No iPad mini at all. Executive exodus: In 2008, Tony Fadell, senior vice president of the iPod division, stepped down. Apple's is 13.

Marketing 14

Marketing Stage-Gate Advertising Price 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

At the time, though, we were just in search of a new approach to building a sustainable business in that critical but often difficult market. In fact, you could say (and many did) that our previous attempts had failed, in that we hadn’t established a sustained market position. Things hadn’t gone well up until that point.

Chief Financial Officer 14

Chief Financial Officer Learning-by-Doing Operations IPO 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

The center of gravity for jobs, wealth, and market opportunities is moving, disrupting the world economic order as we have known it. They are fiercely focused on operations, because they know that's how money is made or lost. He went on a tear of expansion in Latin America, then in 2004 undertook a merger with Belgium-based Interbrew.

Globalization 17

Globalization Chief Financial Officer Class Learning-by-Doing 17

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2014

A few years ago one of the most vexing questions for marketing executives was whether big corporations were going to have to do what Bharti Airtel had done. Airtel’s move quickly transformed the mobile-phone market in India as other telecomms followed suit. Within marketing the silos are collapsing.

Technology 9

Technology Marketing Outsourcing Supply Chain 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2010

The Nike Foundation also leans on its expertise in innovation and scale to find solutions to poverty, while keeping its operations separate from the business. Day says, "we have been able to use the best of our Nike DNA, but have the freedom to operate as an independent force for change in the development sector.

Core Competence 15

Core Competence Market Segmentation Globalization Reputation 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

After all, HSBC is not proposing to close its British operations. That, though, is a largely technical issue, because your nominal headquarters need not be your operational one. It probably wouldn't matter much if your operations were really evenly distributed across the world.

Banking 13

Banking Hedge Globalization Operations 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

Earlier this year, I received some lessons on what wins in frontier markets from former Coca Cola CEO Neville Isdell. Young markets need a long investment horizon," Neville told me. He''s a firm believer that many US firms struggle in frontier markets because they''re compelled to a short term view. Global business'

Long-term 8

Long-term Marketing Short-term Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

But while field organizing is essential in this closely contested race, the groundwork has been laid over many months by the campaigns' digital operations. But it's clear that online operations have become so central to political success, everyone has to play: Romney simply cannot afford to cede the advantage and focus elsewhere.

Media 9

Media Marketing Politics Hammer 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2011

The capitals of Europe empty out in August, traditionally because of the weather, but financial markets don't take a holiday, air-conditioning has eliminated the August rationale, and growth countries south of the equator, notably Brazil, keep on with their productive winter pace. Over-communication is better than simply disappearing.

Contingency Plans 20

Contingency Plans Sharpe Bond Planning 20

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2012

And they use it the way other companies use financial reports — to inform operational and investment decisions. When Charles "Chuck" Schwab returned to the helm to turn around his troubled financial firm in 2004, for example, he installed such a system. In short, it is their primary management system.

Customer Loyalty 15

Customer Loyalty Loyalty CEO Intellectual Capital 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Nokia's market capitalization did peak not long after my article appeared, but that had more to do with the deflation of a ridiculous tech-stock bubble than anything wrong with the company's business. This executive crew finally began to break up in 2004, with the departure of Baldauf, who had run Nokia's network equipment business.

Team 15

Team Crisis Globalization CEO 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

America’s largest insurer, Allstate, announced plans to invest $1 billion in its India operations. At the same time Amway and L’Oreal thrived in the same market and personal care sales boomed across most of India. But it won’t be “India’s fault,” in our view. David Mulford, U.S.

Venture Capitalist 15

Venture Capitalist Price Marketing Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2018

Management concepts, by contrast, operate in poorly regulated environments where failures are often brushed under boardroom or faculty carpets. Still, market research suggests that future markets for its products and services could be huge — with the U.N.

TBL 15

TBL Bottom-up Long-term Early Adopters 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The stock market is short-term-oriented. The market favorably receives projects with long-term payoffs, particularly those in research and development. And I witnessed its truth firsthand as the CEO of Merck in 2004, when our earnings were going to fall short of analysts' expectations.

CEO 17

CEO Short-term Long-term Pharmaceuticals 17

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2013

In both C suites and boardrooms, discussions about business performance usually center on topics like market momentum, M&A opportunities, capital management, and productivity enhancements. To align and motivate employees to work together, we eliminated all four centers and created one new streamlined operation in New Jersey.

Company 11

Company Compliance Long-term Short-term 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

For example, our survey, which asked managers of 13 functions, from sales and marketing to procurement and finance, to indicate whether their departments were using AI in 63 core areas, found AI was used most frequently in detecting and fending off computer security intrusions in the IT department.

Company 17

Company Survey Finance Engineering 17

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

If you're among the many multinational CEOs planning to appoint a local executive as your next country head in an emerging market such as Brazil, China, or India, you may want to think again. Knowing the market and possessing networks are important, but that's not all your company needs for success today.

Globalization 8

Globalization CEO Long-term Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2011

Every year since 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released a report on the state of competition in the wireless market. Or, if not, what negative effect its dubious conclusions might have on regulatory policy in wireless markets. If firms are not exercising market power, competition reigns.

Wireless 14

Wireless Report Price Analysis 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

I’ve been involved with turnarounds for years, including observing and writing about the Red Sox 2004 World Series win that reversed many decades of being almost-rans. Forget bureaucrats, fancy lobbies, and marketing expense! Turnarounds operate on several time frames. Their game is baseball, my game is change.

How To 13

How To Airlines Open-book Bottom-up 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2011

Their exclusive agreement had been launched in the go-go year of 2000, but by 2004 it had landed in court. Microsoft and Intel, as is well known, have long sought alternatives to their being fused at the hip — Microsoft seeking alternative chip platforms for its software, and Intel supporting additional operating systems.

Management 13

Management Airlines How To Pharmaceuticals 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Yelp's timing reflects both a tech-friendly market and the company's current position as the dominant consumer-review web site. In a recent paper , I combined Yelp ratings with restaurant revenues for every restaurant that operated in Seattle during Yelp's entire run there. The evidence shows that it does.

IPO 15

IPO Business Model Review Advertising 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2012

Here's a case in point: In 2004, my HBS colleague Gary Pisano and I conducted a project at a leading manufacturer of highly sophisticated production equipment for the electronics industry, which I'll call "Exotech." Like many companies, Exotech struggled with serious time delays in its product-development projects.

Team 15

Team Software Project Tools 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

The center of gravity for jobs, wealth, and market opportunities is moving, disrupting the world economic order as we have known it. They are fiercely focused on operations, because they know that's how money is made or lost. He went on a tear of expansion in Latin America, then in 2004 undertook a merger with Belgium-based Interbrew.

Globalization 10

Globalization Chief Financial Officer Class Learning-by-Doing 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2011

It is rare to find an American company that is not developing a market strategy to benefit from the rapid growth of emerging markets such as Brazil, India, and China. These include, among others, access to foreign markets for investments, protecting intellectual property, or visas for skilled, temporary staff. Instead, U.S.

Strategy 10

Strategy Globalization Politics Telecommunications 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

After five years, in 2004, Tickle was profitable with more than $20 million in revenue; it received an acquisition offer for $100 million, as well as IPO entreaties. The most important way to mitigate risk is to become excellent at either engineering, product, selling, or operations and management. Other risk-mitigation strategies .

Career 10

Career Company IPO Christensen 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2016

That’s the highest proportion since the firm began conducting the survey in 2004, and a big increase since 2012. Far from drinking the company Kool-Aid, they had an understanding of why and how the company had to change to deal with new opportunities and challenges posed by changing markets and technology.

CEO 8

CEO Automotive Survey Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2018

They therefore seek investors who understand their initial losses and can facilitate secondary rounds of funding when their operations grow. Thus, the most lucrative investment opportunities, with the highest payoff potential, never see the light of public market. The median holding is five years , some investments take ten years.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist IPO Company Kleiner 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2018

Mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures make up one of those variables, provided they average at least one deal per year in a program that cumulatively amounts to more than 30% of a company’s market capitalization over 10 years, with no single deal being more than 30% of market cap. Take marketing giant WPP.

CAGR 8

CAGR Due Diligence Industry Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

"Martin was much more of a direct, operational, and continuous mentor," she said. Without the advice and help of her mentors, Soki thinks she would've taken one of the many job offers she had in 2004 and would still be in the telecom field, rather than pursuing her dream. "The

Mentor 19

Mentor Career Long-term Advice 19

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2014

One of the most significant came in early 2004 when we decided to relocate from San Francisco to Las Vegas. When we started to look at new locations for our call center operations, we initially considered outsourcing to India or the Philippines and met with a few potential providers. We’ve also expanded far beyond shoes.

CEO 10

CEO Call Center Real Estate Merchandising 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2013

The beauty of these vans, and the reason I believe they’ve been dreamt up by managers in very different businesses, is that they perform a wide variety of marketing functions. Many products can be complicated to operate or dangerous if used incorrectly, and a van can save a customer from traveling to a training center.

B2B 8

B2B B2C Education Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. Coca-Cola, for example, faced a water shortage in India that forced it to shut down one of its plants in 2004.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

This news followed the bankruptcy in March of Wuxi Suntech , the main operating subsidiary of the world''s largest maker of solar panels, after it defaulted on a $541 million bond payment. In parallel, from 2004 to 2011, U.S. Because of massive Chinese subsidies to several industries, no free trade exists and markets have failed.

Price 8

Price Bond Industry Globalization 8