Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2016

The Biggest Leap You’ll Ever Make : From Team Member to First-Time Manager by @JesseLynStoner. The Cost Of Waiting by @scedmonds. How technology is creating a new world of work via @McKinsey. How technology is creating a new world of work via @McKinsey. What’s Your Organization’s Values Operating System?

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Servant Leader McKinsey Strategic Planning Open-book 150

Strategy Driven

JULY 8, 2019

But, the desire for instant gratification is also forcing logistics and transportation businesses to provide delivery options that are faster, more cost-effective, and convenient as well as offer increased flexibility to the customer. How is Ecommerce Transforming Logistics and Transportation Management? Conclusion.

Transportation 50

Transportation Parcell Supply Chain Management 50

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

When Marillyn Hewson of Lockheed Martin walked us through the lessons she learned as she responded to then President-elect Trump’s tweet to the American public that he felt F-35 costs were out of control, which wiped of $4 billion of market cap in a day, it was both gripping and profound.

CEO 104

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 104

HR Digest

DECEMBER 8, 2020

A recent Mckinsey & Company survey shows that since 2015, America has seen only a modest growth in women’s well paid jobs representation in the corporate pipeline. For every 100 men promoted to manager, only 85 women were promoted. . Computer and information systems managers. Human Resource Managers.

Human Resources 52

Human Resources Chemicals Software Engineering 52

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 14, 2022

When Marillyn Hewson of Lockheed Martin walked us through the lessons she learned as she responded to then President-elect Trump’s tweet to the American public that he felt F-35 costs were out of control, which wiped of $4 billion of market cap in a day, it was both gripping and profound.

CEO 94

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 94

Eric Jacobson

JUNE 23, 2022

When Marillyn Hewson of Lockheed Martin walked us through the lessons she learned as she responded to then President-elect Trump’s tweet to the American public that he felt F-35 costs were out of control, which wiped of $4 billion of market cap in a day, it was both gripping and profound.

CEO 80

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 80

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 18, 2023

When Marillyn Hewson of Lockheed Martin walked us through the lessons she learned as she responded to then President-elect Trump’s tweet to the American public that he felt F-35 costs were out of control, which wiped of $4 billion of market cap in a day, it was both gripping and profound.

CEO 65

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 65

First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 2, 2011

Once again, McKinsey & Company offers (at no cost) an exceptionally valuable resource, in this instance Eric Schmidt‘s conversation with McKinsey director James Manyika about business culture, technology, and social issues.

Technology 85

Technology McKinsey Execution Video 85

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 31, 2022

When Marillyn Hewson of Lockheed Martin walked us through the lessons she learned as she responded to then President-elect Trump’s tweet to the American public that he felt F-35 costs were out of control, which wiped of $4 billion of market cap in a day, it was both gripping and profound.

CEO 65

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 65

The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

This leads to sizeable cost overruns, missed deadlines, disrupted operations, unhappy customers, and stressed out employees. Reporting on the largest global study of IT change ever conducted (1,471 projects), an Oxford University Said Business School professor and McKinsey & Co.

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Project McKinsey Emotional Intelligence Price 55

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

CEOs constantly deal with “people issues” because, as David Larcker, professor at Stanford Graduate Business school, said , “Conflict management is critical in the CEO role — just about anything that gets to the CEO’s desk has an element of pleasing someone and making someone else unhappy.” All these reasons have to do with people.

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Executive Coaching Execution Welch Self-aware 78

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

CEOs constantly deal with “people issues” because, as David Larcker, professor at Stanford Graduate Business school, said , “Conflict management is critical in the CEO role — just about anything that gets to the CEO’s desk has an element of pleasing someone and making someone else unhappy.” All these reasons have to do with people.

Executive Coaching 78

Executive Coaching Execution Welch Self-aware 78

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

CEOs constantly deal with “people issues” because, as David Larcker, professor at Stanford Graduate Business school, said , “Conflict management is critical in the CEO role — just about anything that gets to the CEO’s desk has an element of pleasing someone and making someone else unhappy.” All these reasons have to do with people.

Executive Coaching 78

Executive Coaching Execution Welch Self-aware 78

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

While you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out. Examines ways to maintain and grow value through mergers, acquisitions, and portfolio management.

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ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 2, 2013

They can sound geeky, but they are developments that every manager needs to understand. At the C-suite, businesses need not only a data analytics strategy, but a data-analytics culture, researchers from McKinsey have concluded. They are transforming each and every business model. One example is the capability to slash energy use.

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Leadership Styles Human Capital Ethics McKinsey 83

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Consulting giant McKinsey recently argued that the talk about Asian economic hegemony has been largely underestimated. billion raised by the wealth management platform Lufax. The concern across the EU has only risen as China has appeared to have considerably more success. Digital dominance.

Marketing 45

Marketing McKinsey Innovation GDP 45

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

Captive offshore operations centers — company-owned delivery units located in low-cost countries such as India and the Philippines — have come a long way. Originally designed to provide labor cost arbitrage, they are now on the brink of being a source for strategic advantage. But that's not by accident.

Offshoring 8

Offshoring Cost Benchmarking Operations 8

Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 19, 2011

Mike Figliuolo is the Managing Director of thoughtLEADERS, LLC. He has been a tank platoon leader, a McKinsey consultant, a senior executive, and now runs thoughtLEADERS – a leadership development and training firm. Make it a New Year’s Resolution to identify and groom your replacement. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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Training Blog Greenleaf Maslow 257

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

And yet cash does carry costs. My colleague Benjamin Mazzotta and I have been studying the costs of cash across a wide range of countries: U.S., The use of cash involves several social costs to individuals — especially the poor — as well as business and the government. Mexico, Egypt and India. Much like the U.S.,

Cost 8

Cost Transportation Banking Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2017

The McKinsey Global Institute, in conjunction with FCLT Global, recently released research stating that long-term-oriented companies perform better than those that focus on short-term results. While a laudable effort in principle, measuring a company’s tendency to make myopic operating and investing decisions is fiendishly complex.

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EPS Metrics Depreciation Short-term 8

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

They also reported an average $340 per week cost to send a child to a daycare facility. The report also indicated that employers with children who are three and below can cost employers $1,150 per year as a result of inadequate child care, and a total business loss of $12.7 McKinsey reported that working mothers were 1.5

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GDP McKinsey Participative Report 98

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Even more striking, new research from the McKinsey Global Institute analyzes firm-level financial results and finds a stark contrast in performance between the biggest U.S. Many of the small and midsize manufacturers that did manage to survive kept going by cutting costs, which has led to stagnant wage growth.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Incentives Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Running a country calls for a sophisticated array of leadership skills — from shaping strategy to building a team to managing day-to-day operations. For example, McKinsey alumni Lou Gerstner and Jeff Skillings both went on to lead large corporations. Accountability: Most consultants say that their job is to get results.

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Consultative Management Welch Objective 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2015

Unless your company’s return on capital exceeds its cost of capital, no amount of revenue growth can create value. For the many firms whose cost of capital and return on capital are roughly equal, in fact, the only path to value creation is to increase return on capital. Financial analysis Financial management'

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CEO ROIC Cost of Capital Merton 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2018

It’s easy to see what countries think they have to gain in these efforts: The Ellen MacArthur Foundation , McKinsey , and Accenture believe that enabling CEs will lead to trillions of dollars in savings and is a particularly significant step in protecting the environment. It also lowers the cost of refurbishing.

Policies 8

Policies Asset Management Cost Productivity 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

In-house strategy and consulting groups are growing in popularity , supplementing and increasingly winning business from traditional consulting firms such as McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group and Bain & Company. We encourage groups to charge their full cost back to their “clients.”

Consultative 8

Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Does a robot manage your money? A study by Deloitte estimated that “assets under automated management” (including hybrid offerings) in the U.S. This would represent between 10% and 15% of total retail financial assets under management. Kearney predicts that assets under “robo-management” will total $2.2

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2018

New research from the McKinsey Global Institute simulates the potential global macroeconomic impact of five powerful technologies (computer vision, natural language, virtual assistants, robotic process automation, and advanced machine learning). GDP growth a year across the period. Why do laggards not jump into AI?

GDP 10

GDP McKinsey Long-term Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2018

Many executives may think themselves the wizard; enthralled by the idea that AI technology will allow them to shed millions of dollars in labor costs, they could come to believe that the best company is the one with the fewest people aside from the CEO. McKinsey has been studying what kind of work is most adaptable to automation.

Creativity 15

Creativity Strategy Venture Capitalist McKinsey 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2018

But it’s particularly difficult for large, traditional firms , especially those which operate in consolidated, non-growth industries (think pulp and paper, steel, airlines) and which are often located away from the metropolitan areas where data scientists live. And they can create a lot of value by generating new business.

Bottom-up 9

Bottom-up Operations Training Efficiency 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Reorganizations can be a useful management tool for finding new value and are often essential as part of a merger or acquisition integration. As a part of your M&A plan, you should consider the benefits, costs, and timing of the reorg. Step 1: Develop a Profit and Loss Statement. Step 2: Understand Current Weaknesses and Strengths.

Process 8

Process McKinsey Due Diligence Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Increasing value in health care is a top priority for health systems, payers, and policy makers across the globe, as health care costs continue to escalate and consume an ever-greater proportion of national expenditures. Identify and stratify patients by disease severity to manage population health.

Health Care 8

Health Care Content Chief Information Officer Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Many measure cost per student. These metrics are useful but miss the big picture, in part because they mistake a program’s cost for its value. If a program has a low cost per student but fails to actually help people forge a solid career, then the fact that the failure is cheap does not make it any less of a failure.

Metrics 10

Metrics TCO Training Cost-Benefit Analysis 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2016

Research by McKinsey shows that, on average, 30% of corporate earnings are at stake when it comes to a company’s relationships with society. As a global survey conducted by McKinsey shows, only 21% of business executives think their company frequently engages successfully. Apply world-class management. Engage radically.

Company 8

Company McKinsey Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

We were struck by the assumption made by an article in The McKinsey Quarterly this month. Thus, as the McKinsey Global Institute team states, and its analysis of 80 years of data shows, "over the long term. Yet, as obviously logical as that finding turns out to be, McKinsey was right to frame it as counterintuitive.

McKinsey 15

McKinsey Efficiency Long-term Analysis 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

A recent McKinsey report found that while 84% of corporate executives think innovation is key to achieving growth objectives, only 6% are satisfied with the innovation performance of their firm. Another pervasive reason is that senior executives are trained as operators, not innovators. That’s quite a mismatch. It’s not.

Innovation 8

Innovation P&L ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Compensation committees often start by tying bonuses and long-term incentives to goals related to compliance and risk management. Boards should demand entirely new kinds of strategic thinking from management, the kind of thinking that not only makes the company more sustainable but also aids suppliers and customers in becoming so.

Execution 10

Execution Incentives How To Committee 10