Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Business System: Organizational models, software investment, proprietary process, franchise rights. Technology has also changed the picture for many brands in terms of building trust. It's a mistake for us to keep thinking and talking about technology simply as a platform for people to learn or communicate about brands.

Brand 16

Brand Hotels Reputation Franchising 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2012

How can you align leadership across a corporation to support these new, risky ventures when all of their DNA is committed to driving profits in today's franchise? What other well-established companies, in the technology industry or elsewhere, need to follow this recipe or have found their own? This didn't work well.

Short-term 13

Short-term Franchising Long-term Maturity 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

These concerns get polite nods here and there but, mostly, serious Africans ignore them and firmly redirect the conversation back to private equity, or franchise deals, or something along those lines. The technology systems that undergird this effort are far-flung. Bottom line: Are you game or are you out?

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Globalization Politics Franchising 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

Wise leadership does not fit the strict patterns of smart analysis, but instead taps into an intuitive part of who you are at the core, unearthing counterintuitive principles: Compassion doesn't have to come at the cost of efficiency — it can actually drive systems and operational excellence. What is your North Star?

Self-aware 15

Self-aware Franchising Quality Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2014

Opensecrets.org, for example, lists the National Auto Dealers Association as #19 in its list of ‘Top All-Time Donors’ to candidates, parties, and leadership PACs. Innovation Technology' They’ll do this all over the world, even in innovation-friendly countries like the U.S., Most of time, they’re not.

Franchising 8

Franchising PR Innovation Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

That vision prompted Danone to divest product lines such as biscuits and beer while broadening its core dairy franchise. ” With the iMac and iBook, Steve Jobs reinvigorated the core Macintosh franchise by injecting a new sense of design and rethinking what computers would be used for in the age of the internet.

Franchising 15

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

However, doing this with blanket eliminations of layers carries a risk: inadvertently pruning away the next generation of leadership talent. savings and loan industry crisis in the 1980s and 1990s showed us, enough marginal franchises added to a healthy portfolio can swamp the enterprise. As the U.S.

Cost 11

Cost System Management Franchising 11

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Any number of franchised coaching offerings can be purchased at affordable prices, numerous affliliations with the hot coaching brand de-jure are available for the asking, or if all else fails coaches can just go it alone as a solo practitioner – the more the merrier right? Thanks for adding to the conversation. Results matter.

Blog 385

Blog Mentor Advice Brand 385

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2014

Specifically, he saw that the advent of digital technologies was going to fundamentally alter the way people conduct commerce, pay for things, and manage and move their money. It was a technology-driven form factor. Instead of thinking about technology for technology’s sake, we studied the real consumer pain points in the market.

Execution 8

Execution Software Banking Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Sales professionals and organizations are responding with new strategies and technologies that allow them to deliver personalized experiences at scale. And once contact is made, the best sellers use technology to gauge whether the information they’re sharing with a buyer hits the mark.

B2B 8

B2B CRM Franchising Media 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2013

As a result, both have been reduced to tortoises, and leadership that was built over decades was decimated in just a few years. Competition Innovation Technology' RIM stuck with its physical keyboard for far too long. Nokia stuck with a dated operating system and bet on a Windows-based platform that took far longer to mature.

Innovation 8

Innovation Franchising Maturity Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

The CEO must include education and training on these complex, mutually-reinforcing public policy issues of formulation, enactment, and implementation as part of the company’s leadership development efforts.

Policies 8

Policies Politics Short-term Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

While advances in health care in the developed world often emphasize new technologies, in developing lower- and middle-income countries simply expanding the reach of basic primary care services is crucial to improving health. Management and leadership skills.

Development 8

Development Health Care Operations Franchising 8

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2010

While the term political leadership may have become an oxymoron, it is simply impossible to be a statesman and not be a leader… It has been said that a politician is concerned with winning an election, and a statesman is concerned with future generations. We simply need to restore principled leadership in Washington.

Blog 415

Blog Politics Short-term Long-term 415

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Media companies are experiencing an extreme form of competition that comes with digital technologies: Everyone is a media company today. ” It explains why firms that have anchored their strategies to content have ceded digital leadership to those that have focused on connections. The second is through name recognition.

Media 12

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 12