Experience to Lead

JANUARY 25, 2022

Great for timely leadership insights from executives and experts with a global focus. This robust leadership blog from INSEAD features incisive pieces on strategy, operations and management. Magazine’s Top 100 Leadership and Management Experts, complements his blog with his Leadership Biz Cafe podcast. ESSEC Knowledge.

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Blog Leadership McKinsey Globalization 52

The Practical Leader

MAY 15, 2024

Waayyy back in the early days of my career, I was a young door-to-door sales rep and then sales manager with Culligan Water Conditioning. I took Dale Carnegie sales, public speaking, and management training courses and got turned on to personal and leadership development. That got me reflecting on decades of my journey in this field.

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Training Development 360-Degree Feedback Human Resources 116

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2022

Indeed, McKinsey recently argued that one of the few plus points from the pandemic was it reinforced the importance of building change capabilities within our organizations. About 90% of firms globally are considered small- and medium-sized enterprises, with such firms representing around 70% of all jobs. Becoming future-ready.

Company 129

Company Hofstede Supply Chain Agility 129

HR Digest

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Globally, the AI impact on employment could affect over 300 million job roles. There are a lot of benefits from the integration of AI technology, a possible 7 percent boost to global GDP according to the report, but when paired with apprehensions about unemployment, it results in an equal amount of worry for the future.

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Tools Early Adopters GDP Report 52

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace Report emphasizes that only 15 percent of workers are actively engaged with their company. It takes an active HR department and research team to keep their eyes on shifting trends in order to find innovative ways to retain employees.

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Process Attrition Trends Training 59

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

After all, I wrote recently about the importance of immigrants for jobs, after new research from Kellogg School of Management showed that immigrants actually create a huge number of jobs by virtue of their entrepreneurial abilities. It’s a trend that is helping to turn China into a true scientific powerhouse.

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Policies McKinsey Innovation Globalization 102

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Amidst all the revenue numbers and share valuations that companies wear as a badge of honor, the concept of employee relationship management has emerged as another undeniable sign of a successful organization. Conflict Management Why are workplace conflicts such a common grievance?

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Schein Industry Long-term Automotive 98

Strategy Driven

MARCH 15, 2019

The ‘trust issue’ is a central theme for organisations in any sector, and it’s one in which I’ve conducted a mass of research into how a post-truth culture is impacting brands, across an array of business sectors, on a global basis. Why is this so important?

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Supply Chain Brand Advertising PR 75

Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Internal partnerships include direct reports, co-workers and managers. Managers of knowledge workers – people who know more about what they are doing than their mangers must be good partners. Partnering with managers. Many leaders will be operating more like the managing director of a consulting firm.

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Short-term Long-term Trends Telecommunications 107

Center for Creative Leadership

AUGUST 26, 2019

Our series of industry trend research reports — created using our flagship 360-assessment tool, Benchmarks® for Managers — shows that great similarities exist among leaders across industries including healthcare, pharmaceutical, financial, tech, energy, and government (civilian). Participative management. Change management.

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Benchmarking Leadership Bottom-up Leadership Pipeline 57

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 1, 2020

Yet, in the space of a month, telehealth has grown to the point that 90% of primary care appointments were being delivered virtually, with apps being developed to provide remote monitoring of people as they monitor and manage their symptoms of the virus. Data-driven healthcare.

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Skills Report Technology Long-term 96

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

Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 19, 2013

In the “old days,” a person was hired into a position, learned the job, and – usually because of some form of functional proficiency – received a promotion into management. Then, as a manager, this same person could tell a few people what to do. The trend toward asking is already very clear.

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Follow-up Learning-by-Doing Wireless Drucker 147

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

Globalization is not what it was even a decade ago. The 20th-century version of globalization was defined by rapidly growing trade in goods, as major multinationals created supply chains that spanned the world. But globalization hasn’t gone into reverse. The same is true for cross-border financial flows.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain GDP Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2012

During the 2000s, however, a worrisome trend appeared. economy, these trends are alarming. shares of the global operations of U.S.-based Despite decades of globalization, these companies remain predominantly U.S. Overall, the share of domestic employment in the total global employment of U.S. A Vital Contribution.

Globalization 9

Globalization Rivkin Supply Chain Trends 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

The global manufacturing sector is on the threshold of a dynamic new phase that will provide renewed opportunity for manufacturing firms — and a host of new challenges. We see two forces that will dominate global manufacturing in the coming decade. These forces will shift the dynamics of the global manufacturing sector.

Globalization 9

Globalization Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals McKinsey 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Such improvements could help cut the costs of traffic congestion ( about 1% of GDP globally ), road accidents ( 1.25 McKinsey and Bloomberg New Energy Finance have estimated that in 50 metropolitan areas worldwide, a rapid transition to advanced mobility systems could yield $600 billion in societal benefits through 2030.

Transportation 12

Transportation Technology GDP Policies 12

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.

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McKinsey Efficiency Long-term Analysis 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

The research, conducted with analytical support from McKinsey and funding from Omidyar Network, included interviews with 37 investors and 10 social enterprise leaders. Just as entrepreneurs of all kinds need to anticipate consumer trends and product development, they also need to stay ahead of their hiring needs.

Entrepreneur 15

Entrepreneur Glocalization Survey McKinsey 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

It takes a careful mix of mission, management, and culture. Attracting, retaining, and managing these highly skilled workers will require new ways of thinking about talent management and the role that external talent plays. First, companies increasingly need a flexible workforce to compete globally.

Company 8

Company Automotive MBO Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

billion impressions on Twitter and Instagram and was the top trending topic in the U.S. First, the global goals campaign represents a significant new opportunity for companies that view emerging and frontier markets as their source of long-term growth. Now is the time to mobilize the global business community as never before.

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Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

According to the International Labor Organization , the global labor force participation rate for women stands at 47 percent. percent of senior managerial and directorial roles , according to McKinsey. Industry-Specific Trends Building a conscious pay system requires that you stay informed about industry-specific compensation trends.

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System How To Benchmarking Diversity 52

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

” On her return, she found that not only did she fail to get her clients back, but the colleague who took them over didn’t even know that she had previously managed them. We recently presented initial findings at the Academy of Management; for more detail, see a preliminary report here.) Advice for line managers.

Career 14

Career Company Pharmaceuticals Examples 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

and the EU15 is doing some type of independent work, according to the McKinsey Global Institute , and 42% of U.S. As a result, hiring managers are now tasked with finding, hiring, and managing employees who run the gamut from full-time workers to those in remote, flex, or contract roles. Design competitive compensation.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Health Care Analysis Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

Back in the late 1990s, the internet was the big trend. Recent research from McKinsey Global Institute found that 45% of work activities could potentially be automated by today’s technologies, and 80% of that is enabled by machine learning. Could Liberate 50% of Managers' Time. Related Video.

Insurance 11

Insurance Video Project Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2016

The trend is heating up the sales field as well, enabling entirely new ways of selling. By 2020 customers will manage 85% of their relationship with an enterprise without interacting with a human. How will vendor and technology relationships need to be managed and integrated to create the greatest competitive advantage?

Development 8

Development Technology Competitive Advantage Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Google Trends is fast becoming an indispensable tool for many analysts who believe — as Brin does — that the wisdom (and/or delusions) of googling crowds can successfully inform investment strategies worldwide. That's as true for a Walmart or a JCPenney as it is for a McKinsey & Co. Would our opportunities be more global?

Hedge 15

Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

And in January 2017, McKinsey’s research arm estimated AI-driven job losses at 5%. Between 34% and 44% of global companies surveyed are using AI in in their IT departments in these four ways, monitoring huge volumes of machine-to-machine activities. Could Liberate 50% of Managers' Time. Related Video.

Company 13

Company Survey Finance Engineering 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Research by the McKinsey Global Institute predicts that by 2020, the U.S. will need to create 21 million new jobs to return to full employment but, should present trends continue, there will be 1.5 competiveness. million too few college graduates to meet demand and that 5.9 How can the U.S. labor market become more efficient?

Marketing 12

Marketing Restructuring McKinsey Education 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2011

The environment for business is more dynamic, more complex, and more global than ever. We need companies where every individual is equipped to sense emerging trends, where the implications for action are rapidly recognized, and the necessary resources are quickly brought to bear. Managers are often the enforcers.

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Organization Supply Chain Decentralization Bureaucracy 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. ” Improving risk management. Investing in sustainability is not only a risk management tool; it can also drive innovation.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2015

” Job seekers hold more power than employers, a trend that seems to be deepening. ” It may seem logical that you want to have a job in hand before you reveal to your manager that you’re leaving. He got a great reference from his former boss at McKinsey who talked about his openness and loyalty to the firm.

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Short-term McKinsey Long-term Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2016

By ignoring the distribution, that statistic masks a more important trend: As the McKinsey Global Institute has documented , variance in corporate earnings has increased substantially as well. ” Evidence of this trend toward greater corporate inequality has been trickling in for a while now.

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McKinsey Document Engineering Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2017

How producers manage the resources they have is far more important than how much they have. <span>How Joy Global's smart, connected heavy machinery optimizes mine performance and safety.</span> Managing a company’s workforce will be crucial. But that’s no longer the case. </span> Save.

Technology 8

Technology Resources Industry Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2015

there is little evidence that they harness knowledge in fast-growing global centers of excellence such as Bangalore or Tel Aviv. But more recently, emerging-market locations have featured prominently in global firms’ technology portfolios. The global search for ideas is especially important for digital businesses.

Globalization 8

Globalization Engineering Technology Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2018

How can companies navigate Africa’s many challenges and translate its growth trends into profitable, sustainable enterprises? Mark Bowman was the managing director of SABMiller’s Africa region during that decade. In the early part of this century, most global firms saw Africa as unattractive, so we had limited competition.”

Brand 8

Brand Case Study Globalization Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2012

Starting in our biggest business — carpet tiles — our managers and staff have gone through the grinding process of identifying every single chemical in our products. Here's why: Going Cradle-to-Cradle helped put us ahead of the curve on perhaps the biggest environmental trend: recycling. 1] McKinsey & Co.,

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Strategy McKinsey Chemicals Armstrong 11