Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 8, 2018

When boiled down to its essence, management is a system of managers, operating in concert, constantly adjusting resources based on new information coming in to keep the business on target. In other words, management is the feedback system of the organization. Just look for the highest?performing Work PreView Meetings.

Hypercompetition 68

Hypercompetition Team Management Information 68

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

Given the hypercompetitive nature of global manufacturing, it wouldn't take much to kill this momentum and put the U.S. Managers typically assume that a worker who meets minimum qualifications can be taught pretty much any job in a short time. Robots and computer-operated tools are everywhere.

Hypercompetition 15

Hypercompetition Human Capital Short-term Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

You know how your mobile operator manages to slyly slide hidden costs past you — and the service you get is patchy and unpredictable? Once companies have to account for the costs they've been externalizing, new jobs to manage new competencies will emerge. Innovation atrophy. That's the Enronian economy in a microcosm.

Incentives 17

Incentives GDP Hypercompetition Cost 17

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2012

One solution is to use a flexible, fluid team structure that consists of three tiers : a core, an operational level, and an outer network. Another tool that I recommend is the Relationship Action Plan , which can be used to manage an organization around loosely configured, flexible teams. Don't be afraid of social media.

Team 13

Team Succession Hypercompetition Teamwork 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2013

Those include, for example, the entertainment industry: What would it take to get scriptwriters and directors to stop portraying people operating on no sleep as models of machismo and dedication? They also have the power, through their policies, to change how employees work (and how managers encourage them to). Social Influence.

Hypercompetition 10

Hypercompetition Influence Bottom-up Open-book 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

We see an interesting pattern across the professionally managed companies, those whose CEOs were hired by the board. Today AWS accounts for just 10% of Amazon’s $150 billion in revenue, but generates close to $1 billion in quarterly operating profit. These CEOs are what we call “insider outsiders.”

Franchising 15

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’ve found that managers who fully embrace a superconsumer strategy learn more from their consumers through increased empathy. These managers are more persuasive at getting buy-in from the leaders in their organization, make better strategic decisions, and achieve more stable, more predictable, and longer-term growth.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8