Vantage Circle

MAY 29, 2023

Angela Davis, Activist As McKinsey says , the 2019 analysis finds that companies in the top quartile for gender diversity on executive teams were 25 percent more likely to have above-average profitability than companies in the fourth quartile—up from 21 percent in 2017 and 15 percent in 2014. trillion in total assets under management.

Inclusion 89

Inclusion Diversity Energy Metrics 89

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2014

Its second component is reframing our view of employees from costs that need to be kept in check to assets that need to be nurtured. It’s hard for employees to feel like they are doing more than managing numbers when they, too, are treated like numbers to be optimized. Embrace your organization’s humanity.

Transportation 15

Transportation Assets Marketing Revenue 15

AIHR

JULY 14, 2021

Because data is such an asset to organizations, HR professionals must be data literate to glean the meaningful information from this data that they can use for strategic decision-making. BBVA is a US banking franchise focusing on commercial banking, retail banking, and wealth management. per year recorded between 1987 and 2014.

Banking 59

Banking Digital Transformation Metrics Operations 59

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2014

Investment bankers are giddy at the prospect of increased M&A activity in 2014. 2014 will be the year of the “business remix.” But it will be important for managers to know when to use each of these types of deals. A decline in economic uncertainty in 2014 will now support bolder strategic moves by managers.

Assets 8

Assets Scaling Travel Media 8

AIHR

JANUARY 26, 2023

Journal of Management , 46 (2), 261-286. Academy of Management Journal , 63 (1), 7-33. Narcissistic leaders: An asset or a liability? Submitted for publication. Den Hartog, D. De Hoogh, A.H.B., & Belschak, F. Toot your own horn? Leader narcissism and the effectiveness of employee self-promotion. DeWall, C. Buffardi, L.

Recruitment 52

Recruitment Performance Review Assets Banking 52

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Companies deliver superior results when executives manage for long-term value creation and resist pressure from analysts and investors to focus excessively on meeting Wall Street’s quarterly earnings expectations. From 2007 to 2014, their R&D spending grew at an annualized rate of 8.5%, greater than the 3.7%

Manager 15

Manager Revenue Metrics Cash Flow 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2016

Managers understand that clear-eyed analysis — both quantitative and qualitative — is the key to building a resilient business. This currency is only “printed” and stored as assets when we focus on positive things and express gratitude for them. We can’t just print resilience the way countries print money.

Manager 14

Manager Balance Sheet Assets Banking 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

A 2014 study in the International Journal of Health Services found that doctors spend close to 17% of their work week on billing, insurance, and other administrative work. As the adage goes, you can’t manage what you can’t measure. ” Medical groups and hospitals are no different.

Assets 13

Assets Workflows Administration Insurance 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2014

In the ordinary organization, every person is doing a second job no one is paying them to perform—covering their weaknesses and inadequacies, managing others’ good impression of them, and preserving a position that would feel more precarious if people didn’t always see them at their best. Culture That Drives Performance.

Assets 20

Assets Change Management Operations Manager 20

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

In 2014 we interviewed 34 women engineers in two FTSE 100 firms in the UK. Despite these efforts, senior managers and HR officers in both companies reported that one in three women engineers continued to leave. I didn’t think I could do the job that was being asked of me — it was something my manager usually did.

Engineering 14

Engineering Manager Retention Inclusion 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

For example, at the end of its 2015 fiscal year, Apple’s balance sheet stated tangible assets of $290 billion as a contribution to its annual revenues, with approximately $141 billion worth of intangible assets — a combination of intellectual capital, brand equity, and (investor and consumer) goodwill.

Balance Sheet 13

Balance Sheet Assets Insurance Operations 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2015

We surveyed women in the United States, United Kingdom, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and India with personal income of at least $100,000 or investable assets of $500,000 or more. It is growing: 58% of women surveyed across the four Asian countries expect their assets to increase. And their wealth is not just substantial.

Assets 15

Assets Telecommunications Diversity Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Higher-fee, actively managed funds lost $500 billion in assets since 2015, with much of it flowing to much lower cost passive funds (e.g. But total net inflows of money into all mutual funds and exchange traded funds is at its lowest levels since 2014. index funds).

Real Estate 14

Real Estate Assets Marketing Revenue 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2015

Barbara Ann Berwick drove for Uber for eight weeks in 2014. grew from 20 million in 2001 to 32 million in 2014. It used to be that companies would gain a competitive edge by bringing more and more people, assets, and resources inside the company in order to reduce transaction costs. This trend is expanding explosively.

Benefits 14

Benefits Assets Government Diversity 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

Cuba’s economy got a jolt in December 2014, when U.S.-Cuban It has tourism—beach and sun and one of the communist world’s last Jurassic political systems—but the real asset is the brains of its people. pharmaceutical company could be a great asset in the future. Cuban ties were restored. But, oddly, U.S.

Government 14

Government Travel Assets Education 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2014

But until Tim Cook’s statement, “don’t ask, don’t tell” reigned at the highest echelons of corporate America – almost shocking in 2014, given that 91% of Fortune 500 firms prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. Earlier this year, two CEOs of publicly traded – yet much smaller – firms came out.

Diversity 15

Diversity Assets Inclusion Manager 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

While consumers are rightfully worried that their personal information may be compromised, shareholders and companies’ management have a wider set of concerns, including loss of intellectual property, operational disruption, decreased customer trust, tarnished brand, and loss of investor commitment.

Balance Sheet 13

Balance Sheet Cash Flow Banking Assets 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2016

In a paper in the Academy of Management Perspectives , summarized in a TEDx talk , I studied 28 years of data and found that firms with high employee satisfaction outperform their peers by 2.3% Some prior studies measure employee satisfaction by asking managers how much they care about their workers, which is prone to manipulation.

Marketing 15

Marketing Benefits Assets Accounts 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

In this model, the acquired assets and capabilities are combined with existing assets to generate new business or to save costs. The company’s 2014 acquisition of Nokia’s mobile phone assets was intended to create added value by combining these hardware assets with Microsoft’s software and services.

Assets 12

Assets Software Marketing Government 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2015

expertise and relationships) assets, firms can gain these advantages of the Network Orchestration business model. Through co-creation, companies can access a deep well of customer capabilities, knowledge and assets. Example: Carol owns a small business and needs a customer relationship management (CRM) platform.

Assets 15

Assets Revenue Software Hospitality 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

For example, a divested business may inherit assets and capabilities that have been starved of investment by its former parent. Conversely, the business may be an “unpolished diamond” that was neglected by its former management for too long and whose value is just waiting to be unlocked.

Assets 11

Assets Revenue Energy Fixed Costs 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Its directors have turned over many times, of course, but Trian Fund Management, led by activist Nelson Peltz, is pressing for far more than a routine remake, demanding four seats of its own choosing at the table. companies in 2014 and show no signs of letting up in 2015. has renewed its product lines many times. Here’s why.

Assets 12

Assets Risk Management Government Recruitment 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2016

Organizations that manage digital networks (we call them network orchestrators) are different from traditional product and service providers. They begin with different values, invest in different assets, and choose different leaders. Starbucks stopped accepting the Square payment system in late 2014.

Digital Transformation 13

Digital Transformation Assets Real Estate Banking 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2016

By 2014, that milestone had shifted to age 29. Just lengthening that second stage of full-time work may secure the financial assets needed for a 100-year life, but such relentless work will inevitably deplete precious intangible assets such as productive skills, vitality, happiness, and friendship.

Education 14

Education Assets Manager 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. ” Improving risk management. Managing risks therefore requires making investment decisions today for longer-term capacity building and developing adaptive strategies. Investing in sustainability is not only a risk management tool; it can also drive innovation.

Assets 15

Assets Operations Revenue Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

The world is not short on capital — a startling $43 trillion of assets is currently under management in the United States alone. The main challenge is that investors are very good at understanding a single asset with standalone cash flows — a toll road, for example, or a power plant, or an apartment building.

Cash Flow 14

Cash Flow Real Estate Assets Nonprofit 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2015

On my first day, I confessed to the entire home office and field management team that I was the least qualified person to run the business. In July 2014, following our emergence from bankruptcy in April 2014, we moved to a new office, on a shoe-string – basically moving ourselves in U-Hauls. I still do not have an office.

Operations 13

Operations Media Strategic Planning Sales 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

In the July/August issue of HBR , Ram Charan argues that the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role should be eliminated, with HR responsibilities funneled in two separate directions — administration , led by traditional HR-types, reporting to the CFO; and talent strategy , led by high-potential line managers, reporting to the corner office.

Human Resources 15

Human Resources Administration Assets Operations 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Some of the worst corporate disasters of the past two decades were heralded by whistleblowers: Sherron Watkins raised the red flag internally at Enron, Cynthia Cooper let management know of major accounting problems at WorldCom, and Matthew Lee brought problems to his management team at Lehman Brothers. But that’s not the case.

Compliance 14

Compliance Assets Manager Government 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

In 2014, their median hourly wages were $10.30 In 2014, the median age of a retail salesperson was 35. domicile assets under management for investors who care about companies’ long-term competitive returns and societal impact is estimated to be $6.57 Which industry could really help do something about it?

Operations 13

Operations Staffing Assets Software 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2016

Here at the Executive Education program at MIT Sloan School of Management, we took a different approach: introducing flex time. Turning Stress into an Asset. Many startups will look to add “fun” into the mix — pool tables, nerf guns, pizza Fridays, and happy hours. You and Your Team Series.

Human Resources 15

Human Resources Benefits Assets Recruitment 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Those are all assets in an era of health care reform. Patients generally need proof of insurance to access outpatient clinics, and Parkland was serving a large volume of uninsured people as inpatients — so it extended preventive care and management of chronic conditions into the outpatient arena, much like an ACO.

Hospitality 14

Hospitality Insurance Operations Assets 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

But what many economists generally gloss over is a notion that I will argue is highly complementary to market failures: management failures. Businesses and management experts, in contrast, tend take the opposite position. banking assets and as such are “too big to fail”). Neither school of thought, though, has it quite right.

Manager 8

Manager Government Banking Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

But what many economists generally gloss over is a notion that I will argue is highly complementary to market failures: management failures. Businesses and management experts, in contrast, tend take the opposite position. banking assets and as such are “too big to fail”). Neither school of thought, though, has it quite right.

Manager 8

Manager Government Banking Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Cars are becoming more connected with each new model, driven by infotainment, navigation, safety, diagnostics, and fleet management. Samsung said at its 2014 investors forum it expects the global Smart Home Device market to reach $15 billion in 2015, almost doubling from 2013’s $7.8 Australia and China.

Transportation 15

Transportation Revenue Energy Assets 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Icahn later reduced his buyback request to $50 billion, and in April 2014 Apple’s board approved a $30 billion program to be carried out by repurchasing its shares on the open market — either by just buying shares outright or doing it indirectly via accelerated share repurchases. Apple is a company with phenomenal products and profits.

Banking 12

Banking Marketing Assets Compensation 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Insurgent startups, such as Instagram and Snapchat, manage to operate with far fewer resources than legacy companies in the same industry in the “pre-digital” era. Look at WhatsApp, which had 55 employees (35 of them engineers) and reached more than 450 million users when it was acquired by Facebook in 2014.

Scaling 14

Scaling Engineering Assets Operations 14