Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2017

In contrast, today’s scarcest resource is your human capital, as measured by the time, talent and energy of your workforce. Energy, too, is difficult to come by. Recognize and reward good management of time, talent, and energy. Energy can be created and destroyed. Difference-making talent is also scarce.

Manager 15

Manager Balance Sheet Energy Reorganization 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2016

When a company reorganizes, it’s often because the strategy has also changed. For example, the French global energy player ENGIE recently tilted its primary dimension from product (such as power, services, and infrastructure) toward region in order to better serve its clients in the territories in which it operates.

Reorganization 14

Reorganization Risk Management Human Resources Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2015

Managers provide the continuity needed to execute efficiently and leaders drive the kinetic energy needed to respond dynamically to the needs of the marketplace. Therefore, the ability to manage operation and the capacity to inspire employees is no longer enough. Every organization needs both. The best CEOs, like Steve Jobs and A.G.

Operations 14

Operations Assets Revenue Diversity 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

We checked in with HBS professor Forest Reinhardt, co-chair of the school’s Global Energy Seminar, for a backgrounder on how business people are thinking about sustainability. If I felt that we needed to reorganize our whole economic system, then no, I would not be optimistic. What’s the smartest approach going forward?

Government 13

Government Energy Reorganization Benefits 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

When I took over as chief marketing officer at GE, the mandate from CEO Jeff Immelt was to make marketing a vital operating function that could drive organic growth. How Sephora Reorganized to Become a More Digital Brand. We realized early on that it wouldn’t be enough for marketers just to focus on advertising and external messaging.

Marketing 11

Marketing Reorganization User Experience Scaling 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

As such, organizations spend enormous amounts of time and energy defining jobs, roles, and goals — and then figure out who to reward or punish when things go well or poorly. One of the most sacred tenants of management is the need for clear accountability.

Accounts 10

Accounts Reorganization Deliverables Workflows 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

All too often, individual leaders seek — indeed are incentivized — to protect and optimize their own domains, and find themselves locked in energy-sapping internal turf wars, rather than working with peers to align and improve across the entire enterprise. The best companies are the best aligned, but only when led by design.

Reorganization 8

Reorganization Operations Energy Human Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Instead she was ramping up mobile-banking operations—which competitors were also doing—and looking to experiment with something more innovative: partnerships with supermarkets and electronics stores that would allow FDM to set up kiosks within them. .” ” “It’s like any reorganization,” Meryem said.

Banking 16

Banking Change Fatigue Reorganization Marketing 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Because the technology specs and operational logistics were finalized collaboratively early on, change orders were about half the typical number for a project of this size. The hospital opened five months ahead of schedule and has won national recognition for quality and safety in its first year of operation.

Hospitality 14

Hospitality Operations Energy Education 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Companies are beginning to utilize their employees’ behavioral data — generally known as people analytics — to better understand and improve their sales operations , with strong results. Deeper analysis showed that investing more time and energy into partnering with some of these lower growth accounts could improve them.

Sales 8

Sales Sales Accounts Reorganization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

This is startling, considering how much money organizations spend conducting employee surveys and reorganizations, engaging consultants and implementing change initiatives. For example, Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good leaves “thank you” notes on yellow sticky notes in employees’ offices. What do you think?

Reorganization 15

Reorganization Energy Performance Review Inclusion 15