Ash Noah, Vice President of CGMA External Relations at the AICPA Businesses today face rapid economic, technological and social changes. Technology is fueling disruption in every industry, and as organizations struggle to manage increased volatility, uncertainty and complexity, they need support to make better decisions faster. These business shifts and increasing risks require some major […]
Chip R. Bell, Author, Sprinkles: Creating Awesome Experiences Through Innovative Service Disruptors are getting a lot of attention these days. They are the organizations that have recognized many organizations have reached the limits of incremental improvement as a means of competitive advantage. The pursuit of innovation has replaced the singular quest for kaizen. Continuous improvement
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Like most other automakers, GM has faced the ups and downs of a troubled industry, but until last year, it had remained a powerhouse since its inception in 1908. GM led global vehicle sales for 77 consecutive years from 1931 through 2007, longer than any other automaker, but then things changed. They faced bankruptcy in
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Susan Boresow, President of TITLE Boxing Club The role of a “leader” in this day and age is dramatically transforming as accountability, transparency, and creativity become the forefront of our efforts as opposed to simply dictating a team. Leaders are becoming less thought of as authority figures and more so team members and mentors. Keeping
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Daniel Korschun, Associate Professor at Drexel University & co-author, We Are Market Basket The most famous chief executives are often quite charismatic and even a bit flamboyant. Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, Mark Cuban, and Donald Trump. But does a charismatic leader make for a well-functioning company? Recent evidence points to a pretty weak relationship between charisma and
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Joanna L. Krotz, Author, Being Equal Doesn’t Mean Being The Same Women entrepreneurs and investors still aren’t in the room when venture deals get done, even as women launch businesses nearly twice as fast as male-owned firms. About 75% of the country’s 316,600 angel investors are men, according to the Center for Venture Research. That jumps
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Chengwei Liu & Dawn Eubanks, Associate Professors, Warwick Business School Nepotism is detrimental to family businesses – more than 70 per cent of them fail after the first generation primarily due to poor succession decisions. Despite this well-known statistic nepotism persists, why? One possible reason is that the family business founder may wrongly believe that
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Michael LeBeau, CEO, Managing Partner, Founder, Scrum50 As an entrepreneur, your job is to get new concepts converted into new products or services that you can launch into the market as quickly as possible. What Six Sigma did for continuous quality improvement, the “agile” process is now doing for innovators at companies large and small.
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By Craig W. Ross One of the biggest factors in the success of a company is its ability to be nimble and embrace change. Being able to evolve with—or even ahead of—customer needs helps keep organizations relevant and ahead of the curve. In fact, many of the leaders we work with report that 90
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Melissa Lamson, CEO of Lamson Consulting Today’s business world demands a certain kind of leader—a global leader. A global leader is savvy in understanding how business works around the world. These leaders have a “global mindset” which means they’re attuned to the differing values, behaviors, and attitudes in business in other cultures and how these
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