Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution

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The Strategy Execution Duality Execution has enjoyed an impressive reputation in the last few years under the banner that any strategy is worthless if not executed. While this assertion is tautologically undeniable, it is also true that a flawed strategy execution can have unappealing consequences. New Coke or the Betamax video format come to mind. … Read more

Emerging trends in Supply Chain Management

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“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.” – Walter Elliot This prominent Scottish politician saw the important distinction between tactics and strategy. Logistics involves successfully piecing together any number of moving parts into one working supply chain. Although it may look like one long process, supply chain … Read more

Probing the Minds of Elected Women Representatives on Village Councils in India

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An interesting paper from Samir Sathe, one of CEO Worldwide vetted C-level candidates This paper aims to probe the minds of Elected Women Representatives (EWRs) , the harbingers of change in rural political governance in India. It explores the interrelationships between their own thoughts, emotions, and behaviours, as well as those of their families, Village … Read more

How You Can Grow Your Company Globally

How You Can Grow Your Company Globally

Why your company should be interested in the global market? For the same reason that Apple, Starbucks, FedEx, Caterpillar, Microsoft, Walmart, Netflix, McDonalds and others are, most of their future growth will come from that market. In small to medium size companies, it may come as revenue growth or as an opportunity to increase the … Read more

How to make the brand turnaround on the first biggest Global Market after US?

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Before we go into the details of the brand turnaround project, I would like to give a short statement about being a women leader: YES, I AM A WOMEN BUT I have always behaved without thinking I am a women. Work place is competitive for all (men and women) and what will make difference is … Read more

Business Case Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

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Business Case analysis has become mandatory for important decision making and planning in government, business, and non-profit organisations everywhere. As a result, most case-building responsibilities now belong to those who are not “finance” people. Everyone talks about the business case but surprisingly few people really know what that means. That was true in the early … Read more

Are you really ready for business intelligence?

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In the day of the simple country store, business intelligence was comprised of knowing what was “in stock,” what was “out of stock,” what it cost to replenish and how much turnover was in a given period. Today, retailers capture how long a product is on a specific shelf and does it sell better here … Read more