Five Questions to Use to Test Your Organization
Bain Insights, Contributor
Bain Insights, Contributor
Susan Adams, Forbes Staff
Inder Sidhu, Contributor
What if you could quickly and easily show businesses how to significantly increase their profit margins—by recognizing and eliminating unrecognized hidden costs? What if you could help them recognize and measure the complexity of their business—complexity that was added with the best of intentions, but is wasting untold resources and undermining profits? read »
How the company focuses on both brand equity and product development.
Ever hear "pretty is as pretty does?" This homily means "don't just look at the surface, it's the underlying qualities that matter." When I read analyst reviews of companies I'm often struck by how fascinated they are with the surface, and how weakly they seem to understand the underlying markets. Financials are a RESULT of management's ability to provide competitive solutions, and no study of financials will give investors a true picture of management or the company's future prospects. read »
The Dockers brand is in search of its target audience.
I never thought that I would stop working after my twins were born to be a stay-at-home-mom, but I did. During that time I learned a few things: I learned that I unconditionally love my children and that I love being a mom, but also that moms don’t have to feel guilty for wanting something for themselves. And for me, I wanted to continue my career. So I submitted my resume for my dream job and was happily surprised when they actually called me for an interview. read »
What do you do when you have a communication impasse with someone you care about? read »
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An Interview with John Paul DeJoria, owner of Patrón Spirits and cofounder and CEO of John Paul Mitchell Systems John Paul DeJoria is one of the great stories of achieving the American Dream. Twenty years after being homeless, he was able to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. [...] read »
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Photos of the 400 Richest Americans
When a friend praised The Myth of Stress recently and suggested I read it, I was skeptical, to say the least: as a general matter, I can't stand self help books. They tend to be far too spiritual or touchy-feely for my taste, and more concerned with giving a new spin to worn cliches than with providing useful perspective. read »
CMO of Aflac responds to controversy involving their popular mascot.
