by Stephen Peele | Apr 12, 2014 | Culture, Organization Design
VALUES MATTER Values determine how a company achieves its business goals. “Your culture is your brand. We wanted a list of committable core values that we were willing to hire and fire on,” Zappos’ CEO, Tony Hsieh wrote in a recent blog post on Harvard Business...
by Richard Spoon | Mar 12, 2014 | Leadership, Organization Design
The past year has produced more and more clients requesting our team to support and recommend changes to cut costs while optimizing organization efficiency. While there are a number of approaches to start this process, the fastest savings opportunity is to...
by Richard Spoon | Mar 12, 2014 | Customers, Organization Design
Business Situation Avery Dennison is a global leader in pressure-sensitive technology, self-adhesive materials and self-adhesive consumer and office products. When confronted with the realities of a slumping economy, the Graphic/Reflective Division of Avery Dennison...
by ArchPoint | Mar 9, 2014 | Culture, Customers, Marketing, Organization Design, Sourcing
Millennials as a U.S. generation are the same size as the Baby Boomer generation and almost twice the size of Generation X. These younger shoppers will achieve a spending power of an estimated $2.45 trillion in 2015. They are also a huge force in the workplace....
by Richard Spoon | Feb 24, 2014 | Organization Design
What’s Right For Our Business Yakima has been a world leader in the design and manufacture of cargo management equipment solutions for outdoor enthusiasts for three decades. Products include vehicle racks for bikes, boats, ski equipment and gear, a line of cargo...
by Richard Spoon | Feb 9, 2014 | Change Management, Culture, Leadership, Organization Design, Talent Management
There’s an irony that comes with the scarcity mindset. When we see the world through the eyes of scarcity, we extract, consume, hoard or pillage more than we actually need — and we begin to create a self-fulfilling prophecy of actual scarcity on our planet. From your...
