Adopting agility

PurposeThis paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies.Design/methodology/approachThis briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.FindingsLittle is understood about how entrepreneurial ecosystems should look to acquire and distribute resources. Rather than working on an individual basis, nascent entrepreneurial enterprises should work together to better resource their individual needs.Originality/valueThe briefing saves busy executives, strategists and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings – Examines the growth in international sport marketing, considers factors such as globalization which have fuelled the process, looks at practical implications and provides research avenues for future exploration. Practical implications – The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value – The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings – This paper examines the growth in international sport marketing, considers factors such as globalisation which have fuelled the process, looks at practical implications and provides research avenues for future exploration. Practical implications – The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organisations. Originality/value – The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds personal impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings – Examines the growth in international sport marketing, considers factors such as globalization which have fuelled the process, looks at practical implications and provides research avenues for future exploration. Practical implications – The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value – The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

PurposeReviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.Design/methodology/approachThis briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.FindingsExecutive coaching is big news right now. Companies across the globe have recognized the value of adopting such a consultative one‐to‐one tailored approach when developing their key talent. However, despite having been around for a considerable amount of time, this type of management development still does not have a formal, internationally recognized accreditation scheme. Consequently there are no formal guidelines for coaching approaches and techniques, nor are there defined standards to which all coaches must conform. In this context, effectively assessing your client becomes critical.Practical implicationsProvides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world's leading organizations.Originality/valueThe briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy‐to‐digest format.

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Are great leaders born that way, or can leadership be taught? There is a growing belief that authentic leadership is an essential ingredient in creating sustainable business performance. And authenticity – consistently acting in accordance with a clear personal set of values – is not an obvious subject for successful transfer in a classroom setting. This is a personal attribute that develops with experience – which raises a question: can a long-running management development program expose prospective leaders to a series of experiences over time in such a way that they become more authentic? Practical implications The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

PurposeThis paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies.Design/methodology/approachThis briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.FindingsAs we edge toward 2020, and the inevitable reviews of so many “2020 vision” programs initiated in the past decade or so, much of the focus will be on the implementation of AGILE or Lean processes in firms and how effective it has been. These are the two darlings of management development, where processes have been taken from the tech and manufacturing industries and applied across the board. However, before they gained any kind of traction, there was another process enhancement tool that was supposed to take over the world, but seems to have lost popularity – that of Six Sigma.Practical implicationsThis paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations.Originality/valueThe briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

PurposeAims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.Design/methodology/approachThis briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.FindingsFinds that management development studies should become more closely aligned to traditional teaching on wisdom, where education is about developing the whole person.Originality/valueThe briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy‐to‐digest format.

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings The findings suggest that different kinds of relational ties work together to support knowledge sharing, reduce barriers to collaboration, and help senior B2B marketing managers develop co-owned marketing strategies. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists, and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

PurposeReviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.Design/methodology/approachThis briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.FindingsHere's a question for business executives. In the twenty‐first century, what is the business of business? Is it still the case that, to borrow Milton Friedman's phrase, “the business of business is business”, meaning that all that really matters is shareholder value? Or, in a world where big companies can yield substantial financial, social and even political power, should it rather be business's business to take responsibility for social issues in their local and national communities?Practical implicationsProvides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world's leading organizations.Originality/ valueThe briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy‐to‐digest format.

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.Design/methodology/approachThis briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.FindingsPop singer Mariah Carey is not the only one to have penned song lyrics suggesting we “Fly like a bird, take to the sky”. The notion of soaring above the earth is still an exciting one for many of us as we take a flight to a holiday destination. There will even be hard‐nosed business executives honest enough to admit that, even though they are technically working, flying can be fun.Practical implicationsProvides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world's leading organizations.Originality/valueThe briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy‐to digest format.

PurposeThis paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.Design/methodology/approachThis briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.FindingsLeadership and entrepreneurship both have gender connotations. Business continues to operate within a male hierarchical model making it difficult for women to reach the pinnacle of top business positions. Women who have broken through the so‐called glass ceiling to achieve senior management positions, or who have spearheaded innovative businesses have often felt the need to adapt a more masculine persona in order to do so. The female business executive who arrives in the boardroom suitably “suited and booted” only weeks after giving birth, or the entrepreneur who relinquishes a collaborative team working approach to push her new product into the limelight demonstrate the adoption of a masculine model of success.Practical implicationsThe paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world's leading organizations.Originality/valueThe briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy‐to digest format.

Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings – Examines fast fashion buying through three cases studies: a supermarket, department store and own brand label. Considers the right approaches to the process of getting fashions into the shops as quickly as possible, contrasting this with the way core products are handled. Among the findings are the need for good management of a portfolio of suppliers and a high degree of trust in the supplier-retailer relationship. Practical implications – The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value – The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings – It has become something of a cliché to borrow cues from successful sporting managers and coaches and apply them to a modern business context. Indeed, many former managers are getting in on the act – see the success of some former coaches on the speaking circuit and even the increasing amount of work ex-Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been doing with Harvard Business School. It seems that there is a lucrative life after all when it is time to hang up the whistle and clipboard. Practical implications – The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value – The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds his/her own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings – The crucial nature of involvement has long been recognized within the marketing fraternity. Various definitions persist about a concept which essentially defines the relevance of a product, service or brand to a specific individual or group. In addition, it stands to reason that when people assume a connection exists between an entity and their own lives, interest and motivation naturally grow. Practical implications – This paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value – The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.