In June, Haig Barrett joined That’s Nice Agency at the annual BIO Convention where the leading pharmaceutical and academic institutions attended.
The convention highlighted how leading biopharma firms are mobilizing to take on tough diseases and emerging opportunities in the industry.
Last month, Haig Barrett supported Global Green’s efforts in advancing smart solutions to climate change that improve lives and protect our planet. Sustainability is something Haig Barrett has been passionate about, especially electric vehicles, smart grid, and solar energy.
In the spring, Haig Barrett sponsored a series of Stiletto Gal Speaker Series promoting women in business. One of the speaker series we sponsored was with Lizanne Falsetto, Founder of thinkThin. Lizanne has been a strong supporter of women’s causes since her
This past March, USC hosted their 7th Annual Women’s Conference. Haig Barrett was proud to be one of the sponsors as we strongly believe in supporting empowering conversations around women. This sponsorship is part of our ongoing efforts to spark more conversations between women and businesses through our new division, The W Factor.
Haig Barrett believes in giving back. Which is why we are involved with supporting Open Academy, a 501 (c)3 non-profit providing students K-12 in underserved communities music and arts education. You could say arts and music education holds a special place in Haig’s heart.
The business objective of leadership development is to improve individual and organizational performance. Employees attending Leadership Development programs can apply the new content, skills, and ways of thinking to their current job. They can also assess their personal strengths and weaknesses and improve upon these areas through personal development programs. Based on these positive benefits Leadership Development must be a good practice for organizations to continue, right?
Unfortunately, the answer is not necessarily. Empirically, it has been difficult to establish whether a Leadership Development program leads to improved organizational performance.
So why are traditional Leadership Development Programs not delivering on their promise?
In this article, we will explore the issues around traditional Leadership Development Programs and how to overcome them.
The key to successful implementation of any strategy is a strong Strategic Thinking methodology within the Strategic Planning process. This allows executives to thoroughly evaluate all opportunities prior to implementation.
Last year, we had the privilege of helping Long Beach Goodwill develop their long term strategic plan to expand their business. We used the same strategic principles during the process and by the end of the half day workshop, our strategic process saved the Long Beach Goodwill from spending additional time in the research phase and from implementing possibly low impact & resource heavy ideas.
Haig Barrett is a proud sponsor for this exciting effort as part of our newest initiative: “W Factor – A Special Division on Women”. The ‘W Factor’ is officially launching in April but the speaker series with Stiletto Gal along with other activities such as 2015 USC Women’s Conference we are sponsoring already have us moving in full force.
Large-scale change success rates are average at best and often worse. This is confirmed by decades of research that analyzed numerous large-scale changes at companies. Often times, introduction of new practices or methodologies quickly stall after the initial introduction or halfway into the implementation.
However, there are a few companies that successfully implement large-scale changes rather well it is not the norm. Why do only a few companies succeed when most others have not?
In this article, we will explore why large-scale changes have failed in the past and provide tools on how you can improve the success rate of these changes at your company.
Brands are an experience. And the retail environment, whether online or at a brick & mortar store, is a reflection of this experience. More brands, fashion boutiques, technology line stores such as Apple or Microsoft feature stores, mall specialty line stores, and automotive dealerships are increasingly focused around building an environment around their singular brand partner products. It is one way to maintain control over the quality of the customer experience.
This article explores what makes the most successful of these types of stores work and how they do it.