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Lessons in Leadership
Arcus talked to 1200 top executives about the challenges of leading and managing. The most important leadership lesson CEOs have learned is to force themselves to think about doing things that they did not think were possible.
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Sustainable Business Strategies
Can a green strategy translate into a competitive advantage in these uncertain times? By Detlev Zwick, PhD, Associate Professor of Marketing, Schulich School of Business, York University.
A Model for Reinforcing Safe and Healthy Workplaces
Safe and healthy workplaces start and end with the attitudes and behaviours of both workplace parties – employers and workers. There must be a belief that workplace injuries are unacceptable and preventable. Workplace parties need to be aware of their responsibilities and their rights.
Managing Diversity
In the recent more optimistic past, many organizations have been able to utilize their hiring ability to create a more diverse workforce. Such organizations have learned how to use diversity effectively as well as to gain a competitive advantage. If this is your organization, customers will expect the same sensitivity to their needs that you have always provided, and will continue to expect that your workforce will reflect the community
Hospitality Industry- Ten trends
Ten trends that will reshape the industry over the next ten years. It used to be enough to stay at a nice hotel; these days, guests are expected to embrace a lifestyle. An attitude. An expression of their inner hipster. That’s the message major luxury hotel groups are instilling in the minds of their guests
Arcus Innovation Leaders Series
The Arcus Innovation Series is based on indepth interviews with over 1500 senior executives from orgnaizations like Siemens, Unilever, Domtar, Canada Foundation for Innovation and Maple Leaf Foods. They argue that leadership is about having a vision for innovation and creating a framework for action.
Senior marketers have scaled back investments in innovative marketing
An Arcus Consulting Group survey of 430 senior marketing executives in Canada, conducted in March 2010, indicates that since the recession began, companies have adopted more cautious marketing strategies.
Arcus Green Business Report
The Arcus Green Business study found that only 17 percent of consumers are passionate about environmental issues—while 24 percent have virtually no interest. For most companies, green products represent only a "niche" opportunity.
Would Your Employees Recommend Your Company To Friends?
On a scale of zero to 10, how likely is it that you would recommend your company to a friend as a place of work? That simple query to employees is shaking up the way executives manage human capital.
C-Level view on strategic planning
A recent Arcus survey of over 1500 senior executives indicates strategic planning can be a frustrating exercise.
5 tips to help you innovate in uncertain times
Our research of indicates that in past recessions (1982–99), companies that invested in growth emerged stronger and increased their value significantly compared to before the economy declined.
Innovation Leaders Series- what innovations are about to reach their tipping point?
Innovative businesses tend to identify new emerging trends and leverage their impact on their customers and prospects. Read the Arcus Innovation Leaders Series. Contact Arcus to find out more about drivers of innovation and innovations that are about to reach their tipping points.
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Strategy
The state of the economy and impact of the financial crisis on corporate governance and business strategy
An interview with Mr. Jim Leech, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP).
The innovation imperative. How collobation between business, government and research organizations can deliver superior results.
An interview with Jac van Beek, Vice-President, Programs and Planning, The Canada Foundation for Innovation
Growth in a challenging market
Mr. Anthony Lacavera, CEO of Globalive Communications Corp. says says its critical for companies to grow in a profitable and sustainable way.
Growth Strategy
An interview with Mr. Dirk Miller, Vice President, Siemens. Mr. Miller says investments in research and development can be an effective growth strategy for companies today.
Solve your toughest problems
Working with experts, Arcus has identified questions and selected insights that will get you the answers to your business problems.
Sustainability
Best Practices in Sustainability Risk Management
A comprehensive program to identify, understand and manage risks provides greater certainty to employees and other stakeholders.
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Business Implications of Climate Change
A survey of 1,200 business leaders on economic, environmental, and social performance.
Industry Reports
Bio Fuels Report
The main support for biofuels has, to date, been through fuel duty incentives in most countries. They are also exploring input taxation methods for biofuels that could enable the mainstreaming of production through existing oil refineries, should this emerging technology prove viable.
Patient Safety and Risk Management
A survey of 200 Healthcare CEOs on Technology, Management and Operational Challenges.
Marketing
Deeper consumer insights and important added value
Ms. Janine Keogh, VP- Consumer Insight & Strategy, Kraft Canada Inc. argues that true innovation for products and services requires a simplified framework. There shouldn’t be boundaries, but there should be focus areas that are grounded in consumer and market place insight. This is where significant shareholder value can be generated the fastest.
Why Consumers Prefer the Extremes
Consumers may abandon products as soon as chic goes mainstream. When similar people buy the same brand, it translates into social meaning. The Business of Clutter
84 per cent of consumers bought things in order to deal with the excessive amount of things they have bought.
The Challenge of Dissatisfied Consumers.
Customers are bound to talk about their experiences. They are 10 times more likely to talk about bad experiences vs. good ones.
The marriage of music and mobility.
Apple had the hardware expertise, the industrial design expertise and the software expertise to get it right with the next generation iPhone.
Brand strategy and corporate culture
Mr. Geoff Craig, VP and General Manager, Unilever says leadership is about creating aframework for action around the vision to allow partners and employees to pioneer new ways of working.
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Change Management in Healthcare - Deployment strategies for Hand Hygiene
Many factors have contributed to poor hand washing compliance among health care workers. A lack of knowledge among personnel about the importance of hand hygiene in reducing the spread of infection is a key barrier. The World Health Organization’s Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care reinforces the need for multidimensional strategies as the most effective approach to promote hand hygiene.
Healthcare technology
Why its important to document and demonstrate value. To be in a position to defend price, and thereby gain a fair return on the value your support organization delivers, you must be able to persuasively document that value in monetary terms. Simply put, suppliers must learn to translate everything they do for customers into the language that decision-makers are most interested in - the language of dollars & cents.
Pharmaceutical sales: Challenge of access to physicians.
Changing the Face of Detailing. How to motivate physicians to see Pharmaceutical sales reps
Operations
Zachman Framework
Find out how the Zachman Framework can optimize your operations and lower costs.
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Success Strategies for Differentiated Enterprise Communications.
Companies need to take a close look at their operations.
Roadmaps towards executing on the Enterprise Architecture.
Roadmaps are consensus views by an organization on how to get to where they want to go or achieve desired objectives.
Change Management
Employee Engagement, Customer Satisfaction and Profitability
Even in today's soft economy, there's a competitive edge overlooked by many organizations: employee performance management.
Managing the rate of change
How individuals and organizations can successfully manage change in a changing world.
The future of value: Ambidextrous Leadership.
Today’s leading CEOs are going down a road business will have to travel.
Best practices to build a great business.
Today's fastest growing businesses understand the importance of deeper customer insights.
Developing Winning Strategies
How to develop and sustain competitive advantage.
CeoSight.com
Links for today's busy executive. A compilation of frequently visited sites by busy business leaders.
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Books
Bridging Your Goals with Their Goals: A 'Context-driven Approach to Leadership'
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Blogs
The latest ideas and insights on business from our experts.
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Reports
The Global Information Technology Report 2007-2008
The Global Information Technology Report 2007-2008, will be released on April 9 by the World Economic Forum. The Report has become the world’s most comprehensive assessment of the impact of ICT on the competitiveness of nations.
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Energy Security:The New Energy Security Paradigm
A report and agenda-setting outline for forthcoming meetings of the World Economic Forum’s Energy Industry Partnership in collaboration with Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA).
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The Leadership Challenge for CEOs and Boards
Partnering to Strengthen Public Governance: At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008 in Davos, the Global Corporate Citizenship Initiative Advisory Committee to the World Economic Forum, consisting of selected corporate heads of corporate citizenship as well as renowned experts, presented a thought leadership work stream.
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