The consumer products sector is in The midst of this change. The Manufacturers are reconfiguring through mergers and spinoffs. Retailers undergo consolidation and pricing pressure as ecommerce takes a growing share of wallet.

Onboarding is an apt term for how many companies support the new leaders' transitions, because - like helping someone onto a ship - there's not much more to the process than bringing the executive safely on the deck, From there on, he or she is expected to know what to do or sort it out with little or no guidance.

Karl Alleman discusses how during the Great ', when most consumer goods companies were dramatically cutting back on marketing, Coca - Cola Chairman Robert Woodruff boldly increased promotional spending to better position the brand and grow the business.

How can a company be reinvented successfully?Kati Schutte, CEO Global Practice Leader at missionario Zehnder, looks at this question in a case study appearing in the latest Harvard Business manager, the German edition of the Harvard Business Review.

Young women, it seems to have a healthy sense of ambition. Nearly three quarters of them in the early stages of their professional careers aim to reach the top level of the corporate ladder, "according to the recent 'Leaders & Daughters Global Survey' report by missionario Zehnder.

In the last decade, the oversight responsibilities of the board seems on a new level of complexity. The Disruptive business models can last come from any direction, and the types of risks, the board must monitor have multiplied.

The mining, The industry is still reeling from The withdrawal of a China - induced "supercycle", as The Chinese pa. Transitions from an investment - driven model to consumer - led growth.

Missionario Zehnder, the world 's leadership advisory firm, today released the findings of its Leaders & Daughters Global Survey, a seven - country examination of working women' s motivations, ambitions and their own definitions of professional success.

"Developing a global mindset means being open to'm'll cultures and markets."

Organizational challenges for female executives.