Vanessa Bhimanprommachak, Author at Harvard Business Publishing

Build a Pipeline of Business Savvy Leaders

Vanessa Bhimanprommachak — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 14:00:06 +0000

Business as usual is no longer an option. Inflation is rising, turnover is increasing, and staffing shortages are growing. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that consumers are spending 9.1% more on the same products and services than they were last year, which means people expect more value from their purchases than ever before.[1] Employees at all levels must quickly adapt to this new economic landscape, but without the necessary skills, most are struggling to do so. Due to shifting market trends, 90% of executives and managers are experiencing skill gaps or anticipate to within the next five years.[2] […]

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Market Orientation: Why It Matters for Leaders at all Levels

Vanessa Bhimanprommachak — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 13:00:39 +0000

It can be tempting, very tempting. You’re focused on your job, your department, your team, and you just have so much to do. So you leave worrying about your organization’s market orientation—understanding who your customers are, what value you create for them, why they choose your organization, what your competition’s doing—to someone else. You have enough on your plate already, so you delegate accordingly. Need to know basis only, you tell yourself. And maybe you don’t feel you need to know. But you should. Leaders at all levels and functions must build their business acumen. And fundamental to business acumen is […]

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Leading When You’re Not “the Boss”

Vanessa Bhimanprommachak — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 15:12:13 +0000

These days, many corporations have moved away from a “command and control” style of management and toward leadership modes that focus on empowering people and teams. Still, many leaders do hold formal, positional authority. They manage a team, a department, a division, or an organization. They’re the boss. Yet there are times and places when—whatever their formal roles or titles—everyone in an organization can take the initiative and lead. When this occurs, everyone benefits. Issues are addressed more quickly. Decisions are made more rapidly. Stronger relationships are forged. And people feel positive about their ability to contribute to the larger […]

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Leading Your Team Through a Crisis

Vanessa Bhimanprommachak — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 14:13:23 +0000

At some point in every leader’s career, they’ll be faced with a crisis. It may be a problem that’s major and public, or something contained and private. It may be particular to your organization, or—as is the case with the Covid-19 pandemic—a situation that’s being experienced globally. Whatever the circumstances, a crisis is a time of intense difficulty, stress, and complexity. There’ll be no one perfect way to remedy the problem, no easy path toward recovery. When a crisis strikes, we tend to respond instinctively, but those initial impulses may not be especially productive. They may even be counterproductive. An […]

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Make the Most of Your Time (Amidst the Crisis)

Vanessa Bhimanprommachak — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 15:30:18 +0000

Over the past month or so, because of COVID-19, people in our organization and many others have started to work remotely. As a result, we’ve all been facing uncertainties and challenges with managing our time. It’s hard to work from home, especially when there are so many distractions—whether it’s children, pets, household chores, or, in my case, a show to binge on Netflix. How do we balance how we spend our time now that we are home 24/7? It’s all about making smarter, more intentional choices with the hours we have. By identifying our peak times for doing important work, […]

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