HR Digest

OCTOBER 25, 2023

AbilityLinks Launched in 2001, AbilityLinks provides a job board to provide disability-inclusive jobs to people with any form of disability as well as veterans. Not only does the platform assist with recruiting, but it also provides training solutions to improve opportunities for the existing workforce.

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Diversity Telecommunications Call Center Training 116

Coaching Tip

JUNE 29, 2011

Introverts get their energy internally. Extroverts gain energy from being with other people, often the more the merrier. In a smaller study in 2001, 57% were introverts. Many people believe that introverts, by definition, are shy and extroverts are outgoing. This is incorrect. There are shy extroverts and outgoing introverts.

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Sample Energy Learning-by-Doing Definition 155

Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 20, 2016

When asked what was the best advice he ever received, Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO of Google, recognized it was from John Doerr, who in 2001 said, "My advice to you is to have a coach." I have come to learn that to cancel a coaching session is to lose energy for a week and to lose focus. He was pretty experienced.

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CEO Chief Executive Officer Self-aware Leadership 70

HR Digest

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The Agile Manifesto written by a collection of 17 bright minds in 2001 , gave rise to a collection of values to guide software development in an agile, adaptive manner. Sprints The agile HR approach focuses energies on short-term plans rather than annual ones that lose steam very quickly.

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Agility Short-term Reference Examples 59

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 25, 2013

In 2001, when I had actually decided to retire from “corporate life”, my company asked me to consider a change in direction, rather than a departure, by taking the role of Global Head of HR. I am delighted and honored that he accepted my offer and that I am able to share his wisdom with you here. Guest Post by Les Hayman.

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CEO Performance Review Review Learning-by-Doing 217

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Before the energy conglomerate’s collapse in 2001, I had the opportunity to review Enron’s values. .” But since the big messages are all basically the same, the words quickly lose their real meaning to employees – if they had any in the first place. Enron is a great example.

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Ethics Pharmaceuticals PR Execution 137

Your Voice of Encouragement

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Recently I realized how much time and energy I''ve expended thinking about the past or the future instead of being fully present in the moment that’s happening right now. Sometimes I dwell on an interaction I had with another person. It could have happened a week, a year or even a decade ago.

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Taylorism Taylor Power Objective 58

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

A 2001 study by the Hay Group indicated a 2.5x We’ve also learned that learners don’t commit time and energy to any program, course, or event. 90% of leaders think an engagement strategy is important while only 25% of organizations have one (ACCOR). revenue increase for companies with high engagement levels.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Self-aware 265

Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

With the month of September now underway, there’s an unmistakable feeling of renewed energy and determination in the air. Consider, for example, the release of the first iPod by Apple back in October 2001. Back then, we were enduring the first recession of this century, as well as the after effects of the “dot-com bubble” burst.

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Succession Goal Objective Technology 210

Strategy Driven

APRIL 2, 2014

Disengaged and distracted employees cost businesses money as they ‘sleepwalk’ through their workday, bringing little energy or passion to the table. Properly recognize the energy and spirit your employees bring to the table. Not all encouragement, engagement and incentive programs are created equal, however.

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Motivation Incentives Chief Executive Officer Absenteeism 51

Women on Business

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Houston energy magnate Dan Duncan who died earlier this year had an estimated net worth of $9 billion, and television industry mogul John Kluge died with a $6.5 George Steinbrenner alone was worth $1.2 billion estate.

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Press Release Discount PR Magazine 202

First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 16, 2011

Brand Portfolio Strategy: Creating Relevance, Differentiation, Energy, Leverage, and Clarity David A. Aaker Free Press (2004) Note: I read this book when it was first published and recently re-read it. If anything, Aaker’s insights are even more valuable now than they were then.

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Aaker Brand Strategy Books 75

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2013

In December, 2001, just prior to filing for bankruptcy, Enron Corporation had approximately $2 billion in cash and no debt coming due. In a keynote speech , he said Enron went bankrupt because of "decisions" made in October 2001. Despite its infamous financial chicanery, it still appeared to be a viable, profitable firm.

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Price Credit Rating Finance Chief Financial Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2011

Think about the enormous energy that gets consumed by people collaborating to accomplish workarounds — what I like to call remedial collaboration — that is, solutions to problems brought about by systems or processes that are antiquated, inappropriate, broken but not attended to, or just plain dumb.

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Energy Performance Review Creativity Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

The company focuses on building environmentally friendly work sites and data centers and improving access to clean energy for all. Without secure energy and a stable climate, we won’t be able to make meaningful progress on other challenges — like connecting the world. This interview has been edited and condensed.

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Project Energy Policies Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

Looking at LVMH’s efforts, I’ll highlight three areas where I see great impact and innovation: managing carbon and energy, building a connection with customers around brand purpose, and working closely with suppliers. Managing Carbon and Energy. I’ll then discuss some of LVMH’s challenges.

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Supply Chain Payback Period Brand Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2014

Apparently, Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz have already made quite a lot of the term corporate athlete, having coined it way back in a 2001 HBR article ( I was only 13 years late to the party! ) and explored it in a series of best-selling books about engagement, energy, and business success.

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Training Sports Stress Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2018

I interviewed them about one of the last big crises for startups: the dot-com crash of 2000-2001. Senapathy “Kris” Gopalakrishnan, a co-founder of the India-based Infosys, saw his company’s market value on NASDAQ drop 90% from 2000 to 2001. David Kenny, then CEO of Digitas, a U.S.-based

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Crisis Entrepreneur Business Model IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Take Anne Mulcahy, who stepped into the CEO role at Xerox in 2001, during a particularly tough time in the company’s history. Energy returned.” In fact, she logged nearly 200,000 miles that first year as she traveled to each site to share the strategy and reignite enthusiasm about the future of Xerox. Hope rekindled.

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Resistance How To Survey Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2011

We move into negative emotions — what we call the "Survival Zone" in our work at The Energy Project — when we feel a sense of threat or danger. When Conant took over as Campbell's CEO in 2001, the company's employee engagement scores were among the worst of any Fortune 500 company Gallup had ever polled.

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CEO Bottom-up Energy Stress 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

In the Chinese industries we studied — solar, steel, glass, paper, and auto parts — labor was between 2% and 7% of production costs, and imported raw materials and energy accounted for most costs. Tellingly, energy subsidies to Chinese steel totaled $27 billion from 2000 to 2007. or European Union. and European steel.

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Bond Price Industry Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

The message was intended to inspire new energy in the company at a pivotal time: “While we have seen great success, we are hungry to do more. They volunteer their time and energy in communities where GE has plants and offices. Our industry does not respect tradition—it only respects innovation.”

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Company Welch Bureaucracy Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2017

This is surprisingly old — such levels were reached in Japan from 1999–2003 and in Germany from 2001–2004. The focus of this strategy is the environment, energy, health and medical care, and social challenges. Japan adopted its Comprehensive Strategy on Science, Technology, and Innovation in 2013.

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Innovation GDP Health Care Policies 8

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

To reverse these ominous trends we need to dial back our achieve-aholic tendencies to pursue wealth, power, and fame, and spend more time and energy connecting with others in supportive relationships. Interestingly, Millennials are trying to do just that in response to seeing their Boomer parents’ struggles.

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Stress Mentor Competitive Advantage Long-term 150

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2015

grew from 20 million in 2001 to 32 million in 2014. Companies like these, who tap directly into the full diversity and energy of their human marketplaces, are able to scale faster, learn faster, innovate and adapt faster. .” It’s your work product and your reputation that matter. This trend is expanding explosively.

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Restructuring Diversity Hotels Drucker 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2013

Everyone is familiar with the primary methods Gillette used to grow: It innovated via technology (with the Sensor, Mach 3, and Fusion razors), and in 2001 it formally expanded into the women''s leg shaving market with a new brand called Venus. For decades, the shaving market was men''s facial hair removal. Marketing A C'

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Price Franchising Marketing CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2017

When Doug took over as CEO of Campbell Soup Company in 2001, the company had just lost half its market value, sales were declining, and the organization was reeling from a series of layoffs. You’ll need to set expectations, identify practices to bring those expectations to life, and then measure and reinforce your civility initiative.

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Commitment CEO Report Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

When Enron, one of the world’s largest energy companies, collapsed in 2001, it sent shock waves through the corporate world. Revelations of systematic fraud, deception, and corruption across the organization showed the devastating consequences of unethical behavior in organizations.

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Goal Morale Ethics Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Paul Anderson has a long and impressive resume , which includes serving as CEO of companies including Pan Energy, Duke Energy, and BHP Limited – which became BHP Billiton under his leadership (now the largest company in Australia, among the world’s largest mining companies, and also a major oil and gas producer).

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CEO Advice Workshop Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2011

Between 1994 when he was first elected and 2001, in his third term, the Firm more than doubled its number of consultants (3,300 to 7,700), partners (425 to 891), and annual revenues ($1.5 But even by the standards of the pro-growth crowd, McKinsey's expansion under Gupta was eye-popping. billion to $3.4 The temptation to look down on clients.

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McKinsey Consultative Waterman Intellectual Capital 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2016

This was the headquarters of Campbell Soup Company when one of us, Doug Conant, took the reins as CEO in 2001. Was this a deliberate attempt to imprison employees and stifle their energy? Inside — drab colors, peeling paint, and dead plants decaying in the common areas. Was this a prison?

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Supply Chain Commitment Report Skills 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Having done so put the city in the position of responding to the unthinkable on September 11, 2001. Devaluation of the Mexican peso and slumps in energy and ranching economies had taken tolls on a city whose population was losing faith. The City of New York had conducted planning for multiple contingencies. Maquiladoras.

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Crisis Crisis Management Budgeting Risk Management 71

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

Our conclusion is supported by the fact that in each of the first three five-year intervals in the 21st century, 2001−2005, 2005−2010, and 2011−2015, the largest number of net delists, defined as the number of delisting firms minus the number of listing firms, occurred in software, electronics, and computer industry.

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IPO Company First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

In 2001 the list of companies with the highest market caps was dominated by blue chips. They do not focus their energies on incremental growth through endless optimization, but instead look to leverage their company’s assets to build new offerings, move into new markets, and create next-generation solutions. TodUdom/iStock.

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CEO Consensus Management Metrics 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

The Bush cuts also gradually raised the estate exemption and lowered the estate tax from 2001 until 2010, when the estate tax disappeared for that year only. Barring any Congressional action to change this law, taxes were set to revert back to their pre-2001 rates on January 1, 2011. People are optimistic–almost happy!–and

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Press Release Discount Insurance PR 178

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

They include years of 15% to 20% annual increases in labor costs without compensating productivity growth in manufacturing titans such as China, cheap energy in North America unlocked by hydraulic fracturing, and the increasing complexity and cost of managing global supply chains. Bureau of Labor Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau data.

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Supply Chain Chemicals Uncertainty Policies 10

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

Yet, when the company shifted from being an energy supplier to the hucksterish energy trader, the charitable activities were dispensed with. The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. Executives never stayed long. The News Media.

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Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57