HR Digest

AUGUST 1, 2019

MARC is focused on empowering male executives and leaders to model inclusive behavior, influence more equitable talent management systems and processes, and build effective partnerships across gender. Since 2002, Chevron reports a 68 percent increase in the number of women and minorities in senior leadership and executive positions.

Diversity 107

Diversity Succession Disaggregation Self-aware 107

Eric Jacobson

APRIL 16, 2017

As a storytelling trainer and consultant, I’m constantly asked by companies to help their managers 'tell a better story.' Debbie has served as a judge for the Web Marketing Association’s annual web award competition since 2002, and has been recognized as one of the "Top 100 Branding Experts." Want to learn more?

Books 50

Books Storytelling Leadership Consultative 50

Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 21, 2012

Cisco studied which characteristics of leaders on collaborative teams are most important, and we found that the most critical attribute was a leader's willingness to follow through on commitments. This involves two elements. Unfortunately, people don't always do what they promise.

Incentives 258

Incentives Agility Resources Follow-up 258

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 19, 2016

As a storytelling trainer and consultant, I’m constantly asked by companies to help their managers 'tell a better story.' Debbie has served as a judge for the Web Marketing Association’s annual web award competition since 2002, and has been recognized as one of the "Top 100 Branding Experts." Want to learn more?

Books 50

Books Storytelling Consultative Brand 50

LDRLB

JUNE 14, 2011

Tim ended the post with his theory: “Strategic planning is simply an invention to justify the existence of middle management, and not a useful tool for those doing the actual leading or for the guys at the bottom doing the real work.”. His project and product management skill set provide the process oriented mindset to drive this objective.

Strategic Planning 104

Strategic Planning Planning Ryan Covey 104

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Franchising is a unique vehicle in that it allows businesses that traditionally are not scalable, such as restaurants, retail and service businesses to become scaled through franchisee’s investment and willingness to manage the local business. About the Author.

Franchising 52

Franchising System Entrepreneur Strategic Planning 52

LDRLB

JUNE 14, 2011

Tim ended the post with his theory: “Strategic planning is simply an invention to justify the existence of middle management, and not a useful tool for those doing the actual leading or for the guys at the bottom doing the real work.”. His project and product management skill set provide the process oriented mindset to drive this objective.

Strategic Planning 74

Strategic Planning Planning Ryan Covey 74

Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Our most successful coaching clients are executives who are committed to being great role models for leadership development and for living their company’s values. We only work with people who will be given a fair chance by their management. We do not work with leaders who have been “written off” by senior management.

Learning-by-Doing 123

Learning-by-Doing Long-term CEO Follow-up 123

Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

So the designer teaches everyone about UX/AI, the coders teach about their development methodology, the project managers teach about agile protocols, and the sales people describe what it is like in the field. The key is to develop determination and commitment for the process. These are just a few examples.

Team 52

Team How To Knowledge Management Self-aware 52

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2017

In 2002, professors Edwin A. Making a public commitment to a goal enhances personal commitment. Then the directors determine their goals based on the ones the VPs have set, followed in turn by the managers, then by the supervisors, and finally by those at the bottom of the organizational food chain. Locke and Gary P.

Goal 9

Goal Management Tips Commitment 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

You’ve taken the leap from front-line individual contributor to professional manager. According to a new study, middle managers are the most likely people in an organization to suffer from depression. The researchers then segmented those individuals into four categories: owners, managers, supervisors, and workers.

Middle Management 8

Middle Management Management Span of Control Sample 8

Roundtable Talk

MAY 18, 2011

After an affair with an IMF staffer back in 2008, Dominique Strauss-Kahn was quoted as saying: “The personal behaviour of the managing director sets an important tone for the institution. I am committed, going forward, to uphold the high standards that are expected of this position.&#. How about you? Happy leading!

Crisis Management 34

Crisis Management Reputation Hotels Committee 34

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

But the rules and expectations are different when you’re managing a freelancer who isn’t fully employed by your company. Many managers assume that they don’t need to tend to freelancers as much as they do regular employees—and there’s some truth to that, says Dan Pink, author of Free Agent Nation and Drive.

Management 8

Management Tips Performance Review Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2018

” Apple went on to secure massive commitments from AT&T’s suppliers, who spent hundreds of millions to build factories for iPhone-specific parts. Daniel Kahneman, the 2002 Nobel prize laureate and psychologist, has said that if he had a magic wand, he’d eliminate it. You were betting on Steve Jobs.”

Stephenson 8

Stephenson Kahneman CEO Commitment 8

Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

Every HR, OD professional, and management consultant should at the very least be aware of their existence, if not well-versed in their ideas and theories. In one of the defining management studies carried out in the 90s, Collins and his team complied a list of 1,435 companies in search of those special few that could truly be called “great.”

Human Resources 100

Human Resources Talent Management Resources Ulrich 100

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Gardner, who died in 2002 at the age of 89, was a legendary public intellectual and civic reformer — a celebrated Stanford professor, an architect of the Great Society under Lyndon Johnson, founder of Common Cause and Independent Sector. Leadership Managing yourself Personal effectiveness' ” What was his message?

Collins 13

Collins McKinsey Advice Learning-by-Doing 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2012

As the Harvard Business School's Michael Jensen put the argument in a 2002 article , "Any organization must have a single-valued objective as a precursor to purposeful or rational behavior. In effect it leaves the manager with no objective.". Others who plan to sell soon want firms to opportunistically renege on such commitments.

Short-term 13

Short-term Long-term Objective Customer Loyalty 13

Lead Change Blog

MAY 18, 2016

I opt for the “commitment to his passion” interpretation. It comes from leadership that takes its lead from a dogged commitment to a principle as well as an insatiable desire to stand for that principle. It is their invitational commitment to a purpose grander than themselves that advances and promotes others.

Leadership 192

Leadership Airlines Commitment Learning-by-Doing 192

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2016

Some people saw this as a chance to bond with colleagues who were united in their commitment to a common cause — not unlike fans of sports teams who chant, clap, and even do the wave together. It was a ceremony with power — they all, one by one, pledged their commitment. Sometimes, a dose of levity can help.

Company 8

Company Mission Statement Bond Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

During the decade he headed the company (1992 – 2002), Tyco grew from a small New Hampshire conglomerate into a global giant operating in more than 100 countries with 250,000 employees and $40 billion in annual revenue. The board’s audit committee did not keep minutes at all until the problems began at Tyco in 2002.

Golden Parachute 8

Golden Parachute Committee Ethics Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2011

In 2002 Norman Bodek , "the godfather of Lean ," came to Technicolor's Michigan facility to teach its leaders about how to implement a front-line suggestion process. Managers spent a great deal of time on the plant floor watching Norman draw suggestions from the employees while asking questions about the jobs that they were performing.

Process 13

Process How To Attrition Operations 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2011

To quote one of the conservative members of my tenure committee, I wasn't "sufficiently committed" and had allowed childbearing to "dilute my focus.". I was becoming an over-committed wife and mother. Even if I managed to become a successful writer, I would never again be seen as an up-and-comer. Something had to go.

Career 12

Career Policies Commitment Committee 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2017

Several years ago, I started getting regular consulting requests from companies seeking help managing Millennials. ” Millennials (born between 1984-2002): “I would rather make nothing and love going to work every day than make a ton of money and hate going to work every day.”

Definition 8

Definition Fashion Sample Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

For example, it took Umicore, a global materials technology group, five years (2002–2007) to lay the basis for its transformation from a commodity supplier of base metals into a premium provider of emission control catalysts, rechargeable battery materials and other value-added solutions. Change management Mergers & Acquisitions'

Company 8

Company Chemicals Short-term How To 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

This means using direct observation, conducting practical experiments, and engaging directly with evidence, rather than relying on opinion, whim, and analysis alone (and, as a prior management consultant, I would include pure market analysis void of testing in this category). Markets down? Competition severe? Market hype? He did not care.

Skills 14

Skills Leadership Airlines Long-term 14

Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Management vs. Leadership Difference 8:20 30:42. I think those sorts of informal ways of understanding servant-leadership can help a lot within organizations and then after you reach a certain level of commitment and understanding, there are consultants and trainers who have been working with servant leadership for many years.

Greenleaf 125

Greenleaf Servant Leader Leadership Learning-by-Doing 125

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

While on the surface revenues remained strong, its rapport with customers and physicians was rapidly eroding, and its reputation was being bludgeoned by lawsuits and a national backlash against health maintenance organizations and managed care (which Aetna had championed).

Health Care 13

Health Care Restructuring Resistance Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

One of the primary things that makes Campbell a place where people want to come to work is the company's earnest and ongoing commitment to our communities around the globe. Another part of the corporate social responsibility plan — committing to cut Campbell's carbon footprint by half — has saved money and lowered costs.

Company 14

Company Real Estate Retail Commitment 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

During my tenure at the PHC, I consistently worked with our medical director, clinic and administrative managers to develop financial, operational and administrative process and metrics so that when I eventually left the clinic to pursue a new opportunity, all operations not only continued but grew from the foundation we collectively built.

Health Care 13

Health Care Delegation PR Operations 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2015

billion from 2002 through 2004. We’ve found that, in general, companies that move between exploratory and exploitative R&D exhibit superior performance, in comparison with companies that budget R&D expenditure as a fixed percentage of sales, committing neither to exploratory nor exploitative R&D.

Innovation 8

Innovation Parcell Wireless Competitive Advantage 8

Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Management vs. Leadership Difference 8:20 30:42. I think those sorts of informal ways of understanding servant-leadership can help a lot within organizations and then after you reach a certain level of commitment and understanding, there are consultants and trainers who have been working with servant leadership for many years.

Greenleaf 100

Greenleaf Servant Leader Leadership Learning-by-Doing 100

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

While our own physicians are still largely reimbursed on a fee-for-service basis from non-Geisinger insurance payers, since 2002, we’ve been using the following 80/20 compensation model: 80% of total cash compensation is based on the usual piecework metrics: panel size, number of patients seen, number of work units performed, and so on.

Insurance 8

Insurance Cost Incentives Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2017

In the past year, there has been a flurry of announcements by international organizations and governments declaring their commitment to making PROs a centerpiece of quality assessment. Dr. Willig found that two-thirds of patients who committed suicide were seen in a health care setting in the month before their deaths.

Report 8

Report Mayo Health Care Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

It started 30 years ago with the progressive and unusual step (for that time) of shifting from local nationals as country managers to global leaders from other countries. Two of the best-known programs, GE's Crotonville and Goldman Sachs's Pine Street, are committed to having 50% of participants from overseas entities.

Competitive Advantage 12

Competitive Advantage Globalization Development Intellectual Capital 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2013

Asked about retirement in 2002, he replied , "I had a great-grandmother who worked until she was 108 and then died in an accident.". And we just can't know if the management approach that served the company well for decades would have been as effective in the midst of a once-in-a-lifetime crisis. Le entreprise, c'est moi.

Insurance 8

Insurance Long-term Short-term CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

” Only few firms manage to be ambidextrous—most struggle to maintain a healthy balance between exploration and exploitation. And managers focused on immediate total shareholder returns may be delighted with high performance. Some firms manage to maintain this dual discipline as they grow. points p.a.,

Company 8

Company Succession Maturity Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

In 2002 Palmisano succeeded a legendary leader in Lou Gerstner, who saved IBM from being broken up and put it on a viable course. Palmisano warned against prioritizing shareholders or other constituents, calling this "a false choice," and explaining that "Long-term management is a serious challenge in a world driven by short-term thinking.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15