HR Digest

JULY 14, 2022

Since 2004 we have tripled our annual spend with diverse suppliers to $4.7 To tie this all together and achieve change together, it’s necessary to create authentic connections and clearly define targets for success, so everyone understands what we are trying to accomplish.

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Diversity Learning-by-Doing Resources Insurance 105

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

In 2004 the Corporate Executive Board’s research showed an 87% decrease in the likelihood of departure for highly engaged employees. Simply put, the underlying factor in the success rate of engaging our workforce and delivering change is leadership. After all, some apps do not run on old antiquated operating systems.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Self-aware 259

Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 14, 2014

In business, leadership infrastructure is the sum total of all the management systems, processes, leadership teams, skill sets, and disciplines that enable companies to grow from small operations into midsized or large firms. Without leadership infrastructure, growing companies can be victimized by their own success.

Leadership 217

Leadership CEO Planning Long-term 217

Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 4, 2011

In their 2008 book "The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage" (Harvard Business School Press), Harvard professors Dr. Robert S. Plan Operations: improve key processes; develop sales plan; plan resource capacity; prepare budgets. Monitor and Learn: hold strategy reviews; hold operational reviews.

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System Balanced Scorecard Execution Strategy 98

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 18, 2012

It brings executive leaders to a quiet place where they can see the value of stopping, looking, listening and feeling, allowing intuition to enter decisions, using connection to drive operations, welcoming the change that becomes or evolves, in line with a whole new menu of rewards that corporations of the future will embrace.

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Open-book Ethics Leadership Styles Entrepreneur 276

Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 4, 2011

In their 2008 book "The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage" (Harvard Business School Press), Harvard professors Dr. Robert S. Plan Operations: improve key processes; develop sales plan; plan resource capacity; prepare budgets. Monitor and Learn: hold strategy reviews; hold operational reviews.

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System Balanced Scorecard Execution Strategy 85

First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 13, 2011

The Toyota Way Jeffrey Liker McGraw-Hill (2003) To understand Toyota’s success, first understand its DNA I read this book when it was first published in 2004 and recently re-read it, curious to know how well Jeffrey Liker’s explanation of Toyota’s management principles and lean production values have held up.

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Lean Production Books Review Productivity 80

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 7, 2010

When working to achieve the task the following 12 areas of focus will create the necessary analysis and clarity to improve the way the team operates. Once you answer the questions above, successful task completion can be achieved. Individual needs should be met along with the group and task needs. Purpose : Am I clear what the task is?

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Team Team Building Objective Learning-by-Doing 145

Experience to Lead

AUGUST 24, 2021

After 13 operations, doctors told him that there was nothing more that could be done. She helped instill in him a belief that he could do anything, saying things like “you will be successful, Lex, you just won’t see it with your own eyes.” She found different resources and tools in the community that would help me be successful.

Leadership 52

Leadership Learning-by-Doing Sports Open-book 52

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Although keep in mind that the team must also create a balance between Achieving the Task , Building & Maintaining the Team, and Developing the Individual. michael cardus is create-learning Referenced: Thomas, N. (Ed.). Adair on teambuilding and motivation. London: Thorogood.

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Team Team Building Training Commitment 124

Next Level Blog

AUGUST 2, 2010

The problem was compounded in 2004 when the structure was changed to expand oversight of the cemetery from two organizations to four. Standards Matter: In reading the reporting, I get the feeling that no one was setting the standards by which an institution as important as Arlington should operate. Click Here.

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Executive Coaching Blog Letter Video 154

Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Click "READ MORE" to discover the 29 steps and examples to creating a successful personal brand. If you’re successful, your brand will leave an impact long after you’re gone. Unlike a business, your personal brand doesn't have hours of operation, it simply is 24/7/365.

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Brand Examples Career Godin 68

Steve Farber

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

” Stephens joined Marco’s Pizza in 2004 when it was a successful but regional chain operating 110 stores in three states. Now, he’s the president and chief operating officer for Marco’s (and was featured earlier this year on CBS’ Undercover Boss ).

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Chief Operating Officer How To COO Motivation 40

Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

While “Standards are everything at Airbus: from cleaning up the table in the canteen after eating to operating a machine, they influence every part of the employees’ working day.” I also continue to refine my thinking about continuous improvement, including how Toyota operates. Yet, what can be said of the limits to standardization?

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Six Sigma Deming System Quality 37

Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

This kind of success doesn’t happen by sitting back and letting things fall how they may. Too many times you have leaders who came out of operations as big shots and become isolated and hear what the world is through 4 or 5 people who report to them.” Success is not guaranteed – it’s earned. Legendary is his legacy. .

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Taylorism Taylor Real Estate Learning-by-Doing 70

Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

His book, Lessons from the Navy: How to Earn Trust, Lead Teams, and Achieve Organizational Excellence is loaded with advice to help all leaders aspiring to operate at the highest levels. A subordinate’s trust in their leader is the most important factor in the success of any organization.”-Mark What was the key to his success?

Leadership 133

Leadership Crisis Learning-by-Doing Team 133

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

Building on a relationship that dates back to 2004, Zurich Insurance Group is working with DXC to move from traditional data center outsourcing to a Platform as a Service model, taking advantage of next-generation cloud management technologies to lower operating costs and accelerate development.

Insurance 8

Insurance Technology Agility Outsourcing 8

Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

But I’ve seen the pursuit of business opportunities cause irreparable harm to marriages, families, health—and those are some of the successful businesses! Others might find that the successful resolution of these conflicts opens them up to new ways of relating to their families and careers. Ours did; over 700 did not.)

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Learning-by-Doing Long-term Automotive Open-book 255

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2011

In a two-part event, employees in WorldJam 2004 first brainstormed solutions to increase growth and innovation, resulting in 191 pragmatic ideas. Suggestions ranged from streamlining operational processes, saving thousands of hours annually, to simplifying financial and sales processes across business units.

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Process Press Release Automotive Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

And then we found Alibaba — and it found us — and that connection led to the partnership that ultimately proved to be remarkably successful. This success was built on what we learned from our prior efforts, as well as a resolve to take new risks to do what was necessary to succeed.

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Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2016

That’s the highest proportion since the firm began conducting the survey in 2004, and a big increase since 2012. While learning the Ford organization, he could also learn how powerful competitors operated and develop his own skills free from the bubble of Detroit’s automotive society.

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CEO Automotive Survey Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

It's easy for leaders in the North to underestimate their counterparts in the South, attributing their success to government support or low-cost labor, but such a viewpoint is narrow and risky. Successful leaders of the South have enormous energy, ambition, and business savvy, and they are aiming to compete everywhere on the planet.

Globalization 15

Globalization Chief Financial Officer Class Licensing 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

Nokia's inability to field a credible response to the launch of the iPhone in 2007 and Google's Android operating system in 2008 has precipitated a freefall in its share price. Motorola is finally attempting a comeback with handsets using Google's Android operating system, but is now only a minor player.

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Supply Chain Long-term Brand Early Adopters 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Knowing the market and possessing networks are important, but that's not all your company needs for success today. Sealed Air China has been successful not only because its senior managers understand the local market, but also because they are knowledgeable about the parent company's value proposition and technical strengths.

Globalization 8

Globalization CEO Long-term Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

We became involved with the company, which produces inventory software, in 2004 when one of us (David) was sent by the prior majority investor to shut the fledgling company down. Instead, seeing the potential in the product and commitment of employees, we came up with financing to buy out the investor and keep the company operating.

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Team Leadership COO Software 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

I interviewed Neville for a forthcoming book on success in Africa. He assumed leadership of Coca-Cola''s large South Africa operation eight years later, before taking on leadership positions worldwide and the CEO job in in 2004. I''m not going to invest in that. You''re wasting my money''". And Neville knows frontier markets.

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Long-term Marketing Short-term Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

When three hurricanes struck Central Florida in the same month in 2004, the Disney parks assigned multiple ride-out crews to stay on our properties in order to take care of guests and fellow Cast Members, assess operations, and resume normal functions as quickly as possible. About Disney Institute.

Positioning 8

Positioning Content Commitment Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Magazine profiles of very successful companies are endeavors of dubious value; they often manage to catch an organization just as it peaks and heads into decline, and the strengths they describe soon start looking more like liabilities. At the time Nokia was riding high, and my charge was to explain why that was so.

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Team Crisis Globalization Magazine 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

After five years, in 2004, Tickle was profitable with more than $20 million in revenue; it received an acquisition offer for $100 million, as well as IPO entreaties. But the company had almost failed several times, and even success was brutal. Other risk-mitigation strategies .

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Career Company IPO Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

It''s a lawyerly, exhaustive, exhausting rundown of all the things that could possibly weigh on the earnings of a giant global bank, from regulatory changes to loans going bad to a liquidity crisis to the possibility that "one or more of its employees causes a significant operational breakdown or failure."

Banking 8

Banking Crisis CEO Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

An example of strategic burnout can be found at Lego around 2004. A turnaround subsequently lowered strategic stress to a productive level by discontinuing many of their seemingly unrelated projects, re-focusing on their core business, as well as streamlining operational processes that improved coordination activities.

Strategy 8

Strategy Strategic Planning Stress Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2013

In the course of leading six successful turnarounds and transformations at Schering-Plough, Pharmacia, Pharmacia and Upjohn, Wyeth, and two operating units within Novartis, I''ve learned that culture can be powerfully leveraged to enhance long-term success. And serial success can follow.

Company 9

Company Compliance Long-term Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2010

The Nike Foundation also leans on its expertise in innovation and scale to find solutions to poverty, while keeping its operations separate from the business. Day says, "we have been able to use the best of our Nike DNA, but have the freedom to operate as an independent force for change in the development sector.

Core Competence 15

Core Competence Market Segmentation Globalization Reputation 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2012

And they use it the way other companies use financial reports — to inform operational and investment decisions. When Charles "Chuck" Schwab returned to the helm to turn around his troubled financial firm in 2004, for example, he installed such a system. In short, it is their primary management system.

Customer Loyalty 14

Customer Loyalty Loyalty CEO Intellectual Capital 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Through my leadership development work with the United Nations (UN), I’ve been privileged to work with professionals who operate in some of the world’s most challenging contexts. Their missions’ success rests on their ability to stay resilient and perform effectively in adverse circumstances.

Stress 14

Stress Learning-by-Doing Report Project 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2014

Today, Alibaba looks more like a conglomerate than a typical tech company, with a diverse set of businesses operating largely independently. That transformation began with Ma’s decision to launch Taobao, the consumer commerce site that would dash eBay’s hopes in China and propel the Alibaba Group to even greater success.

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Porter Decentralization Film Project 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

It's easy for leaders in the North to underestimate their counterparts in the South, attributing their success to government support or low-cost labor, but such a viewpoint is narrow and risky. Successful leaders of the South have enormous energy, ambition, and business savvy, and they are aiming to compete everywhere on the planet.

Globalization 8

Globalization Chief Financial Officer Class Licensing 8