HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

In this leadership philosophy, the main goal of the leader is to serve, and to share power and put the needs of team members first, to help your team develop and perform as highly as possible. Prior to this, she was Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for Walgreens since 2010.

Human Resources 52

Human Resources Globalization Crisis Health Care 52

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

The tales of two companies, cell phone accessories retailer Cellairis and skin care products maker Rodan + Fields, illustrate the dangers of top-level strategic tinkering. They had the epiphany that they could use cheap retail space – the carts that sit in the middle of shopping malls – to sell mobile phone accessories, mostly cases.

Strategy 8

Strategy Wireless Company Retail 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

What did 2010 look like for you and your company? OnPoint Consulting’s 2010 Execution Gap Maker Round-Up… Execution Gap Maker #1: BP (Need I say more?) Execution Gap Maker #2: Nokia Nokia’s share of the worldwide market for mobile phones continued to slip in 2010. Did you struggle to regain your post-recession footing?

Execution 67

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

There is no fee charged to retailers who use it and no exorbitant interest rates lying in wait for consumers. retail businesses lose about $40 billion annually because of the theft of cash alone. Such government safety net programs kept some 25 million people out of poverty in 2010. It’s safe from hackers. How can this be?

Cost 8

Cost Transportation Banking Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Just ask anyone working in the health care, financial services, automobile, retail, media, publishing, education, advertising, real estate or defense industries. The profound difference between today [2010] and 2005 is that good hires looked like better investments than great tweaks back then.

Human Capital 9

Human Capital Real Estate Human Resources Disruptive Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2016

Investors also did well: A $100 investment in Ruger in late 2010 was worth $443 in late 2015, while the equivalent investment in the S&P 500 yielded only $163 over that time frame. Remington sells to both federally licensed wholesalers and directly to some federally licensed retailers (Walmart being its largest retail account).

Licensing 8

Licensing Drucker Retail Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2012

The book retail platform was not yet burning. The HBR article describes how B&N moved on multiple fronts at once: It aggressively reduced costs in its core retail business while refocusing its stores around consumer needs. By 2010, it would have been too late to act, as we saw with the Border's bankruptcy.

EBITDA 8

EBITDA How To Crisis Depreciation 8