Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2012

It's rare to find a corporate human resources function that accelerates change by actively finding ways to help drive new strategies. HR has helped the organization absorb more than 125 acquisitions since 2000 , and integrate globally, saving $6 billion since 2005. But not at IBM.

Globalization 15

Globalization Human Resources Diversity Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

million from 2005 to 2015, a 67 percent jump. Companies therefore need to adapt their various processes—strategy, budgeting, talent—to this reality. Human Resources HR will play a leading role in driving this shift. And a pool of independent and highly skilled workers who can fill those needs is growing.

Content 9

Content Katz Forrester Budgeting 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

Consider the story of the Business Transformation Agency of the Department of Defense, which was founded in 2005 under Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, and "disestablished" in 2011 by Defense Secretary Gates. IT also upgraded old technology and processes, achieving significant improvements in service and compliance.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Innovation Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

.” There is a virtuous cycle between productivity and people: Higher levels of productivity allow society to reinvest in human capital (most obviously, though not exclusively, via higher wages), and smart investments result in higher labor productivity. This includes more autonomy and agility as well as inspirational leadership.

Human Capital 15

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2015

To move from a reactive posture to a proactive leadership position in driving health care reform, large employers have a lever at their fingertips that they have not often deployed in procuring health care: their purchasing power. Providers and health plans are service suppliers paid by employers. Insight Center. Purchase quality.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Incentives Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2018

I worked with my manager as well as our HR team to ensure they were in the loop and could provide me with support through the process. After more than eight years of varying meds, I know how easily a small med change can descend into a spiral up, a spiral down, or, on special occasions, both. I assumed I was as prepared as I could be.

Presenteeism 8

Presenteeism Report Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 8

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

They are experts on something but they don’t care much about the structure of the company, they lack the knowledge about planning, accounting or even human resources. If they are too good at what they do, they grow so fast that they don’t have time to look at their processes even if they repeat the same mistakes again and again.

Deming 28

Deming Library Entrepreneur Conference 28

Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 25, 2012

Employee turnover is not a single event ; it is really a process of disengagement that can take days, weeks, months, or even years. Yet, the most commonly used employee survey in the world today--Gallup's 12 questions, contains not one question about senior leadership. Build an environment of mutual trust and confidence.

Survey 56

Survey Open-book Welch Books 56

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

When it comes to stepping up to leadership, your network is a tool for identifying new strategic opportunities and attracting the best people to them. And in a connected world, build­ing stronger external networks to tap into the best sources of insight into environmental trends is also part and parcel of the leadership role.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

As we define it, scaling is the process of expanding primary care services to serve more people , with the aim of increasing health impact. There are considerable hurdles to scaling any health service in resource-constrained settings. Management and leadership skills.

Development 8

Development Health Care Operations Franchising 8