Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2013

As customer expectations are constantly changing, it is ever more critical that businesses are in tune with those trends. While management focuses on control, organization, and supervision, leadership is the ability to inspire, motivate, and influence to empower others to create organizational success. Consider leaving a comment!

Motivation 69

Motivation Environment Servant Leader Competitive Advantage 69

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Human-capital issues are top-of-mind for CEOs around the world — but their regard for the HR function remains perilously low: In a PwC study , only 34% said that HR is well prepared to capitalize on transformational trends (compared with 56% for finance). Sadly, chief executives aren’t the only ones with this negative perception.

Human Capital 10

Human Capital Charan Human Resources Cost 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

How much time do you spend enhancing your organizational culture, leadership pipeline, and employer brand? If you’re typical, then your culture, leadership, and employment brand are described vaguely or not at all. How well are those efforts reported to your investors? This is no fringe movement. The big player in the U.S.

Human Capital 8

Human Capital CFO Banking Report 8

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The responsibility can range from just shopping for essentials to arranging doctor’s appointments, providing transportation, taking care of finances and medicines or even a full-fledged role of assisting in their daily tasks. There are very few people who have at some point in their lives not taken up a caregiver’s role. In the U.S.

Absenteeism 105

Absenteeism Policies Cost Human Resources 105

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Zimbabwe’s new leadership faces a challenging task. The move scared away foreign investors, starving Zimbabwe of much-needed capital – a trend that was exacerbated by U.S. After Mugabe claimed victory in a disputed election in 2013, however, corruption increased , while the strengthening U.S.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Political uncertainties and the absence of strong leadership contributed to social fragmentation. Even though the Japanese government dared to take deficit financing in order to boost the economy, it mostly injected money into building infrastructure, but didn’t expand spending on welfare much.

Consensus 8

Consensus Class Uncertainty Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Concerns that it wouldn’t have enough cash to finance its holiday stock has apparently led to the company to sell real estate, spin off its Lands’ End brand, and raise $625 million in unsecured loans and equity warrants. Under Wood, Sears became a pioneer in using demographic and economic trends to anticipate customer demand.

Retail 8

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 8