The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The researchers used the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) results from between 2005 and 2015 to try and understand why some respondents answered either “rarely” or “never” when asked whether they do useful work. of European workers reporting that their work was not useful. Put to the test.

Self-aware 102

Self-aware Survey Finance Motivation 102

Coaching Tip

JUNE 24, 2015

study of nearly 400 organizations by Lee Hecht Harrison has identified that 54% of employers plan to increase investments in leadership development in 2015. Only 5% of employers plan to decrease investments, and a further 41% reported leadership development investments will stay the same. Interpersonal skills 10.

Leadership Development 70

Leadership Development Development Leadership Talent Management 70

Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 3, 2014

In the volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) business landscape expected to continue for 2015, leaders face many challenges , requiring aggressive, sustained talent management strategies to prepare them for success. Eighteen significant findings are detailed in the report. .

Human Capital 103

Human Capital Conference Metrics Talent Management 103

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The inaugural version of our Top CHRO List was published on Forbes in 2015. In the years that have passed, we’ve continued to expand and refine the list by looking for CHROs able to innovate and outperform their peers regardless of current market dynamics in play at the time. Selection Methodology.

Human Resources 469

Human Resources Globalization Diversity Resources 469

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 2, 2019

Complex problem solving is the core skill for 21st century teams. Their new book is BULLETPROOF PROBLEM SOLVING: The One Skill That Changes Everything. New Skills Required. Would you share a little about the evolution of managerial skills and what skills are needed in the current era? Bulletproof Problem Solving.

Disaggregation 80

Disaggregation McKinsey Skills Gordon 80

Coaching Tip

APRIL 15, 2015

Now we understand better what makes a great reservation sales applicant,” said. -->Andy Grinsfelder, --> vice president of sales and marketing for the Buffalo, N.Y.-based Source: The Wall Street Journal, April 15, 2015. Develop Leadership Skills: A Mobile Reference Guide. based company’s parks and resorts division.

Self-aware 70

Self-aware Directory Software Reference 70

Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Build to the Culture People’s first instincts are to hire people with the skills necessary to perform a role, and that is fine as an initial criteria. During our Xbox journey, I hired a number of direct reports and second level managers whose roles were critical to our success, and they all had flaws.

Team 100

Team Rogers Diversity Franchising 100

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 5, 2015

Sandy fed me some support data from their recently published IBM’s 2014 Business Tech Trends Report. The report reveals that previously emerging trends like Big Data and analytics, cloud, mobile, and social are now being implemented across corporate enterprise beyond just experimentation and wait-and-see. Consider leaving a comment!

Competitive Advantage 50

Competitive Advantage Trends Bottom-up Loyalty 50

QAspire

JANUARY 5, 2016

In recent years, we have seen disruption of market leaders like Kodak and Nokia amongst many others. If you are a leader at any level in a modern organization or aspiring to be one, here are some of the critical competencies and skills you need to thrive in a VUCA world. First, let us look at these shifts. that we used otherwise.

Leadership 70

Leadership Self-aware Supply Chain Human Capital 70

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Next in line were, “customer knowledge,” “innate talent/personality,” “product knowledge,” and further down the list were “experience” and “teamwork skills.”. Exciting, compelling presentation skills. Not just solid communication skills, but superior questioning skills, listening skills, and a sense of humor.

Loyalty 50

Loyalty Open-book Customer Loyalty Ethics 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2017

After all, in just one decade the concept of “digital” has changed from a niche skill set to something that’s mandatory for virtually all blue-chip companies. Compare that with 67% and 66% in 2016 and 2015, respectively. Jobs requiring greater analytical skills, for example, grew at a 77% clip from 1980 to 2015.

Skills 12

Skills Company Technology Tools 12

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 19, 2015

I read a report yesterday stating that 70% of all sales systems and sales initiatives fail. I have no idea who created that number (personally, I use 74% for all my statistical reports), but the point is clear. SECOND FAILURE: The sales process is at odds with you AND the market. Are you being forced to sell someone else’s way?

System 50

System Process Open-book Customer Loyalty 50

Strategy Driven

JULY 27, 2015

Technology and platforms are used to collaborate in expanded ways, requiring good virtual skills for facilitation, listening, and engagement. In the 2015 Millennial Report , 37% volunteered up to 10 hours and 31% volunteered more than 11 hours a year. Jon serves as vice president of marketing at Corepoint Health.

Diversity 50

Diversity Learning-by-Doing Competitive Advantage Open-book 50

Strategy Driven

MARCH 9, 2015

Presentation skills are one fifth of the sales process. The other four being your selling skills, your product knowledge, knowledge of the customer, and your attitude. Most salespeople study presentation skills and positive attitude skills THE LEAST. Why then are you not studying presentation skills?

Audience 50

Audience Customer Loyalty Competitive Advantage Skills 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2016

Applying this, however, is much easier said than done — especially among companies operating in emerging markets. Emerging-market data can be challenging to work with due to significant data gaps, biased data, and outdated or incorrect numbers. Of course, these issues can cause a headache for any company, in any market.

Marketing 10

Marketing GDP Industry Objective 10

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 7, 2016

When we treat our clients kindly we keep them longer, hear about problems (rather than lose them to competitors), are offered new ideas to monetize, and have brand ambassadors to offer free marketing to connections who may become clients. The How of Kindness: Using Listening Skills Enhance Relationships. Kindness with customers: a.

Bottom-up 50

Bottom-up Conference Cost Reputation 50

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 19, 2015

When we treat our clients kindly we keep them longer, hear about problems (rather than lose them to competitors), are offered new ideas to monetize, and have brand ambassadors to offer free marketing to connections who may become clients. The How Of Kindness: Using Listening Skills Enhance Relationships. Their ideas were terrific.

Bottom-up 50

Bottom-up Conference Cost Article 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

When we treat our clients kindly we keep them longer, hear about problems (rather than lose them to competitors), are offered new ideas to monetize, and have brand ambassadors to offer free marketing to connections who may become clients. The How of Kindness: Using Listening Skills to Enhance Relationships. Their ideas were terrific.

Bottom-up 50

Bottom-up Active Listening Conference Learning-by-Doing 50

ExactHire - Leadership

MAY 5, 2021

In 2015, McKinsey and Company found that companies with a diverse workforce performed 15 to 35 percent better than the national industry median. McKinsey followed up with a 2018 report that echoed the finding of the first: diversity is good for the bottom line. Include minorities in your company’s marketing campaigns.

Diversity 111

Diversity Compliance McKinsey Bottom-up 111

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2017

With unemployment rates in most developed nations at the lowest levels since the Great Recession, and with new skill sets required to keep pace with head-spinning technological advances, it’s no surprise the talent acquisition environment is incredibly competitive. Image courtesy of Korn Ferry.

Content 9

Content Survey Talent Management McKinsey 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2018

On March 3, 2015, hyperlocal social network Nextdoor announced that it had raised $110 million in venture capital. ” Reporter Pendarvis Harshaw detailed how presumably white members were using Nextdoor’s crime and safety forum to report “suspicious” activities by African Americans and Latinos.

Agility 8

Agility Report Storytelling Diversity 8

Deming Institute

APRIL 14, 2016

Reported results were used to make decisions related to passing students to the next grade, evaluate teachers, administrators, and systems, and allocate funding at the system, local, state, and national level. Kim Melton is a Professor of Management at the University of North Georgia where she teaches Statistic for Business.

System 28

System Education Comparison Influence 28

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2013

It is the skillful combination of emotion and logic, people and process, free-thinking and organization. Twenty-six percent of sales leaders reported that seventy percent or more of their salespeople made quota. Fifty-four percent of sales leaders reported that between fifty to six­ty-nine percent of their salespeople made quota.

Metrics 11

Metrics Telecommunications Telemarketing Software 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

The impact of “social entrepreneurs” — individuals who deploy innovation and market forces to fill social needs — is growing. The entrepreneurs reported that the most important barrier to growth is — surprise! Training and skill development solves another problem too. Vincent Tsui for HBR.

Entrepreneur 15

Entrepreneur Glocalization Survey McKinsey 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

It’s a refrain I’ve been hearing for the past 18 months from clients all over the world: “We need more skilled people for our security team.” A report from Frost & Sullivan found that the global cybersecurity workforce will have more than 1.5 ” The need is real and well-documented.

Education 13

Education How To Industry Career 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Since early 2015, when he began working with Sodexo’s executive committee as the global services firm’s chief transformation officer, Sunil Nayak has undergone his own leadership transformation. CTI’s 11-market study (of Brazil, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey, the U.S.,

Globalization 8

Globalization Emotional Intelligence Marketing Skills 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Daily practices, workplace structures, reporting relationships, information sharing, customer interaction, and even competition are also thereby transformed. Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. Roland Berger applied its methodology to the French labor market and estimated that 42% of French jobs could be at risk.

Maturity 8

Maturity Drucker Osborne Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

Fundamentally, though, digital transformation is the result of enterprises seeking to adapt to the storm of new technology affecting markets and customers. The relentless speed of change of customers, markets, and technology has given rise to enormous opportunity. How can companies thrive on these changes?

Technology 8

Technology Industry GDP Content 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2018

Automation anxiety is made more acute by a labor market that has tilted against workers over the last 30 years, with increasing income inequality and stagnant real wages. Human capital investment must be at the center of any strategy for producing skills that are complementary to technology. Insight Center. The Risks and Rewards of AI.

Policies 8

Policies Aggregate Demand Technology Education 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2015

Different surveys show that in 2014, 36% of global employers reported talent shortages , the highest percentage since 2007, and in a more recent 2015 survey, 73% of CEOs reported being concerned about the availability of key skills. Marketing is also seen as playing a more important role in shaping the employer brand.

Brand 8

Brand CEO Reputation Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Since 2009 we have interviewed and surveyed 181 executives who run PE-owned companies, as well as eight to 15 people who work with each of these 181 executives (supervisors, board members, director reports, and others). Too many CEOs fall short of these skills. Selectively developing top team members to accomplish the strategy.

CEO 8

CEO Company Due Diligence Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2017

A new study from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) found that, according to the 2015 US government’s definition of disability , a significant portion of the white-collar workforce has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity: 30% of a nationally representative survey of 3,570 white-collar employees.

Compliance 8

Compliance Chief Operating Officer Innovation Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

Cuba’s growth domestic product per capita in 2015 is approximately what it was in 1985. There was a spike in the 2000s when Venezuela began to provide petroleum at deeply discounted market prices, and that peaked just before the 2008-09 financial crisis. They don’t know how to market them effectively.

Biotechnology 8

Biotechnology Tourism Human Capital Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2015

’” Martin’s story is one we heard repeatedly over the course of our 2015 study of black women and leadership. At The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), for example, leaders who have gone through bias awareness training report becoming more attuned to talent at the edges of their radar. ”

Management 8

Management Diversity Report Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2013

The unprecedented loss of highly-skilled, senior workers is compounding challenges posed by aging infrastructure, rising power demand, and climate stress. New workers are not entering the market as fast as veterans — particularly engineers — are retiring. Encouraging trade skills.

Energy 8

Energy Industry Engineering Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

Hundreds of firms, speakers, authors and individual experts are vying for a share of the “Millennials are Different” segment of the $150 billion-a-year global HR consulting market. There’s even a consultancy that specializes in helping other consultants hone their message to tap into this lucrative market.

Survey 8

Survey Consultative Seminar Report 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

That was the main takeaway from our recent report, Rise of the Global Startup City , which documents the global state of startups and venture capital. These 10 cities accounted for more than $100 billion in venture capital investment on average each year between 2015 and 2017, or more than 60% of the total. A number of U.S.

Innovation 8

Innovation Venture Capitalist Globalization Entrepreneur 8