Next Level Blog

JUNE 24, 2020

Leadership is always challenging. 2020 has been a year of unprecedented stress for all of us and it’s only June. As I show in the accompanying chart, the impact of that, as physiological systems elevate and lower, is dramatic for both short-term performance and long-term health and well-being.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Although these clichés might serve short-term management objectives, they often hinder long-term innovation, suppress employee morale, and foster a culture of compliance over mutual growth. Organizations can use such phrases to curb dissent, cultivate an “us versus them” approach, and deflect responsibility. Robinson, H.

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

I’m observing (virtually, of course) more and more leaders who are short-termers. Now (as I write this in early August 2020), we’re all approaching about six months of experience with one. And, yet, I’m still seeing a lot of leaders who aren’t really thinking about or prepping for the longer term.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

Our employees embraced our values and so too did our executive leadership. Our values informed our guiding principles, developed by our CEO and implemented by our Executive Committee, for operating through COVID-19. She is responsible for the strategy, operations, and leadership of all aspects of the Company’s employee experience.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 1, 2020

Decipher the Leadership Code. Many people are overwhelmed when they are studying leadership. Alain Hunkins has released Cracking the Leadership Code that helps you demystify leadership. Alain Hunkins has released Cracking the Leadership Code that helps you demystify leadership. Daniel Kahneman. Connection.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

We’ve hired nearly 7,000 employees across the country since mid-March 2020. Due to the impact of COVID-19 on the economy and job market, we enhanced our severance benefits, providing separation pay and subsidized medical coverage through at least the end of 2020. . How do you approach tough decisions like cost-cutting, layoffs, etc?

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 17, 2020

At this moment, most organizations are focused on helping their customers and employees with immediate safety and security needs, recognizing the immediate short-term financial impact on their end goals. These key areas include: Manage operations with minimal loss and disruption to daily business flow.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Ramcess Jean-Loiuis, Pfizer’s Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Officer, is not short on ambition. Having joined the world’s largest pharmaceutical company, she is now out to raise the bar for human resources leadership across the organization. In June of 2020, we revisited those goals to expand our commitments to equity.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The HR Digest: What are some short- and long-term goals for your position with Bevel? Our long-term vision is to find employees with unique backgrounds and skill sets that can contribute to the expansive qualities and expertise of the firm. . We have shown that we can operate remotely and have sensitivity to that as a firm.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 17, 2020

At this moment, most organizations are focused on helping their customers and employees with immediate safety and security needs, recognizing the immediate short-term financial impact on their end goals. These key areas include: Manage operations with minimal loss and disruption to daily business flow.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 20, 2020

The week of April 12-18, 2020 saw us continue our trend by again seeing a rise in deaths and job loss due to COVID-19. The lagging effects of this event like a potential recession and long-term travel bans will continue to test us all. We are living in times that were unimaginable only a few short weeks ago.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 25, 2016

In order to survive over the long term and gain competitive advantage, companies must learn how to connect profoundly with the world around them -- not only with customers and stakeholders, but also with employees, local communities, politicians, and the environment itself." The life expectancy of a leading U.S.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 11, 2020

At 5:50 AM on Feb 2, 2020, flames leapt from the 26,000 square foot building of a non-profit that provided training and work attire to over 105,000 job seekers in Orange County, CA, in their first 30 years. All gone, just as Working Wardrobes was preparing for its 30 th anniversary. Then hundreds of volunteers called and donations came in.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

From time to time, the basis of competition in an industry shifts so dramatically that shifting with it requires a new long-term vision that calls for the organization to do things it never would have done in the past. Consider the case of MedStar Health, the largest nongovernment health care provider in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C.,

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2018

For the latter, we measured incumbents’ operational efficiency, commitment to innovation, and defenses against attack. But companies in this state often face increasing pressure to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs in their legacy businesses, and this pressure attracts opportunistic disruptors.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2013

BCG predicts a billion middle class Chinese and Indians by 2020. BCG underlines "the need for firms to adapt to local circumstances — not just in terms of what they sell but also in how they sell it." But it does take leadership and strong communication — among all parties. It's not impossible.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The main difference is that clusters will typically be hired permanently by a business with a mutual intention to commit for the long term. I would project that by 2020, 30% of work will be performed by permanently employed, self-managed clusters. In short, a cluster is an extreme version of a self-managed team.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

There are many ways to define mentoring," says Jeanne Meister, a Founding Partner of Future Workplace and co-author of The 2020 Workplace: How Innovative Companies Attract, Develop & Keep Tomorrow's Employees Today. Myth #2: Mentoring is a formal long-term relationship. Think of mentoring as both a long-term and short-term arrangement.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Similarly, why do we unquestioningly use the oxymoronish term "gender diversity"? Leaders are inordinately nervous about admitting that their priority is gender (which it is in many companies and countries), so they prefer what they see as the more widely acceptable term of diversity. But this very fear is part of the problem.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Yet in this short period, digital technologies have upended our world. Retail e-commerce sales worldwide are expected to hit $4 trillion by 2020 , about double of where it is now. The European Union has 412 million internet users, but its market is fragmented; it is still in the process of creating a “digital single market.”

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Nine big brands with operations in Ohio publicly pressed the state to reinstate energy efficiency and renewable energy portfolio standards. But last month the country also indicated coal use would rise until 2020 (albeit at a slower rate than the growth of renewables). Investors Focused on Climate, Sustainability, and Short-Termism.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

political leadership have a chilling effect on corporate action around environmental and social issues? The short answer is no. In short, Trump cannot stop all momentum on the clean economy. They are, after all, the largest generation on the planet and will make up 50% of the global workforce by 2020. government.

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