HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Updated skills are the currency for future-proofing your career. Reskilling refers to learning new skills for a job switch or career pivot. Coding, budgeting, and marketing operations are examples. This was my cue for becoming a marketing technologist to solidify my value in the workplace. Hard skills require frequent updates.

Skills 145

Skills Emotional Intelligence CFO Power 145

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

I Give This Blurb 3 Stars Operation Clean Turf and the War on Fake Yelp Reviews Businessweek Were the 19 companies accused of commissioning fake online reviews the only firms out there engaged in this nefarious practice? Andy O’Connell Career Ladder to Nowhere? Not likely. That would only tip off the mendacious.

Review 8

Review CFO PR Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2014

This is a boss you remember for years, one who has a lasting impact on your career. Since this was a minor operation, Sheila’s supervisor, the head of Supply Chain, paid her very little attention. Eventually, her team built a portfolio that caught the interest of the CFO and the CEO, and soon she was meeting regularly with them.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain CFO Performance Review Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

We have reviewed hundreds of corporate announcements and websites, interviewed numerous leadership experts, and conducted an analysis of CEO changes and successions over the past five years at S&P 500 and Global 100 companies. Through this effort, we have observed certain characteristics of this emerging trend.

CEO 11

CEO Contingency Plans Telecommunications Planning 11

Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Here is Denise’s post from her perspective as one who has led change from within organizations like Sony during her corporate career and from the outside as a consulting partner, a role she has played for the past 6 years. This post isn’t intended to argue the merits of Obama’s politics, nor of the Times’ and other analysis.

Influence 275

Influence Blog Politics Learning-by-Doing 275

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2013

John Lees, a UK-based career strategist and author of Just the Job!: If people think of you as an excellent operations guy, they may have a hard time imagining you as a strategic thinker. Address career blemishes. Career planning Hiring Job search' Smart and Fast Strategies to Get the Perfect Job , agrees.

How To 9

How To Reputation Case Study Career 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2017

By one analysis , 88% of companies appearing on the Fortune 500 list in 1955 were not on it in 2014 (having merged, gone bankrupt, or fallen off the list). And the most-successful managers must change similarly as they assume additional or different responsibilities through their careers, moving from head of sales to COO or from CFO to CEO.

Agility 14

Agility Balanced Scorecard COO CFO 14