N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction.

Human Resources 469

Human Resources Globalization Diversity Resources 469

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Why is one multinational consumer goods company organized by category, while another organizes by region? Why is one insurance company deep into an agile transformation while another is experimenting with it only at the edges of its business? Insight center. The Gap Between Strategy and Execution.

Strategy 8

Strategy Company Banking Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

North American restaurant chain Panera Bread is experimenting with a nonprofit variation, where the company donates a number of existing stores to its "Panera Cares" foundation. At these locations, any money made goes first to fund operations, and additional profits go to local charities.

Apparel 8

Apparel Telecommunications Transportation Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Companies are spending millions on digital transformation, yet studies find many leaders feel their projects aren’t achieving their objectives. Workfront CEO Alex Shootman says digitization is happening in most companies on a function-by-function basis, leaving teams to work in silos instead of executing new strategies together.

Content 8

Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

For example, in 2009 professors Brian Becker, Mark Huselid, and Richard Beatty estimated that in most companies less than 15% of jobs are what they call strategic positions and said management should focus “disproportionate investments” on finding A players for those jobs. Connectors in the middle. Customer experience creators.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

For many, a corporate directorship is a career capstone. We know this approach can work because we''ve seen it: We studied a large corporation that was being split into two public companies for which two new boards had to be created. This approach led both companies to recruit board members that were diverse in needed strategic skills.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

As a result, more companies are being valued based on their current earnings than on their growth potential. Our research shows that many companies are increasingly geared toward the short term. Such companies tend to generate less growth and value in the long run. First, they must secure the prosperity of their own companies.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8