HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

What this looks likes may vary person to person, but if you believe in the company’s purpose, discover an inclusive culture aligned with your values, find leaders and teams that you can have open and honest conversations with, and are offered opportunities to keep learning and growing – you’ve hit the career jackpot.

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Company Human Resources Trends Learning-by-Doing 64

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

If you’re looking to benchmark your leadership ability the following self examination will give you a baseline to build from. Great leaders don’t major in the minors and understand that the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing…Great leaders are committed to not losing focus and not giving-up.

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Blog Leadership Benchmarking Tactics 366

Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

Create a Benchmark Traditional direct marketing always uses a control piece as the benchmark, generally with an A/B split test. The same principles apply to e-marketing: before rolling out a campaign to a large audience, test it on a small one. Are they using email blasts, social networking, relationships with key bloggers?

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Marketing Press Release Direct Marketing Discount 162

HR Digest

JULY 1, 2021

At the same time, executives rated the selective hiring of high-performing talent from rivals as one of the three most effective responses to the previous crisis and the one with the best impact on employee commitment. Start by benchmarking your current hiring processes. Keep it real. What are your typical hiccups?

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Media Brand Crisis Skills 111

Strategy Driven

JUNE 13, 2021

These challenges created the perfect opportunity to re-envision the careers of Coconino County mechanics. With input from various stakeholders the division developed career ladders for those employed in Mechanical Services and Heavy Equipment Shops. The process started by reevaluating the role of mechanics.

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Operations Succession Automotive Incentives 79

Strategy Driven

MARCH 6, 2015

The mentor becomes a role model, offering insights about their own life-career. The mentor stands for mentees throughout their careers and celebrates their successes. ’ Approach your career as a body of work. This requires planning, purpose and commitment. It’s a career, not just a series of jobs.

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Mentor Succession Benchmarking Long-term 50

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

In fact, if you're reading this text, just stop right now and benchmark your activity against your reflective thoughts – Is what you're doing, in alignment with your true priorities, or have you been sucked down into the weeds? The old "what if I only had 'x' number of hours to work in a week, what would I focus on?"

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Blog Leadership Brand Depreciation 419

HR Digest

APRIL 30, 2024

If that’s too large of an undertaking at the start, set a benchmark and identify high-performing employees or select those who have the most number of years working at the organization. Suppose they are looking for an opportunity to switch to another team to advance their careers, again.

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How To Trends Project Long-term 52

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Values, customs, beliefs, goals, objectives, benchmarking. Value-added leadership requires a senior team commitment. You offer a promising career and future for people with ideas and talent. Learn to pace and be in the chosen career for the long-run. Plan and Benchmark. Culture and Mission. Philosophy.

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Leadership Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Ethics 50

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

An Overview on the Importance of Change : While there is little debate that the successful implementation of change can create an extreme competitive advantage, it is not well understood that the lack of doing so can send a company (or an individual’s career) into a death spiral. Be careful of high level, pie-in-the-sky projections.

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Leadership Competitive Advantage Due Diligence Short-term 397

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2016

I have had many excellent ones in my long career and have in turn mentored hundreds of others. The mentor becomes a role model, offering insights about their own life-career. The mentor stands for mentees throughout their careers and celebrates their successes. ” Approach your career as a body of work.

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Mentor Learning-by-Doing Open-book Career 50

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

My experience with most executives & entrepreneurs is that they are totally committed to and focused on success. The three most critical items to focus on when conducting your planning are: Insure that personal accountability is present on any major benchmark, milestone or deliverable.

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Contingency Plans Planning Blog Ryan 360

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

All of these groups are committed to making an impact internally at Audible and in the communities in which we serve. For instance, during the pandemic Audible piloted our Returnship program to hire professionals returning to the workforce after a care-giving career break.

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Diversity Katz Learning-by-Doing Globalization 52

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

All of these groups are committed to making an impact internally at Audible and in the communities in which we serve. For instance, during the pandemic Audible piloted our Returnship program to hire professionals returning to the workforce after a care-giving career break.

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Diversity Katz Learning-by-Doing Globalization 52

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 26, 2014

The second meaning has to do with the need for all of us to stand out in a crowded job market and do what is necessary to stay relevant in careers that keep getting longer. setting benchmarks, annual performance appraisals, compensation schedules, etc.). Commit time, energy, and resources to the growth of their people.

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Books Goal Sports Commitment 65

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 21, 2014

The second meaning has to do with the need for all of us to stand out in a crowded job market and do what is necessary to stay relevant in careers that keep getting longer. setting benchmarks, annual performance appraisals, compensation schedules, etc.). Commit time, energy, and resources to the growth of their people.

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Books Goal Sports Commitment 65

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

The caller then announced that he had a time commitment and that I had one minute to state my case. What types of ‘wild goose chases’ have you pursued in your networking career? Examine and benchmark the reasons and results. I said that if he did not remember talking to me before, then that was the problem.

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Strategy Budgeting Risk Management Strategic Planning 96

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 15, 2013

The second meaning has to do with the need for all of us to stand out in a crowded job market and do what is necessary to stay relevant in careers that keep getting longer. setting benchmarks, annual performance appraisals, compensation schedules, etc.). Commit time, energy, and resources to the growth of their people.

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Goal Sports Commitment Career 54

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 31, 2020

By becoming SQF certified, you’re demonstrating your commitment to providing your supply chain and clients with products of the highest quality. Level 2 is a fully certified HACCP food safety scheme that is benchmarked by GFSI. SQF certification is highly recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative.

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How To Supply Chain Document Licensing 65

Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

This review is the basis for most elements that will appear in a strategic plan, including the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, actions, challenges, teamwork, change management, commitment, future trends and external forces. Mentoring, creating and leading have become the primary emphasis for your career.

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Article Strategy Long-term Mentor 50

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2018

Perhaps it’s a matter of New Year’s resolutions, or a reaction to seeing their friends and colleagues make big career changes each January. Unfortunately, the initial commitment to learning all too often fizzles out. Set a golden benchmark. Of course, that benchmark will change as you develop.

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Skills Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Career 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Outcomes are shaped by your focus, discipline, and commitment to follow-up…or lack thereof. When you fail to follow through on promises and commitments, you imply that you lack discipline and – perhaps – shouldn’t be trusted with more important tasks and objectives. Do what you say you will, period.

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Bottom-up Sharpe Follow-up Retail 50

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

Rather they should benchmark their decisions against the question of “is it the right thing to do?” To be clear, being balanced doesn't mean that you're not committed, not sold-out, not passionate – it just means you apply filters to your efforts to insure that passions are productive and healthy; not imbalanced.

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Politics Blog Leadership Diversity 375

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Creating effective pay structures is a serious responsibility however many businesses still hold back from fully committing to the endeavor. Equitable workplace strategies for fair compensation not only reflect a healthy work culture , they also allow employees to commit better to their roles.

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System How To Benchmarking Diversity 52

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

For Cabot and the B Corp community, certification objectively demonstrates our strong commitment to sustainability at a time when more consumers support companies dedicated to social and environmental change, and as investors, the public, and the media hold companies to higher standards. ” Benchmarking and Operational Cost Savings.

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Cooper Benchmarking Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

For founders who are committed to focusing on their culture early on, where should they start? So the leaders decided to use their next “all hands” meeting to respond to anonymous AMA (Ask Me Anything) questions, and committed to addressing every point. The silver lining is that transparency is virtually free.

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Morale Attrition Early Adopters Benchmarking 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Engagement: Radical transparency increases commitment and motivation to the corporate mission because employee data are explicitly linked to performance, ensuring high levels of fairness. Everyone is benchmarked, all data are available for inspection and analysis, and all employees are treated accordingly.

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Benchmarking Objective Performance Review Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

My senior year in college, a black sales rep from IBM encouraged me and a group of fellow black students to consider a career with the company. The job began my long career in the high-tech industry. Corporate board commitment to and investment in diversity programs have been inconsistent.

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Diversity Analysis Metrics Benchmarking 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2014

Having spent the last five years of my career working hand in hand with many of the world’s most well-known companies on efforts to advance women and diverse professionals into leadership roles, I read with interest the recent study and blog post by my esteemed colleague Avivah Wittenberg-Cox. However, until very recently, there were two.

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Diversity Execution Commitment Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2017

When an employer extends a job offer to you, he has, in essence, “fallen in love with you,” says John Lees, the UK-based career strategist and author of The Success Code. “He has psychologically committed to you, and it is a critical moment.” “Employers need to feel that you are committed.”

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Due Diligence How To Travel Learning-by-Doing 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2016

They assure that the firm’s legal and ethical practices allow for overseas flexibility while maintaining corporate compliance by: Benchmarking competitive practices in country to ensure willingness to compete. The tool consists of 28 statements, four for each of the seven ‘tudes. Publicly reinforcing stated goals.

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Globalization Company Short-term Objective 8

HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

We have done this based on international standards, and we use those tools and benchmarking to help shippers identify ways to reduce their emissions. A critical component of the DEI strategy is our commitment to measurement and metrics. Within C.H. Robinson, we are focused on reducing the emissions from our own carbon footprint.

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Supply Chain Human Resources Diversity Transportation 109

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2014

First, private citizens, particularly younger people, are choosing different types of career paths. The old model — get a job, earn money, pay back — is being replaced by an earlier commitment to change. This data provides a benchmark against which a financial instrument can be devised.

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Bond Education Finance Video 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Engagement: Radical transparency increases commitment and motivation to the corporate mission because employee data are explicitly linked to performance, ensuring high levels of fairness. Everyone is benchmarked, all data are available for inspection and analysis, and all employees are treated accordingly.

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Benchmarking Objective Performance Review Long-term 8

Leading with Trust

MARCH 20, 2022

I have discovered throughout my career that one’s character is rarely tested by making the right choice but more by what you do when someone points out that you’ve made the wrong choice and everyone is watching. I have heard that sticking to your commitments is a sign of good character. However, I refer to them as moral values.

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Ethics Servant Leader Execution Survey 95

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 12, 2011

Upper management is most effective when it frames business decisions toward values, customs, beliefs, goals, objectives and the benchmarking of tactics. Value-added leadership requires a senior team commitment. One can never review progress enough, with benchmarking being the key to implementing plans. Culture and Mission.

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Mentor Strategic Planning Leadership Benchmarking 56

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2015

Such investments carry significant equity risk, suggesting that equity-based benchmarks like public market equivalents (PMEs) are appropriate. On average, they commit meaningful resources to add value, although there is a great deal of variation in how they do so. Not all PE firms use the same strategy.

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CAPM Discounted Cash Flow Company Rate of Return 8