HR Digest

JANUARY 7, 2020

Chamber of Commerce Foundation, the biggest challenges employers and HR faced in 2019 is helping people adjust to AI, robotics, and other forms of automation through retraining and career changes. Upskilling, in the end, should be a team sport, one even where employees support one another in their mutual goals to advance their skills.

Diversity 111

Diversity Education Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing 111

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

How does one successfully manage a company with a dozen diverse, decentralized businesses of varying sizes that employ over 100,000 people in 130 countries, especially in an uncertain economic environment? The answer is to make things simple, says Bill Allen, head of Group Human Resources at Copenhagen-based A.P. Moller-Maersk.

Management 14

Management Decentralization Report Bottom-up 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2016

They also said they were looking for growth and development at work , not simply short-term goals and personal financial gain. This means that cities and companies will attract better talent if they can demonstrate that the move will contribute to the professionals’ careers, including after they leave the company. Insight Center.

Decentralization 8

Decentralization Incubator Innovation Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

At Coursera, we use machine learning to help learners find the best content to reach their learning goals, and to ensure they have the support — automated and human — that they need to succeed. Give data science a seat at the table. Data science can live different places in the organization (e.g.,

Productivity 9

Productivity Products How To Long-term 9

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 15, 2018

The book covers these topics and more: Trust Leading by example Listening Asking powerful questions Coaching Culture At the end of book, Nathan shares valuable links for recommended reading on leadership, career and life topics. That class was where I realized I wanted to pursue leadership as a career.

Books 50

Books Decentralization Learning-by-Doing Influence 50

Nathan Magnuson

OCTOBER 19, 2015

I’ve been privileged to help develop several leadership development programs (LDPs) in my career and I can tell you no two are identical for the simple fact that people and organizations are inherently unique – different cultures, different missions, different situations. Some LDPs use a majority of computer-based training (CBT).

Leadership Development 120

Leadership Development Development Leadership Attrition 120

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

But Rogier thought it was the key to boosting engagement and performance, and he had hinted that he might use Contect’s 2017 annual all-employee meeting—his chance to announce new goals and celebrate the previous year’s accomplishments—to roll out the change. But the decentralization debate was different.

Case Study 8

Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The agency, which provides health care to approximately 9 million veterans at over 1,700 locations, had set a top-down goal to increase the percentage of veterans who were seen within 14 days of requesting an appointment. The crisis that emerged in the Phoenix VA was triggered by the pursuit of a 14-day wait time goal for all appointments.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Crisis Kotter 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

These experts are highly briefed on the purpose and goals of the SU organization. But they will need an extremely clear purpose, and shared, decentralized power throughout. When a clear purpose is coupled with shared power, people can self-organize to reach the goal. More on that in future posts.).

Participative 15

Participative Decentralization Globalization Cost Center 15