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. Take stock of the progressive development plans and programs they’ve made available to the workforce. and a development manager at Oracle Corp. CHRO for HSBC.

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Human Resources Globalization Diversity Resources 469

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Amidst all the revenue numbers and share valuations that companies wear as a badge of honor, the concept of employee relationship management has emerged as another undeniable sign of a successful organization. Conflict Management Why are workplace conflicts such a common grievance?

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Schein Industry Long-term Automotive 98

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Updated skills are the currency for future-proofing your career. While HR teams complete workforce planning, they will keep an eye on auditing current talent capabilities and anticipate future skills, assuring survival and growth, rather than extinction. Reskilling refers to learning new skills for a job switch or career pivot.

Skills 145

Skills Emotional Intelligence CFO Power 145

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 2, 2019

Winning organizations now rely on nimble, iterative problem solving, rather than the traditional planning processes. I had the opportunity to speak with Charles Conn and Robert McLean, two McKinsey alums who share a seven-step systematic approach to creative problem solving that will work in any field or industry. 2: Disaggregate.

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Disaggregation McKinsey Skills Gordon 80

HR Digest

DECEMBER 8, 2020

A recent Mckinsey & Company survey shows that since 2015, America has seen only a modest growth in women’s well paid jobs representation in the corporate pipeline. For every 100 men promoted to manager, only 85 women were promoted. . Computer and information systems managers. Human Resource Managers.

Human Resources 52

Human Resources Chemicals Software Engineering 52

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2023

A conversation with McKinsey’s Emily Field on reimagining the roles to fit the times.

Middle Management 15

Middle Management McKinsey Management Power 15

Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 20, 2015

Planning : Leaders translate their vision for the organization into team goals and individual goals. Promoting : Leaders advance their team members’ careers by positioning them for growth. He’s the managing director of thoughtLEADERS, LLC – a leadership development training firm. If you aren’t, why not?

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Team Leadership McKinsey Efficiency 100

Steve Farber

JANUARY 14, 2019

” “Women in the Workplace,” a study by McKinsey, found that, although 57 percent of recent college graduates are women, they are hired into entry-level jobs at lower rates compared to the other 43 percent (aka “men”). Learn about her aspirations and Include her in your plans for her career path.

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McKinsey Mentor Bottom-up Middle Management 45

Coaching Tip

JUNE 3, 2011

Consider the executive who briefed his top management team on the company's plans for the coming year, referencing products launches, pricing pressures, and analyst concerns. Managers in the room learned little more than they already knew about the executive's personally. .

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Leadership McKinsey Sample Download 129

Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 19, 2011

When the seat becomes empty it is too late to think about succession planning ( a topic we’ve covered in depth on our blog in this post – click here to read it ). Mike Figliuolo is the Managing Director of thoughtLEADERS, LLC. Make it a New Year’s Resolution to identify and groom your replacement.

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Training Blog Greenleaf Maslow 257

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

” On her return, she found that not only did she fail to get her clients back, but the colleague who took them over didn’t even know that she had previously managed them. For many women, returning to work after parental leave is a key career transition point. Takeaways for Organizations.

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Career Company Pharmaceuticals Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

When thinking about how to develop in our careers, most of us tend to focus on promotions, projects, courses, certifications. Drucker Forum 2018 This article is one in a series related to the 10th Global Peter Drucker Forum , with the theme “ Management. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI /Getty Images.

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Career Drucker Guidelines Conference 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Over the past year we have been writing the HBR Leader’s Handbook — a primer for aspiring leaders who want to take their careers to the next level. Take the case of Dominic Barton, who served as the Global Managing Director of McKinsey & Company from 2009-2018.

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Skills McKinsey COO Handbook 15

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Thinkers50 – World’s Most Influential Management Thinkers. Called ‘The Academy Awards of Leadership’ by the Economist, Thinkers50 is the world’s most reliable resource for identifying, ranking and sharing the leading management ideas of our age. Tammy Erickson – McKinsey award-winning author. million times.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2018

When Liz was offered a job as a product manager at a growing biotech firm, she was ecstatic. According to research by McKinsey , up to half of new-leader transitions fail within two years. How can our departments partner to achieve that plan? Pgiam/Getty Images. Unfortunately, this is common.

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Learning Curve McKinsey Goal Planning 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

New reports from McKinsey and PwC paint a very bleak picture of C-suite succession practices in today’s corporations. Both consultancies have useful advice to help fix the problem: McKinsey describes how to set up effective integration plans, while PwC describes best practices for CEO transitions.

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Succession Human Capital McKinsey Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2017

Regardless of the specific reason why, the question now is how – how to leave in the right way, how to be credible, honest and transparent while acting in your own best interests, and how to preserve the long-term career capital you’ve worked so hard to create. Career Transitions. You and Your Team Series. Andy Molinsky.

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Career Long-term Human Capital Mentor 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

This is the second leg of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation and a call for inspiring stories, bold ideas, and instructive experiments that demonstrate what can happen when you scrap compliance, conformance and predictability for freedom, passion, and dynamism. Managing without managers.

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Bureaucracy McKinsey Compliance Innovation 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2011

What makes the matter fascinating to industry watchers, approximately their equivalent of the Charlie Sheen supernova, is that Gupta served three terms as managing director of McKinsey & Co., There has been no suggestion that Gupta betrayed any client confidences in his McKinsey days. from 1994 to 2003. billion to $3.4

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McKinsey Consultative Waterman Intellectual Capital 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2012

In China, both multinational and Chinese companies are finding their dramatic growth goals constrained by the challenges of finding capable leaders at both the senior and middle management levels. But how can young leaders be deliberate and explicit in building multicultural considerations into their career planning and decision-making?

Globalization 10

Globalization Development Short-term Career 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Practical leadership and management skills. Management education has changed significantly over the last few decades. As a result MBAs were often seen as bean-counters myopically focused on data and out of touch with the challenges managers face in the real world. How well-established are these courses?

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Supply Chain Reputation Education Learning-by-Doing 19

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2012

A new McKinsey study (PDF) reports statistically what we already knew from personal experience: that mid-career and senior women tend to be found disproportionally in staff jobs, or "pink ghettos," relative to men. according to the same McKinsey report). The most common answers were "0-10%" or "not measured.".

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McKinsey Mentor Diversity Report 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Most career advice today encourages us to move forward passionately, intentionally, boldly — and above all, quickly. Career coaches don’t make a lot of money from encouraging people to “get ahead slowly.” ” However, in terms of fulfilling our long-term goals for career success, patience can be an asset.

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Long-term Career Survey CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2014

The status of a firm is quite possibly the leading driver in attracting the best of the best, at least in investment banking, according to a paper recently accepted by the Strategic Management Journal. “It’s how it will position you for the next step of your career.”

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Reputation Banking Career 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

and the EU15 is doing some type of independent work, according to the McKinsey Global Institute , and 42% of U.S. executives plan on hiring more of these workers in the coming years. Companies can find plenty of junior or midlevel folks who are willing to take on contract roles to gain both career flexibility and marketable skills.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Health Care Analysis Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Selling needs to be a part of every woman's career tool kit. According to McKinsey & Company , research of the largest US corporations shows that 62% of women are in staff jobs — positions that provide service and assistance but don't directly generate revenue. These roles very rarely lead to major jobs in senior management.

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P&L McKinsey Consensus Committee 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2015

Careers are very personal things. She decided it was time for a career change and began to brainstorm ideas on her own, seeking advice from friends, and even meeting with a jobs counselor. How much middle managers make at American Express in various cities around the world? Or what the vacation policy is like at McKinsey?

Strategy 8

Strategy Advice McKinsey Career 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

A McKinsey study found that across all industry sectors, companies with the most women on their boards of directors significantly and consistently outperform those with no female representation: by 41% in terms of return on equity and by 56% in terms of operating results. since 2010. Both presidential candidates portray the U.S.

Diversity 15

Diversity McKinsey Incentives Proposal 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

As a fellow at Stanford's Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (informally called the d.school) I'd managed to finagle a way into a class that I knew would help me follow the entrepreneurial path I'd always wanted to explore. The thing that I've learned is that you're not going to be able to lay out one big grand plan in advance that works.

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Entrepreneur COO Class McKinsey 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

But this is only possible if the senior executives of our leading institutions are what Dominic Barton, Worldwide Managing Director of McKinsey & Company, refers to as "tri-sector athletes" — leaders able to engage and collaborate across all three sectors. Contextual intelligence. Integrated networks. Prepared mind.

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Globalization Career McKinsey Strategic Planning 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

In a business-to-business context, Joël Le Bon of the University of Houston takes the question further, pointing out an often-overlooked, small-data source of useful information about your competitors’ plans and schemes: Your sales reps. Nate Silver on Finding a Mentor, Teaching Yourself Statistics, and Not Settling in Your Career.

Information 8

Information Information Technology McKinsey Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Research by the McKinsey Global Institute predicts that by 2020, the U.S. I propose that we take a cue from other types of markets and create a Labor Market Maker — a team that proactively manages supply and demand. competiveness. million too few college graduates to meet demand and that 5.9

Marketing 12

Marketing Restructuring McKinsey Education 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2015

.” It may seem logical that you want to have a job in hand before you reveal to your manager that you’re leaving. “It used to be when you left a job, you were seen as a traitor,” says John Sullivan, an HR expert, professor of management at San Francisco State University, and author of 1000 Ways to Recruit Top Talent.

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Short-term McKinsey Long-term Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2012

I once hired a McKinsey consultant into a country manager role in a developing region. He did and was soon appointed to manage the company's entire international business from headquarters. Plan and discuss your integration. It was a stretch assignment for him, but one in which he has thrived.

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Positioning Social Capital McKinsey Globalization 12

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The Mercer QuickPulse US Compensation Planning Survey of August 2023 found that employers are planning a 3.9 While the numbers are lower than last year, many employees still stand to gain from these plans. percent of senior managerial and directorial roles , according to McKinsey. percent of the U.S.

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System How To Benchmarking Diversity 52

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2015

Despite studies showing that succession is an essential part of strategic planning, many companies ignore leadership development to focus on more immediate challenges. And it confuses young, promising managers about what skills and behaviors they need to develop to advance their careers.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Leadership Pipeline 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

In the late 1990s, Steven Hankin of McKinsey provoked a lot of discussion when he coined the phrase “the war for talent.” A few years ago, we invited a group of early career high-performers to advise the company on how best to factor their specific needs into GE leadership processes. Our leaders take this seriously.

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Long-term Globalization McKinsey Education 8