Surviving Leadership

MARCH 22, 2018

I had the opportunity to speak at and attend the Ultimate Connections conference put on last week by Ultimate Software. As a speaker and Influencer at the conference, I got to talk to all sorts of people – product development, customers, potential customers, smart HR people, etc. And what I learned was eye-opening.

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Conference Software Learning-by-Doing Technology 68

Mike Cardus

JUNE 28, 2013

Coaching and consulting a CEO named Chris. One of our Directors got a hold of my VP of Human Resources and convinced her that he needed an Assistant Director to complete all the work that was expected. Photo Credit. In our first meeting we began to tackle the challenge of ‘Determining the Levels of Work Within the Company’.

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Management Team Building Human Resources Metrics 126

Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 21, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!   The bottom line is that resources like this are increasingly rare in today's short-sighted business world.    I highly suggest you head to their website and check out the Buck Consultants knowledge resources. 

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Resources Consultative White Paper Human Resources 100

Sales Wolf Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!  Steve shares three things that CEOs can do retain their most valuable employees. .  Steve shares three things that CEOs can do retain their most valuable employees. License. .  Enjoy! .

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Blog Human Resources Talent Management Mentor 113

Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 25, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! During a recent conversation with the CEO of a debt collection company I was told, "I reduced my staff by 30 percent and we actually collected more debt." Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - U.S.

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Cost Human Resources Benchmarking Emotional Intelligence 100

Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 10, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! "  Usually this is a question asked by an exasperated sales manager or CEO. "  Usually this is a question asked by an exasperated sales manager or CEO. The "symptoms" are fairly obvious. 

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Critical Success Factor Succession Human Resources Blog 181

Sales Wolf Blog

JULY 9, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!  Equally diverse are the faculty members who weigh in on these issues, which has included CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, leaders of small non-profits, entrepreneurial junkies, the occasional student, and everything in between. License. .

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Company Human Resources Prahalad Resources 140

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 24, 2015

Adopting a systematic way to plan, collect, analyze, and report on initiatives in the organization sets in motion the process of communicating and reinforcing what is important to the organization, while sending a clear message to key stakeholders as to what needs to change to improve outcomes. Identify a System to Routinely Review Measures.

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Organization Human Resources Bureaucracy Competitive Advantage 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2017

That the CHRO role, although at first it may look career limiting, can have more impact than any other position reporting to the CEO? We interviewed search professionals, CEOs, and CHROs with nontraditional backgrounds to find out what happens when business leaders outside of HR move into the role.

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Quinn Execution CFO Forrester 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

If you're a CEO, can the wrong head of HR cause you to lose your job? Ask the ex-CEO of Pfizer or the ex-CEO of Schwab, who both were fired by their boards in part for poor judgment regarding the head of HR. Perhaps it's easier to start by discussing the pathologies of a dysfunctional Chief of Human Resources Officer (CHRO).

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Metrics Human Resources Attrition CEO 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

In every presidential election year, it seems, editors come up with the idea to send reporters out in search of the same story: "Go find corporate bosses out there," they tell some cub, "who are trying to strong-arm their employees to vote for one candidate or the other." Unbelievably, every time, they find some. You probably won't sway them.

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How To Politics Influence Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2015

While the top reason for leaving was low compensation (57% reported it), nearly as important was frustration with a lack of professional development opportunities, which half of respondents cited as their reason for departure. For example, Cesar Bocanegra started as VP for operations, then asked to take on human resources as well.

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Development Mentor COO CFO 8

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

Yet, less than 20 percent of C-suite executives are women and only five percent of CEOs are women. The first, Ready-Now Leaders: Cultivating Women in Leadership to Meet Tomorrow’s Business Challenges by DDI and The Conference Board, identifies “confidence” as one of the few but significant leadership differences between the sexes.

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Diversity Globalization Transportation Industry 120

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

I was also invited to attend to the Deming Institute Annual Fall conference in Los Angeles. In 2014, as in previous years, the dominant reason for discontinuation of a venture in Latin America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania was that the business was not profitable, as per the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2014 Global report.

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Deming Library Entrepreneur Conference 28

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2017

Back-to-back meetings, a constant stream of conference calls, and obligatory break room chitchat make it next to impossible to complete important tasks. “Now even our CEO and CFO work from home from time to time,” he says. Perhaps your motivation is purely professional. Wade’s boss agreed to a yearlong trial.

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Proposal How To Case Study Motivation 15