HR Digest

MAY 6, 2021

Pat Teague, who leads USAA’s human resources team, talks to The HR Digest about the company’s leadership development programs that has helped attract the industry’s most driven workers and how tough times can have a motivational impact on the workforce. The HR Digest: How is USAA responding to COVID-19? How are you coping?

Finance 59

Finance Diversity Leadership Development Maturity 59

Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Other key events we hosted included an in-person networking event with the HKU SPACE GMBA students and alumni, and four webinars on different topics: “Future Leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, “Deep Dives into STEM and Finance” as well as “Skills for New Employment Landscape” with the UNESCO HK Glocal Peace Centre.

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Webinar Education Conference Industry 98

Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

It’s my stance that HP usually leaps before it looks and I am not sure that I am sold on Whitman as the new CEO. HP Has a Poor Track Record in Past CEO Selection. Former CEO Mark Hurd exercised poor judgment with a contractor, former CEO Carly Fiorina was unable to successfully forge the merger between HP and.

Hotels 150

Hotels Wireless CEO Long-term 150

Women on Business

JANUARY 23, 2011

Perhaps "reward" a staff member that does something particularly well, for example, keeping track of sales calls or following up with potential clients, by letting that person contribute to the training. This does not have to be a time or money consuming activity.

Press Release 100

Press Release Motivation Discount PR 100

Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

There’s no single CEO-like entity and no hierarchy for single accountability. Even worse, functional processes — finance, human resources, sales, etc. This tragic example demonstrates how silos can have real-world consequences. logistics, and finance. finance, I.T., Recall how the U.S.

Industry 269

Industry Stage-Gate Organization Company 269

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

He argues that it’s the rare CHRO who can serve as a strategic leader for the CEO and also manage the internal concerns of the organization. While I have enormous respect for Ram’s wisdom, I believe CHROs have much to offer CEOs and can be better prepared to do so without splitting HR. More is now expected of HR professionals.

Charan 10

Charan Human Resources Leadership Pipeline Decentralization 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

That’s why Alibaba and Amazon, for example, create and sprinkle autonomous cross-functional teams across their respective companies to invent and deliver products in new ways. At Amazon, for example, executives are required to “dive deep” as well as to “think big.”

Retail 10

Retail Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain Operations 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2012

These are the executives who run discrete businesses and control all of the resources associated with them. But in many large companies, the only true general manager is the CEO. In fact, for many chief executives I've recently worked with, the first real GM job that they had was CEO! But today no one gets that experience.

Management 14

Management P&L Incubator Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2018

HCCI outsourced back-office operations — human resources, accounting, finance, medical transcription, radiology — to low-cost but high-skilled employees in India. HCCI saved on costs through intelligent make-versus-buy decisions, for example, by making its own medical oxygen rather than importing it from the U.S.

Health Care 15

Health Care System Innovation Price 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

For example, I know a bank executive who had twenty years of great community banking experience, but no bachelor's degree. The same can be true if you are in an engineering job without the right credentials, or a senior finance job without an MBA or an advanced degree in finance. Now with his degree in hand, he is CEO.

Career 8

Career Skills Cost-Benefit Analysis Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

So four years ago, when I was CEO of GE Capital Retail Finance and tapped to lead a mega change initiative — splitting off our unit into a new, publicly traded company, Synchrony Financial — I’ll admit I viewed it as a huge challenge. A CEO is far removed from the day-to-day concerns of most workers.

Management 11

Management IPO Diversity Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Census Bureau shows that these businesses were more likely than the average business to close permanently after Hurricane Katrina, for example. Young firms face many existential threats related to managing internal financial and human resources and external relationships with customers, suppliers, investors and competitors.

Insurance 8

Insurance Risk Management Finance Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Human-capital issues are top-of-mind for CEOs around the world — but their regard for the HR function remains perilously low: In a PwC study , only 34% said that HR is well prepared to capitalize on transformational trends (compared with 56% for finance). Hiring Human resources Talent management'

Human Capital 14

Human Capital Charan Human Resources Cost 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Education crowdfunder DonorsChoose.org, which finances classroom-based projects, is a good model of success. As the organization has grown, CEO Charles Best has encouraged senior executives to take on increasing responsibilities. For example, Cesar Bocanegra started as VP for operations, then asked to take on human resources as well.

Development 8

Development Mentor COO CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

A few years ago, Brad Anderson , then CEO of Best Buy, told me something both provocative and profound. Usually, if you search, there are opportunities in your current job and at your current level to display your ability to drive change, even if you are in a support function like finance or human resources.

Innovation 16

Innovation Merchandising How To Proposal 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2016

For example, the French global energy player ENGIE recently tilted its primary dimension from product (such as power, services, and infrastructure) toward region in order to better serve its clients in the territories in which it operates. For example, the U.S. This can be achieved through hard-wiring or soft-wiring. One man or woman.

Organization 8

Organization P&L Report Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

The CEO’s principal aim therefore is not necessarily to judiciously allocate financial capital but to allocate precious scientific and human resources to the most promising projects and to pull back and redeploy those resources in a timely manner when the prospects of specific projects dim.

Report 8

Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Last month, Fox News agreed to pay Gretchen Carlson $20 million to settle her sexual harassment lawsuit against Roger Ailes, the network’s former Chairman and CEO, who resigned in the summer. ” The Ailes case commanded a lot of media attention, but it was not all that unique. I just really didn’t expect it.

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Report Long-term Training Short-term 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

And a great potential source of talent with the right skills are professionals who change career lanes — people with experience and training in accounting, finance, human resources and strategy who leave corporate jobs to follow their passion to have a social impact. About 75% come from the private sector.

Chief Operating Officer 8

Chief Operating Officer How To Airlines Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

The 2012 batch includes CEOs sending memos explaining whose platform they think will help the organization thrive (and encouraging employees to vote accordingly, lest jobs be lost) and even one who sent his people to a rally. CEOs have to stay relentlessly on message, and make that message, in A.G.

How To 8

How To Politics Influence Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The answer is yes, as we found in the example of Ascension , the largest nonprofit health system in the United States. Under the leadership of Anthony Tersigni, Ascension’s president and CEO, the organization has sought to become much more efficient at delivering health care. The question is: Could U.S.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Cost Price 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

We have found human capital issues are likely to be material in every sector. Not surprisingly, the particular aspects of managing human capital that are most important vary by sector. For example, recruitment, development, and retention is particularly important in the knowledge intensive health care sector.

Human Capital 8

Human Capital CFO Banking Report 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

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. And today I’m talking with Alex Shootman, President and CEO of Workfront. Let me give you an example of that. Alex Shootman, Workfront.

Content 8

Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2011

For example, at Kenya Women Finance Trust , we were intrigued to hear about the "marriage counseling" its human resources department offers to the newlyweds among its women employees. Finding the success stories out there, celebrating them, and spreading the practices behind them can be part of that.

Microfinance 14

Microfinance Diversity Banking Trends 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2015

I worked as a consultant for many years before becoming the CEO of Red Hat. These are the questions that keep me up at night as a CEO. But if you want to build a feedback loop in your business, you, especially as a leader, need to lead by example and open yourself up to hear what people are saying. Photo by TOM EVERSLEY.

Construction 8

Construction Consultative Learning-by-Doing Human Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2017

Scholars from a number of fields have offered explanations for this transition, including globalization, technological change, declining unionization, heightened product market competition, and the rise of finance. Take, for example, computer-aided design software , which has greatly transformed the organization of work in many industries.

Marketing 8

Marketing Short-term Incentives Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

Recent, well-documented examples include Progressive Insurance''s use of predictive modeling in the property and casualty insurance space and the many industrial manufacturing companies that are generating almost all their margin and profit from after-sale, value-added services based on information generated by embedded sensors.

Enterprise Architecture 8

Enterprise Architecture CIO Horizontal Integration Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

Deborah DiSanzo, the CEO of Philips Healthcare, was once a CMO. She knew that to have a role in steering strategy, she had to earn the trust of her CEO and board. “To The CMO also worked with the finance office and product managers to link pricing and benchmark data into the RFP process, which improved quality and response times.

P&L 11

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. On the finance and deal side, we also felt a strong kinship with Tsai.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Yet I perceive a large gap between the direct experience of non-executive directors and the experience required to challenge and support chairmen and CEOs in their quest to bring the best technology to their business. There are countless other examples. A total overhaul is required.

Technology 8

Technology Zero Based Budgeting Banking CIO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

If you plan for the team to be self-financing after an initial period, how long do you have to make it work — a couple of months, or a couple of years? Being clear about this will help you direct your resources to those programs that stand the best chance of early payback. Alternatively, human resources might be the right place.

Company 8

Company Committee Ethics Project 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2012

When Luisa took over as CEO after his death, she'd vowed to continue the tradition. The previous night, Luisa had met with Maria Alva, Superado's finance vice president. She dialed the extension of Superado's vice president of human resources, and he picked up on the first ring. Today, though, she felt uneasy.

Case Study 11

Case Study Price Policies Retail 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2015

After all, tough conversations “are not black swans,” says Jean-Francois Manzoni, professor of human resources and organizational development at INSEAD. As a result, we tend to avoid them. But that’s not the right answer. This technique also works well in the moment. Case Study #1: Be clear, direct, and unemotional.

How To 8

How To Construction Case Study Performance Review 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Recently, my colleagues and I interviewed dozens of these higher-ambition CEOs , all of whom taught us a valuable lesson: integrity is at the heart of great leadership. Higher-ambition CEOs know who they are, and how they lead and run their companies reflects their personal values and principles. Personal Integration.

360-Degree Feedback 14

360-Degree Feedback Ethics Education Human Resources 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and prominent board members, with the cooperation and support of the head of HR, have initiated an investigation. All of this indicates that Uber leaders prioritized immediately useful services like recruitment over, for example, legal compliance systems, audits, and leadership development.

Compliance 12

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2014

CEOs and organization leaders who read only his column (or worse, only the title) and split HR as he suggests, will make a serious mistake that will destroy value for their shareholders and constituents. Why is this so obvious when it comes to Finance, and so obscure when it comes to HR? Lets be clear.

Charan 14

Charan Finance Human Resources Supply Chain 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Some targets, for example, were more selective than cores; some nonlisted schools were more selective than targets. “We started recruiting at [my school] because the CEO’s daughter was in my class there, and now two chairmen’s kids are there,” he explained. ’s most elite universities.

EPS 8

EPS Diversity Banking Reputation 8