Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

Several studies by Towers Watson show that just 25% of change management initiatives are successful over the long term. We hired roughly 1,000 new employees in approximately 15 months to build our operations, human resources, compliance, and technology teams. (We We moved away from the one-size-fits-all model.

Management 8

Management IPO Diversity Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2011

Finding people with the right combination of competence, character and team skills isn't easy, of course, even if you conduct a long, carefully-orchestrated search. To find these people, you have to develop a long-term, very consistent strategy. Here are some things that have worked very well for me: Network, network, network.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Collins Long-term Human Resources 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2015

This comes at a significant financial and productivity cost to all organizations, as demonstrated by research in corporate settings : Onboarding an external hire can cost up to twice the departing executive’s salary, and the time it takes for an external hire to become productive is twice as long as for someone hired from within.

Development 8

Development Mentor COO CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Behavioral science research tell us that households, small business owners, and CEOs of multinationals alike are prone to overweight recent adverse events, follow the decisions of their peers , compartmentalize risks , and engage in many other behaviors that economists have traditionally considered peculiar.

Insurance 8

Insurance Risk Management Finance Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2017

Companies can be divided into two types , in terms of how they approach hiring and compensation: organizational oriented and market oriented. The shorter-term orientation discourages employers from bearing risks on behalf of their workers and encourages them to use employment practices that lower direct costs and increase flexibility.

Marketing 8

Marketing Short-term Incentives Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. Five years earlier, when he’d stepped into his role, he’d been focused on growing the company that his father, Eric — the previous CEO — had founded.

Case Study 9

Case Study Team CFO Merchandising 9

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. Her request was not granted, and not long after, she was written up for an unrelated and trivial infraction.

Report 8

Report Long-term Training Short-term 8

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

HR Digest

JULY 29, 2020

If you analyze functions like finance, IT, and marketing you will find common drivers of success. Senior HR leaders will need to be able to stand alongside the CEO to make better business decisions on areas such as: Turnover. The strategic shift towards the incorporation of data and analytics is long over for HR. Quality Hires.

Attrition 98

Attrition Talent Management Agility Innovation 98

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Compensation and benefits is especially important in Financials, as is diversity and inclusion since financial institutions are under increasing pressure to align compensation with long-term value creation and penalize excessive risk-taking.” Performance measurement Data Human resource management'

Human Capital 8

Human Capital CFO Banking Report 8

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 8

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 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

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

But let’s change what we’re asking: Which has the better potential to scale up and create long term value for customers, owners, investors, and employees? Manage the arduously long sales cycle. No doubt the tech startup wins the popularity contest hands down.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2016

His horizon was exceedingly long-term. The 21st-Century CEO. The second World War had left business slow and finances strained. A natural reaction would have been to obey the short-term signals and retrench and, indeed, that’s what most of our competitors did, dismissing up to 50% of their staffs.

Management 8

Management Uncertainty Crisis Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

"This is the first step in getting a job, so you have to persuade the initial screeners that you are a good candidate," says Peter Cappelli, a professor at The Wharton School, the Director of Wharton's Center for Human Resources, and author of " Talent Management for the Twenty-First Century." Play the long game.

Sample 15

Sample Case Study Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2015

I think it’s based upon—and it probably lags in terms of time and updating—but it’s based upon a kind of understanding of how selective the school was in terms of admitting students and how challenging is the work. So it’s largely just kind of school reputation and conventional wisdom, for better or worse.

EPS 8

EPS Diversity Banking Reputation 8