HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

In an exclusive interview with HR Digest, Trent Henry, EY’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), shares key strategies driving EY’s commitment to diversity, innovation, employee well-being, and leadership development. Technology, coupled with the shift to flexible work models, has transformed the workplace at rapid speed.

Diversity 52

Diversity Career Globalization Learning-by-Doing 52

Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Companies must focus on nurturing and developing their human resources. Financial Health and Sustainability Sound financial management, diversification of revenue streams, and long-term financial planning are vital in weathering financial crises and market fluctuations. Finding and keeping good employees is good.

Organization 40

Organization Agility Ethics Operations 40

HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

takes great pride in its employee resource groups. Can you tell our readers more about these programs and how they promote change within the company in practical terms? our Employee Resource Groups (ERG) allow our employees to come together based on shared characteristics and life experiences. At LS&Co.,

Human Resources 52

Human Resources Diversity Resources Retail 52

In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 1, 2016

This company earned that honor by re-staging a tired coffee brand with innovative packing technology and breakthrough advertising. After buckets of red ink and much soul searching, our young management team came to terms with the fact that Nabob could not survive as a ‘generalist’ against multi-nationals twenty times its size.

Brand 100

Brand Competitive Advantage Marketing Strategy CEO 100

Strategy Driven

JUNE 1, 2018

Businesses spend so much time on momentary pieces of their puzzles that they neglect long-term Strategic Planning and miss potential successes. Banking, insurance benefits, human resources, etc. Technology consulting firms. CEO roundtables. Mid-managers and supervisors. Corporate leadership. Researchers.

Advice 51

Advice Library Seminar Webinar 51

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

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

At the law firm Allen & Overy, the idea of replacing traditional, annual performance appraisals with a technology-enabled continuous feedback system did not come from human resources. Working with new technologies in new and nimbler ways creates the need for additional innovation in talent practices.

Technology 8

Technology Talent Management Process Management 8

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

” With over 80% of CEOs saying they have a talent gap issue, how did we get to this pint, and how would you suggest fixing it?” ” Although the event was a simple keynote, Dan and I took this as an opportunity to begin documenting our month-long quest to gain “the global leadership perspective.”

Globalization 276

Globalization Leadership Conference Diversity 276

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

The tech sector, which has become as famous for toxic company cultures as for innovation, and as well-known for human resource headaches as for hoodie-wearing CEOs, could use a little of the mellowness and wisdom that comes with age. That’s when Airbnb came calling. I realized I’d have to figure out a way to be both.

Industry 14

Industry Library Hotels Human Resources 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2012

It's rare to find a corporate human resources function that accelerates change by actively finding ways to help drive new strategies. Prior to 2002, when Sam Palmisano became CEO, IBM had a series of feuding fiefdoms — 170 country units — each with its own policies, procedures, and processes. But not at IBM.

Globalization 14

Globalization Human Resources Diversity Long-term 14

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

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

JANUARY 13, 2015

Perhaps human resources leaders are spending their money in the wrong places. 500 marketing company, we used the model to help leaders understand the root cause of what the CEO defined as a toxic culture. The CEO assumed that employees wanted this to translate into the office in terms of dress code, mannerisms, and hours.

Human Resources 8

Human Resources Self-aware Survey Influence 8

Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

E.g. take a team of developers to tour an abattoir, take the human resource team to a museum exhibit on ancient Egypt, or take legal on an outing to a flower show. Perspective – ability to see or sense the big picture, long-term thinking. Zest – enthusiasm for life, work, learning…. 4) Knowledge Sharing -.

Team 52

Team How To Knowledge Management Self-aware 52

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2016

Other feedback may be within the company’s control, but difficult to change in the short term, such as the quality of facilities, the title or level of the job in question, or the compensation and benefits package being offered.

Company 8

Company Human Resources Open-book Brand 8

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).

Metrics 14

Metrics Human Resources Attrition CEO 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

The former you can do with a few staffers and the CEO’s blessing, but the latter requires broad organizational support and ongoing effort. But those are two separate functions that require different staffing, relationships, and resources. That leaves many ideas swimming around inside the corporate fish tank for far too long.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Due Diligence Chief Information Officer 8

HR Digest

JULY 29, 2020

According to Deloitte’s Global Human Capital Trends 2016 , “As technology makes data-driven HR decision-making a possibility, 77 percent of executives now rate people analytics as a key priority, up slightly from last year. 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

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

They also do not represent sustainable, long-term change. Investor-owned hospitals rarely have more than three or four layers of supervision between the nurse that touches patients and the CEO. To avoid this danger requires a discerning talent-management capacity in the human resources department.

Cost 8

Cost System Management Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2014

While many human resources managers cite structural issues like the skills gap as a key explanation, recruitment strategy plays a crucially important role. Research in The Talent Equation , a new book co-authored by CareerBuilder CEO Matt Ferguson, confirms this. Setting up technological barriers for job seekers.

Company 8

Company Tactics Open-book Audience 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

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

We’ve got the latest technology. Our human resources department takes care of that. Examples: This company reflects the character of its CEO. The wise CEO is one who listens to others, surrounds himself-herself with smart people and fosters a spirit of teamwork. Our people were hired to do their jobs.

Budgeting 84

Budgeting Risk Management Quality Strategic Planning 84

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. Nothing has served me better in my long life than continuous learning.”.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 8

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? Global supply chains can cut across many “cultures”: national, industry, technology, market segment, and more. Manage the arduously long sales cycle.

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 late 1940s were a tough time for the fledgling electronic equipment maker that would eventually become one of the America’s best-known technology companies. His ability to look back is what enabled him to see way forward so clearly. Insight Center.

Management 8

Management Uncertainty Crisis Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

Sponsored by DXC Technology. But AI can also help support more complex decisions in key areas such as human resources, budgeting, marketing, capital allocation and even corporate strategy — long the bastion of bespoke consulting firms such as McKinsey, Bain, and BCG, and the major marketing agencies. Insight Center.

Consultative 8

Consultative Budgeting Advice Marketing 8