HR Digest

JULY 23, 2023

New era of work has forced many companies to move their employees to remote work, and this shift has created some new challenges for managers. Fortunately, there are several tips and strategies that managers can use to improve the engagement and productivity of remote workers.

Tips 52

Tips Strategy Team Management 52

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2016

For many executives battling through economic headwinds in emerging markets, the answer tends to be wherever they think someone will provide the strongest boost to top-line growth, which usually means hiring an additional sales or marketing manager to support the commercial front lines. This is a problem for several reasons.

Marketing 8

Marketing Channel Management Incentives Survey 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

The conventional wisdom about strategy may be leading your company astray. Achieving coherence requires a sharpness of focus that few companies have mastered. In this unpredictable economy, traditional approaches to strategy are a luxury most companies cannot afford. by Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi. Let’s go after it.”

Resources 52

Resources Industry System Strategy 52

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

ManpowerGroup found that 80% of companies lack a reliable picture of their total workforce. The disconnect between HR and Procurement often means either choice is suboptimal on its own, so operating managers circumvent both HR and Procurement. Consider the case of a fast-growing biopharmaceutical company.

Strategy 8

Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

In 2013, we created a global Social Media Center of Expertise (CoE), staffed by about 600 people in five regions from the marketing, communications, and customer care teams, with the goal of enhancing the company’s market-based decision making (part of CEO Mary Barra’s mantra of earning customers for life ). Keep it simple.

Media 8

Media Automotive Globalization Active Listening 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2011

If your company is less aligned than, say, a competitor, they might reach the market faster, or spend less, or simply get more deals done and lock you out of the picture. Companies get offers to be acquired, but at much lower valuation than the original dream goal. At any stage of a company, you'll have competing priorities.

Brand 14

Brand Energy Price Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2018

The UK will exit the European Union on March 29, 2019, and many companies are struggling to prepare for how it will change doing business there. There’s no template for how companies should change in response to Brexit. But that doesn’t mean companies shouldn’t start the work required to come up with a plan.

Planning 8

Planning Supply Chain Strategic Planning Workshop 8