Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2016

Over the past decade, technology companies and their leaders have launched diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, hoping to make employees of all backgrounds and experiences feel welcome in our industry. This led me to coin the term “DIBs,” the combination of diversity and inclusion with belonging. It felt right.

Diversity 8

Diversity Storytelling Competitive Advantage Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 25, 2014

But there is a deeper lesson to my story that I hope will help others build exceptional, and exceptionally diverse, teams. Ironically, my story is a story of overcoming my own biases about diversity—and then using these hard-won insights to build one of the most diverse leadership teams and board of directors in the world.

Team 12

Team Diversity CFO TSR 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

The realities of globalization, with increasing emphasis on emerging markets, present corporate leaders with enormous challenges in developing the leaders required to run global organizations. They hire technical specialists, local experts, and country managers from emerging markets but rarely promote them to corporate positions.

Globalization 15

Globalization Leadership Development Development Emotional Intelligence 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2011

Too many knowledge workers — professionals with immense talent, experience, and drive to do meaningful work — are stifled by managers who misunderstand what effective management means. If they often get overridden by management, people quickly lose the motivation to make any decision, which severely inhibits progress.

Chemicals 15

Chemicals Creativity Micromanagement Wilde 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Just look at Uber to understand the importance of diversity and product safety or at car manufacturers scrambling to develop a competitive advantage in electric cars as countries seek to decarbonize their economics and fight pollution. First, large index asset managers, such as Blackrock, State Street, and Vanguard.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

Managing Climate Change: Lessons from the U.S. Global Managing Partner, McKinsey & Co. Chairman & CEO, Dow Chemical. Firms as diverse as Walmart and KKR are finding that reducing energy use and embracing renewable energy can be immediately profitable. Some of this work is in collaboration with other organizations.

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Project Henderson Supply Chain Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

In contrast, 70% of respondents think their boards have effective processes for staying current on the company; 69% for compliance; 66% for financial planning; and 55% for risk management — although we should note that managing risks is a crucial consideration when pursuing innovation. How Boards Can Foster Innovation.

Innovation 10

Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 10

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Ensuring stress and fatigue are handled immediately and employees are not overworked beyond their limits Crowd management training and preparations for the large crowds expected during the holiday season Ensuing barricades, sufficient staff, managers, visible signboards, etc.,

Compliance 52

Compliance Policies Guidelines Planning 52

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

In the July/August issue of HBR , Ram Charan argues that the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role should be eliminated, with HR responsibilities funneled in two separate directions — administration , led by traditional HR-types, reporting to the CFO; and talent strategy , led by high-potential line managers, reporting to the corner office.

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CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

New DDI research explores leadership differences between men and women and makes the case for gender diversity in the workplace. The research also provides a snapshot view and analysis of gender diversity across countries and industries. The disparity in gender diversity has little to do with competence levels.” Wellins, Ph.D.,

Diversity 120

Diversity Globalization Transportation Industry 120

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2016

Organizations, whether businesses or nonprofits, almost universally pursue growth. In everything it does, the company pays as much attention to its growth engine — its ability to manage innovation and launch consistently valuable products — as in any particular garment or device it sells.

Company 8

Company Engineering Apparel Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

In 2008, Dr Reddy's acquired Chirotech, Dow Chemical's R&D unit, for $32 million, and in April 2011 relocated it to a new 33,000 sq. Polycentric innovation won't work in organizations that promote groupthink. facility in Cambridge Science Park. Decentralize and empower global R&D units.

Globalization 9

Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

How has Apple managed to maintain its stock price and convince investors of its growth potential? The key, for any successful organization, is to maintain a balanced portfolio of pioneers, migrators and settlers—or, put another way, of red and blue oceans, even as once pioneers get imitated. It is the business of creating.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Blue Ocean Strategy Price 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The lure of establishing an organization that uses market mechanisms to achieve its mission is substantial. The men and women who choose this path have diverse expertise and job responsibilities: marketing, leadership development, communications, operations, new business development, purchasing.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Constraint Entrepreneur Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2017

. “I’m absolutely convinced that the evolving balance of the top management team is a key factor in our success and our ability to change,” Feike Sijbesma, the 57-year-old CEO of Royal DSM, the $8 billion, global company active in health, nutrition and materials science, told me. How did he do it? Related Video.

Diversity 8

Diversity CFO Globalization Video 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

The idea for these groups grew out of the growing movement to form small affinity groups to deal with everything from chemical dependency, religious study, and personal grief to book and cooking groups. With the help of researcher Jane Cavanaugh, we conducted formal interviews with 52 members of True North Groups.

Open-book 9

Open-book Chemicals Chief Operating Officer Goleman 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

In one of the most comprehensive global surveys of corporate directors to date, we found that they were very worried about developing and enacting strategic plans that will enable their organizations to succeed. Not innovation, risk management, technology, debt, or the regulatory environment. Not competitive threats. Not rising costs.

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Company Telecommunications Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

A conglomerate, by definition, is a large corporation with diversified product lines , owned and run by the same management. As many economists have argued, the burden of proof is on the company's management to show that these diverse businesses are better off together than they would be independently.

Welch 8

Welch Diversity Hedge Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Corporate cultures where diversity and openness thrive will more likely attract top talent, especially young, creative, and entrepreneurial candidates. The two decades that have followed have seen an increase in marketing and advertising to the LGBT market that Marketing firm Witeck-Combs estimated at $800 billion in 2011.

Advertising 17

Advertising Market Segmentation Diversity Chemicals 17

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

That’s just the beginning of the confusion—even if you accepted that such diverse investments should all be grouped into one category, how do you even measure and compare impact anyway? Ultimately, asset managers can develop a matrix with financial asset classes (e.g., cash, fixed income, private equity, etc.)

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Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

It’s not yet clear what Trump’s election means for issues that impact companies’ efforts to manage environmental and social issues. Others want to attract and retain diverse talent. election, many CEOs felt the need to email employees, restating their commitment to diversity and inclusion. days of innovation).

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8