HR Digest

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Cruise layoffs will affect around 24% of its workforce as it works to restructure operations following an accident that forced it to halt U.S. Image Credit: getcruise) The GM Cruise layoffs, which primarily affected commercial operations and related corporate functions , are the latest turmoil for the robotaxi startup.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 15, 2020

I lost my job as a chief operations officer because, as I said earlier, I was seen as tactless and overly direct. As a results-driven executive who is now working at home because of the pandemic, you are changing a number of often unspoken understandings about family roles and how the family operates. About the Author.

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Here’s what Cara Streb, Chief Operating Officer of Take 2 Consulting has learned about how to do that: “Coach your team, trust they are doing their best, and support their failures. One of the challenges of making the shift from go-to person to the leader of a go-to team is being patient while your team gets up to speed.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?. Put simply, how do you judge the success of a chief human resources officer, and who qualifies for the 2020 Top CHRO List? Selection Methodology. million employees worldwide.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

By understanding the human paradox of simultaneous continuity and change, ambiguity, and complexity, humanizing leadership develops the personality and conceptual skills for successful juxtaposition of opposites to find the sweet spot. Reflection Fuels. Hugh MacLeod is the author of Humanizing Leadership.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

It’s through differentiation that you or your business become successful. The Key to Business and Career Success. There is one universal principle that determines the degree of success of all businesses: Be the preferred provider to your markets. That’s what Stan Silverman has preached in his hundreds of columns for years.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Ethical leaders empower others to achieve success through right actions. 29 and the chief operating officer (COO) meets with the production manager about a major shipment of product to a customer. Simply stated, the customer has a right to use a product and expect it to operate as intended. It is 5 p.m.

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Next Level Blog

MARCH 30, 2021

Start the Week with Planning Time : A chief operating officer I’m working with has staked out Monday morning as personal planning time for herself. A proactive way to start the day! She uses the time for both longer term and short-term thinking.

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Women on Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Guest Post By Mary Kinney, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Ginnie Mae, a cornerstone of the U.S. My father – a successful, self-made executive – has always been a role model and inspiration. In today’s “instant gratification” world, it’s sometimes difficult to remember that success takes time.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 6, 2012

In the most prosperous new economy companies, innovation is at the core of entrepreneurial success. Right away, he replaced the chief operating officer, chief marketing officer, chief technology officer and chief talent officer. Penny instilled Ron Johnson as their new CEO.

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leaderCommunicator

MAY 21, 2014

Yesterday, I offered praise for the brilliance of Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg’s May commencement address to graduates of the City Colleges of Chicago. I know it’s the key to our long-term success as a business. Posted online, the full speech moved me. We want you to join us on this exciting adventure.

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Mike Cardus

APRIL 25, 2013

Meeting with a Chief Operations Officer of a Health Care Organization, whose team I have been consulting and coaching.

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LDRLB

JULY 27, 2012

A study conducted by ACCOR found that although 90% of leaders say employee engagement impacts business success, 75% have no engagement plan or strategy. As John Robak, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Greeley and Hansen , attests, “Those individuals in our organization who are inspired tend to outperform.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 4, 2012

If you’re in charge of your organization’s training, talent management, succession planning, or HR function, when’s the last time you talked to your C-level executives about leadership development? Succession planning: What about your leadership bench? Pick one answer: A. If not fully, then what’s missing? If not, why? What’s missing?

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 15, 2014

At the time we were writing this piece, Chris was stationed at Kabul, Afghanistan as the Chief of Staff/Chief Operating Officer for the NATO Air Training Command. Of the various articles I’ve written for my website, this one is quite unique as it’s the product of a writing collaboration between myself and Col.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

By showing your employees that you care about what matters to them and want them to be successful in their efforts, it makes it easier for them to care and to be invested in what matters to you and your organization because they see that you’re not just a team or company, but a community gathered around a shared purpose.

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Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

The need for short-, mid-, and long-term planning will always exist as a critical factor in successful business regardless of changes in technology. Reflect the operating values and culture of the organization. – Elliott Jaques. Avoid the unnecessary expenditure of energy and capital.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

High-potential women often operate under the radar. Identify and communicate criteria for successful leadership. Establish a succession plan. Establish a succession plan. Greenwell is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of national retailer The Finish Line, Inc. Measure progress.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 23, 2015

Victor Prince: As the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the U.S. As a consultant with Bain & Company, he helped clients across the United States and Europe develop successful business strategies. Today, Victor is a consultant and speaker who teaches strategy and leadership skills to clients around the world.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 11, 2013

StrategyDriven Enterprises LLC and Xen Wireless form StrategyDriven Analytics to provide utility industry executives and managers with asset management program benchmarking data supporting operational and investment decisions and fleet and individual plant performance assessments. Plant Maintenance and Operations. About StrategyDriven.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 15, 2015

By then I had done intensive one-on-one coaching with more than a hundred executives, nearly all successes but a smattering of failures too. Not long after this revelation, I was asked to work with Harry, the chief operating officer of a large consulting firm. I had erred profoundly in client selection.

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CEO Insider

MARCH 19, 2022

While all CEOs are very successful and experienced individuals, the way they reached […]. Extensive research has shown that the characteristics of CEOs can have a large impact on the life and performance of an organization. The post How CEO leadership style can change a company appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

His book, Lessons from the Navy: How to Earn Trust, Lead Teams, and Achieve Organizational Excellence is loaded with advice to help all leaders aspiring to operate at the highest levels. A subordinate’s trust in their leader is the most important factor in the success of any organization.”-Mark What was the key to his success?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Many people in the business world find their success by always being “on.” Sometimes they’re so high functioning that they don’t even realize they have symptoms of anxiety until they take time away from the office. ” They wake up at 4 a.m., answer emails 24 hours a day, and don’t take vacations.

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CEO Insider

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

A toxic leader is someone that hasn’t learned the correct leadership style to maintain a successful team, damages the well-being of their employees, and fails to contribute to a positive culture. Unsurprisingly, these toxic leaders can deeply impact the employee experience. Here’s how to retrain them for the better.

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Steve Farber

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

” Stephens joined Marco’s Pizza in 2004 when it was a successful but regional chain operating 110 stores in three states. Now, he’s the president and chief operating officer for Marco’s (and was featured earlier this year on CBS’ Undercover Boss ).

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The Idolbuster

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Prior to his current (and second) stint as CEO, Harry was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of a technology company in Silicon Valley I’ll call “ScorpCo*”. We delivered] it all, and had successful sales. And, we saw how Harry went about changing a “negative, finger pointing, aggressive culture.” Harry was demoted.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 28, 2017

Mark Thompson – World’s #1 Executive Coach for Growth Company Leaders; NY Times bestselling author Admired and Success Built to Last ; Stanford University Venture Design Lab; Executive Producer, Schwab.com, and Forbes’ Venture Investor with the Midas Touch. Mike Sursock – Head of Operations Group at Baring Private Equity Asia.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Bob Smith (not his real name), source of the quote and Chief Operating Officer at Otis Elevator, knows that elevators tend to remain well under the radar screen until they break. In the elevator business, you can be hugely successful and highly profitable by going unnoticed.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

Then make notes about past accomplishments that clearly demonstrate your successes in those areas. Initiate whatever needed to ensure projects’ success. Function as Administrative Officer, well beyond Administrative Assistant job description. Equally adept at managing people and operations. Expand from U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2018

I had taken one step toward this two years ago, when I named one partner president and another chief operating officer. In our case, equity portfolios are a cornerstone of our success, and, given my prior background, I have always been heavily involved in the research, stock selection, and trading.

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Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Jay Woo , CAA South Central Ontario’s Chief Operating Officer offered up this piece of advice: “Stay connected to your front line.” He makes up “success&# stories constantly. A piece of simple advice, but it’s amazing how few senior leaders walk that talk. The idea exchange is a huge internal joke.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2018

Here we present the case of Grupo Financiero Banorte (GFNorte), a large Mexican financial group, where the analytics transformation has been a success story. The value generated by risk- and operational cost-abating analytics initiatives is measured by their impact on the bottom line. Targets and accountability.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Even though self-awareness — knowing who we are and how we’re seen — is important for job performance , career success , and leadership effectiveness , it’s in remarkably short supply in today’s workplace. And if we can’t, what can we do to minimize their damage on our success and happiness?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2013

I''ve been researching what allows companies to be successful even when their competitive advantages are short-lived — a phenomenon I call transient advantage. As Rudy Lobo, their Chief Operating Officer explains, at the very moment the company goes after an opportunity, it simultaneously considers what it will take to exit it.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2012

In contrast, Sandberg, whose own career as Facebook chief operating officer is presumably pretty demanding itself, has used numerous public speeches to urge young women to keep their ambitions high and find a job they love before they have children , so they will want to keep the job while growing the family.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

As Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook noted in Apple's recent analyst call, there did appear to be some of that going on. There probably isn't a clearer recent example of this than Apple's iPad. But that effect was more than offset by Apple using iPad to introduce people to its products.

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