HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

Uses technology effectively to enhance communication and collaboration. Look for employees who demonstrate a strong sense of initiative, communication, and teamwork. But it’s not just about the immediate impact on day-to-day operations. Demonstrates a strong commitment to attendance and punctuality.

Review 105

Review Performance Review Ethics Teamwork 105

Tanveer Naseer

JULY 29, 2014

The work routines employed by many of these leaders leave them operating more in a reactive, instead of reflective mode, so spending any time on pondering the long-view can seem almost like a luxury. This Year, Be Ready How Leaders Can Take Advantage of the Summer Downtime.

Creativity 279

Creativity Review Delegation Learning-by-Doing 279

Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2015

If I knew what it looked like and how it operated, then I would know what to shoot for in my own leadership. For 30 years, despite changes in technology, economics, and generational considerations, the characteristics are always the same no matter the form the team takes. There is a commitment to high standards and quality.

Team 150

Team Morale Commitment Participative 150

Experience to Lead

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Having a pool of talent ready to take on new executive responsibilities mitigates the hardship of unexpected departures and operational lags. The benefits of leadership development will no doubt be felt by more than one person, setting a precedent for high-quality results and great teamwork in the future.

Leadership Development 52

Leadership Development Development Leadership Long-term 52

Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2016

I was Dean of a leading business school in Paris and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the top mobile telecom operator in Tunisia when the Arab Spring broke out, turning the already troubled Middle East and North Africa upside down. To strengthen our teamwork, we got out of the office and did outdoor team building exercises.

How To 50

How To Chief Information Officer Tourism Politics 50

Skip Prichard

JUNE 1, 2020

If you’re willing to make these investments, you’ll be rewarded on the back end in dividends of engagement, commitment, and loyalty. Technology has connected more people in more places at more times than ever before. You’re the expert on teamwork and leadership. If you get these right, you’ll build loyalty and commitment.

Leadership 110

Leadership Open-book Learning-by-Doing Quality 110

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

Navy One example of a leader who intentionally developed a Connection Culture using all three bridges is Admiral Vern Clark, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 2000 until his retirement in 2005. We are committed to something larger than ourselves: the protection of America’s interests around the world and democracy.”

Long-term 207

Long-term Consensus Class Follow-up 207

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Employee trust in management and commitment to the company have been in decline for decades. Yet we know that trust and commitment are essential for high individual and corporate performance. On the other hand, a sense of purpose, real responsibility, meaning, caring, fairness, and authenticity have been shown to increase commitment.

Company 8

Company Teamwork Commitment Airlines 8

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

It is the responsibility of executive leadership to set the tone for great teamwork by putting forth a clearly articulated vision, and then aligning every aspect of strategic and tactical decisioning with said vision. Rather, a team is a commitment to work together despite differences of opinion.

Consensus 388

Consensus Team Building Blog Team 388

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2015

Discussing teamwork without identifying its incentives is akin to debating effective diets while ignoring willpower: the most important ingredient may be missing. I recently attended the awards banquet of a global firm that publicly declares its corporate commitment to teamwork. Yes, there is an “I” in team.

Team 8

Team Teamwork Incentives Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

If there is a true commitment to a shared mission, the ideas will come. For example, two of the scientists at PARC, Dick Shoup and Alvy Ray Smith , developed a revolutionary graphics technology called SuperPaint. Smith would team up with another graphics pioneer, Ed Catmull , at the New York Institute of Technology.

Innovation 11

Innovation Team Diversity Creativity 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Most startup founders are deeply committed to the companies they have launched and heavily invested in the dream of leading the company to long-term business success. The culture should be both responsive to customers and collaborative, supporting effective teamwork. Break away from the past. Minimize the handover period.

CEO 8

CEO Tacit Knowledge Chief Technology Officer How To 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2016

Nearly 65 million surgical operations were performed last year in the U.S., resulting in an estimated 200,000 deaths from complications or other post-operative issues. Older procedures required cutting large openings to operate on a patient (e.g., Waves of Innovation in Surgical Quality and Safety.

Innovation 8

Innovation Health Care Operations Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2016

In organizational research, Sigal Barsade and Olivia O’Neil have shown that a culture of love corresponded to increased levels of job satisfaction, teamwork and improved customer outcomes. Love is like an operating system. Love then, does not mean compliance, confluence, or a slavish or insincere commitment to harmony.

Organization 8

Organization Power Reference Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

That’s important, not because I think MBAs should be more like SEALS—I don’t—but because real-world excellence requires more than commitment to educational achievement. That’s both a pity and opportunity missed because, as Webb stresses, leading by example is what truly empowers small teams and teamwork.

Training 8

Training Education Incentives Leadership 8

Terry Starbucker

MARCH 15, 2010

Plus, taking these critical cogs in the wheel out of circulation for even a few days can certainly be a burden on the operation. On the other hand there are many examples of companies who make this commitment, and prove that the investment is worth it. Worse, it leads to turnover, which costs time, money, and critical continuity.

Team 261

Team Training Blog Skills 261

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2012

This review is the basis for most elements that will appear in a strategic plan, including the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, actions, challenges, teamwork, change management, commitment, future trends and external forces. There is a sense that company operations are out of control.

Review 57

Review Company Strategic Planning Industry 57

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

Today AWS accounts for just 10% of Amazon’s $150 billion in revenue, but generates close to $1 billion in quarterly operating profit. In 2011 the board selected as the new CEO one of its own members, Heinrich Hiesinger, a Siemens executive with experience supplying technology to many industries.

Franchising 13

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 13

Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 20, 2015

I imagine for some of you, your answer would be the personal computer and all the technological marvels that now make up our digital world. And this is understandable if we appreciate that – thanks to the faster-pace by which we now have to operate – it’s become harder for people to make those connections for themselves.

Power 100

Power Long-term Uncertainty Biotechnology 100

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Efficiency is built into the design of its winning organization in the form of formalized hierarchies of performance accountability, a high division of labor, routinization of specialist tasks, and teamwork at the point of sale. It is a reckless leadership team that commits to a business strategy without knowing whether they can achieve it.

Organization 8

Organization Strategy Short-term Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

We’re all familiar with the promise of global operations. To get insight into how to stop that from happening, I recently visited professor Tsedal Neeley , who studies and teaches global teamwork at Harvard Business School. NEELEY: Social distance is one of the greatest barriers to effective teamwork.

Globalization 8

Globalization Team Leadership Teamwork 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2017

To the firm, I was the “ ideal worker ” — a phrase sociologists use to describe a problematic archetype of a fully committed employee with no personal “entanglements.” You can verbally communicate this with your team, role model it, and create organizational operating principles around it.

Team 9

Team Conference Restructuring McKinsey 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2017

In one of our very first issues, back in 1996, we did a deep dive into a strange, offbeat, little-known grocery operation based in Austin, Texas. We respected its commitment to organic food, we chuckled at its hippie sensibilities, but we marveled at its business principles. “Whole Foods Market, Inc.

Long-term 9

Long-term Price Finance Business Model 9