HR Digest

OCTOBER 17, 2020

When it comes to internal communication, many organizations are primarily focused on direct and frequent communications from leadership urging their people to be calm about how they deal with the aftermath. Executive Pay. Remuneration and Compensation Committees. While organizations that face a survival threat (e.g.

Short-term 52

Short-term Committee Incentives Long-term 52

Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Coronation marks a new era of leadership, vision and progress under the British monarchy. The session was entitled “Technology and Business Collaboration: Leadership and Management” and was moderated by Dr Alan Miller CMgr FCMI (former CMI Hong Kong Regional Board Member).

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Webinar Education Conference Industry 98

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Slack time may give you the opportunity to do those mundane, execution-oriented tasks.”. All of which does not bode well given that a recent report from the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee illustrated the extent of burnout among staff in the NHS. Burned out.

Health Care 110

Health Care Stress Consultative Innovation 110

HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

It is also the only company in the finance industry to have bucked the trend of bringing gender parity in the boardroom. In a truly remarkable interview with Monique Herena, we talk about American Express’s The Ambition Project , leadership resilience, and what we can do to help women propel into leadership roles.

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Project Globalization Diversity Learning-by-Doing 52

Ron Edmondson

APRIL 24, 2018

On the other hand, an employee who is taking advantage of a more casual organizational structure, which is a style of leadership I typically prefer, is a problem to be solved. I prefer systems and structures which allow for freedom of individualized methods of execution, towards a more defined vision we are seeking to attain.

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Policies Committee Budgeting Finance 37

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Jim Kim (President of the World Bank), Peter Drucker (founder of modern management), Paul Hersey (noted author, teacher, and personal mentor of mine), and Warren Bennis (one of the world’s greatest leadership thinkers of his time). Has been recognized as the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker. Author of two best-selling leadership books.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

The Idolbuster

JANUARY 16, 2013

I got a surprising amount of pushback from the executive review committee, but I confidently defended the numbers, citing “changing market conditions.” The next day I discovered why: finance made an error in the last minute slide preparation, such that the revenue was one hundred times higher than it should have been.

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Committee Finance Review Environment 45

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

More than 25 years ago, William Sahlman wrote the HBR article “Why Sane People Shouldn’t Serve on Public Boards,” in which he compared serving on a board to driving without a seatbelt, that it was just too risky—to their time, reputations, and finances—for too little reward.

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Execution P&L CEO COO 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Still, top executives continue to stumble in the way they respond to an attack, magnifying and extending the damage both to their reputation and their customers. Here are the missteps executives make time and again, and advice for avoiding these pitfalls: Foot dragging. Insight Center. The Human Element of Cybersecurity.

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Execution Press Release Report Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Hearings last month before the Senate’s banking committee and the House’s Financial Services Committee point to further dangerous cultural dynamics inside Wells Fargo. According to Stumpf’s testimony, a board committee became aware of the fraud “at a high level” back in 2011.

Banking 10

Banking Committee Leadership Ethics 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

And they count on well-intentioned, smart people sitting in a committee to decide which ideas are worth pursuing. Instead of having a committee vet ideas, they need a process that operates with speed and urgency , and that helps innovators and other stakeholders to curate and prioritize problems, ideas, and technologies.

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Process Innovation Incubator Committee 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

The report describes the company’s governance response and changed compliance framework — from holding 20 audit committee meetings in 2014, to substantial organizational restructuring, to enhanced education and training. The Audit Committee on behalf of the board sets key compliance objectives for the next calendar year.

Compliance 8

Compliance Committee Globalization CEO 8

You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 8, 2009

He serves on our Strata as Chair of the Building Committee, a pretty important role. Even if we have never been placed in a formal leadership position, we influence those around us simply by being there. For example, a long time ago, I was invited to attend a lunch in the Head office executive dining room. It happens.

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Examples Bottom-up Long-term Influence 48

Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 7, 2019

Take a new competitive threat for example… (SENSE) Sales people might hear and observe their customers’ reactions to that threat – as might your market researchers, call center folks, external market experts, and even your finance team as they watch the erosion of market share and revenue.

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Outsourcing Trends Consensus Committee 196

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

According to the first study, a survey of 1,195 executives, nearly half of those who had ascended to top-level positions in their firms said they were unable to align colleagues around the goals they set out in the new role, while more than a third admitted that they had failed to meet those initial objectives. Of course not.

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Succession Human Capital McKinsey Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Supported by TAPFIN, a division of ManpowerGroup, they gathered data from HR and Finance systems including the HRIS, VMS, ATS, GL/Finance and A/P. The company’s finance organization was developing a new three-year Operating Expense (OPEX) plan, at the same time that HR rolled out their new plan.

Strategy 8

Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

If you have more time, contribute to an association committee. The only way to work networking in is to schedule attendance to an event and go. If that is all you have time for, at least do that, and seek to exchange a few business cards when there. This leads to furthering your credentials and friendships.

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Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

Executives dedicated to data-driven excellence accept the reality that smart algorithms need greater autonomy to succeed. Executives who wouldn’t hesitate to automate a factory now flinch at the prospect of deep-learning algorithms dictating their sales strategies and capex. That’s hard.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2012

But at that point, a vice president of finance (who had not been in the meetings) expressed some concerns and sent the team back to the drawing board. When the Executive Committee saw the chart, it sparked a good discussion and the beginnings of a more conscious approach to decision-making.

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Committee Construction Finance Morale 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

Streiff’s drive to speed up decision-making, overcome bureaucracy, and deliver rapid execution, exposed historic and deep divisions between executives at the consortium. Executives can view political moves as dirty and will try to distance themselves from those activities. Yes, it can be self-serving.

Politics 14

Politics Bureaucracy Long-term Short-term 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

Leadership and culture are key drivers of behavior. The board and management are in place to provide leadership and oversight. Critics have pointed out that the risk committee of JP Morgan's board consists of three directors with no significant banking or risk experience. Fix the broken windows. Have strong guardians.

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Management Banking Committee Risk Management 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

In its 2013 proxy statement , GE announced that it is searching for director candidates who will bring technology, marketing, finance — and “leadership” experience to the boardroom. ” We are reminded yet again that the chief executive is no longer the sole leader of the enterprise. Leadership Boards'

Airlines 8

Airlines CEO Automotive Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2018

Even people who have achieved a great deal of career success aren’t immune to these feelings, says Whitney Johnson, an executive coach and the author several books including Build an A-Team. Finances were a consideration. You know your opportunities aren’t endless, and you realize that time is finite,” he says.

Career 15

Career How To Learning-by-Doing Constraint 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

This argument was derided by IT supply-side executives such as Steve Ballmer, Carly Fiorina, and Scott McNealy, but CEOs quietly applauded it. These and other IT-related problems aren''t rooted in technology but in leadership failings. The senior leadership needs to become literate in technology. Accountability.

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CEO CIO Technology CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2011

There are many moving parts in people's career decisions — family, the economy, finances — and you may simply not know what the next five years holds. Joe Weintraub, the expert from above and a member of the committee, said it was clear that Bob was passionate about the role, and the committee was impressed with his candor.

P&L 18

P&L Committee Career Case Study 18

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

How much time do you spend enhancing your organizational culture, leadership pipeline, and employer brand? If you’re typical, then your culture, leadership, and employment brand are described vaguely or not at all. How well are those efforts reported to your investors?

Human Capital 8

Human Capital CFO Banking Report 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Concerns that it wouldn’t have enough cash to finance its holiday stock has apparently led to the company to sell real estate, spin off its Lands’ End brand, and raise $625 million in unsecured loans and equity warrants. Competition Leadership Retail' A company’s age may count against it, but it’s no guarantee of failure.

Retail 9

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

And the more that executives are treated as miscreants in need of oversight, it seems, the more they act like miscreants in need of oversight. Multiple studies have shown that it was financial firms with the most shareholder-friendly governance and executive compensation schemes that got into the most trouble during the financial crisis.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Banking Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2012

A story about executive compensation in the New York Times last summer reported on two brothers who allegedly earned close to $1 million a year running a nonprofit center for the developmentally disabled and used organizational funds for personal expenses. It gave them 20 days to respond. Cut to present. And what a double standard.

Execution 13

Execution Letter Committee Policies 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

All of this indicates that Uber leaders prioritized immediately useful services like recruitment over, for example, legal compliance systems, audits, and leadership development. This pattern is not unusual in startup and unicorn organizations, and it has been described to me by board members, HR leaders, and other executives.

Compliance 12

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2015

One of the team’s central findings is that TDABC cannot be delegated to the finance function. The most successful implementations have had strong executive support, exceptional clinical leaders, and dedicated, multi-disciplinary project teams. Gain senior leadership support. select a project team with the right skill sets.

Mayo 8

Mayo Health Care Committee Project 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Rogier hadn’t once mentioned holacracy or self-managed teams, even though the executive team and the board had been talking for months about transitioning to just such a system at the global construction company. The smaller ones could keep their own names, leadership teams, practices, and policies for the first five years.

Case Study 8

Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2012

This led to guilty pleas in September by the company and its former board chair, executive vice-president, and auditor. In contrast to Olympus CEO Woodford, Smith was a middle level employee, an executive director and vice president in Goldman's London office selling U.S. They are awaiting sentencing.

Conflict of Interest 8

Conflict of Interest CEO Asset Management Committee 8

N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

There is nothing short of a voluminous amount of leadership information being published on a daily basis. Is it because everything valuable in regard to leadership has already been discovered? I believe our world is suffering greatly due to a lack of leadership.

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Blog Leadership Consultative Follow-up 333

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in the Citizens United campaign finance decision that “Business corporations must engage the political process in instrumental terms if they are to maximize shareholder value.” Too typical, however, is the situation described by a senior executive at a chemical company.

Politics 8

Politics Committee CPA Policies 8