N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. With a diverse background in human resources, information technology, and operations, his business and leadership acumen is only exceeded by his commitment to making others better.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 14, 2018

Are you a leader tasked with planning for routine operations along with the response when routines are disrupted in ways big or small? Get on the planning committee. My mom would probably have been a “three” under the Memorial “triage” system, at best a two. Planning is Impersonal. Become an advocate.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 30, 2024

Support Local Charities and Nonprofits Charities and nonprofits operate with donations from other companies. Ensure equal hiring opportunity by setting up an unbiased interview and hiring committee. Finalize categories, shortlist the nominees, and create an unbiased jury to judge the entries.

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Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The first thing to understand is that if you’re going for any job at the leader of leaders levels, your promotion is almost certainly going to be decided by a committee of executives in your organization. Your manager should be in a position to advocate for you but they’re not going to make the decision by themselves.

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Curious Cat

MARCH 10, 2015

Begin a system of employee feedback to all department leaders. Committee on the Future of the Department formed. Committee on the Future of the Department issues its report and the chief acts on the report. The QLC begins work on and solve the number-one problem identified by police officers: the existing promotional system.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 2, 2015

For nearly three decades, Ruth led the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations’ (INPO) Information Technology Division as Director, Computer Systems and Telecommunications and Director, Information Technology and Data Services. nuclear power industry which reduced costs with economies of scale, shared content, and secure student data.

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HR Digest

MAY 6, 2024

An HRIS (Human Resources Information System) is a software solution that helps organizations manage and automate core HR processes like payroll, time tracking, and employee benefits administration. There are many central features that make up these human resource information systems. Consolidated HR Operations What is an HRIS?

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Experience to Lead

AUGUST 25, 2022

This week, WDHB is on-location in beautiful Bordeaux partnering with the executive committee of a fast-growing Fortune 500 French Industrial Group. Unfortunately, the old ways of operating are never coming back, and innovation is required to move forward.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

In an era that encompasses mistrust of business, uncertainties about the economy and growing disillusionments within society’s structure, it is vital for every organization to determine, analyze, fine-tune and communicate their value systems. Corporate Responsibility is more than just a statement that a committee whips together.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 10, 2023

The International Committee for the Study of Victimization looked at large groups of people who had experienced major traumatic events. Do we ultimately become better or bitter? Do we climb the leadership stairs to a higher state of awareness and appreciation, or do we slide down into the quagmire of hopelessness and despair?

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CEO Blog

MAY 3, 2011

The other day I sat in on a committee meeting of a charitable foundation. The committee was a revolving door of ideas and change without giving any one idea a chance to succeed. The committee was stagnant and making no measurable impact on the charity they were charged with improving. Choose your change with care.

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Deming Institute

JUNE 30, 2020

In one of his conversations found on YouTube and posted on January 11, 2010 (the year following his death), Dr. Ackoff provides the following insight about leaders doing the “right and wrong” things in the systems they lead: Peter Drucker said “There’s a difference between doing things right and doing the right thing.”

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 22, 2016

One year on since our acquisition of our Rocky Mountain cable TV systems, there was a significant operational issue that needed our attention. When we took over these properties, we were taking phone calls in 27 different locations, with 27 different phone systems, and 27 different ways of handling customers.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Great execution can elevate a flawed plan; at the same time, poor operational capabilities can easily sink a great set of ideas. The real magic for me as a leader was understanding how to shape our strategy and operational plans by integrating ideas from others and empowering them to bring those concepts to life.

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Deming Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2016

To establish simple and effective management systems without being preoccupied by form, paying particular attention to ensuring checks and actions, and rotating the management cycle rapidly. Establish mass production systems, achieve low prices, and contribute to the growth of the Japanese economy.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

To scale you need a playbook so that everyone has clarity about the processes and systems that get stuff done. And, you operate in a fishbowl. He has been chairman of executive, governance and CEO search committees. Hire someone to interview you about how you do everything. Have them write it all down. Get it all out.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

This amount of change could paralyze a company at worst and create chaos at best, but thanks to a proper change management system, we’ve thrived. Our values informed our guiding principles, developed by our CEO and implemented by our Executive Committee, for operating through COVID-19. Carey Pellock, CHRO, Neustar.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

As 2023 draws to a close and companies begin to settle on the wages and hikes for the next year, the question of how to create an equitable compensation system might flash in everyone’s mind—if briefly. Building a conscious pay system requires conscious policies and practices that support such an initiative.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 21, 2017

To quickly set the scene, I was the SVP of Operations for a 1,100 employee cable television company based in 4 states in the Rocky Mountain west. With the reconnaissance behind me, my team and I started to actively brainstorm about our values list, while at the same time continuing to tinker with our operations machine.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2014

This process helps to define and develop value systems to create success. The Visioning committee should represent all strata of the firm. Clarify management values. Usually, management has not yet articulated their own individual values, let alone those of the organization. Develop a mission statement.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Tony Marx – President and CEO, New York Public Library – the nation’s largest library system. a holding company that operates seven distinct business. Previously Kevin was a leader in Electronic Data Systems and Ford. Operations Group Baring Private Equity. Former Managing Director and Partner, Goldman Sachs.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2010

For example, the success of Frito-Lay, the snack division of PepsiCo, is built on three integrated capabilities, rather than a system of siloed functional departments. Frito-Lay's DSD system relies on sophisticated analytics, tools and supply chain expertise - skills and knowledge that come from traditionally distinct functional backgrounds.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Processes, trends, fads, perceived stresses and “the system” force adults to make compromises in order to proceed. I served on boards of directors, search committees, awards panels, review boards and task forces for many. Non-profit organizations operating more business-like. Helping others. Finding one’s passion.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

But design thinking can also be applied to other business-related challenges such as devising entrepreneurial practice models, expanding professional services, operations, and even setting fees or pricing plans. Design thinking has been recognized as an important means to innovate in the context of developing new products and technologies.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations. Paying attention to quality can realize: Lower operating costs. Employee suggestion systems. Together with outside counsel, this committee will pursue its objectives, per the written agenda. Quality should be viewed as a journey, rather than a destination.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

I should know: my company, Atos, is the worldwide IT partner of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the lead technology integrator for the London Games. But the complexity of the project is not only a function of having to cover so many clients, sites, and systems.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

A terrorist incident, a breakdown of the London rail system, power blackouts, volcanic ash clouds , flooding, an outbreak of infectious disease—the London organizing committee (LOCOG) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) spent years thinking about every scenario they could imagine.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Further, they need to limit their focus to, at most, six capabilities, and make those capabilities work together as a mutually reinforcing system that perpetuates competitive advantage. That belief stems from having chosen a differentiated way to play that is supported by a strong system of mutually reinforcing capabilities.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

A fascinating business dynamic will unfold as health care providers in the United States shift from a reimbursement system that has historically paid for procedures performed to one that rewards population health — providing the total care of a community at a fixed cost and improving its members overall health.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2017

How old are the core systems or platforms? “Companies that don’t recognize that they need to invest in new technology end up with more and more legacy systems,” says Jordan, “which are a breeding ground for risk.” The CIO is a system integrator, so he or she envisions all the critical connections.”

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2014

They are, after all, the company’s steadfast guidance system, charged with keeping an even keel in rough waters. Some boards have taken the principle further by forming their own innovation committee. The chair of the new three-person committee, Richard L. Governing boards might seem like the last place for innovation.

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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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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

As the talent ecosystem evolves to offer more options, talent systems have not kept pace. Typical systems are fragmented between disciplines like HR (which focuses on the internal, “permanent” workforce) and Procurement (which focuses on the external, “contingent” workforce), each with different and competing goals.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

In today’s health care landscape, consultants often advise independent hospitals to merge with a larger health system. Five main factors make our clinical partnerships work: Joint operating committees that meet regularly. However, the evidence supporting mergers is uncertain at best. A culture of shared values.

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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.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 21, 2016

Management Reporting – A management reporting system allows leaders to monitor the progress of the organization towards the achievement of its goals. Operating Governance – The operating governance of the organization defines the principles and practices used to govern the entity.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2015

They saw it as an opportunity to completely transform the operation to improve care and the patient experience and to lower costs. To that end, they decided to have a team study how care is delivered, identify the barriers to smooth operations, and fix the barriers. It was fully integrated into emergency room operations at St.

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