HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Harnessing Digital Transformation of Covid-19 Crisis. The purpose of servant leadership, according to Kathleen Wilson-Thompson, Executive Vice President and Global Chief Human Resources Officer at Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., What are some of the leadership lessons that have guided you in the current times of crisis?

Human Resources 52

Human Resources Globalization Crisis Health Care 52

Strategy Driven

MARCH 9, 2016

Your organization is going to face a crisis. We explored those questions while researching for our recent book, Navigating an Organizational Crisis : When Leadership Matters Most , (available on Amazon) and came away with some insight about how leaders might ready themselves. This is not a question of IF but WHEN. About the Authors.

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Crisis Automotive Human Resources Education 50

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Kristen Ludgate, who leads 3M’s human resources team, talks to The HR Digest about the “15% culture” philosophy that has helped attract the industry’s most driven workers and how tough times can have a motivational impact on the workforce. How is 3M responding to the COVID-19 crisis? COURAGE UNDER CHANGE. Kristen Ludgate.

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Human Resources Focus Group Crisis Definition 132

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

In a conversation with The HR Digest, she explains why a conscious culture plays a dominant role in motivating employees at the world’s leading information technology and networking company. . Francine Katsoudas: At the company level, we connect our people to where the business is going. The answer was emphatically, “No!”

Learning-by-Doing 98

Learning-by-Doing Innovation Human Resources Information Technology 98

Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

He helps companies build strong sustained revenue growth through by developing energizing office cultures. Compare these disasters (or potential failures, as Volkswagen does still have a heartbeat and the chance to turn things around) with companies that have weathered rapid growth, change, and even mergers and acquisitions.

How To 110

How To Middle Management Reputation Short-term 110

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

You will also be competing to retain talented employees that other companies would like to lure away. Great businesses are in constant search of improvement, innovation, change, disruption, knowledge and other strategic leverage points that lead to a competitive advantage or operational enhancement. Well actually, no it’s not.

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Blog Brand Depreciation CEO 305

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

It’s prompted economists to predict a recession that is twice as deep as that experienced after the 2008 financial crisis. This unprecedented situation will claim the lives of many companies, but the fallout will not be felt equally across the economy.

Short-term 114

Short-term Long-term Survey Leadership Styles 114

HR Digest

MAY 6, 2021

In a conversation with The HR Digest , she explains why a culture of excellence plays a dominant role in motivating employees at the world’s second-largest restaurant company. Employee-led resource groups (ERGs) are one of Inspire Brands core strengths. Do you still see room for improvement in Inspire Brands employment practices?

Brand 52

Brand Franchising Career Resources 52

In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 6, 2012

Those walking the talk are on Fast Company’s list of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies. Ninety percent of these organizations have yet to experience a mid-life crisis; they are still under the age of 40. In the most prosperous new economy companies, innovation is at the core of entrepreneurial success.

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Chief Operating Officer Chief Technology Officer CEO Innovation 202

In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 31, 2011

There has to be a break from day-to-day operations in the process. In this blog, I am not arguing against a clear definition of where a company is going and what sets it apart. Crisis Management: The Ultimate Test of a Leader [link]. A ‘do-more-of-the-same but better’ attitude will surely result in mediocrity.

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Blog Mission Statement Strategic Planning Brand 222

HR Digest

MAY 3, 2021

As the COVID-19 crisis takes a sharp turn from government to business, the issue of redefining jobs moves up the agenda. In an interview with The HR Digest, Beth Galetti, Senior Vice President Human Resources at Amazon, explains the importance of business resource groups and the vital role it plays to deliver real business results.

Quality 59

Quality Engineering Technology Resources 59

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

When you own and operate a business you need to have certain procedures for an efficient and seamless function. Sometimes the difficulty of managing your time makes for a haphazard operation. An inefficient operation results in unproductive activities which often miss the point and worse yet, result in wasted time and wasted resources.

Succession 50

Succession Strategic Planning Budgeting Goal 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

I have conducted many diversity audits of companies. Diversity is about so much more than human resources issues. The following pointers are offered to companies who communicate with niche publics: Seek and train multi-cultural professionals. It embodies the spirit of open communications, the basis of winning companies.

Diversity 89

Diversity Budgeting Open-book Risk Management 89

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

The word crisis suggests something that happens infrequently. When it comes to a crisis happening, the question seems to no longer be “if” but “when.” Here’s what we learned: You can’t pick your crisis. When the crisis does hit, the first hours are essential. You have to be ready.”

Crisis 11

Crisis Supply Chain Brand Learning-by-Doing 11

Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … and Others Don’t (2001). In one of the defining management studies carried out in the 90s, Collins and his team complied a list of 1,435 companies in search of those special few that could truly be called “great.” Ineffective companies operate only from the other two layers.

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Human Resources Talent Management Resources Ulrich 100

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 26, 2011

Courage is the greatest character element any leader must possess—as it is the catalytic agent that mobilizes every other virtue in the face of crisis. Modest leaders see fiscal and operational constraints as safeguards—not hindrances. These people were never truly courageous—only brave at a point in time.

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Loyalty Reference Maturity Human Capital 256

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations. They must view the company as a consumer would… being as discerning about buying their own services as they are about fine dining, premium clothing, gifts for friends, a car or a home. Quality should be viewed as a journey, rather than a destination.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

When Gitanjali Gems set up its diamond-cutting, polishing and jewellery making unit in its 176 acre campus outside Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh in southern India, it faced a major human resources challenge. Gitanjali Group is a $1 billion company with a presence in US, UK, Belgium, China, Japan and India. VP of Operations.

Company 8

Company Crisis Attrition Public Relations 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Asian countries, including China, are facing an aging crisis that could seriously dampen future economic growth. Many companies still use seniority-based pay systems and fear that such a move will only lead to higher wage costs. Use global companies as change agents. Companies need to start making its impact more positive.

Crisis 13

Crisis Globalization Long-term Politics 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Enterprise IT is in crisis — no doubt about it. As gerajohm commented, "The best executives I have met have had a great understanding of how to use technology to gain competitive advantage and improve operations. Humorous because, as a Human Resources practitioner, I hear similar calls for change within my profession.

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CIO Crisis Competitive Advantage Webinar 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Companies are spending millions on digital transformation, yet studies find many leaders feel their projects aren’t achieving their objectives. Workfront CEO Alex Shootman says digitization is happening in most companies on a function-by-function basis, leaving teams to work in silos instead of executing new strategies together.

Content 8

Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

hospitals and health systems experienced an average 39% reduction in their operating margins from 2015 to 2017. Cost reduction requires an honest and thorough reassessment of everything the health system does and ultimately, a change in the organization’s operating culture. PM Images/Getty Images. ” Clearly, more is needed.

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Cost System Management Franchising 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2011

One of the biggest mistakes that companies made during the recent crisis was the mass laying off of people to cut costs. Subsequent stock price performance proved its unpopularity with investors while numerous studies over the last decade demonstrated the precedent for its long-term, damaging effects on company performance.

Cost 15

Cost Metrics SWOT Operations 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

The market caps of just four companies, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft, now exceed $3 trillion. Their combined assets of $944 billion are an order of magnitude lower than the combined assets of $7,700 billion of the largest 3,177 companies in 1986, when the aggregate market capitalization reached $3 trillion for the first time.

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Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

You're Not the Boss of Me

OCTOBER 31, 2010

They are also imposed to provide structure in organizational settings that support the work and build a broad framework within which individuals are free to operate and contribute. link] LeadershipNews: A Leadership Crisis or a Branding Issue? In general, rules are put in place to ensure personal safety and to keep things in balance.

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Maturity Blog Merchandising McCarthy 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Most of the regulation was meant to safeguard the financial system, and the taxpayers who had to bail it out, from another crisis. The banks that have nearly completed their regulatory agenda have a head start, since they can free up more financial and human resources to address evolving technology.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Bottom-up Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2018

She was on her way home from two days in Arkansas visiting her company’s largest facility. It was a division of FB Holdings, a manufacturing company based in Aurora, Illinois, and it had the unfortunate distinction of being the group’s poorest performing unit for nearly a decade. ” “Because of the cuts?”

Case Study 11

Case Study CFO Bottom-up Operations 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2018

We have a crisis in health care delivery, and if we can fix that problem we’ll have more than enough resources to cover all the uninsured and underinsured. a cataract operation can cost $200 or less, compared with $3,500 in the U.S. But, in our view, Washington is focused on the wrong issue. The real problem is that U.S.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Cost Price 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Three lines of progress are crossing, and rapidly reshaping how businesses and nonprofits together strengthen the locales in which they operate. Child sponsorships have been operating since 1953, and all of them share the high-level objective of breaking the cycle of poverty. This is what is going on now in community development.

Trends 8

Trends Development Net Present Value NGO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2013

Moe started a web design company, servicing his US-based clients with a growing workforce of 12 employees. Moe''s success against all odds — in extreme conditions where cash, human resources, and clients are hard to find, and political stability is often non-existent — that''s what I call the "Power of Yalla.".

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Power Politics Human Resources 9

You're Not the Boss of Me

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

For me, creating fluency means building and operating systems that are unimpeded by interests that do not serve the raison d’être of the organization. link] LeadershipNews: A Leadership Crisis or a Branding Issue? It is so easy to plug up the flow of authentic activity with non-essential or self-serving work.

Organization 44

Organization Blog Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 44

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2013

Yet the recent kerfuffle around the national TV company and the near collapse of the government are reminders that the country still has a way to go before it''s off the sick list. But it hasn''t yet tackled its operational challenges, the root causes of the country''s crisis.

Politics 8

Politics Restructuring Crisis McKinsey 8

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

Failing to make investments in future company success: I’m building a new house right now. Once the PR crisis passes, things will get back to normal. Our human resources department takes care of that. Not engaging in planning for future operations: So what are you gonna do about it? Just took a vacation.

Budgeting 76

Budgeting Risk Management Quality Strategic Planning 76

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

My company, CareerBuilder (which operates the U.S.'s When developing a recruitment strategy, companies can more fluidly project which positions will be the most difficult to fill. It's notable that in the wake of the mortgage crisis, the American workforce isn't as mobile. That outcome is dangerous and unnecessary.

Skills 15

Skills Incentives Training Positioning 15

Strategy Driven

JUNE 3, 2011

Any company or organization is like a tree. None of the limbs and twigs on each branch (staff-consultants) provide all nourishment required to breed a healthy tree (company). Pressures continue and accelerate for companies to stay in operation, become competitive, keep ahead of the marketplace and perform quality work.

Strategic Planning 69

Strategic Planning Benchmarking Long-term Consultative 69

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Any company or organization is like a tree. None of the limbs and twigs on each branch (staff-consultants) provide all nourishment required to breed a healthy tree (company). Human resources development. Without goals, one cannot operate under self-control. The company is people-friendly. by Hank Moore.

Strategic Planning 56

Strategic Planning Goal Planning Budgeting 56

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Validate your worth to the overall company operation. Any company or organization is like a tree. None of the limbs and twigs on each branch (staff-consultants) provide all nourishment required to breed a healthy tree (company). Become top management’s partner in efficiency of operations. by Hank Moore.

Budgeting 50

Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50