HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Can you tell The HR Digest readers more about 3M’s recent Cultural Revolution and how the initiatives promote change within the company in practical terms? We crowdsourced globally, and received more than 200,000 ideas and reactions. . ‘Listening strategy’ is one of 3M’s core strengths. Kristen Ludgate.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2015

In six years of working across 60 countries in search of the perfect health system, I have been fascinated by the fact that every country wants to deliver safe, consistently good, financially sustainable health care, but no one has been able to do it. Leading Change in Health Care. Insight Center.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Telecommunications Quality 8

HR Digest

JULY 14, 2021

Therefore, one can choose programs that may offer concentrations or specializations that let students get a specific kind of EMBA, such as an EMBA in health care or hospital management. Hence, they are better prepared to leverage a buyout that might be taking place in their current company.

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Short-term Leadership Pipeline Execution Leadership 59

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

The promise of global progress has become a reality for many — but not for all. Our global narrative of progress, the implicit case for embracing change in exchange for its fruits, is being increasingly called into question by economically marginalized groups and populist politicians across the globe.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2015

For the last five years, Bayer has been quietly transitioning from being an international company to a truly global one. “You are not a global company because you do business in 120 countries. It is about a company’s ability to deeply build a profound affinity with a country – every country.

Diversity 8

Diversity Team Globalization Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Much has been written about the troubling lack of women in leadership roles generally and in health care in particular. Our approaches, we think, can be helpful to other companies working to address this imbalance. Overall, our global workforce was 47% female — and 53% of entry-level employees were women.

Positioning 10

Positioning Leadership Health Care Diversity 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

In one of the most comprehensive global surveys of corporate directors to date, we found that they were very worried about developing and enacting strategic plans that will enable their organizations to succeed. In fact, in two practices in particular — "firing" and "leveraging diversity" — many companies fail dismally.

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Company Telecommunications Management 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Large companies have millions of people in the form of suppliers, employees, distributors, customers, customers' customers, and other stakeholders. Together, they are a microcosm of the global economy. So does a CEO go about activating the company's economy? Having already mobilized diversity suppliers (e.g.,

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CEO Company Ramaswamy Health Care 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2013

Given the forecasts of uncertain global economic growth, we might expect companies to hold off from hiring new employees and to limit whatever international hiring they do to emerging markets. The vast majority of board members told us their companies are hiring in double-digits and across the globe. So the war for talent is on.

Telecommunications 9

Telecommunications Health Care Talent Management Biotechnology 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2017

Despite the current political headwinds blowing against globalization, companies continue to recruit talent from around the world and talented people continue to want overseas work experience. “What companies want is a leadership base that at least somewhat parallels their customer base. Cat Yu for HBR.

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Metrics Comparison Globalization Cost 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

That’s one of the questions we asked ourselves as we conducted a survey of directors of public and private companies headquartered in the United States. Democrats are less pessimistic about the economy: 10% of Democrats expect a global economic slowdown in the next three years, compared to 18% of Republicans.

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Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Fewer than one-third (30%) of respondents to our survey see innovation as one of the top three challenges their company faces in achieving its strategic objectives, and just 21% think that technology trends are a major strategic challenge. We found that concerns about innovation fall behind other issues for most directors.

Innovation 10

Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2018

He trained his mind to hone intuition, take in diverse sources of information and emerging patterns, and, in turn, do the serious work of illuminating alternative futures. In my scenario planning work with companies, I find this element essential. The sooner they can open to new insights and sensemaking, the better.

Scenario Planning 12

Scenario Planning Strategic Planning Kleiner Management 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2015

And how should Chinese companies and foreign companies doing business in China respond? Even though this is somewhat lower than the previous 8%, it exceeds that of all other major economies and without doubt China will continue to be a major contributor to global growth. What is the significance of the plan?

Planning 8

Planning Policies GDP Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2017

On November 9, 2016, the shareholders of Australia’s largest company, and the world’s tenth-largest bank , revolted. Other firms have ventured down this path, including the conglomerate Wesfarmers , with its 200,000-plus staff, and the global hospital operator Ramsay Health Care.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2013

Meet the New Face of Diversity: The “Slacker” Millennial Guy. The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care. Being nice makes you a better leader and your company more profitable – new research proves it. In the Company of Givers and Takers. Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? Why Men Work So Many Hours.

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Management Health Care Middle Management Agility 19

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2016

In some sectors, like health care and higher education, the bureaucratic class has grown even faster. Companies in the Fortune 500 list employ 27 million people today, compared to 20 million in 1995. Who else is going to meet all those new compliance requirements around diversity, risk mitigation and sustainability?

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Bureaucracy Organization Health Care Drucker 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2013

Resistant forms continue to thrive, and increased travel makes the global threat very real. We face a public health emergency. What can the health care industry do to help fight disease, while still maintaining its commitments to shareholders? Redefine ROI.

Health Care 8

Health Care ROI NGO Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Many companies and executives have been disappointed with these efforts when results weren't sustained and inefficiency crept back in. About ten years ago they spread to financial services and, in the past five years, more deeply into health care and services. But improvement has improved.

Operations 15

Operations Six Sigma Supply Chain Webinar 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

Both paths are problematic — neither is particularly transparent or relies on objective measures and given that many boards are stubborn bastions of white masculinity, pursuing the "right" network can be fraught, especially for women and other diverse candidates. banking & financial services, insurance, real estate); Health Care (e.g.,

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Health Care Real Estate Biotechnology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Pharmaceutical companies, buffeted by regulatory changes, new drug technologies that alter entry barriers and competition, price pressures, and an estimated 300,000 job cuts since 2000, seem to fit the popular narrative of large organizations unable to deal with disruptive forces. Merck and Co. Integration is key.

Health Care 8

Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

Increasingly, Western companies are developing products in countries like China and India, and then distributing them globally. Deere & Company developed a small tractor, the 35-horsepower Krish, built and priced specifically for the India market, competing head on with the Indian market leader, Mahindra & Mahindra.

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Glocalization Mass Marketing P&L Globalization 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2013

When we first decided to move the headquarters of our software company from Atlanta, we didn''t think of Silicon Valley. Talent flocks to companies like Google, Facebook, and Oracle, just as it does to the slew of start-ups looking to become the next big thing. We aren''t the only tech company that''s noticed New York''s potential.

Diversity 9

Diversity Software Industry Engineering 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

All companies that operate internationally face a striking dual challenge in dealing with public policy: Nations across the globe enact an ever-changing, ever-expanding array of detailed legislation and regulation to protect workers, consumers, investors, and the public welfare, and these diverse rules shape what companies can and cannot do.

Policies 8

Policies Politics Short-term Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

As the Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh makes all too clear, the factory jobs in our global supply chain carry significant risks for the millions of people who fill them — the majority of whom are women under the age of 30. A Levi Strauss & Company supplier in Egypt saw a 4:1 ROI from the program, for example.

Development 8

Development Supply Chain Health Care Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2013

And most people believe it's necessary if we're going to solve the world's seemingly intractable problems — such as poverty, climate change, access to education and healthcare, creating renewable energy sources, and increasing global security. But, does collaboration deliver on its promise? Make it reciprocal.

Technology 15

Technology Health Care System Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2013

Suddenly, companies and consumers across the world are finding themselves in a moral quandary: How can you make (or purchase) clothing cheaply without compromising supply-chain ethics? One company, however, had decided to leave Bangladesh prior to the collapse: Disney. Geek Diversity. I Would Give This Five Stars, But.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Health Care Letter Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Every year, I find big themes or specific company stories that I feel are impressive, important, or indicative of where the world is going. It’s not yet clear what Trump’s election means for issues that impact companies’ efforts to manage environmental and social issues. Then came 2016. Trump Shocked the World.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Globalization Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

In health care, these tools are changing the way doctors identify people at risk of developing certain diseases; in fashion, they crunch purchasing data to anticipate trends; sales and marketing experts use them to tailor ad campaigns. Is Apple suddenly a healthcare company? To what extent?

Strategy 11

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2013

GE, perhaps more than any other major company, is dedicated to the use of data visualization as a key part of its marketing and communications efforts. GE specializes in complex challenges in solving the toughest problems in the world: Infrastructure, renewable energy, affordable health care. We''ve used it with thought leaders.

Storytelling 9

Storytelling Airlines White Paper Audience 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

One recent global research survey of employee assistance programs found that, combined, employee anxiety, stress, and depression accounted for over 80% of all emotional health cases in 2014, compared with 55% in 2012. Transforming Health Care. Denys Argyriou/unsplash. Distracted? Overwhelmed? Insight Center.

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Stress Self-aware Software Emotional Intelligence 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

In a world of such diverse political forms — democracies, monarchies, authoritarian states — we will increasingly differentiate societies on the basis not of their regime type or income, but of their capacity to harness technology. Technik , then, is the technological quotient of civilization.

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First-mover Advantage GDP Technology Biotechnology 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

It allows companies to hire foreign workers for specialized jobs that can be challenging to fill. It has benefited the tech industry enormously, and other sectors, including health care, science, and finance, have also used it to fill gaps in their workforces. But in April, just after U.S.

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

In health care, these tools are changing the way doctors identify people at risk of developing certain diseases; in fashion, they crunch purchasing data to anticipate trends; sales and marketing experts use them to tailor ad campaigns. Is Apple suddenly a healthcare company? To what extent?

Strategy 8

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

According to the Global Impact Investing Network, the market for impact capital, currently sized at $60 billion, could grow over the next decade to $2 trillion, or 1% of global invested assets. Everyone agrees that impact investing is on the rise. Faced with this uncertainty, most investors have chosen one of three options.

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Class Microfinance Education Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2013

And most people believe it's necessary if we're going to solve the world's seemingly intractable problems — such as poverty, climate change, access to education and healthcare, creating renewable energy sources, and increasing global security. But, does collaboration deliver on its promise? Make it reciprocal.

Technology 8

Technology Health Care System Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

The good news for the world economy is that, with economic development occurring in a more dispersed fashion, experiments are underway in more diverse institutional settings than ever before. Even some companies that receive bad press on occasion are worth learning from. Tags: Global business India Innovation.

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Innovation Marketing Incentives Education 15