N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Is your board of directors operating at its maximum effectiveness? For boards to maximize their impact, make the greatest contributions, and perform to the best of their abilities, they must operate at their highest potential. Greater board effectiveness can be achieved in several ways. Let’s dive into what you need to know.

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HR Digest

APRIL 8, 2023

In recent years, there has been a growing emphasis on corporate social responsibility (CSR), which refers to the ethical and social responsibilities of companies towards society and the environment through building community engagement. Legal Compliance: Many CSR initiatives are driven by legal requirements.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Often used by people within positions of power within organizations, these clichés support control, group cohesion, or an agenda. Organizations can use such phrases to curb dissent, cultivate an “us versus them” approach, and deflect responsibility. Common examples include: “It’s just the way things are done here.” “If

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Straight Talk has given Pfizer colleagues worldwide a common language to use and reinforces that it is okay, and actually encouraged, to speak up for the good of the organization. In some countries, leaders spend as much time thinking about compliance issues as they do strategy issues. You May Also Enjoy.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 9, 2021

How do organizations use personal data accumulated by machines and make predictions of different types of intelligence? A little less than half of HR functions being applied across the world in organizations are using AI-based applications. What sorts of “insight” are expected from technologies?

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This is the magic of a well-structured onboarding programs, and it’s within reach for any organizations, big or small. Onboarding new employees is a vital process for any organization, marking the beginning of an employee’s journey. Every organization has its unique processes, culture, and requirements. What is Onboarding?

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Back in my formidable days of being a twenty-something manager, Jack, one of the senior leaders of our theme park department, would spend time throughout his days discussing various leadership and operational strategies with us. Don’t neglect complementary values to round out your organization.

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AUGUST 25, 2023

Household Products: This category includes cleaning supplies, detergents, and other items necessary for maintaining a clean and organized living space. Supply Chain and Operations The efficient movement of products from manufacturers to consumers is crucial in the consumer non-durables industry.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 6, 2021

The biggest shift a leader can make today is to stop looking to change their organization or others within it, and start to change themselves.” We are witnessing the most progressive organizations operate as engines for learning. It means shedding the old work ethic in favor of a new ethic of work.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

If your organization confuses loyalty and tenure there is trouble on the horizon…If your business rates tenure higher than performance as a measure for employee evaluation, it is time for you to consider updating your talent management practices and procedures. In principle very little; but in practice virtually everything.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2016

It’s hard for good, ethical people to imagine how these meltdowns could possibly happen. many of us face an endless stream of ethical dilemmas at work. We were surprised that 30 leaders in the study recalled a total of 87 “major” ethical dilemmas from their career histories. Wells Fargo. Volkswagen.

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Business needs to play a more powerful role in supporting responsible practices throughout every aspect of their operations. Companies usually manage bribery and corruption risk through a mix of internal processes, certification requirements, and basic good practices throughout their operations — including with suppliers and vendors.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

I’ve been a consultant for almost 20 years, advising companies on complex challenges in ethics, risk, and responsibility. The executive needs a business case. ” and “How can I persuade the organization that embracing integrity is a win-win?” The dominance of the win-win orthodoxy is a sign of progress.

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HR Digest

JUNE 24, 2023

It provides valuable insights into employee behavior, performance, productivity, and interactions, enabling organizations to make data-backed decisions that drive business success. The term Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) emerged as organizations recognized the critical role HR plays in driving business success.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

The CFO-GC alliance has always been important because the finance function and the legal function are truly the nervous system of the corporation—sending critical signals to all parts of the company about the accuracy of the financials and compliance with law. Compliance.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

Workers specialize in simple, highly routinized operations. They are incentivized to complete operations as quickly as possible. Operations in a Connected World. The initiative sought to improve manufacturing operations — to deliver high-quality products in relatively small batches and on shorter production deadlines.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

Leaders used to have all the power in these hierarchical relationships, but this is no longer the reality facing many organizations. Traveling down the path set by the service academies, it may well be that the most effective people in any organization are those who are equally adept playing both leadership and followership roles.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 13, 2021

All this data is essential for maintaining your business operations and keeping customers happy, and it has become an integral asset for companies, big and small, all over the world. In the worst instances, you could disrupt business operations, lose profits, and potentially face legal action from unhappy customers. Back up data.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Leaders rate the importance of maintaining a sterling reputation in the countries in which they operate 10 times higher than do laggards — the greatest variance we found. Avoiding Locations Where Compliance Is a Moving Target. Vetting Managers and Sub-Contractors for a Culture of Compliance. You have to comply.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Senior leaders were so focused on financial impact that they couldn’t see the ethical damage. Instead, he called this an operations and compliance issue, perhaps not realizing that both of those functions influence corporate culture. In a large organization, successful risk management requires all hands on deck.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

Late last month, on the second anniversary of the story nearly to the day, Walmart released its first Global Compliance Report (GCR). Certainly an important goal for Walmart’s board and current management is to improve the company’s compliance capability. Think GM and its delays in addressing problems with an ignition switch.).

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Listen in on MBA classes and corporate conferences and you will hear a lot of talk about the need for inspiring missions, ethical behavior and transcendent purpose. Our system of financial accounting rewards quarterly profits, but struggles mightily to place a value on ethical behavior.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2014

Over the past several years, corporate social responsibility (CSR) has evolved from simply being an isolated “do good” arm of a company to something more profound that’s changing the way organizations do business every day. How has Coca-Cola integrated these CSR principles into your operations?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

But, at the end of the day, it is bank leaders and employees who must take the right business, legal and ethical actions under existing law. It must be led not by staff, but by business leaders who devote appropriate resources, hire outstanding people and embed the prevent, detect and respond activities deeply in business operations.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

Just as striking is her description of Uber’s HR organization, which advised Fowler that because the manager in question was a high performer, HR did not feel comfortable punishing him. But must employees, investors, and other constituents accept harmful employment cultures in fast-growth organizations until a crisis occurs?

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 16, 2023

Embedding these transformative technologies into operations will be easier than ever. Content and Knowledge Management A well-organized system of business content is akin to a library, where every piece of knowledge is cataloged, stored, and easily retrieved when needed. And the good news? Are you ready to meet it head-on?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2018

The current revelations surfacing years of harassment in major organizations are merely the tip of the iceberg. The DTSA even requires employers to describe this exception in the NDAs themselves, though compliance with this new law has been spotty at best. New data shows that over one-third of the U.S. workforce is bound by an NDA.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2013

However, as I suggest in my HBR piece, we should vigorously question the ethics and effectiveness of any “asymmetrical” uses of HUDs. In my research, I already see evidence and use cases of a number of ways wearables are helping organizations solve specific and sometimes intractable problems.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

This is acutely the case when companies “outsource” political contributions by funding trade associations, politically active nonprofit organizations, and other groups that do not disclose their donors. Making these decisions requires that directors have expertise, exercise informed judgment, and be guided by an ethical compass.

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