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. . We asked, “Does the name Human Resources reflect what we do and who we serve?”. The answer was emphatically, “No!”

Learning-by-Doing 98

Learning-by-Doing Innovation Human Resources Information Technology 98

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. Technology matters – More and more of the workforce consider themselves to be digital natives, so working from home is no big deal as they have the skills to do so.

Short-term 114

Short-term Long-term Survey Leadership Styles 114

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

HR Digest

MAY 6, 2021

Inspire’s Business Resource Groups (“BRGs”) are company-sponsored, but team member-formed and led, with a mission to strengthen the leadership skills of their members, provide networking opportunities, and serve as resources for our diverse teams. That commitment to communication extends to every level of the organization.

Brand 52

Brand Franchising Career Resources 52

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

Even the most savvy CEO may have blind spots in his or her skill sets, core competencies, or voids in the org chart which can also cause blind spots. Get outside of your old thought patterns and seek out people, technology, collaborative relationships, process and any other solutions that can improve your business.

Blog 305

Blog Brand Depreciation CEO 305

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Labor Department unveiled $160 million in new grants to retrain workers for technical skills in high-growth fields. And the skills required to fill many of the jobs returning first in the recovery — namely in engineering, IT, and healthcare — do not match the skills of Americans most needing work. How many are there?

Skills 15

Skills Incentives Training Positioning 15

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. This second transformation will be triggered not by regulation but by rapidly evolving technology. Those declines reflect changes in strategies and the basic business model of investment banks, post-crisis.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Bottom-up Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Listen here to learn more about what Shootman calls the “digital work crisis.” Alex, you use a term, digital work crisis, to describe what’s going on in our workplaces today. And that’s really the source of this digital work crisis. And this is the digital work crisis. Angelia Herrin, HBR.

Content 8

Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Temporary employment has jumped 50% since the depths of the financial crisis. Technology makes reviewing, refining, redesigning and revising both jobs and job descriptions as dynamic as a commodities trading desk. But the ways people''s knowledge, skills and expertise get plugged into the workplace has been. Of course not.

Human Capital 8

Human Capital Real Estate Human Resources Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

These are the very same cities where employers struggle to recruit and maintain skilled talent. Investing in conference room technology “so you can dial in from anywhere and still feel like you are in the room with your colleagues” is an important enabler of flexible work, she says. Talk about crisis averted!

Stress 10

Stress Company Banking Cost 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2017

Whatever skills and traits have made you successful at work (Is it organization? Get enough people on the team, and make sure their skills are complementary. The same kind of technologies that enable you to compete at work — the calendars, the shared work tools — should be used at home. Creativity? Resilience?

Stress 14

Stress Long-term Short-term Contingency Plans 14

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 30, 2023

This is especially so as stagnation in wage growth has been a well-documented issue since the 2008 financial crisis, with this contributing to the general discontent with life that drove movements like the Brexit vote and the Trump election. This can make it even harder for workers to switch sectors.

Career 114

Career Training Rate of Return Education 114

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2013

are at a crisis point. For many systems, the mandate will now be to improve clinical processes and ensure a high-quality patient experience — an outcome highly dependent on the commitment, dedication and skills of a hospital’s employees who have an enormous impact on the overall patient experience. Hospital systems in the U.S.

Health Care 8

Health Care Quality System Industry 8