HR Digest

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Donna Morris, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Walmart, discusses the world’s largest retailer’s priorities when selecting future leadership pipeline, and why companies who hire a diverse talent do better than others. One specific area where we hope to inspire other companies is diversity and inclusion.

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Environment Diversity Leadership Supply Chain 98

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2020

As a result, the need for skilled workers in management and leadership has developed significantly over the ages and continues to grow even further. After qualifying with a diverse variety of skills, such as excellent communication and leadership, there’s no doubt that many job opportunities can open up. Conclusion.

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Supply Chain Management Finance Consultative 76

Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 27, 2021

Leave it to leadership and communications expert, David Grossman , to decide to write a book called, Heart First, Lasting Leadership Lessons From A Year That Changed Everything. Heart First is engaging, inspirational and packed with powerful stories of lessons learned by a wealth of leaders with diverse backgrounds.

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Supply Chain Leadership Meyer Open-book 65

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 17, 2022

“The consortium had an open-innovation mindset that welcomed contributions from scores of partners; exaptation was much faster than mere adaptation in developing a new ventilator design; and there was a sound ecosystem strategy through leadership that welcomed knowledge sharing and coordination among partners rather than command and control.”.

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Innovation Supply Chain Diversity Project 98

HR Digest

DECEMBER 22, 2023

To meet these priorities, leaders placed an emphasis on top skills such as IT, sales and marketing and supply chain. The majority also said they want to develop leadership skills and workforce capabilities. Looking ahead, executives’ main business priorities include increasing productivity and investments in technology.

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Training Supply Chain Human Capital Benchmarking 52

HR Digest

JANUARY 11, 2024

Amidst the complexities of leadership challenges, the unique insights contributed by Anthony Horton, Stephanie Neal, and Chris McCarthy add a compelling layer to the unfolding narrative. Stephanie Neal’s research underscores the importance of aligning organizational values with leadership actions.

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CEO Altman McCarthy Supply Chain 52

HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

Our employees are experts in helping our customers create more efficient, resilient and sustainable supply chains. We have a critical role to play to help our customers, our industry, and our world lessen the environmental impact of supply chains. Robinson will continue to help advance the supply chain around the globe.

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Supply Chain Human Resources Diversity Transportation 109

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The following 10 leadership and business book authors recently answered this question for me: Question: While we surely will find ourselves challenged by COVID-19 in the foreseeable future, what is the most important thing a leader can do as they lead their business/organization? We’re learning more about how employee wants are very diverse.

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Leadership Uncertainty Long-term Supply Chain 65

Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The following 10 leadership and business book authors answered this question for me: Question: While we surely will find ourselves challenged by COVID-19 in the foreseeable future, what is the most important thing a leader can do as they lead their business/organization? We’re learning more about how employee wants are very diverse.

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How To Leadership Uncertainty Long-term 65

HR Digest

DECEMBER 3, 2020

A streamlining of roles with a smooth supply chain and workflow created cost efficiencies, but the pandemic showed up the model’s fragility. Reason being an ability to hedge their bets and get a foothold in diverse markets and manage risks better. Transition from designing for efficiency to designing for resilience.

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Trends Chief Operating Officer Supply Chain Crisis 105

Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

How will the COVID-19 pandemic impact innovation and leadership in organizations around the world? The understanding that a collaborative approach is the best way forward, being part of an environment that promotes diversity and seeking work with a genuine sense of meaning, are issues that you’ll hear from Tokyo to Melbourne to Helsinki.

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Innovation Drucker Supply Chain Influence 104

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Special Edition 50 – An Interview with Marshall Fisher, co-author of The New Science of Retailing examines the use of analytics to improve an organization’s supply chain performance in a way that ultimately enhances the bottom line.

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Supply Chain Retail Bottom-up Newsletter 57

QAspire

JANUARY 5, 2016

In a world that is often described as VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and ambiguous), there are major tectonic shifts that demand a new mindset of leadership. The agents, middlemen and the whole supply chain related to these services is being disrupted. Communication and clarity are the currencies of effective leadership.

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Leadership Self-aware Supply Chain Human Capital 70

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Today, the following 10 leadership and business book authors answered this question for me: Question: While we surely will find ourselves challenged by COVID-19 in the foreseeable future, what is the most important thing a leader can do as they lead their business/organization? We’re learning more about how employee wants are very diverse.

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How To Uncertainty Long-term Supply Chain 94

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

3 May Dear all, On a recent episode of the FT ’s Working It podcast, Ann Francke discussed how to turn around a toxic workplace culture and the importance of holding senior leadership to account. Here are CMI's highlights from 2022 and 2021. You can listen back here.) You can learn more in FE News. Enjoy the rest of your week.

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Policies Article Skills Learning-by-Doing 121

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2013

We’ve built our entire supply chain from the ground up and are the first to introduce guayusa to international markets. The diversity of species naturally cycles nutrients, protects the soil, and manages insect populations. In a forest ecosystem, no intervention is needed.

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Talent Management Management Supply Chain NGO 167

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

The strength of governance can be significantly amplified with the employment of a dedicated leadership team. This leadership should be committed to the organization’s vision, mission, and core values. Google’s leadership ardently focuses on sustaining a culture of innovation, collaboration, and transparency.

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Compliance Efficiency Ethics Metrics 235

Thin Difference

APRIL 11, 2019

AIMMS , supply chain analytics. Originally envisioned in 1945 by Kees Boeke, a Dutch educator and pacifist, as a way to adapt Quaker egalitarian principles to secular organizations, sociocracy allows us to give and receive effective leadership while remaining peers. Leadership and team development challenges still exist.

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Organization ESOP Cooper Reis 62

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Soon, I will share my pick for the Best Leadership Book of this year (2022). In the meantime, here's a reminder of what I selected as the Best Leadership Book of 2021. Flashback : This time each year, I select my pick for best new leadership book for the year.

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Books Leadership Open-book Supply Chain 103

Eric Jacobson

MAY 29, 2022

Today, we flashback to 2021 : This time each year, I select my pick for best new leadership book for the year. For 2021, my pick is, Heart First , Lasting Leadership Lessons From A Year That Changed Everything , by David Grossman , published in July 2021. And, if you read only one leadership book next year, make it this one.

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Books Leadership Open-book Supply Chain 105

HR Digest

MAY 1, 2019

Adaptability is one of the mainsprings of diversity. While much needs to be done to neutralize our biases and unleash untapped talent – Shannon Schuyler, Chief Purpose Officer of PwC, is already hard to work developing the one asset she feels will help ensure deep-level diversity and inclusion throughout the organization.

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Diversity CEO Ryan Education 40

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2014

After all, researchers have linked collaboration to increased innovation, and many have compellingly argued for collaboration’s role in better leadership performance. A diverse, cross-functional team is assembled to solve it. We’re here to solve the supply chain problem” or “we’re here to build a new product.”

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Supply Chain Cost-Benefit Analysis How To Conference 12

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 24, 2022

About this time a year ago, I announced my pick for the Best Leadership Book of 2021. Flashback to the 2021 post : This time each year, I select my pick for best new leadership book for the year. Plus, it covers today’s pertinent topics for workplace leaders, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and culture.

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Books Leadership Open-book Supply Chain 65

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2012

The Corporate Leadership Council reports that highly engaged organizations have the potential to reduce staff turnover by 87% and improve performance by 20%. Additionally, given the complexity of global supply chains, we'll witness continued discussion around the prevention of human trafficking and slavery intersection.

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Supply Chain Company Strategic Planning Bottom-up 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

I earned my MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business in 2000, and since 2007 I’ve been an Instructor and an internal coach back at the GSB, helping hundreds of students develop their leadership and interpersonal skills. Practical leadership and management skills. Here’s how I respond to those inquiries.

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Supply Chain Reputation Education Learning-by-Doing 19

HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

In a remarkable interview with The HR Digest, Mary Hasset shared how ‘Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’ is being firmly anchored into Lam Research’s philosophy, how the company is bridging the diversity gap in executive leadership, and shed light on the upcoming Inclusion Index. . Leading Through the Unexpected.

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Diversity Agility Supply Chain Globalization 52

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2018

Avoiding harmful practices in the supply chain and donating to good causes won’t get the message across either.

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Company Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Audience 10

HR Digest

JULY 14, 2022

Dawn Jones, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer and Vice President of Social Impact, Intel, is not short on ambition. In recent years, Jones has raised the bar for DE&I leadership across the globe for a number of talent initiatives for groups that are traditionally underrepresented in STEM.

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Diversity Supply Chain Globalization Mentor 52

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

had a diversity metric. After five years, the company is well ahead of schedule, leading it to expand its commitment by reducing emissions along its entire supply chain. But for those that are ready for the concrete commitment, it can pay off in long-term market leadership. It’s not for every company.

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Execution Metrics Long-term Incentives 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

In a globalized economy, these challenges arise from pervasive, at times catastrophic, issues in international business: cronyism, antitrust, and labor issues, as well as trade, the environment, taxes, and supply chains. This is the essence of corporate citizenship.

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CEO Ethics Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Recently, I spoke with Linda Sharkey , an author and expert in global leadership development and culture change, to chat with me about this issue. They rendered the global power of the company useless because they could no longer leverage Nestle's massive supply chain or brands. 2) Review your team. Build cross-functional teams.

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Globalization Beyer Supply Chain Open-book 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2014

Our research on boards of directors and corporate governance has shed new light on many board practices and reveals the need for improvement in several areas including skills and selection , succession planning , and diversity. We found, alas, that FOB boards trailed behind non-FOB boards on diversity. Director Profiles.

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FOB Diversity Talent Management How To 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Toward a New Leadership Agenda. While the last wave of globalization centered on accessing foreign markets and creating low-cost global supply chains, the next wave could follow a very different pattern. An increase in the dynamism and diversity of business environments means that people must adapt their skills more quickly.

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Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

And what type of leadership will take us there? Regardless of your views on the who, what, when, and why of climate change, the pursuit of sustainable processes up and down supply chains can translate into immediate savings — and opportunities for innovation. How can you make core business operations more sustainable?

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Project Henderson Supply Chain Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

How much time do you spend enhancing your organizational culture, leadership pipeline, and employer brand? If you’re typical, then your culture, leadership, and employment brand are described vaguely or not at all. How well are those efforts reported to your investors? Why the interest?

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Human Capital CFO Banking Report 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 31, 2013

That’s despite the fact that there has been so much discussion about the need for boardroom diversity and more diversity in the C-suites, particularly for women to fill more of these positions. ” Grace Lieblein, Vice President, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain, General Motors. in Latin America.

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P&L Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain Mentor 256

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

” These could include a controlled global supply chain, unique abilities to test compounds, proprietary communication channels with key constituents, unique manufacturing machinery, etc. Form diverse, strategic groups. What are your organization’s aircraft?

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Supply Chain Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage Strategy 8