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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HR Digest

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Looking ahead, executives’ main business priorities include increasing productivity and investments in technology. 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.

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Training Supply Chain Human Capital Benchmarking 52

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

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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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. With advances in technology, mobiles are becoming more of a convergence device that replaces so many utilities (calculators, alarm clocks, small digital cameras etc.)

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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

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. How can AI and future technology aid, rather than impair, inclusion? Here are CMI's highlights from 2022 and 2021. You can listen back here.)

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Policies Article Skills Learning-by-Doing 121

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

This narrative has rested on three propositions: that globalization is a major driver of growth and prosperity; that technological progress enriches our lives; and that shareholder returns reflect businesses’ contributions to societal progress. The same goes for technology. Toward a New Leadership Agenda.

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Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The restaurant chain, Olive Garden, uses predictive analytics to guide its food buying and retail staffing plans. Now we have an opportunity to crunch the insights of key talent, data assets, and technologies from multiple internal and external sources, as they arise. Information & technology Leadership Strategy'

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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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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Meanwhile, new technologies are making it easier for sustainability investments to pay off in the middle to long term. 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. It’s not for every company.

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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

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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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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Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Large downturns (such as this recession), technology disruptions, or regulatory shifts create discontinuities that simply accelerate the industry’s evolution toward this equilibrium state. Finally, many industries are responding to the pressures of the last few years by differentiating themselves.

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Resources Industry System Strategy 52

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

We have been deploying technology, re-engineering, training, and adopting modern IT-enabled management platforms to help our workers improve their productivity, hence their income. Suppliers play far more than a supplementary role in our supply chain.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Donald Trump and many of his advisers appear hostile to action on climate change and to progress on many social issues that companies have already embraced, such as diversity and LGBT rights. political leadership have a chilling effect on corporate action around environmental and social issues? Will the seismic shift in U.S.

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