Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Earlier this month in Strasbourg, European Commission Vice President Viviane Reding proposed a new law that would enforce quotas of 40% for women's representation on European corporate boards by 2020. Within corporations, gender diversity initiatives that are added on to the same old way of doing business cannot have significant impact.

Diversity 9

Diversity Mentor System Career 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

It serves vastly diverse populations: toddlers and caregivers, new immigrants, lifelong learners, famous novelists, and scholars. How to provide hyper-local services tailored to the diverse needs of its patrons while also upholding a consistent and high standard of service? The conversation would be neither bottom-up nor top down.

Library 8

Library Strategy Reference Bottom-up 8

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Add in more diverse identities and the disparity becomes even more apparent. According to the International Labor Organization , the global labor force participation rate for women stands at 47 percent. Low diversity could be a result of bias in hiring, unfair recruiting criteria, insufficient diversity in recruitment sources, etc.

System 52

System How To Benchmarking Diversity 52

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Participative Execution. Instead of seeing formulation and execution as distinct phases, with engagement somewhere in between, what if we took a truly participative approach? And yet executives rarely invite participation. Events like those only serve to invite employees to give their views on what has already been proposed.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Webinar Resistance 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

While my colleagues and I vehemently agree that HR’s status quo is an inhibitor to growth, it is with the same fervor that we disagree with Ram’s proposed solution. While we disagree with Charan’s solution, we think he’s on to something when he asserts that the best CHROs have line and/or operational business experience.

CFO 12

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Structural reform: Structural reform policies are proposed in many areas, including price formation, tax regulation, financial and investment regulation, and de-monopolization. Equally importantly, and more subtly, it creates a diversity of strategic environments which require very different approaches to strategy and execution.

Planning 8

Planning Policies GDP Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

But after recognizing some of the hidden costs of this practice — high turnover, difficulty attracting women to the company, and a lack of diversity to match that of customers — the company began to experiment with small wins. For example, some executives made a commitment to review the job criteria for leadership roles.

Education 9

Education P&L Constraint Participative 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2014

When local and long distance telephone service operated as a regulated monopoly, for example, it was up to the government to set prices, approve the introduction of new services, ensure interchange, and subsidize access for high-cost rural and low-income consumers.

Technology 8

Technology Information Technology Wireless Proposal 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Our research shows that the same inclusive leadership behaviors that leverage diversity to drive innovation and market growth can enable managers to support individuals with disabilities. The initiative connects aspiring leaders with disabilities to senior leaders within the firm who offer advice and counsel. Provide role models.

Compliance 8

Compliance Chief Operating Officer Innovation Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2013

If you have tried introducing a new idea into your organization or community—especially if it''s an abstract idea like sustainability, diversity, or innovativeness—you know it''s tough. These are independent operators. When you propose a new idea, expect an intense response—from useful debate to useless sniping.

Organization 12

Organization Tips Metrics Entrepreneur 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

He posited that “the desirability of simultaneous access to more than one habitat” and “the greater richness of edge vegetation” supported a greater diversity and abundance of species. Companies often collect rich data in the process of running their core operation that also happens to be valuable to other companies.

Strategy 8

Strategy Diversity Productivity Products 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

Managers and other business leaders face a dilemma: with increasingly diverse environments to manage and rising stakes to get it right, how do they identify the most effective approach to business strategy and marshal the right thinking and behaviors to conceive and execute it, supported by the appropriate frameworks and tools?

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

To achieve those ends, we propose that business leaders support a new agenda, comprising seven areas of opportunity. Such ecosystems even the playing field for individuals and small firms to participate in technological progress, catalyzing both employment and innovation. Essential background. Invest in human capital.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

One of your executives comes to you with a proposal: she wants to lower the quality of service at the restaurants, reduce product safety standards, use deceptive marketing practices, lower employee pay, and adopt worse environmental practices. Paul Garbett for HBR. Imagine you’re the CEO of a casual dining chain.

Company 8

Company Short-term Long-term Price 8