HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

For example, over the past several years, we’ve implemented paid family leave and paid parental leave, as well as extended paid sick leave to part-time retail employees so our employees never have to choose between work and taking care of their own health, a new child, or a sick parent or spouse. Our core values here at LS&Co.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 7, 2010

This online retailer offers everything from bedroom furniture, luggage, shoes and bags, home and garden accessories, and also living room and dining furniture, like this chest of drawers. I’m focusing on health and fitness, and to that end I’m inviting you to join me.

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Thin Difference

AUGUST 8, 2019

Creating a coaching culture – where managers intentionally grow and develop employees – isn’t necessarily about providing a warm and fuzzy place to work. The goal is to move the organization from a performance management mindset to an environment where every leader is coaching and developing people daily.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 14, 2011

An answer to this was anything but obvious, and I struggled to find one shortly after my friend Katie and I were laid off from what were supposed to be dream jobs with an online shoe retailer. We knew that choosing the latter entailed taking, quite probably, the greatest risk in the face of an unstable economy; yet, in the end, we did anyway.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Thinkers50 – World’s Most Influential Management Thinkers. Called ‘The Academy Awards of Leadership’ by the Economist, Thinkers50 is the world’s most reliable resource for identifying, ranking and sharing the leading management ideas of our age. Teaches leadership to executives and emerging leaders around the world.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 20, 2012

Incidentally, Costco employees sell twice as much merchandise per square foot of retail space as their nearest competitor – Sam’s Club! Meeting “guidance” by managing earnings is the standard. and brings over 30 years of experience to his work with Fortune 500 CEOs and senior executives. Even part-time workers receive benefits.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2012

Corporate executives must develop themselves for the next level and to be useful to their companies and communities in the future. This is a primer for executives and the heirs apparent to company leadership. They came from training, team building and people management perspectives. People who are managed by others.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2011

Katrina followed that initial success by branching out of her apartment and opening a retail store in Chicago just two-months after her chocolates launched in Neiman Marcus. The employees loved them, and the next thing Katrina knew, her chocolates were being sold in Neiman Marcus.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Do you have the personality type that can create a plan, execute that plan, and get things done? But the majority of the business owners I know prefer to manage risks by minimizing them or bypassing them entirely. You don’t have to enjoy conflict, but you’ll see a lot of it, so be prepared.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. How much further should we extend ethics? Sadly, many of the perpetrators did not see lapses in ethics… it was legal and just business to them. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2014

92% of all business mistakes may be attributed to poor management decisions. According to research conducted by the Ethics Resource Center: Employees of organizations steal 10 times more than do shoplifters. Employee theft and shoplifting accounting for 15% of the retail cost of merchandise. 56% of employees lie to supervisors.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

The New York Times exposed the international retail giant's history of bribing Mexican government officials in order to dominate that market. Top executives systematically swept the company's misdeeds under the rug despite stern advice from its general counsel and internal investigator. Commit to zero tolerance and say so. Bribery Act.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Are budgeting measures used to manage performance? Is the performance management system focused upon outcomes? How well can management interpret and apply findings to the decision process? How do you handle crisis management and preparedness? Supply chain management should be implemented. Collaborate with others.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. subprime mortgages, instead doing business the old-fashioned way, with 80 percent of revenues derived from retail banking. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Getting the funds that you need from tight fisted management is an ongoing process. Sell management-clients on acquiring more returns on their investments, not just on making further investments. Reduce management’s risk in doing business with you. Acquire an upper-management mindset. Cash outlays are always risks.

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Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Troubles at Tesco, the UK’s leading retailer, are mounting. The “ accelerated recognition of commercial income and delayed accrual of costs” undoubtedly flatters short-term results, but it soon catches up with you, as four suspended senior executives have found out. Ethics Global business Retail' How did this happen?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Former employees have alleged a “soul-crushing” culture of fear and daily intimidation by managers, where they were pressured to reach extreme sales goals, some by breaking the law. The bank has since fired 5,300 employees for the illegal behavior and eliminated retail bank sales goals entirely.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2014

Clean Up Your Subcontracts 4 Tips for Business to Ensure Ethical, Slavery-Free Supply Chains The Guardian It may not seem like a topic for a listicle, but this quick rundown of what businesses need to keep in mind to avoid exploiting vulnerable people – and becoming embroiled in often well-deserved PR nightmares — is entirely useful.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2012

This abstract pulls out some of the key management missteps: forcing experimental new projects into P&L rigor too early; forcing new products to use Windows, even as it hampered their viability; and forcing managers to use "stack ranking," in which employee performance is graded on a curve. WATER IS WET.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2015

As a result, workers are less productive, less healthy, even less ethical. Earlier this week the Obama administration announced an executive action aimed at changing that, by making more workers eligible for overtime pay. Long hours also make it harder for women to advance into leadership roles. Not likely, according to research.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Google may not have a hedge fund, but it's unlikely that high IQ hedge funds aren't using Google's data to better manage their own situational awareness and risk. So what's the best way for executives to rethink their relationship with the gigs, teras, petas, and exas they'll be accessing over the next few years? More >>.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

James McQuivey, principal analyst and vice president at Forrester, suggested that executives should sit up and pay attention to HoloLens. McQuivey, the author of Digital Disruption , agreed to answer this skeptic’s questions about HoloLens, why it matters, and why executives should pay attention. This one comes to mind.).

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Imagine one of your managers walks into their subordinate’s office and says, “Our data analysis predicts that you will soon get restless and think of leaving us, so we want to make you an offer that our data shows has retained others like you.” Who’s Afraid of Data-Driven Management? Would they be delighted or disturbed?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

I winced when Daniel, the 32-year-old CEO, said, “Come on, guys, I need you all to focus more on execution. If we’re going to scale successfully at the pace we’ve laid out, we’ve got to execute faster and delegate more. Get them to step up and execute! I want you pushing hard on your teams.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

These tools are especially attractive to retail and service companies because they have so many employees and such high turnover, which means they are hiring all the time. The field of psychology has long thought about the ethical issues and moral consequences of their tests. Predict What Employees Will Do Without Freaking Them Out.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

12:53 PM Tuesday November 23, 2010 by Edward Hallowell | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print If youre working — either from home or the office — over Thanksgiving, Im not sure whether to say, "Congratulations on your work ethic!" or "My condolences on your plight."

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Guidelines Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence Balanced Scorecard 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Imagine one of your managers walks into their subordinate’s office and says, “Our data analysis predicts that you will soon get restless and think of leaving us, so we want to make you an offer that our data shows has retained others like you.” Would they be delighted or disturbed? Consider this object lesson from marketing.

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HR Digest

JUNE 1, 2023

IKEA, the world-renowned Swedish furniture retailer, has been undergoing a massive digital transformation in recent years. A New Era for IKEA IKEA’s digital transformation began when the company hired Barbara Martin Coppola, a seasoned technology executive with experience at Google, Samsung, and Texas Instruments.

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Retail Supply Chain Agility Ethics 52

HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

The ability to manage change determines the fate of any organization. Companies that effectively manage change thrive, while those unable to do so ultimately fail from irrelevance. This second type of change management is critical because it creates meaning and purpose around the other challenges.

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