HR Digest

JANUARY 9, 2021

It can be used to identify the risks that workers face today, which should be acknowledged and recognized by both HR and management. Artificial intelligence is considered today to be the most creative and promising field for workforce management. Performance Management. People Analytics.

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How To Due Diligence Leadership Pipeline Stress 111

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Micromanagement gets most of the attention, but under-management may be just as big a problem. As the name suggests, there’s just not quite enough management being done—and results often suffer as a result. For example, on large projects they had persistent trouble meeting deadlines.

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Chart Your Course

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

In a grand example of the breakdown between management and workers, Hostess Brands recently declared bankruptcy after failed negotiations with its striking workers. The incident incited a host of postmortem commentaries placing blame on poor management or unreasonable unions. So what makes a great leader? Cool under fire.

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Leadership Micromanagement Delegation Loyalty 100

Strategy Driven

JULY 29, 2011

However, when performed together, your department, plant or organization will be transformed into a sophisticated retention machine that will be the envy of your fellow managers or competitors. The following are several must-do actions items for retaining the high-value human assets you’ve worked so hard to acquire: Start at the top!

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Learning-by-Doing Open-book Training Micromanagement 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

Yet, according to the Association of Test Publishers, the Society for Human Resources, and the publisher of the Myers-Briggs, these assessments are still administered millions of times per year for personnel selection, executive coaching, team building and conflict resolution. So might any of us.

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Incentives Human Resources Short-term Self-aware 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

These high-performing health systems offered a key insight: To sustain change, you need a strong strategy for engaging and standardizing the work of frontline managers. Most organizations standardize work for managers by testing it on a small scale in one pilot unit. Standardizing work processes is a concept from lean management.).

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2012

What excited Sam was McGregor's clear and compelling articulation of the personnel (today, we say "human resources") policies in which he instinctively believed. From the day he opened his first TV and appliance retail store in Richmond, Virginia, Sam understood that management means getting results through the efforts of other people.

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McGregor Human Resources Retail Taylorism 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2016

Families, after all, are our first “enterprise,” and our parents and siblings are our first “management team.” It influences whether they have close or distant relationships with the people who report to them, communicate directly or indirectly, micromanage or empower, encourage debates or shut them down.

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Self-aware Micromanagement CEO Influence 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

Whether the questions raised are about police officers’ use of force, politicians’ use of email, or managers’ use of compensation, the answer is the same: more transparency. But consider the micromanager who asks you to document every step of your calculations so that he can be sure you got the right answer.

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How To Ethics Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

How talent management is changing. For example, Sir Alex Ferguson, the legendary Manchester United coach, famously recommended David Moyes as his successor despite the fact that he had never managed a big club or won a trophy. Insight Center. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. Sponsored by Korn Ferry.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2018

For instance, Gil Amelio was Apple’s CEO for less than a year in 1997, and General Motors’ chief human resources officer decamped in 2018 after just eight months in the job. The new situation left her feeling “micromanaged,” and she moved on two years later.

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Henderson Career CEO Execution 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2017

A high level of trust between managers and employees defines the best workplaces and drives overall company performance and revenue. Over my many years of helping organizations create high-performance workplaces, I’ve seen firsthand how untrustworthy managers damage morale and productivity. As Stephen M.

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Policies Micromanagement Reference Covey 14