HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Today, Ernie is widely considered one of the most influential leaders in human resources and her company, Audible, one of the most diverse employer in the world. Companies can work intentionally towards developing more allies and enabling existing allies with tools and resources to be the best version of themselves.

Diversity 52

Diversity Katz Learning-by-Doing Globalization 52

Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2014

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Tactics 54

Tactics Execution Pharmaceuticals Human Capital 54

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

Digital companies, however, consider scientists’ and software workers’ and product development teams’ time to be the company’s most valuable resource. This notion, that risk is a desirable feature, can seem like sacrilege to anyone who’s taken an introductory finance course.

Report 8

Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

In the July/August issue of HBR , Ram Charan argues that the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role should be eliminated, with HR responsibilities funneled in two separate directions — administration , led by traditional HR-types, reporting to the CFO; and talent strategy , led by high-potential line managers, reporting to the corner office.

CFO 9

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2018

It’s been promoted to workers as a way to capture the creativity and excitement of entrepreneurship, but with more resources and less risk. To start, innovation must be recognized as a permanent function of a successful company, just like other business functions such as accounting, operations, sales, and finance.

Incubator 8

Incubator Innovation Strategic Planning Human Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

Charan (intentionally or not) lambasts the entire HR profession (“It’s time to say good bye to the Department of Human Resources ” ). Capability: identifying the organization capabilities (called culture, system, process, resources, etc.) Human resources Strategy Talent management' We can do better than this.

Charan 8

Charan Human Resources Leadership Pipeline Decentralization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Finding ways to improve HR’s digital acumen and data skills can challenge even the most well-resourced companies. HR leaders can start by upskilling their teams in areas that impact two critical business outcomes: building bench strength and tying HR metrics to financial success.

Skills 10

Skills Survey Technology Strategic Planning 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2012

But if you work for an organization that can, the first step is to focus your time and resources on exploring these four, key areas: What is our organization's strategy? Each month, managers had been focusing on a new performance metric — first-call resolution, average call-time — so the phone staff was confused as a result.

Metrics 12

Metrics Parcell Call Center Productivity 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2014

A recent study in the UK, for instance, shows that 3 out of 4 judges, 2 out of 3 doctors, 3 out of 4 finance directors, and 1 out of 2 chief executives come from fairly well-off families. So the better jobs tend to stay in the hands of those from wealthier backgrounds. What can be done about this?

Diversity 8

Diversity Reputation Talent Management Human Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2017

It wasn’t until I moved to Paris in 1997 to become Finance Manager for Disney Consumer Products Europe, Middle East, and Africa that I experienced someone setting a non-negotiable boundary for herself. But so did my peers, whether or not they had children, partners, or aging parents. It was just the industry and firm norm.

Team 9

Team Conference Restructuring McKinsey 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

emerging issues in service delivery or trade-offs in resource planning). This is the appropriate home when Human Resources wants to do a talent review or when finance wants to share a new budget process. Let’s look at each of those in greater detail: Effective operational meetings.

Operations 8

Operations Short-term Supply Chain Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

The CMO also worked with the finance office and product managers to link pricing and benchmark data into the RFP process, which improved quality and response times. To affect changes in culture, some CMOs are partnering more closely with human resources.

P&L 8

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2015

There may be really good candidates out there, but it’s not worth the investment on our part to spend a lot of resources looking for them when we have a very good pool that’s easy to reach.” To be effective, however, nonlisted programs cannot be starved of resources. We create inequity in the process by doing this.

EPS 8

EPS Diversity Banking Reputation 8