Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Employees are a business’ biggest resource – they help you plan out processes, make sales, perform the function of marketing, handle finances, and whatnot. Interviews specifically consume a lot of company resources in which you have to invite, schedule, conduct and report the events of the interviews.

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Watch the full webinar here: CMI Hong Kong AGM 2022 – chair’s report The CMI Hong Kong AGM took place in October; the chair, Dr. Paulina Chan CMgr CCMI, sent this report: The theme for the CMI HK Board in 2021–22 was collaborations with International Chambers of Commerce and professional societies.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2019

Consider these facts: According to Human Resource Executive magazine, roughly one-third of U.S. Gallup reports that American workers who are unhappy with their bosses are significantly less productive, to the tune of $360 billion in lost productivity each year. Bean Counters Call the Shots.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2020

Sales orders can be distributed to the manager for approval, while the finance manager can promptly receive credit applications to review and approve. You don’t need any programming skills to design, create, or publish eForm details. Implementing an automated workflow in your business increases speed and accountability.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

It is also the only company in the finance industry to have bucked the trend of bringing gender parity in the boardroom. What do you think most boards misunderstand or underestimate about human resources? In 2020, American Express achieved the ambitious goal of 100% pay equity in the truest sense of the word.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 15, 2010

The opportunity to learn and apply new skills that you can add to your portfolio and resume. As opportunities surface, evaluate them carefully based on their expectations of your time, financial contribution, and if your skill set is a good match for their needs. So what’s in it for women to serve on boards, non-profit or corporate?

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

They told us "skills-based" volunteerism that leverages an individual's particular strengths and interests was more rewarding than traditional programs that offer a generic opportunity to help. A skills-based, or pro bono, approach is about donating skills, not just money.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

One half of building business is supplying quality products or services; the other half is skill in building relationships. For example, as a designer/writer, my skills are not well applied to bookkeeping or financial management. This skill takes practice. Toastmasters is great for honing presentation skills). Test ideas.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2012

Chief among these are access to capital, access to markets, and access to networks and skills development. Skills training is key to fostering successful development efforts in these zones. They advise entrepreneurs on areas including finance, marketing, customer service, and human resources.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Human-capital issues are top-of-mind for CEOs around the world — but their regard for the HR function remains perilously low: In a PwC study , only 34% said that HR is well prepared to capitalize on transformational trends (compared with 56% for finance). Hiring Human resources Talent management'

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

Workers tend to earn more and report higher engagement with their jobs. While the production system requires more worker skill and effort, employers have incentives to retain these valuable workers through improved working conditions. Could lean manufacturing have a similar positive impact on jobs in the developing world?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2015

While the top reason for leaving was low compensation (57% reported it), nearly as important was frustration with a lack of professional development opportunities, which half of respondents cited as their reason for departure. Education crowdfunder DonorsChoose.org, which finances classroom-based projects, is a good model of success.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

This is increasingly risky, as contingent and other non-full-time workers possess more of your vital strategic skills and deal with sensitive intellectual property. Supported by TAPFIN, a division of ManpowerGroup, they gathered data from HR and Finance systems including the HRIS, VMS, ATS, GL/Finance and A/P.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. It had been a long day at the company’s Birmingham, England, headquarters, and in the early evening the two were going over the evaluations of each of Lance’s direct reports.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Today tens of millions of 50-, 60-, and 70-somethings say they are eager to apply their accumulated skills in areas like education, health, and the environment. We'll need new ways to help individuals finance the frequently costly transition to what's next. But it doesn't have to be this way. Crespin isn't alone.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

And that basically only 40 percent of human capital in modern work is doing their real job. People continue to report that work is complex, and they really don’t know what they’re supposed to do, and they don’t know what their peers are doing. The other thing that hasn’t changed is a lack of transparency.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Thats different in IT, accounting, or finance. Thats different in IT, accounting, or finance. Yes, they are closer to the business and should know better what they need to do so they can meet their business goals. Moreover, almost everybody in a company has certain opinions about how to do HR.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

content (news, finance, weather) into two Chinese languages, and directory access to 20,000 web sites, an approach that the company had adopted elsewhere. We insisted that the local team follow Yahoo reporting, systems, and governance requirements. On the finance and deal side, we also felt a strong kinship with Tsai.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2015

Perhaps your boss lashed out at you during a heated discussion; or your direct report started to cry during a performance review; maybe your client hung up the phone on you. After all, tough conversations “are not black swans,” says Jean-Francois Manzoni, professor of human resources and organizational development at INSEAD. .”

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Female managers are concentrated in fields that emphasize people-centered caring skills, while men are concentrated in fields dealing with production-centered skills. Other managerial occupations that became majority-female were education administration, human resources, property and real estate, and finance.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Weekly e-mails with detailed reports can also be set up, creating a comprehensive system of medication management. Finance teams, which are not known for their flexibility to begin with, often have trouble changing their traditional planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes to accommodate radically new IoT business models.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

According to a study by the Center for an Urban Future, small businesses that win large supply contracts report average revenue growth more than 250% in the two years after their first sale. Private investors might buy some equity or lend against future royalties if they can see the customer is serious.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

"This is the first step in getting a job, so you have to persuade the initial screeners that you are a good candidate," says Peter Cappelli, a professor at The Wharton School, the Director of Wharton's Center for Human Resources, and author of " Talent Management for the Twenty-First Century." How to prepare.

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Women on Business

AUGUST 22, 2012

At least in regards to the graduate sector there could be a reasonable explanation; the fact that only one in five women graduate in the business and finance, sciences or engineering fields whereas the ratio for men is one in two. Worse still, for women who have not been to university, the gap widens further with a difference of 23%.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2017

This is perhaps even more the case in the world of management outside of academic medicine — whether it is finance, consulting, or technology — as the path from professional to senior executive requires more than individual success. This gives you a good sense of their thinking process, communication skill, and level of interest.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

It’s easy to think expertise can solve this problem through more accurate predictions, but Philip Tetlock’s book, “Expert Political Judgment” reports results from over 20 years of evidence spanning over 80,000 expert predictions. Consider your talent resource like an investment portfolio.

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