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3M’s SVP of HR Kristen Ludgate on a Better Way to Attract Top Talent

HR Digest

Kristen Ludgate, who leads 3M’s human resources team, talks to The HR Digest about the “15% culture” philosophy that has helped attract the industry’s most driven workers and how tough times can have a motivational impact on the workforce. Senior Vice President – Human Resources, 3M. COURAGE UNDER CHANGE.

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How to Ignite and Sustain Organizational Growth

Skip Prichard

It’s HR’s Job: While HR certainly plays a significant role in the development and management of policies that can help or hurt culture, it’s the responsibility of everyone inside the organization to create and maintain a thriving culture. It is not an afterthought or a nice-to-have plan that they delegate to human resources to develop.

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Two Team Building & Leadership Success Stories

Mike Cardus

. · Working with a financial service group that was facing the challenge of regulations changing the amount of fair-share revenue they could claim as their total profit. I consulted and led a 6 month coaching and training process with the Executive Vice President of Human Resources and 14 of the Associate Vice Presidents.

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Knowledge Is Power. Data Isn’t.

In the CEO Afterlife

When I was a CMO and CEO, I operated with an entrepreneurial mindset that required taking decisions as early as possible. Not everyone or every organization can, or should operate this way. Leaders and managers who work in these industries need all of the information. Entrepreneurial Mindset Power.

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What Spinning Off a GE Business Taught Me About Managing Ultra-Fast Change

Harvard Business Review

Change management can be a test for any organization. Several studies by Towers Watson show that just 25% of change management initiatives are successful over the long term. Change management certainly tested us. We have hired more than 5,000 new employees since beginning the effort in late 2013.) What values drove them?

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Recruiting for Cultural Fit

Harvard Business Review

The result of poor culture fit due to turnover can cost an organization between 50-60% of the person’s annual salary, according to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). That’s why it’s a key trait to look for when recruiting.

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Engage Employees Using Customer Service Tactics

Harvard Business Review

At most companies, the human resources department "owns" and measures engagement. And these companies build closed-loop learning into their daily operations so that they're constantly improving. After each survey wave, store managers review the data for their store. That's how it's done at Apple stores.

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