HR Digest

OCTOBER 23, 2023

We can feel our psychic sense tingling and we know that you had to resist the urge to google “ what to do when you hate your job ” more than once this last month. Improving time management, rescheduling tasks, finishing similar assignments together, setting SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound) goals, etc.

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Short-term Self-aware Review Report 59

Change Starts Here

APRIL 17, 2013

Does your project seem like pushing a boulder uphill? Colleagues make it clear they have other priorities that crowd your project out. They figured out how to get leaders to properly support the change and how to reduce resistance of those going through the change. They got the project unstuck and moving again.

Influence 97

Influence Learning-by-Doing Project Strategic Planning 97

Leading with Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Whether you are changing technology, business practices, leadership or a combination of things, change management communication is essential to helping people move from where they are today to the desired “future state.” We all know we need to take time away from work but we often resist. Creativity/Inspiration.

Leadership Development 97

Leadership Development Development Leadership Self-aware 97

HR Digest

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Additionally, it provides clarity about their specific roles and responsibilities, ensuring that they have a clear understanding of what is expected of them and how their contributions fit into the larger organizational goals. Identify key software features and functionalities to focus on.

Software 52

Software Efficiency Process Training 52

Skip Prichard

JUNE 3, 2020

For centuries, we’ve built and organized scientific and technological knowledge through testable explanations and predictions. Why do many business leaders resist it? The employee was forbidden to work on the project. Employees need to see how their experiments support an overall strategic goal. -Daniel Kahneman.

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Power Kahneman Open-book Learning-by-Doing 95

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

For Africa, which is projected to be home to about 2 billion people by then, farm productivity must accelerate at a faster rate than the global average to avoid continued mass hunger. Those that do look to leverage new technologies run into financial issues. hectares of farmland. But this is about to change.

Technology 13

Technology Supply Chain Entrepreneur GDP 13

Change Starts Here

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Surprisingly, the research shows that 75 percent of the people with whom we interact at work and play are different from us in many ways such as how they make decisions, how they react when stressed, and how they prefer to manage a project. It is these differences that frequently cause tension and strife. Get Invited to the Strategy Table.

Influence 60

Influence Banking Consultative CEO 60

Strategy Driven

MAY 13, 2011

Let’s say you have to brief the boss on the status of a project. This process will help you make it obvious to the boss that you’re on top of the project. Don’t begin by describing what you’re doing toward completion of the project. If the boss isn’t clear on the project’s purpose, describe its goal.

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Kaplan Audience Chief Executive Officer Seminar 67

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 9, 2013

But after meeting internal resistance, we integrated elements of going tribal to create a new company, Division-D. As digital technology disrupted Kodak’s business, they held onto the film business as everyone was going digital. The tribe had its own management, goals and infrastructure. It was clear it needed a tribal approach.

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Business Model Advertising How To Entrepreneur 73

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Learn about the future economy project. Levine talked with HBR about her firm’s sustainability efforts as part of the Future Economy Project, an HBR initiative that shares real-world lessons on sustainability leadership. On average, those projects generated enough financial savings to pay back the loan in just three years.

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Project Energy Policies Efficiency 8

Ask Atma

MAY 13, 2012

Goals shape the organization by pulling it into existence. And so, the way you first think about and start a project or business is of seminal importance. As you know, humans tend to resist change. This in turn determines the kind of teams that develop. 4) Culture represents the aims and purposes of the organization.

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Team How To Team Building Influence 66

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Create a path forward to enable buy-in, collaboration, win/win, and a minimum of risk/resistance/cost for everyone involved. All agree to bring in more folks onto BDT: HR, Project Management, Internal Consulting. same vendors come in and give same presentation to you but now Sales, Marketing, and Project Management are present.

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CFO Consensus Budgeting Brand 50

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

Evolutionary psychology also rightly points out that leaders and followers can often have quite different goals and agendas. It is very important for leaders wanting to create Self-Starters to articulate a clear vision, values and set of goals for their teams, as this type operates by seeking forgiveness rather than permission.

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Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Proactive employees do more than they are supposed to, are good at realizing ideas, and work to overcome resistance to change. They are essential for suggesting, developing, and sustaining innovative new projects and for helping companies stay competitive. Companies need proactive employees. But being proactive at work involves risk.

Middle Management 8

Middle Management Management Performance Review Project 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Many so-called strategies are in fact goals. Its top-down strategy was clear: (1) to be on the forefront of (2) semiconductor technology and (3) to be aimed at the memory business (not coincidentally a set of three clear choices!). Be brave enough to resist making these bottom-up choices, but design a system that does it for you.

Strategy 15

Strategy Bottom-up Balanced Scorecard Resistance 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2017

But even when the technology is ready to use and has been shown to meet customer demands, there’s still a great deal of skepticism among consumers. In order to understand trust in the relationship between humans and automation, we have to explore trust in two dimensions: trust in the technology and trust in the innovating firm.

Technology 9

Technology Transportation Influence Resistance 9

Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

Any other career advice you recommend for finding the right career, goals, growth, or changing careers? Any other career advice you recommend for finding the right career, goals, growth, or changing careers? Always keep up with emerging trends and technologies in your specific sector. Learn all you can.

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Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. This sweeping goal of total educational transformation may seem overly ambitious for someone whose work centers in learning technologies.

Education 15

Education Technology Resistance Mentor 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

Many conversations about data and analytics (D&A) start by focusing on technology. A robust, successful D&A function encompasses more than a stack of technologies, or a few people isolated on one floor of the building. Before starting any new data analysis initiative, ask: Is the goal to help improve business performance?

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Organization How To Supply Chain Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Smart organizations have recognized that introducing new technology into the workplace isn’t about hardware or software: it’s about wetware , also known as human beings. Here’s how to cultivate a more digitally nimble workplace: Goal-centric thinking. How technology is changing the way we work. Insight Center.

Skills 8

Skills Organization Software Tools 8

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

The lesson is about viewing the organization as a system, resisting the urge to blame some people and see others as heroes, giving those working on a process the tools (quality tools and the relevant education and training ) and management freedom to learn and improve those processes. is a model I believe in.

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Deming Health Care System Cost 28

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2016

A large high-technology company had established an innovation center in one of their U.S. For example, the efficiency lens in China led to an adoption of the practice that was out of line with the goals of the innovation center to be more agile and iterative. At first glance, it might seem like the developers in China were resistant.

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Innovation Altman System Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2018

Already, however, some are resisting these methods, calling for a complete ban on using “non-explainable algorithms” in high-impact areas such as health. This won’t take doctors out of the loop entirely, but it will create new opportunities and new dangers as the technology evolves and becomes more powerful.

Health Care 8

Health Care Credit Scoring Constraint Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2015

Rivals were developing digital technology to replace the existing analog standard. Could both technologies exist side by side? What those engineers couldn’t see was that, for most listeners, digital technology’s advantages far outweighed the often undetectable losses from digitization. Internal debate raged.

Organization 8

Organization Engineering Technology Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2015

For example, I started consulting in the small business space because a client at a technology firm that provided products for small businesses suggested that I had the right skills for this field. Problems that come up are often due to a lack of clarity around that assignment’s goals, schedules and/or deliverables.

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How To Project Review Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2016

Numerous countries, from Singapore to Japan, have established intellectual-property strategies aimed at achieving the greatest possible public benefits from their companies’ innovative ideas, primarily by ensuring that home-grown technologies become globally dominant in their fields. The primary goal of current U.S.

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Licensing Technology Participative Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

Despite billions of dollars invested in big data and analytics, the simple truth is that most projects and programs fail to meet expectations. The findings show that fewer than half of analytics programs met initial return-on-investment (ROI) goals. This vulnerability frequently compels traditionalists to resist analytics.

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CEO Competitive Advantage ROI CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Technological innovations have led to round-the-clock work schedules and mounting expectations. Our most satisfying work comes about when we’re playing offense, working on projects that we ourselves initiate. But Wharton professor and psychologist Adam Grant believes resisting this urge can actually make us more productive.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Tips Resistance 8

Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

Hiring my trainer made all the difference, and pretty soon I was reaping the rewards of resistance training again. I have found that with self-awareness comes clarity about my goals and vision for my life. They can focus on the goals they have set before themselves and not get distracted by the noise of the world. Michael Hyatt.

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Succession Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 316

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

When you’re having a bad time at work — your big project isn’t coming together as planned or you’re missing your sales targets by a wide margin — talking to your manager may be the last thing you want to do. Resist any overly optimistic impulses. ” She reflected on the reasons for her missed goal.

How To 15

How To Long-term Case Study Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

He had recently commented on a discussion on GHDonline.org regarding critical gaps in the diagnosis and treatment of drug resistant tuberculosis. In response, our team at the Global Health Delivery Project at Harvard launched an online platform to generate and disseminate knowledge in health care delivery. How do you design a hospital?

Globalization 8

Globalization Health Care Information Technology Chief Technology Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2017

He had a solid plan that took advantage of new technologies, and the board and his leadership team were aligned around it. Is the Big Arrow supporting, and supported by, your primary business goals? Once the Big Arrow was clear, we worked with Paul and his HR partner to identify the people who were most essential to achieving the goal.

Execution 15

Execution Strategy Survey Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

” Uzzi, too, advocates taking a softer approach, even if you were previously raging inside: You should try to project, “I’m open-minded. Focus on the larger goal. Even if you and your peer are vying for the same leadership position or project, you don’t have to be mortal enemies. I’m a team player.

How To 8

How To Project Software Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2017

” Scott Edinger, the founder of Edinger Consulting Group and the author of The Hidden Leader , says that the resistance to sales stems from an “antiquated idea that selling is pushing people to buy something they don’t want, don’t need, or can’t afford.” ” But that notion is outdated.

Skills 21

Skills How To Brainstorming Case Study 21

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

For example, one CEO of a large technology firm oscillated between major expansions (e.g. Leaders have to place strategic changes, initiatives, and goals into a broader organizational context, or they risk losing good talent, burning out managers, and wasting money on programs that don’t pay off.

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Welch Six Sigma Real Estate Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2012

It might not have occurred to you that these problems are just as challenging to those of us working in higher education, trying to hold on to good students and help them achieve their goals. They may arrive with goals and they certainly have access to many resources, but there are many options and much ambiguity as to the path they take.

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Media Mentor Incentives Education 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

It can sometimes seem like magic when we get the right people together with the right attitude, motivated to work toward a common goal. But it also may contribute to the fact that 70% of special projects and strategy initiatives fail. The technologies and processes that are transforming companies. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Supply Chain Kotter Critical Success Factor Learning-by-Doing 9