HR Digest

APRIL 10, 2024

In an exclusive Q&A session with Paige Ross, Global Head of Human Resources at Blackstone, we gain profound insights into the world of talent management and employee development within one of the world’s leading financial institutions. In this role she oversees human resource management globally for the firm.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Part-time workers represent a significant, yet underutilized, human resource pool with aspirations for increased working hours. ” Nonetheless, these potential resources present an attractive solution for human resource managers facing talent shortages in a competitive job market.

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HR Digest

MAY 25, 2023

HR digital transformation involves using data to guide every aspect of human resources, from payroll to benefits to performance management, to learning and development, to rewards and recognition. The use of digital HR streamlines management workflows for human resource professionals.

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Human Resources Technology Goal Human Capital 109

HR Digest

MAY 19, 2024

Any leader who believes in a gentle, supportive approach to management must pause to ask themselves, “What is positive leadership?” By adopting a positive mindset, leveraging employee strengths, and fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation, positive leaders can unlock the true potential of their organizations.

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Positioning Leadership Styles Leadership Self-aware 52

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

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. To what extent is that down to a successful ‘Culture of Innovation?’

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Ann also met with Titania Woo of The Hong Kong Management Association to discuss partnership opportunities in the region. Furthermore, Ann was delighted to be able to personally present a number of Chartered Managers and Fellows with their certificates. Learn more here.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 14, 2021

New research from North Carolina State University’s Poole College of Management reminds us that this is far from a fixed trait, however, and is instead something considerably more dynamic. The surveys were designed to harvest data on things such as the emotional and personal characteristics of each participant.

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Survey Commitment Short-term Human Resources 119

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 1, 2014

PHILADELPHIA, April 1, 2014 -- Rapid Learning Institute (RLI) pulled back the curtain today on its latest innovation in workplace education: the T.O.I.L.E.T. Training™ System provides managers with GPS-enabled status updates, allowing them to monitor their employees’ training efforts and intervene when necessary. The T.O.I.L.E.T.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 21, 2023

However, time and again, organizations are reminded of the benefits of investing in the engagement levels and efficiency of their human resource. Depending on how much time is available and how many participants you have, let the team-building activity proceed. Set the timer for a minute and let them converse.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 24, 2013

This proved to be counter-intuitive to the Human Resources person that was working with me. Keeping the participants in control of their own learning and trying small field assignment with the team. Plus it reduced their anxiety about learning & applying a new management skill. They all agreed.

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Chart Your Course

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Today we use EI as an integrated set of skills that underpin highly effective, fast-reacting and innovative organizations. Social Skills: Proficiency in managing relationships, building networks and the ability to find common ground to build rapport.

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 3, 2014

In the volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) business landscape expected to continue for 2015, leaders face many challenges , requiring aggressive, sustained talent management strategies to prepare them for success. Two times more likely to place value on interacting over managing skills.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Amidst their country’s tech talent shortage, HP Indonesia is doing its best to focus on its employee retention instead of acquisition efforts, according to Human Resources Online. It takes an active HR department and research team to keep their eyes on shifting trends in order to find innovative ways to retain employees.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 28, 2020

But a lot of people are getting into the spirit and coming up with innovative ways to maintain the distance and not disappoint the little ones. Just putting some fairy lights in a bottle painted in some bright colors will convey your participation. Fewer people plan to trick-or-treat, throw or attend a party, or visit a haunted house.

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Human Resources Workshop Retail Morale 52

HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

In an interview with The HR Digest, Michael Fraccaro, Chief Human Resources Officer at Mastercard, explains the importance of business resource groups and the vital role it plays to deliver real business results. To what extent is that down to a successful talent management strategy? It can help them innovate.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

This is reflected in a study by Tilburg University in the Netherlands, which finds that 64% of managers would be reluctant to hire an applicant if they have identifiable mental health problems. The findings are significant because the managers surveyed were not basing their biases on personal experience.

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Chart Your Course

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

The poll had participants rank 13 factors such as work safety, flexibility of hours, chances of promotion and pay. In a grand example of the breakdown between management and workers, Hostess Brands recently declared bankruptcy after failed negotiations with its striking workers. Here are nine traits that innovative leaders share.

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Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

They are realizing if employees and managers are unhappy, they are going to leave. According to their human resource department, it is harder to get a job at Zappos than to be accepted at Harvard Business School. 3) Manage your managers and make them lead by example. 8) Capture and manage ideas and suggestions.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The risk is that when faced with the intense pressure an external shock, such as a recession, places upon managers, they can be tempted to take short cuts, reduce costs to the bone, and fundamentally break these implicit contracts, both through reducing pay and benefits, but also shortchanging employees in a variety of ways.

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

While you can argue that the board didn’t set some of the previous problems in motion, they did participate in how the situations were handled during and after the fact. that focuses on customers and innovation. Where was the board when the merger with Compaq was collapsing? HP Has Decreasing Product Quality.

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HR Digest

MAY 3, 2019

"Creating Opportunities for Multigenerational Workforce" Peter Fasolo, Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer at Johnson & Johnson is widely considered one of the world’s most influential human resources leaders and Johnson & Johnson, one of the most admired companies.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

On my last trip to India, I witnessed an innovation experiment, National Agro Foundation (NAF) , that addresses this wicked problem. Promotion of climate resilient agriculture, resource conserving technologies and promotion of use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in agriculture are being attempted too.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

We heard this leadership dilemma from multiple companies that participated in our research on the leadership perspectives of C-suite executives and millennial leaders, which was co-produced by our three organizations, The Conference Board, RW2 Enterprises, and DDI. American Express.

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HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

Esparza emphasizes the importance of championing participation, personalized coaching, and celebrating diverse perspectives to foster innovation and mutual respect within the workplace. To cultivate a collaborative work environment where co-creation flourishes, I’ve found that being a champion of participation is key.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Quality is not something that managers assign others to achieve. Rather than assume all is wrong or right with an organization and take a defensive posture, management must view quality as essential to their economic survival or growth. It is not enough for management to endorse quality programs; they must actively participate.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Increasing creativity and innovation is not only on the priority list for start-ups; it’s also a strategic goal for CEOs of small, medium, and large-sized companies. And it’s one that stems from a very human problem in most big organizations. It seems we’re all racing to get more entrepreneurial.

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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

So the designer teaches everyone about UX/AI, the coders teach about their development methodology, the project managers teach about agile protocols, and the sales people describe what it is like in the field. The benefit of this kind of team activity, is the opening of one’s mind, and shared creative stimulus, which fosters innovation.

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Team How To Knowledge Management Self-aware 52

HR Digest

MAY 3, 2019

"Creating Opportunities for Multigenerational Workforce" Peter Fasolo, Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer at Johnson & Johnson is widely considered one of the world’s most influential human resources leaders and Johnson & Johnson, one of the most admired companies.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Motivated by the amazing people we met in England, we packed our bags filled with recording equipment and continued onward to Johannesburg, South Africa, where we would participate in the 2019 all-Africa Employee Engagement Awards and Conference. . Johannesburg, South Africa. To say the response was overwhelming was an understatement!

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The organization ensures participation in multiple mentoring programs, assignment to non-profit boards and engaging in a multitude of on-the-job experiences with most senior leaders in the company. For 30 years, I worked in the same function within the organization – Human Resources, later renamed Talent.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Skills 216

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

His resume was spot-on — he’d spent five years as a sporting goods sales rep and several years as an operations manager doing “everything from ordering for shops, to speaking with dealers, to sales.” Senior management at the new company knew him, his successful track record, and the companies he’d worked for. Slam dunk, right?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2014

If the number of executives from other companies who have been benchmarking GE’s management-development centers is an indication, interest in creating corporate universities is on the rise. Superficial measures like number of classes or participants or even costs are not a real indication of value.

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Six Sigma Human Resources Benchmarking Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

New research from the Families and Work Institute (FWI) and the Society for Human Resource Management finds an “on the one hand, on the other hand” contradiction. At the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), we call this “flex around the edges.” Employee retention Managing people Talent management'

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Our management team was invested in this undertaking from the beginning. He and other senior leaders gathered for two days with human resources and the Lilly Women’s Network, one of our employee resource groups, to brainstorm solutions to barriers uncovered in the research. Where we are now.

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Positioning Leadership Health Care Diversity 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

As many companies move from exclusively internal focused R&D to distributed-innovation systems (e.g., A new component of the IT function must be developed to support this category of work: the Distributed Innovation Group (DIG). online idea markets), the center of expertise for innovation support, and analysis across the enterprise.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

Volunteering offers participants the opportunity to strengthen their skills, broaden their networks, break out of a career rut, and find new meaning in their job. Data from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) shows that the vast majority of college graduates want to amplify their commitment to good causes through their employer.

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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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