HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, a trailblazer in the realm of gender balance and inclusive leadership, shares profound insights in an exclusive interview with The HR Digest. The HR Digest: As a pioneer in gender balance advocacy, what are some of the most significant breakthroughs you’ve witnessed in achieving gender parity in leadership roles?

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Diversity Globalization Presenteeism CEO 52

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

Welcome to the November 6, 2011 edition of leadership development carnival! Wally Bock presents The Joy of Helping posted at Three Star Leadership , saying "The best bosses revel in helping others succeed". And a century and a half is an eyeblink compared with the eternity it would take to achieve this benchmark in senior management".

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Deming 248

In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Companies, large and small, cannot survive without great leadership, sound strategy and flawless execution. Those that thrive, go a step further; they worship innovation and breathe culture. He refused to be blocked by the brick wall that separates management from union in most companies.

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Hammer Teamwork Middle Management Creativity 258

Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

Companies with a healthy culture gain a positive reputation, not only among employees, but also with customers and the market. The culture required to drive a strategy of innovation is different from the culture required to develop efficiency or operational excellence. The right culture attracts and retains better talent.

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How To Middle Management Reputation Short-term 112

Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 25, 2010

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit Real Dysfunction Today, Hidden in Plain Sight Published by Michael Lee Stallard on August 25, 2010 04:42 pm under Uncategorized Many individuals and organizations today are in a funk. What can you do? Take time to connect.

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Social Capital McCarthy Godin Committee 284

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

WHAT WHO WHEN Marketing Plan Dave 1/1 Rights Agreement Daisy 1/15 Ship Books Sandy 1/30 After you share your W3 task list, ask each Critical Connection to tell you “what’s right, what’s wrong and what’s missing” on your W3 task list. .&# It looks like this. why is everyone smiling?

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McCarthy Godin Middle Management Training 271

LDRLB

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

There isn’t a doubt in my mind that the leadership principles that worked for me as a CEO continue to apply to the current era of light speed communications and decision-making. Companies, large and small, cannot survive without great leadership, sound strategy and flawless execution.

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Hammer Teamwork CEO Middle Management 145

Sales Wolf Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

 Today I would like to shift gears and take a look ahead at what the HR, talent management, and leadership development blogging community sees in store for us in 2011.  Last week I paused for a moment to look back at the year that was 2010.  Enjoy! .  Enjoy!

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Blog Ingham Human Capital Human Resources 200

The Practical Leader

MAY 30, 2012

Apart from the high costs and squandered opportunity, a failed reorganization can leave an enterprise even worse off than it was before , with lost productivity, a weakened market position, and a disengaged workforce, among other impacts.” Effectively engaging middle managers and key support staff brings that forward.

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Restructuring Middle Management Deming Human Capital 61

Coaching Tip

APRIL 29, 2011

For example, when a global brand manager and a local sales organization share responsibilities, and are rewarded for working together, they will fight for their interests so that both the global brand and the local market are addressed. Why talent at the top doesn’t notice bad design while talent in the middle suffers. “

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Development Bureaucracy Globalization Middle Management 112

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

3 May Dear all, On a recent episode of the FT ’s Working It podcast, Ann Francke discussed how to turn around a toxic workplace culture and the importance of holding senior leadership to account. Evidence from around the world shows that countries with more highly trained public-sector managers also have better public services.

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Policies Article Skills Learning-by-Doing 121

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2013

I recently conducted a study of 56 randomly selected companies involved in major change and innovation efforts in the high-tech, retail, pharmaceutical, banking, automotive, insurance, energy, non-profit, and health care industries. Nearly 68% of these large-scale change and innovative efforts failed.

Middle Management 8

Middle Management Management Automotive Pharmaceuticals 8

Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

The Conference Board seeks to drive thought leadership and business results by focusing on four key topical categories: 1) corporate leadership 2) economies, markets, and value creation 3) high-performing organizations, and 4) human capital.

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Conference Human Resources Human Capital White Paper 133

Sales Wolf Blog

JULY 9, 2010

  Weekly topics are wide and varied and include just about everything from innovation and communication to leadership and corporate social responsibility.   Weekly topics are wide and varied and include just about everything from innovation and communication to leadership and corporate social responsibility.

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Company Human Resources Prahalad Resources 140

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2014

Historically, corporate Goliaths have taken one of two approaches to this kind of upstart competition—try to muscle them out of the market or bring them into the fold through acquisition. In our relationship with RelayHealth and other similar partnerships, we are seeking new ways to innovate – and looking over our shoulder.

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Health Care Innovation Airlines Retail 8

Management Excellence

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Fair warning: I take a broad view of management, so my selections will range from leadership to innovation to finance and personal development and beyond.

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Review Management Finance Participative 64

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2013

The good news is that millennial men are changing the way they define leadership and demanding work that fits around their families. Its practitioners are the modernization of the much-maligned yet depended-upon middle manager. Special Forces Innovation: How DARPA Attacks Problems. Consulting on the Cusp of Disruption.

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Management Health Care Middle Management Agility 16

Rajesh Setty

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Here you’ll find more than 1500 articles and mini-sagas on entrepreneurship, leadership, creativity and simply how to distinguish yourself. Jiffle: 2008 "Webware 100" Finalist; Need your vote Book recommendations for Middle Managers… Posted in the Main Page category. HELLO THERE AND WELCOME. Its even 100% free!

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Tips Licensing Newsletter Godin 29

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

But the middle managers who contacted George to give a talk balked at his regular speaking fee, instead treating him like "a silicon chip supplier." This exchange highlights one of the biggest barriers to incumbents dealing with market transitions: arrogance.

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Christensen Middle Management Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2010

The biggest threat presented by social networks is to middle managers, who may become obsolete when they are no longer needed to convey messages up and down the organization. Consumer marketing companies are lining up to use these networks to reach their tailored demographics with highly personalized messages.

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Advertising Middle Management Public Relations Travel 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

announced that CEO Andrea Jung would step down next year, investors and corporate leadership gurus cheered. Though Jung, a 53-year old Asian-American woman, dazzled early in her 10-year reign, Avon has struggled mightily under her leadership in recent years. Why then are these women so absent from our leadership ranks?

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Diversity Competitive Advantage Middle Management CEO 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Senior management tends to have a greater sense of purpose than middle management, who in turn have a greater sense of purpose than lower-level employees. Senior management may try to cultivate a sense of purpose, but employees are generally not buying what they are selling. Point to a void in the market.

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Letter Mission Statement Globalization Middle Management 8

In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Leadership. by John • October 17, 2011 • Branding , Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 3 Comments. Never in the history of marketing has there been so much talk about branding. Wouldn’t you expect more innovation? In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Some do it well. About John.

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Brand CEO Stage-Gate SWOT 168

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

It means embracing a new culture and mindset, where hierarchy fades and innovation happens through networks. Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. Roland Berger applied its methodology to the French labor market and estimated that 42% of French jobs could be at risk.

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Maturity Drucker Osborne Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2017

Given the pace at which digital innovation is disrupting industries globally, it’s not surprising that most CEOs feel pressure to find and deploy the right technology as fast as their budgets will allow. Consider the challenge companies face in the rapidly changing market for power train compressors.

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CEO Agility Technology Industry 10

Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

It takes a certain kind of leadership and a certain type of thinking to knit together the pieces of a large, diverse, complex organization. Leadership is the art of knowing when to unite different tribes around single vision or idea and when to let tribes do things their own way. That’s where innovation comes in. Innovation.

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Succession Environment Learning-by-Doing Innovation 138

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2016

While they might be good at cutting costs, they rarely knew enough to manage growth and innovation. Far from drinking the company Kool-Aid, they had an understanding of why and how the company had to change to deal with new opportunities and challenges posed by changing markets and technology.

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CEO Automotive Survey Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

pursuing adjacent markets, making acquisitions) and significant contractions (e.g. Each strategic shift, of course, was carefully explained and justified by changing market conditions or opportunities; but the net result within the company was a performance-sapping sense of cynicism. This case isn’t the exception.

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Welch Six Sigma Real Estate Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

These differences in philosophy and approach frequently differentiate those who advance to and succeed at the executive level — and those who stay in the ranks of middle management. When you ask leaders how they build a strong management team, the answers are revealing.

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Execution Team Chief Financial Officer Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

So, do companies now need to manage risk differently than they have in the past? First, in terms of managing the current uncertainty. The ups and downs of the stock market, shaky economic outlooks in different regions, and other various events are creating a great deal of volatility that may be short-term in nature. Absolutely.

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Long-term Short-term Brand Uncertainty 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2012

The need for multicultural leadership is great and growing. In China, both multinational and Chinese companies are finding their dramatic growth goals constrained by the challenges of finding capable leaders at both the senior and middle management levels. Let people know how to help you.

Globalization 10

Globalization Development Short-term Career 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2015

The road map starts with creating an environment for frontline workers to imagine innovative new ways of delivering care. When I was CEO of ThedaCare in Wisconsin, we chose a medical-surgical unit at our Appleton Medical Center in 2007 as the place to develop an innovative process for caring for inpatients we dubbed Collaborative Care.

Health Care 8

Health Care Benchmarking Process Operations 8

Management Excellence

JANUARY 19, 2011

There’s no doubt we live in interesting times…a true Dickensian Best of Times, Worst of Times environment, filled with remarkable opportunities and equally remarkable personal, competitive, societal and global challenges.

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Globalization Environment Development Succession 92

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

A middle manager at a global technology organization — let’s call her “Denise” — had a problem. She’d come up with the idea of revamping the company’s inventory management approach by networking together “sleeping” resources. The Politics of Innovation.

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Politics Innovation Project How To 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2013

Equally important, it depends on how well they manage communication throughout their organization. In 2008, the coffee chain was struggling to maintain its market position and to ward off a growing set of competitive threats. Successful transformations require many people pulling together. Consider the example of Starbucks.

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Company Video CEO Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2017

But the ones who really understand the issue see gender balance as not just a numbers game but part of a broader, more strategic cultural shift that includes developing leadership teams representing geographically diffuse markets. The senior leadership team of 35 was dominated by Dutch men. How did he do it?

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Diversity CFO Globalization Video 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

But the very skills that propel women to the top of the class in school are earning us middle-of the-pack marks in the workplace. of middle managers in the U.S. I ( Whitney ) went from studying music to equity research to co-founding a hedge fund and couldn't be happier now writing, speaking and advising on innovation.

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Career Learning-by-Doing Hedge Class 8