Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Leadership Tip: Hiring managers would produce greater value by spending more resources on finding rare, star performers. Most hiring managers talk a good game about wanting an “all-star in every position,” but deep down they don’t really mean it. What are some of the major mistakes managers make in the hiring process?

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 4, 2018

As reported in middaydaily.com , those under the age of 30 who consume fast food at least three times a week suffer higher levels of anxiety and stress. Food has a huge impact on a person’s cognitive performance , which plays into a person’s decision-making skills. What Can You Do to Help?

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Tim Milburn

OCTOBER 2, 2013

It’s that among the sharp-elbowed hordes pushing through Washington’s corridors of power, they didn’t even stand out.” The people in the Beaver Valley, Pennsylvania, AES plant learned what many workers and managers know across the country: They learned who is responsible for the way things run.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 3, 2010

(On a side note, this week , on October 5 and 6, I’ll be attending the World Business Forum In NYC as one of a great group of folks live-blogging the event – check out my blog later this week for my reports, and you can also monitor our real-time postings on Twitter by following the hashtag “ #wbf10 “ Thanks!)

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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. Being sharp means being succinct. For example, as a designer/writer, my skills are not well applied to bookkeeping or financial management. This skill takes practice. Rehearse your pitch.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

To date, there have been numerous studies that have shown the growing expectations employees have on their leaders to demonstrate a greater proficiency in leading people over managing tasks.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

It''s that among the sharp-elbowed hordes pushing through Washington''s corridors of power, they didn''t even stand Out." The people in the Beaver Valley, Pennsylvania, AES plant learned what many workers and managers know across the country: They learned who is responsible for the way things run. They misprocess the medical claims.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2018

That same report mentioned the advent of “robotic bricklayers.” It is easy to find reports that predict the loss of between 5 and 10 million jobs by 2020. Separate research has concluded that accountants have a 95% chance of losing their jobs to automation in the future.” Insight Center. The Risks and Rewards of AI.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2018

Yet many other women have managed to build highly successful careers with degrees in STEM disciplines. No wonder that fewer than 2 in 10 women in STEM who have not achieved success report being extremely confident in their abilities. Among women who have achieved success in STEM, 39% report such confidence. How did they do it?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2013

Make lots of mistakes in your e-mails , reports, and other documents, and you'll come across as uneducated and uninformed. Don't write, "We couldn't scarcely manage to keep up with the demand." Write instead, "We could scarcely manage to keep up with the demand.". They're short, sharp, and fleet. They're everywhere.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

When you consider that the alternative is having employees spend hours pouring over complex data sets or equally inaccessible data visualizations, the value of advanced NLG starts to come into sharp focus. It will be the difference between getting a report and having a conversation. Inventory management at the grocery store.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2017

In addition, managers in a subset of stores were encouraged to offer more workers a core schedule that did not vary from week to week, with stable starting and ending times and a “soft guarantee” of at least 20 hours a week. Most managers interviewed gushed about the app. “I love it.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2013

Where will this designated miracle worker report? Another, a blunt Dutch woman with an equally big personality, is also clear: If the change czar reports to HR, the mission will be dead on arrival. A few months later, the business took a sharp downturn due to unexpected economic head winds. Talent management'

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2013

The team was huge—more than 30 people—with a mixture of business, manufacturing, and commercial leaders, some of whom reported to each other. That’s why it’s important to focus on team composition—the size and structure of the team, as well as the skills members bring to the team, including interpersonal skills.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2013

And remember what George Washington said when questioned about the fallen cherry tree: not "It was accomplished by utilizing a small, sharp-edged implement," but "I used my little hatchet.". When you write e-mails, reports, letters, and other documents, here's how to keep your readers alert and responsive: Use personal pronouns skillfully.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Every few hundred years throughout Western history, a sharp transformation has occurred,” Peter Drucker observed in a 1992 e ssay for Harvard Business Review. How should managers alter their approaches to fit the times? Knowledge workers have to manage themselves,” Drucker advised. It’s no wonder why. Embrace employee autonomy.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

There were reports of internecine feuding at Airbus: The internal atmosphere was tense; jobs were allocated by preferences other than commercial criteria; and mistakes such as insufficient cabling were a result of internal conflicts and mistrust. Each has different rules for skillful navigation.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2013

Make lots of mistakes in your e-mails , reports, and other documents, and you'll come across as uneducated and uninformed. Don't write, "We couldn't scarcely manage to keep up with the demand." Write instead, "We could scarcely manage to keep up with the demand.". They're short, sharp, and fleet. They're everywhere.

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Terry Starbucker

APRIL 18, 2010

Peter , and report back to him the next day about what I learned. You get to a point where you believe your skills are so sharp, and so good, that you can actually overcome the Peter Principle, and change a person into something they are clearly not. Especially when it comes to hiring.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Wear what makes you feel sharp and confident. Create a professional backdrop for video calls so that no one has to see your kids’ ice hockey equipment in the background when you’re discussing the quarterly marketing report. Big picture: Working remotely is a distinct professional skill. Do a technology audit.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

and almost no companies report engineering data specifically), Pinterest’s goal in 2016 was to hire women engineers at nearly twice this rate. We learned we can make faster progress if hiring managers understand how diversity advances our goal of building a global, world class product.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

A few weeks ago, Silicon Valley was abuzz with reports that Google had granted across-the-board raises of 10 percent to all 23,000 or so of its employees — a bracing reminder of just how much money Google makes, and of its willingness to share the spoils of success with its people. What if smart people are overrated?".

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2015

In the content arena, long-form, quality journalism depends on the highest-caliber talent in reporting and editing. However, new technologies like CrowdTangle are better suited to spotting trends from social media to inform reporting and to identifying the optimal promotional mix for a news organization. Marketing strategies.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

have dropped by billions — down 11% in 2010 alone, according to a recent report from the Chronicle of Philanthropy. For more tightly focused not-for-profits , such as the Cleveland Clinic and the network of Food Banks around the country, the decline is not nearly as sharp. There is a crisis in the not-for-profit sector.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

There is a scientist who tells me the blade is not sharp enough. If design is really about deeply understanding people and then strategizing around that, we need design leaders with broad skills. So, you need a leader who can manage all the different phases of design in a very smart way—someone with a holistic vision.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

However, when other team members pointed out the double standard in expectations, I realized that I had let the situation go on for too long, inadvertently placing our managers in a no-win situation. According to the Jobvite Recruiter Nation Report 2016 , 60% of recruiters say culture fit is of utmost importance in hiring decisions.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

As a manager, you’ll inevitably need to spend time actively coaching employees. Perhaps you have a hard-working employee who needs to build certain skills to be more effective on the job. In situations like this, you may find that you’re able to be a very effective coach for your direct report. Managing People Book.

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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. Manage culture by setting expectations appropriately. Manage the arduously long sales cycle. Innovate and invest, even when it hurts.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. Over the past two decades, we’ve led dozens of innovation projects and have talked to thousands of managers about the challenge of building a high-performance innovation “engine.”

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

A little-recognized NSF report released in September 2010, the 2008 Business R&D and Innovation Survey (BRDIS) , said that only 9% of public and private companies engaged in either product or service innovation between 2006 and 2008. There was little in the way of new industries, companies, jobs, profits, or taxes. Now that game is over.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2017

aren’t taught management skills in medical school. And they receive little on-the-job training to develop skills such as how to allocate short- and long-term resources, how to provide developmental feedback, or how to effectively handle conflict – leadership skills needed to run a vibrant business.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2013

A person with an otherwise identical set of skills and experiences is about half as likely to get a positive response from employers after eight months of unemployment as compared to a person just being laid off. Here''s the point: Hiring managers are only human. The other study (PDF) is similar, with an important twist.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The premise is that women have not been socialized to compete successfully in the world of men, and so they must be taught the skills their male counterparts have acquired naturally. But, at the same time, they must "tone it down" or risk being labeled as having sharp elbows. Be yourself. Dare the difference," as Lagarde advises.

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