HR Digest

OCTOBER 17, 2020

And the lessons from most recent events in the last 20 years like the relatively mild swine flu (H1N1) in 2009, the dot-com bubble of 2001, and the 2008-09 Great Recession, are nowhere near suitable to withstand the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Spanish flu). A Sustainable Reset: Key Stages of Action.

Short-term 52

Short-term Committee Incentives Long-term 52

Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 18, 2010

When Admiral Clark became the chief, first term re-enlistment didn’t meet the Navy’s goal of 38 percent. As the Navy improved sailor retention and developed greater alignment with Admiral Clark’s vision, it became faster and more responsive. Here’s the link: [link] Leadership Development Carnival on November 9th, 2010 [.]

Servant Leader 356

Servant Leader Bond Mentor McCarthy 356

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Some argue that profits are stagnant because of short-termism—that decades of focusing on current profits over long-run innovativeness has resulted, now, in companies that are hollowed out. Most attempts to combat short-termism are flawed because they focus on changing CEO behavior through some combination of pleading and incentives.

Short-term 8

Short-term Decentralization Company Trends 8

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 25, 2013

In 2001, when I had actually decided to retire from “corporate life”, my company asked me to consider a change in direction, rather than a departure, by taking the role of Global Head of HR. It probably did in the short term, but it meant that we were often hiring for the present rather than the future. Guest Post by Les Hayman.

CEO 217

CEO Performance Review Review Learning-by-Doing 217

Women on Business

DECEMBER 24, 2010

These estates were set to owe no taxes because tax law passed by the Bush Administration in 2001 and 2003 gradually increased the estate tax exemption over ten years while lowering the estate tax rate, and allowed for the estate tax to disappear completely in 2010. So at least in the short term, we have a solution to the estate tax dilemma.

Press Release 202

Press Release Discount PR Magazine 202

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 14, 2014

Morning greetings arose from the Captains at the door to my office, both of whom had dutifully pre-prepared their tasks for the morning so they could pre-empt the short-term needs before the staff meeting that would begin within the next half-hour. Terms like “Thank you for your service!”

Emotional Intelligence 150

Emotional Intelligence Participative Short-term Letter 150

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Companies deliver superior results when executives manage for long-term value creation and resist pressure from analysts and investors to focus excessively on meeting Wall Street’s quarterly earnings expectations. We’ve seen companies such as Unilever, AT&T, and Amazon succeed by sticking resolutely to a long-term view.

Long-term 8

Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

To Boost Organizational Performance, Connect with the Core Michael Lee Stallard and Jason Pankau It is essential to every organization’s long-term success that employees align their behavior with organizational goals and give their best efforts. He required everyone in the Navy to have a personal development plan. Connecting the U.S.

Long-term 207

Long-term Consensus Class Follow-up 207

Ask Atma

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Short-term adaptability and rapid response strengthen long-term planning. Philosophy: Although agile is originally a methodology developed by software programmers. Philosophy: Although agile is originally a methodology developed by software programmers. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools.

Agility 71

Agility Project Software Short-term 71

Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

After graduating from Princeton in 2001, Donovan Campbell wanted to give back to his country, engage in the world, and learn to lead. Leadership is about showing common courtesies, caring and encouraging the growth and development of those whom you lead. The term “paradigm shift” is a well-worn term. Mark Brouker.

Leadership 132

Leadership Crisis Learning-by-Doing Team 132

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2014

Ciena CEO Gary Smith, the company’s CEO since 2001, describes how his company survived, regrouped, and resumed its growth. SMITH: I’d joined in 1997, around the time it went public, and became CEO in 2001. We intended to broaden the company out and develop new products over time, but then the dot-com bust came.

Industry 8

Industry CEO Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2018

Even more worrisome has been the decline, since 2001, in the share of teens participating in the labor force. By facilitating the transition from school to the labor force, summer jobs can help students apply what they learn in school, learn more work-related skills, and develop contacts with employers. Long-term program outcomes.

Short-term 8

Short-term Participative Long-term Career 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Development economists over the ages have puzzled about why some emerging economies perform much better than others over the long term. The short answer we find from our research is: No. Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images. While our research found that firm-level innovation is high, we also note that policy plays an important role.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation Long-term Short-term GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

Agile has indisputably transformed software development, and many experts believe it is now poised to expand far beyond IT. Shewhart taught this iterative and incremental-development methodology to his mentee, W. Teams using agile methods get things done faster than teams using traditional processes. They keep customers happier.

Agility 8

Agility Nonaka Takeuchi Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2015

For instance, ever since Goldman Sachs coined the term BRIC, China and India have pulled ahead of Brazil and Russia, whose growth fell below the group average between 2001 and 2013. Between 2001 and 2014, for instance, Mexico’s rank slipped from 35 to 53; Bangladesh’s from 65 to 130; and Nigeria’s from 94 to 147.

Marketing 8

Marketing Benchmarking Globalization Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2012

But a lost sense of direction, one that results in a "lost year" or a "lost decade," is often a sign that leaders have lost something else — something that is arguably more fundamental to long-term organizational success than the ability to set a forward course. Microsoft, Eichenwald suggests, has fallen short on both of those counts.

Long-term 14

Long-term Short-term Engineering Price 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2015

The chart may appear to show merely that Cisco’s patent filings lagged its R&D spending by three years, but in fact the decline in spending and the rise in patents were part and parcel of a deliberate strategic shift by the company in 2001. Research & development Financial management' So what was going on?

Innovation 8

Innovation Parcell Wireless Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2013

We believe that organizations need to explicitly develop two parallel management systems: the operational system that manages the short-term execution of work — what we call the "Surface System," and a second system that focuses externally on sensing and driving strategic change — what we call the "Deep System."

Agility 8

Agility Process Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

” In 2001 Schillinger landed a position in France at the vaccine maker. To date, she has occupied positions in human resources, product development, and stakeholder engagement. ” Life is short. “I will not fall into complacency. No matter what, I will continue to hone myself.”

Career 10

Career Short-term Human Resources Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

In short, does gig work equal a good job? In 2001, when I was interviewing laid-off high-tech workers, many were frustrated that schools were still telling students that they needed to choose a single career. Much of this criticism asks whether gig workers are underpaid, overworked , or subject to exploitation and even abuse.

Insurance 9

Insurance Career Class Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

In the spirit of becoming more adaptive , organizations have rushed to implement Agile software development. Agile software development. Frameworks for adaptive software development like Agile, have been around for a long time, and have manifested in many forms. But many have done so in a way that actually makes them less agile.

Agility 8

Agility Engineering Software How To 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Furthermore, these actions are taken seemingly without regard to the consequences for the community, the employees, the survival of the company as an institution, or the creation of long-term firm value. Investors favorably receive projects with long-term payoffs, particularly those in research and development.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Long-term Short-term Leadership 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

Garvin was a generalist more than a specialist, perhaps because he came of age at HBS during the 1980s, when the school’s primary focus was the development of skilled general managers. But the article aimed higher, arguing that when corporate leaders invest with short-term results in mind, they put long-term performance at risk.

Management 8

Management Balanced Scorecard NPV Article 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

Since 2001 LVMH has studied its life cycle carbon footprint, focusing on both the obvious energy hogs — its stores and distribution — and brand-specific issues, such as packaging in spirits and personal care. As usual, short-term pressures on financial performance are a concern, and change takes time.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Payback Period Brand Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

But when is the optimal time to think about a situation in terms of its small details? When the product was launched in 2001 , it aimed to revolutionize personal transportation , touted as a unique way for people to travel short distances. And when does it make more sense to focus on the bigger picture ?

Word of Mouth Marketing 12

Word of Mouth Marketing Transportation Market Segmentation Advertising 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

And after that, when China and India’s spectacular growth in the first decade of the new millennium proved Rohwer right in spades, he wasn’t around to say I told you so because he’d died (in a sailing accident) in 2001.

Globalization 8

Globalization GDP Long-term Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2011

On the same stage as Summers, Mahathir bin Muhammed, Prime Minister of Malaysia, was calling for short-term currency controls to prevent "hot money" speculators from infecting the Malaysian ringgit with the same disease. Treasury, was describing the U.S. fourth-quarter growth figure."

Banking 11

Banking ROE Proposal Self-aware 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

I studied IBM and HP (and your former company, eBay) for my 2001 book, Evolve. Strengthen the board and develop a kitchen cabinet. Set short-term achievable goals, and keep your promises. IBM's shift to software and services occurred in the 1990s. The PC division was sold in 2005. Get the best advisers.

Tips 10

Tips CEO Software Drucker 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

Every day for most of the period from let’s say late 1980s basically through the end of my term, I would get almost every week people predicting that the world was coming to an end. If everyone were wholly rational in their long-term self-interest, there would be no political biases. That the economy was going to crash.

Long-term 9

Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2015

In a vacuum, a particular idea might work for a specific drug, but only if it focuses on isolated factors and ignores the long-term context of treatment, different types of treatment, and multiple (often subjective) aspects of value. It does not take a truly long-term view. But how do you measure the impact of, say, drug side effects?

Price 8

Price Health Care Proposal Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Innovation is widely regarded as important to long-term business performance. However, CEOs often don’t have the career background and education that would equip them to personally lead the process of new product development. For the rest, we found that other factors besides innovation drove strong shareholder returns.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8