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). Implement the strategy with empathy and care.

Short-term 52

Short-term Committee Incentives Long-term 52

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2014

But building a consistently strong top leadership team is difficult for at least three reasons: the tendency to be loyal to existing members, the lack of management depth to promote from, and many CEOs’ lack of experience in many functional areas. Back in 2001, it was growing rapidly. Leadership Small/medium business'

Leadership 8

Leadership Leadership Pipeline Loyalty CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Clarke painted a picture of how computers would change our way of life by the year 2001. As a leadership team, we strive to maintain consistency in the outcomes for each role so everyone knows exactly where the bar is and that it is not going to change unexpectedly. In his 1974 interview with ABC News , science fiction author Arthur C.

Team 9

Team Organization Management Consultative 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2012

And when I started the Wharton Work/Life Integration Project a few years later, I got some strange looks, for it was odd to be a man talking about work and family at a business school known mainly for its strength in finance. My teaching focuses instead on "performance," "results," and "leadership." The time has come.

Constraint 14

Constraint Bottom-up Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

However, CEOs often don’t have the career background and education that would equip them to personally lead the process of new product development. This would mean, for example, working in R&D to lead pharma innovation, new product development for high tech, and product design or merchandising for fashion retail.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

They operate as lean organizations, using cloud and internet-based infrastructure, and launch and distribute products more quickly than did firms that competed with factories, warehouses, inventories, and suppliers. Furthermore, as production shifts to Asia and more and more U.S. retains its leadership in technological progress.

IPO 9

IPO Company First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

A recurring theme in those interviews was bemoaning major changes in R&D strategy that occurred as a consequence of new, often outside, leadership. CEOs from rival firms); conversely not all inside CEOs have it (CEOs promoted from finance). There are many reasons companies benefit from hiring an outsider, such as to effect change.

Short-term 8

Short-term Decentralization Company Trends 8