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. Managing Rewards and Mobility. Spanish flu). Money talks, honey.

Short-term 52

Short-term Committee Incentives Long-term 52

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

A 2001 study by the Hay Group indicated a 2.5x We chase short-term wins. They go after short-term wins and cannot lift their heads high enough to glimpse the future. Ultra-runners push boundaries by running extreme distances, sometimes as long as thirty, fifty, or one hundred miles or more. We keep our focus narrow.

Leadership Development 265

Leadership Development Development Leadership Self-aware 265

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Successful organizations know what skills are required for a leader to be effective for the organization to meet its long term strategic goals and grow and prosper. Long term vision/goal setting and the ability to communicate that to the organization. Financial management. Change management. Team leadership.

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Case Study Training Development Leadership 228

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. These issues are referred to as strategic alignment and employee engagement.

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Long-term Consensus Class Follow-up 207

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.

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Press Release Discount PR Magazine 202

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

A 2014 global survey of more than 600 C-suite executives and directors, conducted by the non-profit Focusing Capital for the Long Term (FCLT), reported that two-thirds of those surveyed said pressure for short-term results had increased over the previous five years. And short-term thinking since that survey has not abated.

CEO 8

CEO Short-term Long-term McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

During Jeff Immelt’s tenure as CEO of General Electric, from 2001 until 2017, the company’s stock price fell by over 30%, a decline of roughly $150 billion in shareholder value. So, during GE’s long and steep decline, where was the company’s board of directors? HBR Staff/YASUYOSHI CHIBA/Getty Images.

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Committee Welch Finance Participative 8

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. This has long seemed intuitively true to us. Who are these overachievers and how did we identify them?

Long-term 8

Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

If the Microsoft board was managing for quarter-to-quarter or even year-to year-revenue growth, Ballmer was as good as it gets as a CEO. But if the purpose of the company is its long-term survival, then one could make the argument that he was a failure as CEO, as he optimized short-term gains by squandering long-term opportunities.

CEO 8

CEO Supply Chain Long-term Short-term 8

Ask Atma

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Short-term adaptability and rapid response strengthen long-term planning. It is at heart a new philosophical approach to project management. Consider this statement of values from the original authors of the agile manifesto (Beedle, et al; 2001): I. This is why agile is such an important part of management 3.0.

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Agility Project Software Short-term 71

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2014

Some studies (see here or here ) have shown that during periods of economic growth, family-managed companies in the US actually perform better than professionally managed businesses. Of course, the National Bureau of Economic Research classified two (2001 and 2008) of those 10 years as recession years. during the recessions.

First-mover Advantage 10

First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets Sample Metrics 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Over a period of years, every GE senior manager would learn the lean startup methodology, and GE would be the showcase for how modern companies use entrepreneurial management to transform culture and drive long-term growth. But first they need to get management of a company to change the existing strategy.

Ries 8

Ries Long-term Short-term Price 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. More than half that reached the top quintile in terms of economic profit generation between 2001 and 2005 had been knocked off their perch a decade later, in 2010-15.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation Long-term Short-term GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2012

And in mid-July, CNet posted a long piece by Greg Sandoval that explores " Netflix's Lost Year.". That's our term for the process by which key ideas and crucial information circulate within a company. The company's stacked-ranking system, for example, required managers to rate employees according to a bell-curve pattern.

Long-term 14

Long-term Short-term Engineering Price 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

While on the surface revenues remained strong, its rapport with customers and physicians was rapidly eroding, and its reputation was being bludgeoned by lawsuits and a national backlash against health maintenance organizations and managed care (which Aetna had championed). Employees were naturally wary of any potential threat to that bargain.

Health Care 14

Health Care Restructuring Resistance Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2013

Rational managers for the past thirty years have tightly focused on efficiency, cost cutting, and day-to-day execution — perhaps to a fault. For example, in 2001, IBM set up a permanent transformation organization designed to anticipate and respond to the increasingly unpredictable changes in its markets.

Agility 8

Agility Process Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2011

But that won't get us back to the long-term level that prevailed until 2000. After the 2001 recession, the rate of growth was lower than before the recession. From 2001 to 2010, some 20 million service jobs that could have been expected to materialize based on historical rates did not.

Retail 14

Retail Outsourcing Technology Education 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2014

Before long, someone noted the analogy to high performance in sports, and used a phrase that piqued my curiosity: Corporate Athlete. I loved the term so much I jotted it down, thinking I might make something of it in my writing and consulting. Then I Googled it. So much for my plan to unleash it on the world. Mind and Body.

Training 14

Training Sports Stress Long-term 14

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. The term “paradigm shift” is a well-worn term. I’m passionate about life-long learning and was surprised and thrilled to see that continuously learning the art of leadership was the last one.

Leadership 132

Leadership Crisis Learning-by-Doing Team 132

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

And as you can see in the chart below, the long-term trend in the percentage of workers who are self-employed actually appears to be downward: But isn’t this the age of Free Agent Nation , as Dan Pink declared back in 1997 ? Other long-established varieties of independent work have been declining, or at least not growing much.

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MBO Survey Human Resources Long-term 9

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

Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 10, 2019

He is a leading authority on insurance, risk management, technology, and innovation. Management Advice from Jeff Bezos. The biggest surprise after studying the Amazon letters to shareholders written by Jeff Bezos is how much management advice he provides. And it may be the most important to long-term success.

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Letter Collins Long-term Parcell 85

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

I and others believe that the recession may have precipitated or accelerated certain long-term changes in employment patterns that will mean slower job creation, lower total returns to labor, higher skill requirements, and issues with income inequality. Basic financial services and content management could follow soon.

Technology 8

Technology Offshoring Marketing Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

The concern I expressed in the post was that these actions have become the standard by which CEOs are expected to manage. 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.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Long-term Short-term Leadership 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

That's almost 14 years as CEO — a long time, considering that the average CEO tenure for large U.S. The question on the minds of most managers around the world is, well, how did he do this (and can we learn some of those things)? There is a long build-up period, followed by a rapid increase. companies is around six years.

CEO 13

CEO Collins Long-term Analysis 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2014

We were surprised, therefore, when our survey of people holding MBAs (or other graduate degrees in business and management) found no such regrets amongst the cohorts who graduated in recessionary years. Another finding from our alumni survey suggests that the payback on an MBA degree accrues over the long term.

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Survey Education Marketing Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Additionally, managing corrupt business practices often makes it difficult for MNCs to realize growth potential in the short term. The three main grocery retail chains in Peru grew from 57 stores in 2001 to 155 stores in 2010. Latin America. Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa. Growing beyond Moscow and St.

Marketing 8

Marketing GDP Automotive Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2014

The publishing industry is not one of the overachievers in terms of its use of big data. With the advent of Nielsen’s Bookscan in 2001, publishers could begin to receive point of sale data from physical bookstores. Publishers will have to compile insights on what really works, combining data analytics with knowledge management.

Books 8

Books Information Technology Content Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

What happened to being rewarded for consistent, quality work over the long-term? As a hard-working employee, you will be measured by and rewarded for the long hours you put in at the office and the gym. There is perhaps one place where this paradigm still exists: the gym. Here, all are equal before the law of the squat rack.

CEO 8

CEO Company Sports Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2013

Hyman , who served as the director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) from 1996 through 2001. It is critical that managers not mix their attempts to provide information with efforts to reassure employees. Sleeping pills may be helpful for a few days, but their use should not become long-term.

Stress 8

Stress Uncertainty Long-term Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

Looking at LVMH’s efforts, I’ll highlight three areas where I see great impact and innovation: managing carbon and energy, building a connection with customers around brand purpose, and working closely with suppliers. Managing Carbon and Energy. I’ll then discuss some of LVMH’s challenges.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Payback Period Brand Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

However, this complex set of company arrangements would protect IKEA from corporate raiders and undue external influence, and provide long-term protection and continuity. The company also has a unique manufacturing strategy and business model.

Succession 8

Succession Humphrey Business Model Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2013

For Venezuela, autarky had long meant creating economic ties with other Latin American nations. Many questioned the economic viability of this pipeline, but for Chavez the investment had political objectives in terms of the Latin America vision. The Andean Pact included Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

Politics 8

Politics Price Simon Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2016

Buffett is betting his largesse will not undermine the very strategy and culture that has been the basis of the iconic company’s long-time success. As the balance of power shifts from owner-managers to outside investors, will there be a greater focus in Berkshire on quarterly results? That’s a big gamble.

Follow-up 8

Follow-up Class Price Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2011

HP had grown so large, to about $30 billion in sales, that Barnholt and other senior managers felt pinched to reach their double-digit growth goals. Barnholt calls it the tyranny of large numbers, explaining that "there's a natural tendency to think in terms of bigger bets as you get to be bigger.". Are you currently making small bets?

Ries 11

Ries Agility Market Segmentation Christensen 11

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

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Since then, we’ve continued to lead the way in terms of energy efficiency. My personal interest in sustainability started when I was a senior in high school in Cleveland, Ohio (which was a very long time ago!). Even more important, in my view, is that we decided to share our designs publicly.

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Project Energy Policies Efficiency 8