HR Digest

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The gig economy has been in operation since labor unions lost their hold over the steel and oil industries and workers were contracted to work in the factories according to demand. An EY survey found 17 percent workforce was made up of the contingent workforce, which includes contract, project wise, freelancers and temp.

Cost 88

Cost Technology Survey Industry 88

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

I am working on a consulting project where we have run into "Crazy", We had started down the path you outlined here, but we appreciate the clarity of your message. When I first You Can’t Argue With Crazy – n2growth.com 12/31/2008 By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth [ You can't argue [.]

Blog 313

Blog Brand CEO Consultative 313

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

The most important decision a leader can make with regard to any implementation, initiative, project, objective, goal, task, etc. One of the reasons I think some organizations end up charging sub-par leaders with mission critical objectives is that leaders of projects are all too often chosen based on position in their hierarchy.

Bottom-up 366

Bottom-up Blog Objective Brand 366

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Rankings, Lists and Recognitions The Power 150 – Top Marketing Blogs This list ranks the top 150 marketing blogs based on an algorithmic approach using Google page rank, Technorati rankings, Bloglines ranking and editorial quality. The N2growth Blog is pleased to announce its inclusion in the list.

Directory 167

Directory Magazine Blog Brand 167

Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

So, if the circumstances aren’t dire this might sound like, “If I had a better idea of what was going on, I’d be able to strategize with you on a work-around solution,” or, if the stakes are nice and high, “Without a better idea of what’s going on, the entire project is in jeopardy—which includes our team.”

Press Release 207

Press Release Discount Video PR 207

Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 14, 2014

In business, leadership infrastructure is the sum total of all the management systems, processes, leadership teams, skill sets, and disciplines that enable companies to grow from small operations into midsized or large firms. Faulkner had been a serial CEO, most recently as general manager of Microsoft’s Americas Operations Group.

Leadership 217

Leadership CEO Planning Long-term 217

Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

I have to weigh out the fact that I’m needed to manage the State Fair as a project against the reality that my balancing of job, life and love could use some work of its own. How great would it be if everyone would operate with the ultimate goal being love? Thanks 4 Women Entrepreneurs January 21st, 2011 at 8:19 pm Great post.

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Press Release Fraser Discount PR 182

Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

People tend to operate and behave in the world, based on what they believe to be true. So, if we want to communicate successfully, influence, or lead them, we must operate based on their perceptions. Let me take this idea one step further. their perceptions).

Workshop 192

Workshop Mentor Video Blog 192

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

I'm not sure Godin's work classifies as leadership…though I do read it every day, it's more for marketing tips and deep thoughts. But I have been doing people and project management for years. And project management is applying common sense to get things done from common people. And LeaderLab at [link].

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Blog Leadership Follow-up Media 411

CO2

APRIL 30, 2013

Big producers, wealthy clients, and large deals are all part of who they are and what they project. Their aggressive posture led to significant financial troubles in the market downturn of 2008; in bull markets, though, they tend to fare far better. Complex systems, like modern aircraft, require a team effort to operate.

Executive Coaching 134

Executive Coaching Operations Strategy System 134

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

I think your approach makes most sense in project teams. One just left to lead a new project so now there are three of us.) Here I'll just add a couple thoughts. Where levels of responsibility and consequences for success or failure fall differently on various participants. In my case. I work with a small group of leaders.

Consensus 388

Consensus Team Building Blog Team 388

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

These people are very much the poor relations of the tech world however, recruited to projects via platforms such as Mechanical Turk or Appen, and often paid a pittance for their labor. Samasource was founded in 2008 with the express desire to move people out of poverty and into meaningful work. Ethical data.

Power 69

Power Ethics Venture Funding Quality 69

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

He was on the creative planning team for catalyst, works with leadership development of Chick-Fil-A, and is quarterbacking many projects for well known leaders. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. He has recently aquired ownership of The Whiteboard Sessions (a conference designed for leaders & strategy).

Blog 321

Blog Covey Learning-by-Doing Video 321

Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 2, 2010

He has been in the business world for over 28 years in various leadership positions, most recently as a senior operations executive for a service business based in the Rocky Mountain west.

Leadership 194

Leadership Learning-by-Doing Blog Workshop 194

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Using it In the military, operatives are used to gain “intel&# on what the enemy is thinking, doing or planning. Many gossip grapevines grow because leaders are afraid to share information on a change or project until they have all the information. Let’s get started. Here, in tangible language, is what I mean: Talk early.

Open-book 170

Open-book Workshop Blog Video 170

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. Household income and savings are ultra-low in most global markets.

Short-term 59

Short-term Committee Incentives Long-term 59

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. Household income and savings are ultra-low in most global markets.

Short-term 52

Short-term Committee Incentives Long-term 52

Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

And even when we’re connected, we’re often dazed and confused: with more than six billion smartphones projected worldwide by 2020, we’ve succeeded in creating an environment in which we and our employees can, if we want, work 24/7, checking our phones as many as 150 times per day. No wonder we have skills shortages!

How To 77

How To Middle Management Innovation Technology 77

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

It is generally accepted that efficiency represents the optimal, aspirational state for any market. Efficient markets, which feature many buyers and sellers and perfect information flowing between them, determine the “right price” and hence allocate society’s resources optimally. Think about how markets evolve.

Efficiency 8

Efficiency Marketing Real Estate Price 8

Rajesh Setty

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Discoverability is presumably why Ken Lizotte made writing and publishing books the first of the “Five Pillars of Thoughtleading” in his book The Expert’s Edge: Become the Go-To Authority People Turn to Every Time (McGraw-Hill, 2008). LA: Look at the context in which business is operating these days.

Leadership 58

Leadership Long-term Innovation Audience 58

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Rebel Brown : I’ve been a consultant for over 20 years now, focused on helping international clients in areas of business and market strategy, positioning and market launches. They didn’t want this book – they wanted a tactical book on sales and marketing. Defy Gravity is every person’s guide to challenging their status quo.

Open-book 272

Open-book Greenleaf Blog Marketing 272

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Anyone who has ever launched a new initiative understands the inevitability of running into numerous barriers over the life-cycle of any project. With strong will, and relentless enthusiasm, he pursued his goal and achieved it.

Blog 415

Blog Brand Reputation Crisis Management 415

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Be careful of high level, pie-in-the-sky projections. Disruptive innovation is rarely raw genius that bubbles-up, but rather the culmination of several things: a sound idea, vetted through great process, refined by innovative application and brought to market by outstanding leadership. We'll have to agree to disagree on this one.

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Blog Innovation Strategic Planning Brand 413

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Bob Smith (not his real name), source of the quote and Chief Operating Officer at Otis Elevator, knows that elevators tend to remain well under the radar screen until they break. In the elevator business, you can be hugely successful and highly profitable by going unnoticed.

Magazine 51

Magazine Chief Operating Officer Newsletter Objective 51

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

The essence of the phenomenon is the fact that each stage in the supply chain plans its capital projects and operations, including inventory levels, based on its future expectations. Ford CEO Alan Mulally tried to mitigate the impending bullwhip during the 2008 financial crisis by imploring the U.S. automobile industry.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Retail Crisis Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Microsoft ended the 20 th century owning over 95% of the operating systems that ran on computers (almost all on desktops). These misses weren’t in some tangential markets – search, mobile, and the cloud were where Microsoft users were heading. They had lots of these projects. Yet a very smart CEO missed all of these.

CEO 8

CEO Supply Chain Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

The fact is, London 2012 is the largest and most sophisticated sports information technology (IT) project of all time. It has been our responsibility to lead the consortium of IT partners involved in designing, building, and operating the massive, mission critical IT infrastructure and solutions that support the Games.

Committee 14

Committee Project Audience Information Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2014

In the aftermath of the Shanghai Chaori debacle, experts feared, more defaults would occur and China’s financial markets and stock markets would crash, triggering off an economic crisis — as happened in the U.S. in 2008 after Lehman Brothers went under. Nothing of the sort happened, of course.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Bond Banking Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

While this “lab-bench to bedside” approach has improved healthcare globally, it can take years, even decades, for an innovation to get to market, often with limited input from patients themselves. The project involved more than a dozen experiments including in-home monitoring, patient-driven appointments, and online communities.

Health Care 9

Health Care Innovation Mayo Stage-Gate 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

Nokia's inability to field a credible response to the launch of the iPhone in 2007 and Google's Android operating system in 2008 has precipitated a freefall in its share price. By 2000, Motorola's global market share had collapsed from 45% to 15%, while Nokia's had grown to a market-leading 31%.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Long-term Brand Early Adopters 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2017

While a laudable effort in principle, measuring a company’s tendency to make myopic operating and investing decisions is fiendishly complex. But the other indicators probably pick up legitimate differences in how companies in the sample operate, as opposed to whether they are myopic. Corporate culture.

EPS 8

EPS Metrics Depreciation Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2011

Companies like Salesforce.com, Philips, and Oracle have appointed chief customer officers, while many other B2B players have embarked on enterprise-wide efforts to improve their marketing, sales, and support interactions. These customer experience management initiatives can be complex.

B2B 15

B2B Airlines Travel Stage-Gate 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2014

The company was hell-bent on entering a new market but knew it had to automate its warehouse to do so. It put one of its executives in charge of the project and told him to team up with the head of IT, even though neither had ever run a project this large or complex. The project budget paid for the software and not a lot more.

CFO 8

CFO Venture Funding IPO Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

Unlike national oil companies and oil majors that typically take five to 10 years to develop conventional oil reserves, these independent and “unconventional” players have improved their drilling and fracturing technology to the point where they can respond within months to temporary spikes or dips in the market. The soaring U.S.

Offshoring 9

Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

My team would have people with deep functional knowledge and skills (strategy, sales, marketing, finance, and information technology) to align surrounding processes. Most process engineering starts out as a project," Coco explained. "We And to succeed at that game, HR professionals must make fundamental changes in the way they operate.

Six Sigma 14

Six Sigma Skills Team Compliance 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2014

David Packard, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, once observed that “Marketing is too important to be left to the marketing people.” And brand stewardship can no longer be under the exclusive purview of marketing departments and brand managers. A brand can’t just be a promise; it must be a promise delivered.

Brand 8

Brand Strategy Advertising Brand Management 8