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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. Put simply, how do you judge the success of a chief human resources officer, and who qualifies for the 2020 Top CHRO List?

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How Boards Can Innovate

Harvard Business Review

Some boards have taken the principle further by forming their own innovation committee. The directors of Procter & Gamble, for instance, have established an Innovation and Technology committee; the board of specialty-chemical maker Clariant has done the same; and Pfizer has created a Science and Technology committee.

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Futren’s Strategies for Employee Retention

Chart Your Course

They ride the ups and downs of the economy more closely than the healthcare, government, or high-tech sectors, and average two to three times the rate of employee turnover, according to 2012 numbers from the Society for Human Resource Management. One small business in Georgia continues to overcome these hurdles.

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If the Board Monitors the Company, Who Monitors the Board?

Harvard Business Review

By 2013, that fixed portion had dropped from 63 to 16 percent while the incentive fraction soared from 17 to 66 percent. An important filter has become the quality of the board’s leadership, and to help appraise it, Blackstone brought in Sandy Ogg who had served as the chief human resource officer for Unilever.

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When Investors Want to Know How You Treat People

Harvard Business Review

The hope is that deeper reporting on human capital will motivate leaders to make more rigorous decisions about talent (including individual and organizational capability). Performance measurement Data Human resource management' That could be a bad thing, a step away from investing in talent.

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Why Women Aren’t Making It to the Top of Financial Services Firms

Harvard Business Review

An analysis that we conducted of disclosures made by 50 American financial services companies revealed that women occupy only 20% of executive committee roles and 22% of board positions. Women still aren’t making it to the top. Only 12% of the chief executive officers of large U.S. financial firms are women.

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How RFID Technology Improves Hospital Care

Harvard Business Review

The project was launched in 2013, and the RFID system was rolled out in stages starting in the summer of 2015. The successful experience illustrates the role that relatively simple technology (e.g., It was fully integrated into emergency room operations at St. So they embraced the idea of location devices.