HR Digest

AUGUST 24, 2023

Companies that invest in recruiting, retaining, reskilling, and respecting the strengths of this group will position themselves for success as the demographics of the workforce continue to shift. In 2013, Japan raised the retirement age from 60 to 65, allowing employees to continue working if they choose to do so.

Crisis 52

Crisis Chemicals Policies Trends 52

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Though the financial incentives were more than generous, giving up control over an enterprise that we had patiently built from scratch was not an easy decision. Guest post from August Turak : On March 31, 2000, my partners and I sold our company.

Venture Capitalist 294

Venture Capitalist Leadership CEO Commitment 294

Skip Prichard

JUNE 3, 2020

Managers are no exception, especially when incentives favor finding causal relationships between variables that are difficult to measure, such as changes in leadership style and team performance. Consider Kohl’s, the large retailer, which in 2013 was looking for ways to decrease its operating costs. Boost Your Positive Intake.

Power 94

Power Kahneman Open-book Learning-by-Doing 94

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

A 2013 Wall Street Journal article indicated that as much as a third of internet purchases are returned, and studies have found that handling these returns can cost between $6 and $18 per item. This let us determine whether users saw reviews that were overly positive or negative. Positive reviews are not good or bad per se.

Retail 8

Retail Review Positioning Productivity 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2012

An area of focus taps into your intrinsic motivation, offers no stimulus or incentive to cheat or take unnecessary risks, leaves every positive possibility and opportunity open, and encourages collaboration while reducing corrosive competition. But there is a benefit to concentrating on an area of focus without a goal.

Goal 20

Goal BHAG Wilde Class 20

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2013

The answer revolves around four words you already know: positive attitude and personal pride. ANSWER ONE: There’s a two-word secret to service response: positive attitude. Positive attitude, defined as the way you dedicated yourself to the way you think, is the beginning point of service. Let’s start with a little background….

How To 50

How To Short-term Customer Loyalty Training 50

Deming Institute

JANUARY 5, 2017

Thankfully, I also had some very good managers who still fell victim to conventional wisdom management ideas, such as a store manager creating special sales incentives and contests that seemed silly and unnecessary. During my junior year in college, I was running for leadership positions in my fraternity.

Deming 46

Deming TQM Kaizen Crisis 46

Deming Institute

OCTOBER 3, 2016

But that is just my opinion (not a position of The W. Related: Business 901 Podcast: Two New Deadly Diseases for Business (2013) – Too often, executive compensation in the U.S. Edwards Deming Institute). is ridiculously out of line with performance.

Execution 45

Execution Deming System CEO 45

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

’ When there is a discussion, people look to you to see what your view is before they take a position. Make innovation the number one goal in the company (read: big incentives for achieving innovation goals). Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. You need to re-energize innovation-fast. Shake them up.

Price 91

Price Innovation Incentives Learning-by-Doing 91

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Meanwhile, in a survey of 89 institutional investors by Callan , 43% of respondents said they incorporate sustainability factors into their investment decisions — up 21 percentage points from 2013. Compensation committees often start by tying bonuses and long-term incentives to goals related to compliance and risk management.

Execution 10

Execution Incentives How To Committee 10

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Positive Attitude: The opposite of leader is not follower. Maintain a positive attitude to show that you can help your employees rise above any personal or professional problems or conflicts at work by offering constructive feedback and avoiding harsh or critical reprimands. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Motivation 58

Motivation Environment Servant Leader Competitive Advantage 58

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2016

Clearly, positive environmental impact can be quite profitable. At the end of 2013, we randomly allocated the captains to three treatment groups and one control group, and in January 2014, all captains were told that their flight and fuel behavior would be monitored for the next eight months. This was the targets group.

Hawthorne Effect 8

Hawthorne Effect Efficiency Metrics Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2018

doctors in 2013 , 48.9% First, the participants received a monetary ($25) incentive to complete a baseline survey, which asked about socio-demographics, health care, and medical mistrust. They were offered another incentive ($50) to go, as well as a ride if they needed one. African Americans make up 13% of the U.S.

Health Care 11

Health Care Participative Incentives Diversity 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Similarly, trust erosion triggered by Edward Snowden’s revelations of government surveillance in mid-2013 are estimated to have cost U.S. At the same time, several technology platforms that do not collect or share personal data have emerged since mid-2013. In 2013 alone, this app drove $500 million in revenue for its partners.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Cost-Benefit Analysis Reputation Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2017

It may seem that the employers of such low-wage workers — who focus mainly on keeping costs down in order to survive in a relentlessly competitive industry — would have no incentive to provide such training or resources for personal development. She is happier now. And her managers are, too.

Company 10

Company Training Bottom-up Rate of Return 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

At 74% of the 1,471 companies that have voted so far in 2013, according to Equilar''s say-on-pay tracker , the "yes" percentage exceeded 90%. Only 31 companies (2%) have gotten sub-50% no-confidence votes in 2013. One key reason for shareholders'' positive tone is that the stock market has been doing well.

Hedge 8

Hedge Asset Management Incentives Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2013

They can advertise such information to help consumers make informed choices or, more aggressively, require plans to offer incentives for people to use high-quality, low-cost health care services and providers. But if some do, the exchanges will be in a position to encourage or require their adoption.

Insurance 9

Insurance Goal Health Care Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2016

In the summer of 2013, Rolling Stone published a long article titled “Goodbye, Miami,” which claimed that climate change will submerge much of the titular city. Asset owners and investors thus have clear information about the strong incentive to adapt to this emerging risk.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Parcell Incentives Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2014

In June 2013, some Harvard Business School classmates and I launched a social enterprise ( WAVE: West Africa Vocational Education ) targeted at the youth unemployment issue. Instead African companies need to adopt a ‘ Training-Heavy ’ strategy, which positions enterprises as remedial schools and emphasizes continuous, metric-based learning.

Training 8

Training Company Metrics Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2015

As a result, the United States experienced five years of the lowest growth in health care costs ever in the 2009-2013 period — although an uptick in the rate in 2014 raises questions about what it will take to contain costs on a sustainable basis.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Price Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

McKinsey’s DataMatics 2013 survey shows that companies that use customer analytics extensively are more than twice as likely to generate above-average profits as those that don’t. Designing a consistently positive, rewarding experience across all those touchpoints takes system-wide thinking and an integrated service-delivery approach.

P&L 10

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Sena, a supervisor in a company that sells credit to the upcoming Brazilian middle class, thinks corporations underplay this element and rely too much on the motivational power of financial incentives. Many Mocidade members see big contrasts between their corporate day jobs and the atmosphere at the samba school.

Teamwork 9

Teamwork Absenteeism Class Motivation 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2015

At its best it’s a remarkable and positive culture. Fourth, Reddit initiated the 2013 online protests against SOPA/PIPA that led to major websites sites shutting down for a day in protest. Rather, it’s helpful to think of it not just as a community but as a culture that springs from a set of values and a form of discourse.

Taylorism 8

Taylorism Taylor Airlines CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2014

The global sharing economy market was valued at $26 billion in 2013 and some predict it will grow to become a $110 billion revenue market in the coming years, making it larger than the U.S. This is particularly unfortunate since the incentives of city governments and sharing economy firms are often aligned. chain restaurant industry.

Business Model 9

Business Model Hotels Venture Capitalist Transportation 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2013

A culture that feels upbeat and positive but doesn’t contribute to profitable growth or beating the competition is destined for the dustbin. The Boston Red Sox, the 2013 world champs in baseball, are known for their sabermetrics. Most open-book companies link progress on the key number to a bonus or some other incentive.

Open-book 10

Open-book Metrics Bottom-up Airlines 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In your testimony to Congress on May 21, 2013, when you explained Apple’s tax practices, you said: “You can tell the story of Apple’s success in just one word: innovation.” Employee incentives. You and your board are in the position to decide whether that happens or not. That’s just 2.1%

Innovation 11

Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2013

proprietary data shows that the smallest businesses have been growing revenues the fastest: In 2013 alone, micro business revenue on average grew by 2.14% while small business revenue grew by 1.18%. Without capital, small businesses are not in a position to increase employment. D&B Credibility Corp.

Banking 8

Banking How To Finance Committee 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Finally, after tough negotiations with Republican leaders, the President announced a comprehensive tax package that not only addressed income, capital gains and estate tax rates, but also the AMT, unemployment insurance and many expiring individual and business tax credits and incentives. What’s in the Tax Bill?

Press Release 178

Press Release Discount Insurance PR 178

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

This anecdote is the opening to The Citizen’s Share , a 2013 book by Joseph Blasi, Douglas Kruse, and Richard Freeman, economists and sociologists at Rutgers and Harvard. Profit sharing helps give workers a short-term incentive; stock options can incentivize the long-term view.

Insurance 8

Insurance Incentives Short-term Proposal 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2014

Selecting the top three award-winning case studies and the best-selling cases each year for the five-year window between 2009-2013 yielded a total of 53 different case studies — some of the same cases came up as best-sellers several years in a row, and a few were both best-sellers and award-winners. Impoverished descriptions.

Case Study 10

Case Study Venture Capitalist Education Fashion 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2013

In their October 2013 HBR article on diaspora marketing, Nirmalya Kumar and Jan-Benedict E.M. As such, they are well-positioned to use their expertise and capital to facilitate knowledge transfers and bridge the gap between emerging and developed countries. They are inherently motivated to develop their countries of origin.

Marketing 8

Marketing Strategy Metrics Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

The media did exactly what it was designed to do, given the incentives that govern it. When the pseudonymous Robert Galbraith published A Cuckoo’s Calling in 2013, the novel sold about 1,500 copies in the first month. Thinking that way is tempting, but it misses the mark. Rowling, sales rose to over one million.

Media 11

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

Some people in advanced economies have benefited from these trends: those in a position to benefit from markets expanded by globalization, whose productivity has been increased by technology, or who can readily shift capital to where it is most productive. But even worse sociopolitical outcomes are in the cards.

Politics 10

Politics Supply Chain Offshoring Globalization 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2014

Weiser’s 2003 paper “ Modularity, Vertical Integration, and Open-Access Policies ,” is that if firms in gatekeeper positions such as broadband providers have monopoly power , they may do things that are in their own short-term interest yet reduce the overall economic value of the networks to which they provide access.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Open-book Content Information 8