Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2014

What follows is a short recap of some of the best bits from this year’s commencements, as related to business and career success. In fact, it was only 7 years ago that Apple shipped its first iPhone and Google introduced its Android operating system. The hardest thing I had to learn in my career is that I am not always right.

Career 8

Career Planning CEO Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

HR systems emphasize long-term relationships and high performance, with big investments in selection and development, amortized over a long career. Procurement typically owns your “resource planning system” for contract workers. The analysis of this data provided resource visibility across their entire organization.

Strategy 8

Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

In 2014, the U.S. Obama nominated Robert McDonald , an Army veteran and experienced executive who had honed his leadership skills during a 33-year career at Proctor and Gamble, to attempt the difficult turnaround. Align requirements with resources — and encourage employees to speak up about any gaps.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Crisis Kotter 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2018

Both companies named leaders from completely different parts of the business as their current heads of People — Apple’s Deidre O’Brien came from Worldwide Sales and Operations and Microsoft’s Kathleen Hogan came from Worldwide Services at Microsoft. Call it baptism by fire. Greater diversity of perspectives.

Company 8

Company Learning-by-Doing Human Capital Report 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Our research indicated that young people are more than twice as likely to stay at their job for more than a year if they see their job as a career or a stepping stone to a career. Chipotle highlights a clear career path for entry-level employees on its website and directs new hires to it on Day 1.

Survey 8

Survey Retail How To Reis 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

For more than a decade, leading human resource strategists have hit on a recurring theme: You want your star players working in the roles that matter most to the business. That makes retaining them very different from retaining someone who wants to scale the corporate hierarchy by managing increasingly larger operations.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Anyone who has worked inside a large organization can rattle off a lengthy list of the things that regularly kill promising ideas: conflict with existing businesses, naysayers, management turmoil, insufficient resources. But those are two separate functions that require different staffing, relationships, and resources.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Due Diligence Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2015

According to a 2014 survey from Deloitte , 86% of business leaders know that their organizations’ future depends on the effectiveness of their leadership pipelines — but a survey of 2,200 global HR leaders found that only 13% are confident in their succession plans, with 54% reporting damage to their businesses due to talent shortages.

Leadership Development 8

Leadership Development Development Leadership Leadership Pipeline 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

for 10+ years; deployment of design as an integrated function across the entire enterprise; evidence that design investments and influence are increasing; clear reporting structure and operating model for design; experienced design executives at the helm directing design activities; and tangible senior leadership-level commitment for design.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Fashion B2B Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2015

Getting the company back on its feet required a major boost in operating efficiency. We ended up putting a lot more resources into this step than into awareness. They had no career consequences — no one outside of HR, not even managers’ bosses, saw them. We asked ourselves: What could we do differently?

Resistance 8

Resistance Long-term Short-term Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2016

today than there were last year—and far fewer coal workers than in 2014.). Our study found that this growth of solar-related employment could benefit coal workers, by easily absorbing the coal-industry layoffs over the next 15 years and offering full-time careers.

Energy 8

Energy Industry Engineering Training 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2015

This poses a tremendous challenge for the funders, advocates, and public health institutions trying to end AIDS: How do we get resources to the right places in time to make a difference? A 2014 CDC report found that of the 1.2 And HIV is cropping up in marginalized communities in the U.S.

Project 8

Project Health Care Learning-by-Doing Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

But here’s what is most surprising to many about the marijuana industry: It’s filled with straight-laced people who built careers – and started successful companies – in other fields. Banking and payment processing are significant issues, and many businesses that handle marijuana directly have to operate as all-cash businesses.

Industry 9

Industry Retail Banking Brand 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2017

pneumonia, heart failure, shortness of breath) between 2009 and 2014. Nine of ten physicians surveyed had worked in permanent practice at some point during their careers, while 8% indicated that they had only worked as locum tenens. Our study was recently published in JAMA.

Quality 8

Quality Survey Short-term Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

For these leaders — and young people aspiring to careers as health care managers — one very practical question emerges: What are the critical skills for leading major change in our health system? The president made this goal even more formidable by promising that every American would have an electronic health record by 2014.

System 8

System Skills Health Care Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

In the spring of 2014, we proposed a radical approach: offer anyone on staff – over 2,500 individuals, many of them union members – the chance to shape the library through strategic conversations with senior leaders. Senior leaders also would provide resources, guidance, and act as decision makers. How to get them engaged?

Library 8

Library Strategy Reference Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Finding effective and affordable ways to help people acquire transferable skills during their careers, not just before they start out, is a large social challenge. Education is critical in creating career mobility and equality of opportunity, which are at least as important as, and closely tied to, income gaps. Essential background.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8