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Chief Leadership Officer: Disrupting the CEO Status Quo

Lead Change Blog

For all the innovation of the Digital Age, business management remains wired to the rusting framework of the Industrial Age. For example, Gallup reports that less than one-third of U.S. There is a human resources person or HR department. The term “human resources” speaks volumes. The CEO System Exposed.

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Stefan Ries on SAP’s Most Comprehensive Workforce Skills Upgrade

HR Digest

SAP SE Executive Board Member and Chief Human Resources Officer, Stefan Ries explains how he is utilizing AI and Big Data to advance HR analytics as the foundations for a successful global future. Let’s innovate, disrupt, and challenge the status quo. Let me give you an example from my own professional life. PHOTOS: SAP.

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How to Respond To Ageism in the Workplace

HR Digest

Many of the fastest-growing industries are geared towards innovation and a culture of youth. We may consider ageism at work as minor, a report from the EEOC revealed that age discrimination has a one-fifth share of all discrimination cases received by the commission in 2016.

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Tracy Layney Makes Way for Her Vision

HR Digest

For example, over the past several years, we’ve implemented paid family leave and paid parental leave, as well as extended paid sick leave to part-time retail employees so our employees never have to choose between work and taking care of their own health, a new child, or a sick parent or spouse. We knew we needed to act to support them.

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This Pharma Company Stays Innovative by Doing Two Things

Harvard Business Review

For industries that depend on innovation, sustaining it is a constant challenge. These two actions cost almost nothing compared to vast sums often spent — and arguably, often wasted — on efforts to foster innovation. Roivant was addressing some sobering realities: In 2016, only 22 new drugs were approved by the U.S.

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How Lilly Is Getting More Women into Leadership Positions

Harvard Business Review

He and other senior leaders gathered for two days with human resources and the Lilly Women’s Network, one of our employee resource groups, to brainstorm solutions to barriers uncovered in the research. We held our own feet to the fire by sharing our findings with leaders and employees in 2016. Commit to change.

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How Johnson & Johnson and American Express Are Developing Young Leaders

Harvard Business Review

We share these examples here to illustrate how these forward-thinking companies are working now to address their future talent needs. In 2016, former American Express CEO Ken Chenault tasked chief human resource officer Kevin Cox with finding new opportunities that would drive innovation and revenue growth.