The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 24, 2021

economy and its continued leadership around the globe. Have measurable targets – Having female role models in senior positions is clearly beneficial in a number of ways, and the authors urge companies to have measurable targets for improving the diversity of their leadership team.

Chief Operating Officer 98

Chief Operating Officer Attrition Diversity Policies 98

Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 11, 2013

Meanwhile, their behavior has consequences: - Low employee morale, retaliation, passive aggression, attrition. More than a decade ago, I learned a set of simple principles that describe how the human operating system works, what’s behind our experience of life in the moment. Mistakes, loss of creativity and innovation.

Bond 243

Bond Attrition Absenteeism Bureaucracy 243

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2018

Organizational Development Book. This type of top-down leadership is outdated, and, more importantly, counterproductive. Humility and servant leadership do not imply that leaders have low self-esteem, or take on an attitude of servility. Adapted from. Alive at Work. Add to Cart.

Servant Leader 17

Servant Leader Leadership Banking Learning-by-Doing 17

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

After years on the job, Boomers have developed deep, often intuitive knowledge about their company’s way of doing business and the relationships that have made them successful – and much of that could be lost as they walk out the door. Will younger workers have the knowledge and skills to run our organizations when they do? But your [.]

How To 72

How To Tacit Knowledge Intellectual Capital Newsletter 72

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2017

It’s a model that’s increasingly used in companies of all kinds looking to accelerate the development of their high-potential people. As in many fast-paced companies today, consulting staff operate without formal job descriptions or handbooks. ” Using Strengths-Based Development.

Diversity 10

Diversity Consultative Attrition Survey 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

So I reached out to Brandon Webb, an innovative SEAL trainer/educator, and CEO of Force12 Media for real-world perspective on what industry could learn from a special operations sensibility. Before we redid the course, SEAL sniper school had an average attrition rate of about 30 percent. That scares me. This was a precarious time.

Training 8

Training Education Incentives Leadership 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

There is a clear and growing divide among global companies operating in China. Should you import expats for key positions to deliver immediate results, or develop local talent, which takes time and delivers unpredictable results? Develop, develop, develop — especially in the soft skills. Do it right now.

Globalization 13

Globalization Attrition Skills Learning-by-Doing 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Jason Bingham, a vice president at Trane North America and author of Cultureship: The ACBs of Business Leadership , told me the basics of how it works. First, they identify areas of strength, such as customer focus, and areas for development, such as teamwork. Try running an experiment to see if you can change your own culture.

Survey 8

Survey Attrition Bottom-up Teamwork 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

To find out, we developed a measure and coined the term Global Engineering Intensity (GEI) as the ratio of the headcount of R&D staff in India plus China to a company’s current annual R&D expense. They believe in strong, empowered global leadership, at both HQ and at remote sites. In fact, costs go up initially.

Offshoring 8

Offshoring CTO Company Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2017

At EY, where some of us work, we have developed a tool for social media analytics called SMAART that is able to understand sentiment within consumer and influencer groups. Organizations often seem obsessed by measuring fractional shifts in operational performance, capturing data on sales, inventory turns, and manufacturing efficiency.

Company 8

Company Management Metrics Tools 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Madhusudhan Reddy, VP of HR, has a major challenge on his hands: How do you hire, train, retain and develop productive, engaged employees and make the new unit cost effective? In return, the company got a workforce of loyal employees, with less attrition and higher productivity compared to other firms. VP of Operations.

Company 8

Company Crisis Attrition Public Relations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

It was able to redeploy people to other areas where they were needed and then realize the productivity gains by reducing overtime, and allowing natural attrition to gradually reduce headcount. He told me, "The focus needs to be away from grandiose pronouncements and back to basics in selection and development. Share the Big Picture.

Attrition 15

Attrition CFO Deming Outsourcing 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

When the staff conversation turns to operating margins, cash flow, inventory, or revenue, does the CHRO tune out? Your CHRO is your key resource to ensure you can achieve your strategic directions through a leadership team and employees that are aligned and executing along common goals. Do you know what the cost of HR is per employee?

Metrics 14

Metrics Human Resources Attrition CEO 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

It was able to redeploy people to other areas where they were needed and then realize the productivity gains by reducing overtime, and allowing natural attrition to gradually reduce headcount. He told me, "The focus needs to be away from grandiose pronouncements and back to basics in selection and development. Share the Big Picture.

Attrition 11

Attrition CFO Deming Outsourcing 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

In most larger companies, you'll need to generate roughly 200+ responses per operating unit per period. Your CFO and finance team can take a leadership role here. On the macro level, you can estimate the value of achieving customer loyalty leadership in terms of market share gains or revenue growth. Organized learning.

Incentives 10

Incentives Sample Customer Loyalty Metrics 10

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

This gradually develops into building trust and long-lasting relationships between the employees and the employer. And although employees can be replaced, it’s a costly process, and a high turnover rate can hurt your operational costs and productivity significantly.

How To 67

How To Absenteeism Guidelines Cost 67

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2013

SAP's senior management asked Ferose to shore up employee morale at SAP Labs India, where the attrition rate had reached a painful 19% in 2009. Motivated by Ferose's participative leadership style, many self-organized teams at SAP Labs India have since tested and implemented dozens of innovative solutions to boost productivity.

Innovation 9

Innovation Attrition Software Globalization 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2018

Those analyses rely on publicly available data sources, but software providers have accumulated growing amounts of private data on almost every aspect of their customers’ technology, operations, people, and strategies. Kensho uses not just raw financial data but data from all sorts of ‘alternative’ sources.).

Benchmarking 8

Benchmarking Software B2B GAAP 8