HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

Esparza emphasizes the importance of championing participation, personalized coaching, and celebrating diverse perspectives to foster innovation and mutual respect within the workplace. What unique or innovative employee initiatives set AutoNation apart from its competitors in attracting and retaining talent?

Diversity 52

Diversity Automotive Human Resources Career 52

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Apple fanboys and Samsung’s “Next Big Thing”ers would hoot with derisive laughter if The Wall Street Journal or Financial Times reported that GM or Ford planned to rewrite the rules of smartphone innovation. They should. Could Sir Jonny Ive be the next Battista Pininfarina , Harley Earl, or Akihiro Nagaya ? I don’t.

Automotive 8

Automotive Supply Chain Disruptive Innovation Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2013

Over the past 20 years, no group has endured greater pain and humiliation within organizations than mid-level managers (MLMs — managers from two levels below the CEO down to the line managers). Nearly 68% of these large-scale change and innovative efforts failed.

Middle Management 8

Middle Management Management Automotive Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

A mid-level manager in this 5,000-employee hospital, she is leading a 70-member group on patient flow as part of a larger organizational effort. Her ability to lead and inspire — to become a change leader from her position as a mid-level manager — is helping her team produce results. I found a few defining characteristics: 1.

Middle Management 11

Middle Management Six Sigma Taylorism Taylor 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Most senior managers agree that taking risks is important for innovation, but in far too many cases, they don’t act like they believe this. In other words, the reality in many organizations today is that despite the public emphasis on innovation, the underlying culture may be strongly risk-averse. Keep it nimble and small.

Team 8

Team Automotive Innovation Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2011

To overcome these problems, many companies are now using or experimenting with "idea management" software applications. IBM has accelerated collaboration with " innovation jams " that engage everyone in identifying opportunities. Power ranks Ford the highest in initial quality among non-luxury automotive brands.

Process 15

Process Press Release Automotive Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2014

Among the problems: Agassi "effectively committed to a business model before he even settled on a name" and didn''t bother to hire people with management or automotive experience. might similarly manage a delicate dance with the oceans. According to many, he also packed an unhealthy amount of hubris.

Hammer 8

Hammer Automotive Morale Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Technological innovations have radically transformed the business landscape in many ways over the last two centuries, from the introduction of steam power to the market conquest of radial-ply tires. In contrast, the automotive industry has barely half the rate of digital reinventors. joshua sortino/unsplash.

Succession 8

Succession Industry McKinsey Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Many business leaders are fond of the spurious Peter Drucker quote that “you can’t manage what you can’t measure.” Consider the automotive industry. Companies should also learn from innovators in other markets, considering how those metrics might translate to their own businesses. For years, U.S.

Metrics 8

Metrics Business Model Retail Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2018

They were about signaling a credible commitment to Tesla’s purpose: to become a clean energy giant that helps address climate change by transforming mobility. Musk knows that one of Tesla’s biggest competitive advantages is the patience and long-term thinking not only of management but also of its investors.

Planning 8

Planning Marketing Automotive Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2013

Cities live or die as economic entities, and Detroit''s economy of course grew up around its automotive entrepreneurs. That''s partly because they''re older cities with smaller land areas to manage. Policy innovation. Bankruptcy is, after all, a way to get out from under past commitments that they had nothing to do with.

Gilbert 8

Gilbert Venture Capitalist Class Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Meanwhile, business was free to focus on generating growth, productivity, innovation, and, ultimately, societal wealth. The agenda goes far beyond political activism; it attacks root causes by committing to sustaining an inclusive model of economic growth. Essential background. “People Are Angry About Globalization.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2017

To succeed in India, an American company either needs to have robust electronic communication processes at the top management level or must be willing to set its leaders in India free of the bureaucracy at corporate headquarters, so that they can address local issues and opportunities. Local autonomy makes important decisions possible.

CEO 9

CEO Long-term Short-term Mass Marketing 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2016

An innovative care provider organization in Eastern Massachusetts with 30 medical practices and a home health and hospice agency, it already receives almost 80% of revenue from global payments (a fixed payment for all of a patient’s medical treatment during a specified period of time) or other risk contracts. Insight Center.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Insurance P&L 8