Strategy Driven

JUNE 1, 2018

Businesses operate at a pace such that they grab for help wherever it is available. More often than not, they reach toward the wrong resources, the untied advisors and sources that send them down rabbit holes. Banking, insurance benefits, human resources, etc. Serious books in libraries. Researchers.

Advice 50

Advice Library Webinar Seminar 50

Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 28, 2017

And more recently in New York City where we spent two days with two of the greatest leaders of our time, Frances Hesselbein and Dr. Jim Kim, President of the World Bank, and where they were formally trained in Stakeholder Centered Coaching by Dr. Frank Wagner, Chris Coffey, and Will Linssen. University Representatives—Cohort 1.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching Human Resources Magazine CEO 70

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Indeed, the World Bank predict that we’re facing up to the worst global recession since the 2nd World War. They then attempted to control for various factors that might influence workplace performance, such as the region the firm was based in, the size of the workforce, and the industry the company operated in.

Short-term 85

Short-term Long-term Survey Leadership Styles 85

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

When you own and operate a business you need to have certain procedures for an efficient and seamless function. Sometimes the difficulty of managing your time makes for a haphazard operation. An inefficient operation results in unproductive activities which often miss the point and worse yet, result in wasted time and wasted resources.

Succession 50

Succession Strategic Planning Budgeting Goal 50

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2015

Geoff Colvin’s new book insists that humans are underrated. It’s a fun follow-up declaration to his earlier book, which taught us that talent is overrated. The last lines of an article he excerpted from the book express it very nicely: Staking our futures to our profoundest human traits may feel strange and risky.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Storytelling Airlines Human Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2011

While it may not be intuitive to global readers, I see many similarities between Samsung's transformation from local leader in Korea to major player on the world stage and our own journey in building the United Bank for Africa into a group that operates in 20 countries and on three continents.

Venture Funding 13

Venture Funding Banking Participative Globalization 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2013

He wrote an excellent book on the topic, and each year, when I visit HBS as a guest lecturer, I never miss a chance to watch him teach the subject to his students. One of the best ways in which he demonstrates this is with a study on equity research analysts moving between Wall Street investment banks. An HBR Insight Center.

How To 9

How To Banking Human Resources COO 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

And plenty of smaller companies have received attention for their unusual benefits, such as vacation expense reimbursement and free books. You don’t need to break the bank to offer attractive extras. But what should a business do if it can’t afford Google-sized benefits?

Insurance 15

Insurance Policies Survey Bond 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

Talk about how complex marketing has become is very much in vogue, but there’s much less discussion about the operational (and diplomatic) muscle CMOs need in order to get things done. Those steps helped the bank drive up loan volumes, a tangible bump the CMO could point to in discussions with other leaders.

P&L 14

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2017

While initially designed to improve the responsiveness of software development teams, more recently agile has become the default team-based operational model for companies big and small, across industries and sectors, with the promise of a substantial and sustained spike in team productivity and efficiency. Try HR Retrospectives.

Agility 8

Agility Software Incentives Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Beyond wages, other forms of investment in human capital include education and training, improved healthcare, and other, less obvious investments, such as the time and space to explore new ideas and professional development opportunities. This includes more autonomy and agility as well as inspirational leadership.

Human Capital 15

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2016

But what about the ordinary engineers, managers, and employees who designed cars to cheat automotive pollution controls or set up bank accounts without customers’ permission? And, in truth, most of us won’t cook the books, steal from customers, or take that bribe. We tell ourselves that we would never do those things.

Ethics 14

Ethics Company Emotional Intelligence Short-term 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2014

Leaving on a Jet Plane (but Just for the Week) Don’t Get Around Much Anymore Human Resource Executive Fewer people are moving for jobs today — and when people do move, not many are citing work as the reason. An excerpt: "Having been enslaved for 250 years, black people were not left to their own devices. They were terrorized.

Letter 8

Letter Maturity Discount Human Resources 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

Their work is off-the-shelf, conforms to an established mode of operation, contains original thought and draws precedents from experience. (17 Human resources management. The Big Picture of Business – The Book of Acronyms. Those who sell their own multiply produced works are designated as subcontractors.

Consultative 59

Consultative Short-term Budgeting Strategic Planning 59