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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. Put simply, how do you judge the success of a chief human resources officer, and who qualifies for the 2020 Top CHRO List?

Human Resources

Human Resources Globalization Diversity Resources

Playing the Long Game: The Employee Retention Process in HR

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Amidst their country’s tech talent shortage, HP Indonesia is doing its best to focus on its employee retention instead of acquisition efforts, according to Human Resources Online. The World Bank has projected a 9 million skilled and semi-skilled ICT workers shortage to affect Indonesia between 2015-2030.

Process

Process Attrition Trends Training

Michael Fraccaro, CHRO at Mastercard, on the value of business resource groups

HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

In an interview with The HR Digest, Michael Fraccaro, Chief Human Resources Officer at Mastercard, explains the importance of business resource groups and the vital role it plays to deliver real business results. I’d say we’re very focused on creating a skilled workforce and leadership pipeline that can execute our strategy.

Resources

Resources Human Resources Leadership Pipeline Learning-by-Doing

Investing In People Builds Resilience Against The Covid Recession

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. Technology matters – More and more of the workforce consider themselves to be digital natives, so working from home is no big deal as they have the skills to do so.

Short-term

Short-term Long-term Survey Leadership Styles

How the Great Recession Changed Banking

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Just over 10 years ago, French bank BNP Paribas froze U.S. There was a run on British bank Northern Rock. Over the next year, many banks fell. Investment bank Bear Stearns collapsed. We expect investment banks to embark on an even more fundamental makeover during the next decade. The New Face of Investment Banks.

Banking

Banking Crisis Bottom-up Compliance

The Big Picture of Business – Business Success Checklist

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

It is important to identify swings and trends so that innovation can remain a strength of your business. Banking and investing plan is annually updated, with realistic, measurable goals. Top management has as a priority the need to develop and practice People development, skills and team building responsibilities.

Succession

Succession Strategic Planning Budgeting Goal

A New Model for Innovation in Big Companies

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Increasing creativity and innovation is not only on the priority list for start-ups; it’s also a strategic goal for CEOs of small, medium, and large-sized companies. And it’s one that stems from a very human problem in most big organizations. It seems we’re all racing to get more entrepreneurial. A Different Approach.

Innovation

Innovation Company Entrepreneur Constraint

Women as Microfinance Leaders, Not Just Clients

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2011

We're a network of microfinance organizations; we exist to share practices and develop the leadership skills required by a sector that has grown up fast. For example, at Kenya Women Finance Trust , we were intrigued to hear about the "marriage counseling" its human resources department offers to the newlyweds among its women employees.

Microfinance

Microfinance Diversity Banking Trends

A Board Director's Perspective on What IT Has to Get Right

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

Note that the high-profile C-suite executives at firms like Borders, Jessops, and Bank of New England had large IT budgets, but no longer have a company to make more efficient today.). As many companies move from exclusively internal focused R&D to distributed-innovation systems (e.g., Improving Operational Efficiency.

Enterprise Architecture

Enterprise Architecture CIO Horizontal Integration Information Technology

The Rebirth of the CMO

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

And when customer data showed that first-time applicants were more likely to move forward when there was a human touch to the process, marketing helped assign a sales person to individual customers. Those steps helped the bank drive up loan volumes, a tangible bump the CMO could point to in discussions with other leaders.

P&L

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center

Should a Woman Act More Like a Man to Succeed at Work?

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

DDI’s High-Resolution Leadership study reviewed true assessment data from 10,000 global leaders and found no difference in the battle of the sexes for leadership skills. Men and women equally qualified in business drivers around hard- and soft-business skills—with neither gender scoring high. Wellins, Ph.D., Goldman Sachs.

Diversity

Diversity Globalization Transportation Industry

Applying Deming Principles at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

I realized I was quite good at telling them how to create an organized business and motivating them to make it real, so I decided I wanted to actually use these skills to build a real business for myself. Stephen Gordon CEO Opus Bank. As a graduate with a degree in business, at first, I helped students build business plans.

Deming

Deming Library Entrepreneur Conference

Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

One result is that they keep their cards close to their chests about what they are looking for (at first), while expecting you to reveal everything – your finances, pricing, ownership, human resources, production processes, quality assurance, customer service procedures, KPIs, and existing customers.

Supply Chain

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals

Entrepreneurship Needs to Be a Bigger Part of U.S. Foreign Aid

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2016

” And the Legatum Institute, when aggregating data from the World Bank, the United Nations, and elsewhere to formulate its Prosperity Index , has found that of its many indicators, “entrepreneurship & opportunity” correlates most strongly with a country’s overall prosperity. We are talking about the U.S.

Microfinance

Microfinance Policies Entrepreneur NGO

We Need to Move Beyond the Employee vs. Contractor Debate

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2015

The options for getting work done — beyond regular full-time employment — are increasing and, in a world of constant change, we should be asking not simply whether a worker should be categorized as an employee or a contractor but whether regular full-time employment is really the only way to deliver high pay and marketable skills.

McKinsey

McKinsey Globalization Health Care Innovation

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

Playing the Long Game: The Employee Retention Process in HR

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Michael Fraccaro, CHRO at Mastercard, on the value of business resource groups

Investing In People Builds Resilience Against The Covid Recession

How the Great Recession Changed Banking

The Big Picture of Business – Business Success Checklist

A New Model for Innovation in Big Companies

Women as Microfinance Leaders, Not Just Clients

A Board Director's Perspective on What IT Has to Get Right

The Rebirth of the CMO

Should a Woman Act More Like a Man to Succeed at Work?

Applying Deming Principles at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Entrepreneurship Needs to Be a Bigger Part of U.S. Foreign Aid

We Need to Move Beyond the Employee vs. Contractor Debate

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