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

HR Digest

I’d say we’re very focused on creating a skilled workforce and leadership pipeline that can execute our strategy. Prior to joining MasterCard, Fraccaro was a core member of the HR leadership team at HSBC Group for nearly 12 years, based in Hong Kong. To what extent is that down to a successful talent management strategy?

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Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study

Great Leadership By Dan

There are many examples of companies that have successful leadership training programs in place, such as Bank of America, General Electric, Microsoft, Philip Morris, Novartis International, and Marriott International to name just a few. They are eager to learn new skills and take on additional responsibilities and bigger challenges.

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The Innovation Mindset in Action: Shantha Ragunathan

Harvard Business Review

The bank (in this case Indian Bank ) would then loan a matching amount, bringing the available funds to $400. Any member of the SHG, either individually or as a team, could pitch a proposal to use the available funds to a microfinancing committee of bank officials and village elders. I knew I wanted to succeed.

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When Investors Want to Know How You Treat People

Harvard Business Review

How much time do you spend enhancing your organizational culture, leadership pipeline, and employer brand? If you’re typical, then your culture, leadership, and employment brand are described vaguely or not at all. How well are those efforts reported to your investors? Outside the U.S., Largely unnoticed in the U.S.,

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Asian Americans Are the Least Likely Group in the U.S. to Be Promoted to Management

Harvard Business Review

” A similar finding with New York banks was reported in Bloomberg Businessweek last year. Several years ago, one global energy company commissioned an internal task force to review the status of women and minorities in its leadership pipeline. As one example, Goldman Sachs reported that 27% of its U.S.

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To Grow as a Leader, Seek More Complex Assignments

Harvard Business Review

Just look at the leaders of ANZ, the global banking group headquartered in Melbourne. The fact is that giving people bigger jobs with fancier titles and larger salaries won’t make them better. More complex assignments will.