HR Digest

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Lockdowns and virus-testing have only begun ramping up in many parts of the world, so the full magnitude of the economic impact is yet unknown. According to a recent survey in USA Today, Americans are far more worried about their finances than their health amid the COVID-19 outbreak. When it comes to short-term incentives….

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Short-term Committee Incentives Long-term 52

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 7, 2020

There are ways to pay off debts and save money, but let’s be clear, paying them off is never “easy” Do not veil yourselves face up. When you were a child, you may have already used a piggy bank to buy yourself a gift or to participate in an outing. Calculate your credit score to be sure of what you have on your plate.

Tips 67

Tips Credit Scoring Banking Real Estate 67

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

While I don’t think a business will perish if it does not blog, I wholeheartedly believe a business will clearly fail to maximize its full potential without leveraging the significant benefits that blogging affords to those who do choose to participate. The bottom line is that the numbers do in fact speak for themselves.

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Blog Content Media Brand 298

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2018

There is also information on participants’ background from their parents, who described their education, employment, finances, as well as the child’s health growing up. How does this difference in annual earnings add up over a lifetime? This effect size corresponds to about 15% of lifetime earnings.

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Sample Education Bottom-up Influence 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2018

The idea is simple: people save more in retirement accounts when they are automatically enrolled by their employer than when they have to sign up themselves. This effect—a 40 percentage point increase in participation—is nearly identical to the effects observed in countries like the U.S.

Banking 8

Banking Finance Asset Management Bottom-up 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

We recommend you pilot each element of your program, from the sign-in sheet to the evaluation form to the website where participants enroll in the program. Email This Post | Print Post | Sign up for our Email Newsletter Comments 2 Responses to “The Boomers are Leaving! Speak Your Mind Tell us what youre thinking.

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How To Tacit Knowledge Mentor Intellectual Capital 62

You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 8, 2009

Yet, some of us still manage to muck it up. The bottom line : If you don’t represent yourself honestly where ever you are, the example you set will not ring true for those you want to influence the most. The Bottom Line: If you have ever had the idea that you can say one thing and do another and not be found out, think again.

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Examples Bottom-up Long-term Influence 48

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Personal savings, insurance, credit, cash transfers from family and friends and other financing mechanisms offer promising opportunities to create security and steady employment but they require a nuanced understanding of product design and the local market conditions in order to be effective.

Microfinance 10

Microfinance Insurance Banking Bottom-up 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2014

Instead of simply providing health insurance, savvy employers are tackling health care costs by supporting the whole employee—everything from their finances to their career development to physical health. Many of the activities are located right at the plant, making it very convenient to sign up. Employees get to choose which.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Morale Company 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Of course, the pricing is always what signals the problem, but behind that it is how the innovation process is set up. Madhavan: For many years, CEOs and executives have focused on improving the bottom line through cost cutting, finding efficiencies in operations and the supply chain. Why does pricing feel so out of executives’ hands?

Price 11

Price Productivity Products Simon 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

In our experience, companies that adopt this marketing analytics approach can unlock 10–20 percent of their marketing budget to either reinvest in marketing or return to the bottom line. This lack of an analytical approach has traditionally formed a barrier between marketing and finance. Ask for the CFO’s help.

CFO 8

CFO Short-term Long-term Benchmarking 8

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

” The bottom line is that most people don’t want to be “sold” by an ad anymore; they want to develop a relationship where a business earns their purchase by offering invaluable content. They have been marketing masters since the beginning of the direct response and haven't let up. Work backward from there.

Marketing 105

Marketing Content Audience Brand 105

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Tanya Clemons, senior vice president and chief talent officer at Pfizer, sums it up like this: "In the era of the knowledge worker, it's just a totally new game now in terms of how work gets done and even what constitutes work these days.". Work is less repetitive and more collaborative. Global, virtual teams are on the rise.

Productivity 14

Productivity Products Real Estate Bottom-up 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Or you could participate in projects financed in part by conventional investors and in part by non-profits. Once you have the intentions, once you track impact this way, whether you’re a bottom-of-the pyramid business, whether you’re sustainable agriculture, whether you’re new energy, it’s totally open.

Insurance 8

Insurance Bond Hedge Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2017

Since then, we’ve received over 7,000 responses from a diverse group of participants. Interestingly, individuals working in customer service, sales, production, logistics and R&D were more likely to feel that bureaucracy was growing than those working in functions like HR, finance, planning, purchasing, and administration.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Survey Politics Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Under increasing scrutiny, and mindful of the benefits of diversity on the bottom line, many companies are trying to recruit and retain a more diverse workforce. Further, this perception of greater conflict made the participants less likely to provide the additional resources the mixed group had requested.

Diversity 8

Diversity Team Bottom-up Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

The passive, obedient consumer and paternal, in-control organization have given way to a vocal, informed consumer and an organization struggling to comprehend what this all means to their bottom line. (Of years will you end up with 0.7 These TEDtalks get released online and allow global participants to share in the spreading of ideas.

Marketing 17

Marketing Brand Mass Marketing Metrics 17

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

The bottom line is this: If you’re a superstar at work, but a slacker at home you’re not succeeding at anything other than being a disingenuous, ego-centric charlatan. If that impact is shallow and negative, our legacy ends up shallow and negative too. Thanks for the wake up call. We will impact the people who are closest to us.

Blog 387

Blog Career Learning-by-Doing Advice 387

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

In 2016, socially responsible investing made up more than one out of every four invested dollars under professional management. Develop portfolios of financing to offset risk and achieve greater scale. Not surprisingly, more and more businesses are becoming certified for their social responsibility practices.

Company 10

Company Decentralization Long-term Operations 10

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

If you’re still asking these questions WAKE-UP – get your head out of the sand, and stop broadcasting your ignorance. Don’t get me wrong, recognizing the value of participating in the most powerful medium on the planet by getting in the game is a good thing, but it’s an even better thing when coupled with a plan.

Media 368

Media Influence Blog Real Estate 368

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

If you still don’t know whether or not your attitude is affecting your performance, I would strongly suggest participation in a 360 review process where your strengths and weakness are objectively assessed by those whom you interface with on a frequent basis. Bottom line: serving oneself just doesn’t work for anyone!

Leadership 419

Leadership CEO Blog Learning-by-Doing 419

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

It was an unusually complex problem, so the firm set up a team of crack microchip designers, and they started putting their heads together. Many believe it is just these kinds of unlikely combinations that are key to coming up with breakthroughs. ” It works for a while, but eventually it catches up with them.

Innovation 21

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Christensen Open-book 21

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Over the months that followed, more than one billion people participated in a “reboot” of the country’s financial and monetary system. Meanwhile, according to the Ministry of Finance , the Indian economy is operating with $45 billion less cash than it did prior to demonization.

Banking 15

Banking Long-term Short-term System 15

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Coaching is about delivering what the client needs - it is not about a cute set of questions you picked-up during a certification class. Bottom line…good advisors make things happen and get things done at the behest of their clients for the purpose of enabling the accomplishment of anything ranging from a single task to a lifelong goal.

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Blog Mentor Advice Brand 329

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2010

While individual leadership approaches will be as different as night and day, and some will clearly be more effective than others, there is something to be learned from them all…There are leaders that we look up to by virtue of their street-smarts, wisdom, and experience; or by virtue of their expertise and contribution to a given field.

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Blog Leadership Leadership Styles Learning-by-Doing 365

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Bottom line: I’m not sure that the collective body of those who have uttered the mantra of “Culture Trumps Strategy&# actually disagree with me on anything other than how we choose to express our views. Of course, strategy without a good culture is like pushing a rock up hill. Very little in life is either/or.

Blog 310

Blog Strategy Brand Bottom-up 310

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2017

. “Clearly all of this reflects some sober reevaluation of the VC role in cleantech finance,” said Mark Muro, a senior fellow at Brookings, adding that “We’ve maybe asked too much of VC.” ” The report goes on to say that corporations and corporate VCs are “filling in some of the gap.”

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Stage-Gate Kleiner Energy Proposal 9