In the CEO Afterlife

JANUARY 20, 2014

The intent of the query is not to unleash your frustrations about insufficient budgets, unreasonable customers, cantankerous bosses, or endless project lists – not that these matters are unimportant or should be overlooked. The operative word in the question is “YOU.” isn’t as easy a question as it might seem.

Constraint 185

Constraint Human Resources Crisis Management Short-term 185

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

We are slowly witnessing the resurgence of Human Resource Management, with companies actively investigating how HR teams can contribute to business growth. Even if big gestures are beyond a company’s budget, verbal and social recognition can work wonders.

Succession 105

Succession Metrics Strategy Trends 105

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 1, 2014

As a follow-up to my last post about getting smarter about how we invest our limited training budgets. Based in Greater Philadelphia, RLI is an operating division of Business 21 Publishing. Training System™ -- a new platform that promises to reshape how training is delivered in modern organizations. Happy April Fools Day - GL.

Training 225

Training System Compliance Human Resources 225

HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

In an exclusive interview with HR Digest, Trent Henry, EY’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), shares key strategies driving EY’s commitment to diversity, innovation, employee well-being, and leadership development.

Diversity 52

Diversity Career Globalization Learning-by-Doing 52

HR Digest

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Companies must depend on their chief human resources officers (CHROs) in creating corporate values necessary to achieve success. But more CEOs rarely understand the true position of their CHROs, let alone giving them the necessary backup to operate in the required capacity. 2. Prescribing revenue-generating actions.

CEO 63

CEO CFO McKinsey Human Resources 63

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Coding, budgeting, and marketing operations are examples. Senior leaders and staff benefit from enhancing their technical knowledge with natural and learned behaviors like empathy or leadership. Hard skills are quantifiable capabilities learned in an education setting or training program. Hard skills require frequent updates.

Skills 145

Skills Emotional Intelligence CFO Power 145

Change Starts Here

JUNE 6, 2013

Human Resources. As the designated “people people” in most organizations, human resources professionals are often seen as responsible for organizational features like culture, employee satisfaction, and employee performance. Though many try, the leadership team alone cannot implement a strategy.

Six Sigma 124

Six Sigma Management Human Resources Strategic Planning 124

Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2019

No matter the industry, the goal of every project manager is to get their tasks done on time, and on budget. To make sure that everything they do serves those goals, however, project managers have to have a deep understanding of how businesses operate; sort of a broad overview of how they fit into the overall puzzle. Web Development.

Project 92

Project Skills Management Efficiency 92

In the CEO Afterlife

JANUARY 22, 2012

Suffice to say, most of the issues were short-term and operational rather than strategic. Fortunately for me, I grew up in strategic environments and I learned to balance operational challenges with strategic opportunity. I recognize that there are many people in leadership positions who desperately want to be more strategic.

Strategy 196

Strategy Short-term Constraint Strategic Planning 196

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

In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 17, 2011

Leadership. by John • July 17, 2011 • Leadership , Strategy • 2 Comments. The strategic plan is not the annual budget. This is the break from day-to-day operations; it is the organization’s future. The bad news about many NFP's is that they focus on their programmes and budget, not outcomes.

Strategic Planning 100

Strategic Planning CEO Planning Real Estate 100

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. Steve: It’s Leadership 291, it’s called, “Becoming an Influential Leader”.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. Steve: It’s Leadership 291, it’s called, “Becoming an Influential Leader”.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Diversity is about so much more than human resources issues. Several years ago, we realized that specialized positioning and communications are necessary for social harmony and a global economy. We are a diverse population, and the same ways of communicating do not have desired effects anymore.

Diversity 91

Diversity Budgeting Open-book Risk Management 91

Surviving Leadership

OCTOBER 29, 2018

I also truly appreciated some of the business practices that leadership followed that I have missed in other organizations, including ones highlighted in McCord’s book. It comes down to the people who execute those initiatives and the daily interactions that happen among leadership, employees, and customers.

CFO 58

CFO P&L Call Center COO 58

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations. Paying attention to quality can realize: Lower operating costs. This is not something that can be conducted alone by internal human resources departments. It is not enough for management to endorse quality programs; they must actively participate.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

He is the founder of The Potential Project – a leading global provider of corporate based mindfulness solutions operating in 20 countries. Rasmus has a Master’s degree in Organizational Development & Adult Learning and degrees in Philosophy and Human Resources. Her clients include Yahoo!7,

Productivity 50

Productivity Products Strategy Covey 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

hospitals and health systems experienced an average 39% reduction in their operating margins from 2015 to 2017. Cost reduction requires an honest and thorough reassessment of everything the health system does and ultimately, a change in the organization’s operating culture. PM Images/Getty Images. ” Clearly, more is needed.

Cost 10

Cost System Management Franchising 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

To fully enable a new vision of the future, organizations must make changes in five key business areas: Planning and Budgeting If organizations have easy access to—and indeed rely on—external talent, they can tackle new opportunities, experiment more nimbly, and operate in new areas.

Content 9

Content Katz Forrester Budgeting 9

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Validate your worth to the overall company operation. Become top management’s partner in efficiency of operations. Base Budgets on Value… Not on Cost. Continuous quality improvement within your own operation. Human resources development. Cash outlays are always risks. by Hank Moore.

Budgeting 50

Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2013

This organizational memory creates biases that get embedded in planning processes, performance evaluation systems, organizational structures and human resource policies. The result — obsolete policies and practices, outdated assumptions and mind-sets, and underperforming products and services.

Human Resources 15

Human Resources Policies Budgeting Operations 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2015

A new study by The Bridgespan Group, based on a survey of more than 400 nonprofit C-suite executives and dozens of interviews, surfaced this surprising finding and discussed how to address this leadership development deficit. For example, Cesar Bocanegra started as VP for operations, then asked to take on human resources as well.

Development 8

Development Mentor COO CFO 8

Reality-Based Leadership

JULY 14, 2016

My entry into Reality-Based Leadership started with the Open-Door Policy. For the first time, I would be leading a team, which got me a free ticket to the Human Resources boot camp for managers. It was one of my first acts of Reality-Based Leadership. An open door? That was easy. After this proverbial “Aha!”

Leadership 60

Leadership Policies Self-aware Morale 60

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

I’ll use the example of a leadership team of a manufacturing plant to demonstrate the process. The manufacturing leadership team would emphasize issues that cut across the plant and parse out topics that can be addressed by individuals or subgroups of the team. That’s what the operational meeting is all about.

Operations 8

Operations Short-term Supply Chain Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

One senior leader at a professional services company, whom we’ll call Bronwyn, made the move from client-facing partner to chief operating officer. You can accomplish this on the job, by seeking out a mentor or volunteering for special projects; and off the job through formal leadership training.

Chief Operating Officer 8

Chief Operating Officer Supply Chain Finance Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Usually, if you search, there are opportunities in your current job and at your current level to display your ability to drive change, even if you are in a support function like finance or human resources. Is the annual planning and budgeting system overly time-consuming and out of sync with the pace of the business?

Innovation 16

Innovation Merchandising How To Proposal 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Perhaps it's easier to start by discussing the pathologies of a dysfunctional Chief of Human Resources Officer (CHRO). When the staff conversation turns to operating margins, cash flow, inventory, or revenue, does the CHRO tune out? Or is HR focused primarily on budget cuts and streamlining administration?

Metrics 14

Metrics Human Resources Attrition CEO 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2013

This organizational memory creates biases that get embedded in planning processes, performance evaluation systems, organizational structures and human resource policies. The result — obsolete policies and practices, outdated assumptions and mind-sets, and underperforming products and services.

Human Resources 8

Human Resources Policies Budgeting Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Procurement typically owns your “resource planning system” for contract workers. The disconnect between HR and Procurement often means either choice is suboptimal on its own, so operating managers circumvent both HR and Procurement. Yet HR leaders and operating managers were not aware of the reality revealed by the data.

Strategy 8

Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

Our human resources department takes care of that. Not engaging in planning for future operations: So what are you gonna do about it? Learn to live with it. We’re afraid of litigation. There’s not a thing that we can do to change things. The status quo is perfectly acceptable. That’s life.

Budgeting 78

Budgeting Risk Management Quality Strategic Planning 78

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Our research, conducted in partnership with Harvard Business Review, The Economist, CEB (formerly the Corporate Executive Board), Intel, and TNS Global, finds that corporate leadership has lost confidence in the CIO as a strategic partner and views IT as a commodity rather than a difference-maker. Victorio M.

CIO 8

CIO Crisis Competitive Advantage Webinar 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Human resources development. Without goals, one cannot operate under self-control. 7 Measurements of Successful Budgeting and Planning: The business you’re in. You’re highly dedicated, talented, resourceful and give customers what they cannot really get elsewhere. How to Find Goals: Examine problems.

Strategic Planning 56

Strategic Planning Goal Planning Budgeting 56

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2015

The benefits of operating this way are immense because we are able to tackle the elephant in the room head on, but this kind of culture is hard to build and maintain, especially as companies grow. We debate, we argue, and we complain. We let the sparks fly.

Construction 8

Construction Consultative Learning-by-Doing Human Resources 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Human resources development. Rules for Budgeting-Planning: Use indicators and indices wherever they can be used. Without goals, one cannot operate under self-control. How to Find Goals: Examine problems. Study the organization’s core business. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. Portfolio analysis.

Goal 50

Goal Strategic Planning Benchmarking Budgeting 50

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. In budgeting for and pricing consulting services, budget for consulting at the start of the fiscal year, averaging 10 percent of gross sales.

Consultative 60

Consultative Short-term Budgeting Strategic Planning 60

Strategy Driven

JUNE 3, 2011

Pressures continue and accelerate for companies to stay in operation, become competitive, keep ahead of the marketplace and perform quality work. Mentorship and leadership development. Ways to understand the organization’s people (its best resource) better. Questions to ask the organization… basis for budgeting.

Strategic Planning 69

Strategic Planning Benchmarking Long-term Consultative 69