HR Digest

DECEMBER 3, 2023

A lot of work goes into mobilizing resources and sorting through budgets and if there is an RSVP date mentioned on the invite then ignoring it or replying last minute can come across as dismissive of their efforts. If you’re confused, ask about any rules and guidelines for Secret Santa gift exchanges and what the budget is.

Tips 75

Tips Budgeting Committee Planning 75

Roundtable Talk

AUGUST 5, 2010

→ Political games in organizations: the ones other people play. Posted on August 5, 2010 by LeaderTalker | 2 Comments Recently we held a Peer Roundtable Exchange on the topic: Political Games in Organizations. Certainly, our group had countless examples of politics at play, and some insights/questions along the way.

Politics 53

Politics Organization Mintzberg Loyalty 53

The Practical Leader

APRIL 5, 2023

Use anonymous surveys, third-party assessments, or other safe ways for participants to voice concerns and have real conversations about what they feel are the biggest issues to be addressed. These are often very touchy, political — and avoided. Planning and budgeting focus on maximizing capital and operational dollars.

Planning 52

Planning Strategic Planning How To Operations 52

Experience to Lead

MARCH 17, 2022

When organizations are considering where to invest their budgets, learning and development initiatives have undergone much scrutiny. About a third have seen reduced budgets and resources, needing to do more with less. They typically think, “If an investment’s ROI is net positive, it is probably worthwhile.

ROI 52

ROI P&L Development Metrics 52

Change Starts Here

OCTOBER 6, 2011

” A Sponsor is the person who won’t let the change initiative die from lack of attention, and is willing to use their political capital to make the change happen. As managers, leaders usually control resources such as people, budgets, and equipment, and thus have the authority to make decisions that affect the initiative.

Self-aware 152

Self-aware Motivation Budgeting Commitment 152

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 4, 2013

All they need to do is show up at the annual talent review and nod their heads; stop by a few training programs to give a quick talk, approve the training budget, and read the script written for them by HR that tells them to say, “People are our more important assets” at every employee gathering. Practice what you preach.

Leadership Development 236

Leadership Development Development Leadership CEO 236

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Black professionals do not just participate in African American community events. Good intentions and political correctness are not enough. There are many good reasons why diversity relates to your livelihood: Embracing diversity is politically correct. There are as many subtle differences in every ethnic group as the next.

Diversity 86

Diversity Budgeting Open-book Risk Management 86

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Engagement: In the old strategy paradigm participation is limited to the involvement of the senior team, a few staff functions and an external consultant that facilitate the process. Mechanical, step by step linear process for developing and executing strategy from the old paradigm is too slow and is not designed to deliver results rapidly.

Strategic Planning 150

Strategic Planning Planning Competitive Advantage Long-term 150

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Politics is a dirty word. But office politics are unavoidable; as Aristotle noted, “man is by nature a political animal.” ” Whether you participate in them or not, politics have a big influence on what happens to you, your projects, and your team, so it’s hard to be indifferent to them.

Politics 8

Politics Laswell Self-aware Influence 8

Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

This month, participants were given a choice of submitting a recent post or tackling the question of coping with external leadership challenges (for example, budget allocations or opposition from community entities). We opened up the carnival to older posts in order to capture participants best posts on this topic.

Leadership Development 150

Leadership Development Development Leadership Simon 150

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

presidential election season upon us, what political issues most concern business leaders? Aside from these three broad worries, directors are also anxious about corporate tax rates, political instability, and healthcare costs. Most of them, for example, consider unemployment and national budget deficits to be outside their purview.

Politics 8

Politics Telecommunications Policies Biotechnology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Big donors took board seats – bringing important connections and resources as well as egos and politics. I was disgusted when budgeting decisions were turned into tests of loyalty. Office Politics. Office politics are real, and dangerous. Political behavior is based on an assumption of mistrust.

Politics 8

Politics Morale Follow-up Participative 8

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

Join us to hear expert speakers from across the realms of politics and business discuss compelling issues such as: Where do men fit into supporting inclusive workplaces? Catch Anthony Painter’s pre-Budget statement appearance on Radio 5 Live on BBC Sounds for the next few weeks (conversation begins at 2:45:36). Reserved your spot?

Policies 121

Policies Article Skills Learning-by-Doing 121

Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

When people feel understood and appreciated for who they are, they’re ready to participate instead of just showing up. Minimize organizational politics. A culture that’s governed by organizational politics is disempowering and demotivating. Recognize and reward people—the right way.

Motivation 218

Motivation Crisis Politics Crisis Management 218

Roundtable Talk

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Here are my (potentially politically incorrect) views on how to navigate leadership peer-to-peer relationships for those aspiring to take a step up the next rung of leadership ladder. While you’re competing to get more budget, headcount, resources for your team, the guy in marketing is doing the same. Happy leading!

Management 34

Management Short-term Politics Long-term 34

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

In other words, instead of viewing this as something to be kept under her control, she reaches out the parents to help participate in succeeding to reach a goal they both share – of helping their child learn how to read. but you’ll not find that here. Something else that Ms. These are the leaders who go unnamed and unrecognized.

Blog 321

Blog Covey Learning-by-Doing Video 321

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2012

We've labeled these three elements of competence technical knowledge, operational knowledge, and political knowledge. You may understand capital budgeting because you took a course in it, but you still must know how it's actually done in your company — the steps involved, who must approve, and the tests to be met.

Politics 13

Politics Learning-by-Doing Delegation Budgeting 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2013

Your options for funding a corporate idea are very narrow — basically, you have to go through the often bureaucratic and political process of getting a budget from the managers above you. I call this idea "innovation capital markets," and it''s a system that''s a hybrid of venture capital, general capital and corporate budgeting.

Company 9

Company Budgeting Entrepreneur Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2018

From what I’ve seen when advising global teams, the psychological and emotional reaction people experience when participating on these teams can sink its effectiveness. Or at the very least, find the least inconvenient time for your most remote employees to participate. Life on a global team isn’t necessarily equitable.

Globalization 10

Globalization Team How To Bond 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2017

Since then, we’ve received over 7,000 responses from a diverse group of participants. budgeting, goal-setting, performance reviews) to be “very helpful.” Negotiating budget exceptions—often necessary when a company has to move quickly—was also impeded by bureaucracy.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Survey Politics Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2015

And these polls show that the most likely NIMBY (Not in My Backyard) opponents of any new development are 55 to 74 year-old, home-owning, college-educated, politically-independent, high-earning individuals — the very local residents with the most local political clout to get something stopped. So what happens?

Construction 8

Construction Politics Real Estate Project 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Thus, they agreed to agree on a sensible budget by a certain deadline. budget faces arbitrary and automatic cuts across the board. These specific, difficult goals are intended to motivate us to do things that we do not like to do, like negotiating over budget issues with a counterpart who does not share our views.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Norton Motivation Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2016

Saudi Arabia’s government reshuffle in early May is more than a political watershed. For example, in January 2016, Saudi Arabia announced far-reaching cutbacks of domestic subsidies for energy and water, a political no-go area for politicians across the region only a few years ago. What caused it?

Politics 8

Politics Human Capital Price Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

In 2012, even in the midst of an anemic global economy and budget tightening at firms, the amount spent on these events worldwide was an estimated $565 billion. Yet, after sales force costs, events are the biggest line item in many marketing budgets, especially for B2B firms. Software from firms like Glisser or sli.do

CRM 8

CRM ROI Budgeting Public Relations 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2012

Should companies use funds from the corporate treasury to advocate directly for or against political candidates in contested elections? Should we be passive and avoid such spending, or be active and get involved in partisan politics? See the website of the Center for Political Accountability ). 5,000 per election).

Company 12

Company Politics Policies Proposal 12

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Evaluate organizations online: their mission, major products/markets, history, and biographies of key participants. Place ad in an unusual venue, attend a political events, support a new cultural organization, or even be friendly at the Health Club. Investigate those doing what you want to do. Their advice can be invaluable.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

But as Obama is fond of saying, presidents are not elected to do the easy things, and political realities are not set in stone. Sandy has not only restarted the climate conversation in this country; it has also changed the calculus of what is politically possible. Economists from across the political spectrum, including N.

Cost 9

Cost Price Energy Proposal 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

Imagine slashed budgets, a hiring freeze, a tough competitive landscape, and unreasonable time constraints (or perhaps you don't have to imagine this state). They are involved with our activities as they are alumni or parents or current participants, or simply enthusiasts of our programs. This seems like an arbitrary question.

White Paper 10

White Paper CTO Diversity Constraint 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2015

Later, when the participants went out and made these very requests, strangers turned out to be twice as likely to say “yes” as the participants had expected. When they returned to the lab, many participants expressed surprise at how willing people were to go along with their requests. (In

Influence 8

Influence Participative Compliance Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2011

It's their job to ensure that procedures are followed, budgets are met, and slackers are punished. How can we ensure that weak signals don't get filtered out when the implications are politically uncomfortable? Learn more about participating in the challenge at the MIX. And then there's control.

Organization 9

Organization Supply Chain Decentralization Bureaucracy 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Sailors are taught to stand when someone enters the room, to shake hands and make eye contact, to use polite greetings like “sir” and “ma’am,” and to listen attentively. Young recruits entering the Navy are often unskilled in (or unaware of) the basic interpersonal social graces that enhance relationships.

Training 8

Training Health Care Leadership Education 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Ostensibly, all participants benefit from the synergy. They exchange ideas, swap cards, engage in base-level volunteer work and participate in several concurrent networks. They pay great sums to so-called ‘political consultants’ but will not consider asking CEOs and seasoned business executives for meaningful policy advice.

Committee 52

Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 52

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

“Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are properly their business.” Sales and marketing are not given enough support… especially management’s personal participation. . “A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.”

Strategy 58

Strategy P&L Strategic Planning Tactics 58

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 6, 2012

When all departments are consulted and participate in the decisions, then the company is empowered. Handle in Politically Correct Terms. The mark of an empowered team is its participation in this process. The Big Picture of Business – Planning and Budgeting in Downsized Times. Fear and failure are beneficial too.

Planning 50

Planning Consultative Learning-by-Doing Cost 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

The survey shows 40% of study participants prefer a salesperson who listens, understands, and then matches their solution to solve a specific problem. Seventy-eight percent of participants who preferred a salesperson who would listen and solve their specific needs agreed with the statement: “I try to avoid conflict as much as I can.”

Price 8

Price Health Care Committee Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2012

Government at all levels — local, state, and federal — can be an active participant and can help provide additional momentum. This can and should be a shared agenda across the political spectrum and a real opportunity to seize the moment and grow the pie for all Americans. We see seven areas for focus: 1.

Supply Chain 11

Supply Chain Incentives Politics Cost 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

That's because market participants begin to doubt the ability and/or commitment of the would-be crisis-enders in government or financial circles, and either run for the hills or make bigger and bigger bets on collapse. The euro was in some ways the ultimate political half-measure. Political scientist R.

Crisis 8

Crisis Finance Politics Incentives 8