HR Digest

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In this article, we’ll explore how ditching the Monday morning commute can benefit your employees and business and how to implement a successful remote work policy. A survey by Buffer found that 99% of remote workers would like to continue working remotely at least part-time for the rest of their careers.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 31, 2020

In this comprehensive guide, we tell you all you need to know about SQF certification, including how to get certified. The program is developed and managed by the SQF Institute. Retailers and foodservice providers refrain from selling products that don’t guarantee their customer’s safety. Read on to learn more. What Is SQF?

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 14, 2018

Check bulletin boards, encourage them to look at reputable online resources for hiring positions, and take them to fill out applications at local grocery stores, fast food restaurants, or retail shops. But where would they like to end up, career-wise, in the long run? Then, help them pinpoint both short-term and long-term job goals.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Want to learn how to run your business without all the stress? Movers and Shakers: Karen Wimbish, Director of Retail Retirement for Wells Fargo. The Glass Hammer shares the story of Karen Wimbish whose career soared after her children had grown. Get the rest by following the link above. 4 Principles of Stress-Free Management.

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Women on Business

JUNE 19, 2011

Following is an edited excerpt from my latest book, Content Marketing for Dummies , which teaches individuals and business owners how to create and publish online content that can help you reach your goals. They develop expectations for your brand based on the information you consistently share.

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Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 6, 2023

CMI Insights sat down with Fiona to learn more about her career and her priorities for her presidency. Making work secure CMI recently partnered with the Work Foundation to publish a new study exploring the role of managers in sectors where work is often precarious, such as hospitality, retail and agriculture. Learn more here.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

3 May Dear all, On a recent episode of the FT ’s Working It podcast, Ann Francke discussed how to turn around a toxic workplace culture and the importance of holding senior leadership to account. How to close the say-do gap and tap into hidden talent? How can AI and future technology aid, rather than impair, inclusion?

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 7, 2010

This online retailer offers everything from bedroom furniture, luggage, shoes and bags, home and garden accessories, and also living room and dining furniture, like this chest of drawers. Flores, web developer at 10K Webdesign, see her bio for Women on Business or visit her website [link]. Follow her on Twitter as @monicadear.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

In this leadership philosophy, the main goal of the leader is to serve, and to share power and put the needs of team members first, to help your team develop and perform as highly as possible. I am also a huge champion of diversity, equity and inclusion, and have been across the course of my career.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 23, 2015

Like smart investment managers, smart people managers figure out how to shift their investment of time and energy from some parts of their portfolio so they can invest more in other parts where there is more potential for improvement. Here are four moves that smart leaders do to get the highest overall return from their team.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Tom often hogs the spotlight in meetings unaware of how that alienates his peers. And…well…I don’t know how to put this, but he has noticeable body odor that’s a real turnoff.” Complaints about communication style usually concern how one speaks up (or doesn’t) in various forums.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

We all know developing a personal brand is valuable, since a strong reputation can put you on the radar for exciting career opportunities. ” So how can you, as a woman, navigate this conundrum and develop a robust personal brand? Yulia Reznikov/Getty Images. Network both inside and outside your organization.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

14th Administrator, United States Agency for International Development. Forbes – #1 Leader in Retail. Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Rod MacKenzie – Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer for Pfizer, member of Pfizer’s Executive Leadership Team. Former CEO, Carlson.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

It’s easy to be confused about how to grow in your career. My experience with even the most successful global companies is that they’re between average and poor at developing future talent. They’re often not transparent about your real needs and vague about the most effective development options.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2012

Nothing in career strategy is more important than picking the career field that's right for you. Guide your career by consciously building on your capabilities. The first step in thinking about a capability-driven career is to understand what to build on. A more specific list would be a stronger career guide.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Why didn’t Folgers recognize the retail consumer demand for coffee and develop a Starbucks type business model? How did Microsoft not keep Google at bay? Let’s just take a moment and look at a few notable examples of what happens to companies that become complacent…Why didn’t the railroads innovate?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2017

In industries like retail, customer service, and hospitality, entry-level turnover alone costs billions of dollars each year, based on voluntary turnover rates and annual replacement costs. The young people we surveyed worked in a wide variety of industries, including health care, manufacturing, retail, and hospitality.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

We know how crucial it is to having talent who love working for us and who will offer discretionary effort and innovation. We even know how to quantify all this stuff. Including the brain trust on your organizational development team. The one who really should be studying how to move that needle is, well, you.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

The Benevolent Dictator gives you no-nonsense how-to advice and examples that have worked. For those times when you need an iron hand, then you also need the wisdom to know when and how to use it. You can afford to invest in developing someone who is interested in developing. This plan will help you get through the year.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 28, 2015

Cactus began developing special characters, with unique personas. During that time, he developed a famous sign-off phrase. He taught me how to deliver live commercials and to ad-lib. Through the remotes, I learned how to feed lines and develop the talent to speak in sound bites, as I do for business media interviews to this day.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2017

When an employer extends a job offer to you, he has, in essence, “fallen in love with you,” says John Lees, the UK-based career strategist and author of The Success Code. “Think about the offer in terms of your development, your quality of life, and the variety of the work you want to do.” What the Experts Say.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2016

” A professional can advise you on whether it makes sense to incorporate, how to save in taxes, and how to manage all of your expenses. Goel advises building in downtime to do business development and networking. . “This might be a lawyer, but I find that the kind of support you need is more about economics than law.”

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

The world’s largest online shoe retailer went from 8 million $ to 1 billion $ annual revenue in 7 years. And also The World’s Most Powerful Leadership Principle, How to Become a Servant Leader. Back when you started leadership development working with those unions, how did servant leadership come to you? Ben: So you.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

The world’s largest online shoe retailer went from 8 million $ to 1 billion $ annual revenue in 7 years. And also The World’s Most Powerful Leadership Principle, How to Become a Servant Leader. Back when you started leadership development working with those unions, how did servant leadership come to you? Ben: So you.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

“The camaraderie develops naturally.” ’” Mike recognizes that he’s in the meeting because the other person “has a business problem, and I have a potential solution,” but his main focus—at least at first—“is to get to know the other person as a human being and develop a relationship.”

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2017

But how good are we at evaluating human potential? On the one hand, science has given us robust tools and powerful theories to quantify the key indicators of future career success , job performance , and leadership effectiveness. How to Manage a Toxic Employee. The answer is, it’s mixed. Make Your Enemies Your Allies.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2018

He did it by asking an important question: What kinds of players in the Major League draft typically go on to have the most successful professional careers? The retailer has a baby gift registry for expectant mothers — women who had effectively told Target not only that they were pregnant, but when they were due.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Because business is fraught with many risks and challenges, and because this journey isn’t right for everyone, I’ve developed some questions that will help you get more clarity so you can make better decisions for yourself when it comes to starting a business. Family Questions. If you’re in a relationship, is your spouse fully on board?

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Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Jay, Merv and Andrea shared their lessons on how to lead when times are tough and when times are booming. On December 8 th , we’ll be meeting with Christine Magee of Sleep Country Canada to talk about her leadership lessons from close to two decades of building Canada’s best known mattress retailer. Hope to see you then. Happy leading!

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2015

“But there’s an art to the ask,” says Diana Faison, a partner with leadership development firm Flynn Heath Holt Leadership. “You want to be able to demonstrate how you add value and how you’ve made a difference to the company.” Here’s how to craft your request. Gather evidence.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2015

.” “EHS director with 20 years of experience driving regulatory compliance and employees’ health and safety across industries—manufacturing, retail, and healthcare. Develop award-winning, injury-reducing ergonomic equipment. Launch LMS training programs and engaging websites to inform thousands of employees.”

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

The lower reimbursement and need to provide 24/7 coverage that makes a primary-care-based system so appealing to policy makers and others has long been shown to be a source of burnout and challenges in getting medical students to choose careers in primary care. The last thing that this group of providers desires is more responsibility.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2017

If you’re a business leader looking for an opportunity to have real impact on your company — and position yourself for the top job — which career path is best? That the CHRO role, although at first it may look career limiting, can have more impact than any other position reporting to the CEO?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2018

As the founder of his own New York retail store, Michael C. Work with the current leaders of your family business to identify which families in their existing networks you should build your own relationships with, and then develop a plan for getting to know them. Rosemary Calvert/Getty Images. So don’t be afraid to reach out.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

As new technologies in social media, transportation, and telecommunications bring us closer together, it's more critical than ever for organizations to recruit, develop, and retain multicultural leaders who can skillfully navigate both the opportunities and challenges of a more connected world.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

To help companies better understand who contractors are, where they are in their career paths, what they want out of their next job, and where they can be found, we recently aggregated and analyzed data from public LinkedIn profiles. Appeal to what contractors want from their careers. Design competitive compensation.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

Sales was traditionally seen as a form of service work, with an emphasis primarily on developing moral character. Salespeople were told what to say (word for word), how to dress, what expression to wear, how to hold their hands, and even how to hold a pen when handing it to a customer to “sign on the dotted line.”

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