HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

In an interview with The HR Digest, Michael Fraccaro, Chief Human Resources Officer at Mastercard, explains the importance of business resource groups and the vital role it plays to deliver real business results. I was at a conference recently and one of the speakers remarked that “Culture hedges against the risk of uncertainty.”

Resources 40

Resources Human Resources Leadership Pipeline Learning-by-Doing 40

Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 3, 2014

The report consists of responses from an unparalleled participant pool of 13,124 global leaders and 1,528 human resource executives within 2,031 participating organizations. Three times more likely to incorporate an integrated learning journey versus a course-list approach when developing their leaders.

Human Capital 103

Human Capital Conference Metrics Talent Management 103

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Welcome to the November 7, 2010, early bird edition of leadership development carnival! Eric Pennington explains “why you must move forward, even if uncertainty surrounds and confounds you.&#. Anna Farmery , the Leadership Development Carnival founder, presents Are you too professional! posted at The Engaging Brand.

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Leadership Blog Human Resources Mission Statement 199

Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

In this time of economic uncertainty, the pressure to control costs is at a peak. With hiring freezes and layoffs, companies increasingly are asking themselves how to produce the results they need with limited or decreasing human resources. Edited excerpts of our conversation follow: Why is flexibility so important?

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Flextime ROI Advice Human Capital 115

HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

We have taken an intentional approach to develop a vision and strategy that takes all our stakeholders’ perspectives into account – one that our customers, carriers and employees can stand behind. More frequent communications on the state of our business helped people feel more informed throughout times of uncertainty.

Supply Chain 109

Supply Chain Human Resources Diversity Transportation 109

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Career progression analysis also shows that at each level, men are promoted at materially higher rates than women. Women are far more likely than men to leave the industry or to reduce their level of ambition just at the point in their careers when they need to make the effort to push on to the top. financial firms are women.

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Chief Executive Officer Committee Career Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

In light of today's economic volatility and uncertainty every aspect of business is being re-examined for its value in creating and sustaining profitable growth. I've worked in human resources for over 25 years, the past six with Newell Rubbermaid, and this is not a new endeavor for me.

Offshoring 14

Offshoring Fixed Costs Outsourcing Construction 14

Strategy Driven

MAY 6, 2011

Business development. Businesses of all sizes are besieged with opportunities, competing information sources and large amounts of uncertainty. Executives are not fully prepared to handle challenges of the moment, much less to begin developing Big Picture thinking. Develop a support system of friends and colleagues.

Strategic Planning 77

Strategic Planning Advertising Consultative Planning 77

Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2012

Those who see the world probabilistically seem to better navigate volatile environments because they are wired to embrace uncertainty. The psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky demonstrated quite convincingly that we human beings are not the model-optimizing "rational" actors that many economists historically believed we are.

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Uncertainty Tversky Kahneman Self-aware 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2018

I’m no different: I’ve spent my career helping executives succeed, either through coaching and development or assessments of their strengths and opportunity areas to identify the development work they need to do to take their careers to the next level. C-suite leaders are at the apex of their careers.

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Henderson Career CEO Execution 13

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 7, 2019

For instance, a strong local employer gives people a fixed income and a relatively determined career path if they work hard. A strong industrial presence in a community gives that community a real sense of identity and culture emerges around the industry that provides a focal point for citizens way of life.

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Industry Policies Entrepreneur Human Capital 68

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2012

"There are a lot of informal negotiations that go on with supervisors," agrees Peter Cappelli, a management professor at the Wharton School and the author of Talent on Demand: Managing Talent in an Age of Uncertainty. Rousseau agrees, "Men pay more of a career price for taking time off." That's the only way the inequity will change.

How To 15

How To Policies Short-term Quinn 15

Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

After a year of uncertainty and tumult, Congress finally got around to making some crucial decisions in the last month of 2010. Extended many energy and business credits and incentives, such as the Research & Development credit. Extends unemployment insurance coverage through 2011. Stay tuned for more excitement!

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Press Release Discount Insurance PR 178

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Somewhere along the way, rules trumped logic and created an environment of uncertainty and fear. ” Together, the group determines gaps and develops standards or expectations of each other that drive committed behaviors as members of a high-performing team. Prioritize leadership over technical skill.

Policies 10

Policies Price Handbook Compliance 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

Examples of this phenomenon have emerged already: The world’s largest hedge fund is developing a capability for an algorithm to make hiring and firing decisions. Successfully implementing such a capability could dramatically affect headcount in human resources functions, but also in other functions, such as sales.

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Skills Engineering Telecommunications Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2012

The logic is straightforward: learn more about your function, acquire "expert" status, and you'll go further in your career. Few have developed the understanding that the bark is merely the outermost layer of a tree. To advance in one's career, it was most efficient to specialize. But what if this approach is no longer valid?

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Hammer Real Estate Uncertainty Career 20

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2016

Important clues are emerging from a unique consortium of human resource executives and other leaders. Boundary-less work partnerships and networks augment capabilities and redefine careers, learning and workplace fairness and attractiveness. Human-automation collaboration. Exponential technology change.

Human Resources 8

Human Resources Technology Globalization Trends 8