Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Despite an ability that allowed her, later in life, to play on stage with Yo-Yo Ma at a televised event in Washington, she realized early on that she could not make a career as a virtuoso pianist. Amazingly, one of the paradoxes of the corporate world is that mature organizations often choke off the capabilities needed to succeed.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2016

As our lives and marketplaces change all too rapidly, past career decisions can become obsolete or even dangerous to our wellbeing. With the experience of your first career to draw on, you should know what you enjoy and what you could learn to do. Career Transitions. Leaving a Stable Job to Create Your Dream Career.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

Take ownership of planning programs, rather than abdicate them to human resources or accounting people. Mentoring, creating and leading have become the primary emphasis for your career. As one matures, survives, life becomes a giant reflection. Predict the biggest crises that can beset your company.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

OCTOBER 31, 2010

It lacks maturity and I hazard to say, increases, rather than diminishes, the need for more rules. And yet, in my growing, (ahem), maturity I really see the need to continually question rules that make no sense to me. In fact, they are so convinced of this, they see no point in learning them in the first place.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

Human Resources Oversees Training. Consultants must have at least a 10-year track record to be at all viable as a judgment resource. What is their maturity level? Training, professional enrichment, membership in associations and constructive business interaction are vital for career longevity and economic independence.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

APRIL 4, 2010

Shared leadership includes a level of maturity that to me transcends that kind of practice and focuses instead on tangible outcomes. I think we all know really, that the amount of time one occupies a chair in an office is not a reliable indicator of what one is producing. So that’s it for now… over to you.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

You might think that the corporate human resources function doesn't have much of a role in improving business processes, such as product development, operations, customer service, or distribution. In contrast, Coco joined Lowe's HR function after a career that included process improvement and "Black Belt" experience at GE.

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HR Digest

JUNE 24, 2023

HR analytics, also known as people analytics or workforce analytics, is a data-driven approach that empowers Human Resources Management (HRM) by collecting, analyzing, and interpreting HR data. The term Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) emerged as organizations recognized the critical role HR plays in driving business success.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2014

Leaving on a Jet Plane (but Just for the Week) Don’t Get Around Much Anymore Human Resource Executive Fewer people are moving for jobs today — and when people do move, not many are citing work as the reason. Career planning Hiring' Wasn’t the whole point of entering an elite profession that you wouldn’t have to work like a dog?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Humorous because, as a Human Resources practitioner, I hear similar calls for change within my profession. The Management Innovation Exchange is currently running a competition to "hack" the human resources function to enable organizational adaptability. As IT steps up as mentor, it needs to mature as well.

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HR Digest

MARCH 11, 2020

It is the mid-segment executives that were handling the finance, accounting, sales, and administrative jobs that are finding themselves left out in the cold with applications softwares taking over their careers. People in their mid-40s and later, who have hit the peak of their working career are suddenly faced with a very empty near future.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The problem is that office romance doesn’t sit well with human resources, especially when you’re hooking up with someone within your chain of command. Then again, be prepared for a career brick if things go south. This will also help you avoid making a trip to the human resources if the relationship is over.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Meister, a founding partner of Future Workplace, the human resources consultancy, and coauthor of The 2020 Workplace. The answer is often no—particularly if you’re at the end of your career and want to slow down,” he says. Is it that my boss got a promotion, and I didn’t? ’” Meister agrees.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2016

But viewing reference checks as a formality is a mistake, according to Priscilla Claman, the president of Career Strategies, a Boston-based consulting firm and a contributor to the HBR Guide to Getting the Right Job. “You can’t rely on your hunch,” she says.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

That’s what they have done for most of their careers. (2 99.99999 percent of actual management consultants come from five basic career orientations and fit onto one of the five branches of The Business Tree : Technical or niche industry orientation. Human resources management. What is their maturity level?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2013

Ten years after the start of the Iraq War, we're all familiar with the case for hiring veterans: they're mature, responsible, have significant managerial experience, and are used to chaotic, ambiguous environments. Business immersion programs and Employee Resource Groups can mitigate turnover and reduce those costs. respectively ?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2016

” In less mature economies and fragile regions of the world, entrepreneurs are just as, if not more, critical to livelihoods and development. Further, how can we engender the rock star aura of American entrepreneurship in places where NGO and government jobs are safer career bets for would-be, could-be, should-be startup founders?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Airline kiosks represent a mature, saturated market. Frank responded, astonished. The room was silent. "It It can't be done with our current offerings. I was with clients in New York, Atlanta, and Orlando last week.

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