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.

Flextime 115

Flextime ROI Advice Human Capital 115

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 15

Offshoring Fixed Costs Outsourcing Construction 15

Strategy Driven

MAY 6, 2011

Businesses of all sizes are besieged with opportunities, competing information sources and large amounts of uncertainty. It may be: human resources, organizational development, training, technology, sales, marketing, advertising, public relations, coaching or financial management. Seasoned executives face burnout daily.

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.

Uncertainty 13

Uncertainty Tversky Kahneman Self-aware 13

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. The Bush tax cuts, set to expire after December 31, 2010, had lowered most income tax brackets, capital gains and dividend tax rates over the past decade.

Press Release 178

Press Release Discount Insurance PR 178

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

There are many explanations for growing inequality and stagnant wages, but studies have found that so-called “skills premiums” — higher wages for more-skilled workers — have been a significant factor in growing income inequality, and technology is the reason why that premium has risen.

Skills 8

Skills Engineering Telecommunications Incentives 8

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. Exponential technology change. Human-automation collaboration.

Human Resources 8

Human Resources Technology Globalization Trends 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. To advance in one's career, it was most efficient to specialize. Finally, there appears to be reasonable and robust data suggesting that generalists are better at navigating uncertainty. Why's that?

Hammer 20

Hammer Real Estate Uncertainty Career 20