Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2018

HCCI outsourced back-office operations — human resources, accounting, finance, medical transcription, radiology — to low-cost but high-skilled employees in India. For instance, all FDA approved medicines were purchased at one-tenth the cost for the same medicines in the U.S. ” Hopefully U.S.

Health Care 15

Health Care System Innovation Price 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2014

But building a consistently strong top leadership team is difficult for at least three reasons: the tendency to be loyal to existing members, the lack of management depth to promote from, and many CEOs’ lack of experience in many functional areas. Four months later the CEO fired him. But when it’s a team of six?

Leadership 8

Leadership Leadership Pipeline Loyalty CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The same can be true if you are in an engineering job without the right credentials, or a senior finance job without an MBA or an advanced degree in finance. If you are in Human Resources, you can improve your technical skills with the PHR and SPHR certifications offered by the Society for Human Resource Management.

Career 8

Career Skills Cost-Benefit Analysis Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2011

Competence, of course, is critical — the candidate must be able to do required tasks well. Finding people with the right combination of competence, character and team skills isn't easy, of course, even if you conduct a long, carefully-orchestrated search. By "talent," I mean three things. Teach others.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Collins Long-term Human Resources 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. Five years earlier, when he’d stepped into his role, he’d been focused on growing the company that his father, Eric — the previous CEO — had founded.

Case Study 12

Case Study Team CFO Merchandising 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

So four years ago, when I was CEO of GE Capital Retail Finance and tapped to lead a mega change initiative — splitting off our unit into a new, publicly traded company, Synchrony Financial — I’ll admit I viewed it as a huge challenge. A CEO is far removed from the day-to-day concerns of most workers.

Management 9

Management IPO Diversity Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

The CEO’s principal aim therefore is not necessarily to judiciously allocate financial capital but to allocate precious scientific and human resources to the most promising projects and to pull back and redeploy those resources in a timely manner when the prospects of specific projects dim.

Report 8

Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

And a great potential source of talent with the right skills are professionals who change career lanes — people with experience and training in accounting, finance, human resources and strategy who leave corporate jobs to follow their passion to have a social impact. About 75% come from the private sector.

Chief Operating Officer 8

Chief Operating Officer How To Airlines Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2015

I worked as a consultant for many years before becoming the CEO of Red Hat. These are the questions that keep me up at night as a CEO. If you do get some constructive criticism early on, you can more easily change course while also increasing trust and buy-in from the rest of the company. Photo by TOM EVERSLEY.

Construction 8

Construction Consultative Learning-by-Doing Human Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Yet I perceive a large gap between the direct experience of non-executive directors and the experience required to challenge and support chairmen and CEOs in their quest to bring the best technology to their business. Of course, this leaves too many companies vulnerable to technology-fueled disruption. Understand the cyber threat.

Technology 8

Technology Zero Based Budgeting Banking CIO 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

For CEOs and leadership teams that spend substantial time and resources on talent, capability, leadership, and culture, the requirement that organizations share more information offers an opportunity to better tell their story to investors. Performance measurement Data Human resource management'

Human Capital 8

Human Capital CFO Banking Report 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Workfront CEO Alex Shootman says digitization is happening in most companies on a function-by-function basis, leaving teams to work in silos instead of executing new strategies together. And today I’m talking with Alex Shootman, President and CEO of Workfront. ” Download this interview. Alex Shootman, Workfront.

Content 8

Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2017

Scholars from a number of fields have offered explanations for this transition, including globalization, technological change, declining unionization, heightened product market competition, and the rise of finance. In other words, even given the pressure CEOs are under, there is room for them to do more or less for their workers.

Marketing 8

Marketing Short-term Incentives Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

If you plan for the team to be self-financing after an initial period, how long do you have to make it work — a couple of months, or a couple of years? Being clear about this will help you direct your resources to those programs that stand the best chance of early payback. Alternatively, human resources might be the right place.

Company 8

Company Committee Ethics Project 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. On the finance and deal side, we also felt a strong kinship with Tsai.

Chief Financial Officer 9

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2012

When Luisa took over as CEO after his death, she'd vowed to continue the tradition. The previous night, Luisa had met with Maria Alva, Superado's finance vice president. She dialed the extension of Superado's vice president of human resources, and he picked up on the first ring. Today, though, she felt uneasy.

Case Study 10

Case Study Price Policies Retail 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Recently, my colleagues and I interviewed dozens of these higher-ambition CEOs , all of whom taught us a valuable lesson: integrity is at the heart of great leadership. Higher-ambition CEOs know who they are, and how they lead and run their companies reflects their personal values and principles. Personal Integration.

360-Degree Feedback 14

360-Degree Feedback Ethics Education Human Resources 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and prominent board members, with the cooperation and support of the head of HR, have initiated an investigation. Stellar recruitment is vital, of course, but it can be easy for an HR organization to myopically focus on delivering those services in their efforts to serve leaders and be a strategic partner.

Compliance 10

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

One result is that they keep their cards close to their chests about what they are looking for (at first), while expecting you to reveal everything – your finances, pricing, ownership, human resources, production processes, quality assurance, customer service procedures, KPIs, and existing customers.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

"This is the first step in getting a job, so you have to persuade the initial screeners that you are a good candidate," says Peter Cappelli, a professor at The Wharton School, the Director of Wharton's Center for Human Resources, and author of " Talent Management for the Twenty-First Century." Play the long game.

Sample 15

Sample Case Study Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Of course, the firms I researched did accept résumés from students at other universities. There may be really good candidates out there, but it’s not worth the investment on our part to spend a lot of resources looking for them when we have a very good pool that’s easy to reach.”

EPS 8

EPS Diversity Banking Reputation 8