Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 21, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!   The bottom line is that resources like this are increasingly rare in today's short-sighted business world.    I highly suggest you head to their website and check out the Buck Consultants knowledge resources. 

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Resources Consultative White Paper Human Resources 100

Chart Your Course

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Case in point, Jay Patel, CEO of Wintergreen Hospitality in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. In 2018, the winners will be the organizations that can draw the additional insights from this evolving workplace and dominate the competitive landscape by investing in their people and processes, as well as automation and robotics to maximize ROI.

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Trends Forrester Agility Emotional Intelligence 100

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 24, 2015

Patti Phillips PhD is president and CEO of ROI Institute, Inc. With expertise based on more than 27 years of corporate experience, Phillips has served as training and development manager at two Fortune 500 firms, as senior human resources officer, as a bank president, and as management professor at a major university.

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Organization Human Resources Bureaucracy Competitive Advantage 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

If you're a CEO, can the wrong head of HR cause you to lose your job? Ask the ex-CEO of Pfizer or the ex-CEO of Schwab, who both were fired by their boards in part for poor judgment regarding the head of HR. Perhaps it's easier to start by discussing the pathologies of a dysfunctional Chief of Human Resources Officer (CHRO).

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Metrics Human Resources Attrition CEO 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

Deborah DiSanzo, the CEO of Philips Healthcare, was once a CMO. She knew that to have a role in steering strategy, she had to earn the trust of her CEO and board. “To CMOs need to show the ROI of every pound spent on marketing and how it delivers against the bottom line.”. That bottom line sensibility is crucial.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Citrix is very serious about this mission for our customers as well as for how we work ourselves, so serious that we are adopting design thinking as a company-wide strategic imperative from our CEO, Mark Templeton. How was the value proposition or ROI worked out for management approval? How did the space come about?

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Brainstorming Open-book Conference Innovation 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Increasing creativity and innovation is not only on the priority list for start-ups; it’s also a strategic goal for CEOs of small, medium, and large-sized companies. There are lots of things that can be done in large organizations but simply aren’t because nobody has the time or resources.”

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Reality-Based Leadership

JULY 14, 2016

For the first time, I would be leading a team, which got me a free ticket to the Human Resources boot camp for managers. Can you imagine what would happen if went to the CEO and said, “I plan to spend 10 hours a day in a series of 45-minute one-on-one meetings talking about stuff that doesn’t add one whit of value to the company.

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Leadership Policies Self-aware Morale 60

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

Workplace wellness is under scrutiny by skeptics who argue that the return on investment (ROI) in wellness programs does not justify their costs. The current ROI debate has focused on whether one type of wellness program, lifestyle management (diet, exercise, and lifestyle changes), can reduce health care claims and lead to lower costs.

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ROI Health Care Company Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

A frustrated CEO recently shared with me that her employees had lost their edge. You'll also want to integrate these messages with your training and your human resource initiatives to connect them with employee development & performance metrics. Think broader than the typical CEO-delivered message. And don't disappear.

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