HR Digest

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Zoom’s DEI layoffs were part of a company-wide round of job cuts with 150 employees facing the brunt of the decision. It instead means that the company no longer wants to have an internal team to handle this work. Instead, the company will hire external experts and consultants to regulate the matters of DEI.

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The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

One of their studies found that when Chief Operating Officers’ values weren’t aligned with their organization, they needed a 40% salary increase to stay in their jobs. Ingram and Choi find that companies flounder when their culture and employee values aren’t aligned. Leaders invest little time in culture development.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Businesses and companies now need to rethink how to manage post-covid work trends like their remote workforce, hiring policies, skills, and experience needs. Only 12% want to return to full-time office work, and 72% want a hybrid remote-office model moving forward. . The Covid-19 pandemic has reset the way the world works.

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Women on Business

MAY 24, 2012

Seventy years have passed since women left the confines of being homemakers and joined the work force en mass. Today, in 2012, there are only 12 Fortune 500 companies are led by women CEO’s. They tested leadership skills from development to problem solving to innovation etc. Make your goal specific.

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Women on Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Guest Post By Mary Kinney, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Ginnie Mae, a cornerstone of the U.S. percent of executive positions at Fortune 500 companies and 16.6 The report also shows that more than one quarter of Fortune 500 companies have no women in executive roles.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 24, 2021

Have measurable targets – Having female role models in senior positions is clearly beneficial in a number of ways, and the authors urge companies to have measurable targets for improving the diversity of their leadership team. As with so many policies, for this to be effective, it’s vital that senior managers lead by example.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

This was also the focus of last week’s HCI Learning and Leadership Development conference where leaders from a wide range of industries and backgrounds offered their viewpoints and experiences on learning, leadership and fostering growth in your organization. . ‘Focus on behaviours to change culture.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 23, 2015

Making your High Cost Producers accountable for cleaning up their own messes and making their own decisions is the best way you can force them to develop the skills they need to be independent. Victor Prince: As the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the U.S.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

“Companies in which leaders at every level nurture a culture where employees can develop a sense of ownership in what they do are the companies that excel.” “Effective leaders have a vision of what they want their company to become, and have a strategic sense of how to get there.”

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CEO Insider

JULY 2, 2022

Fully 62% of business leaders say their companies need to do more to protect data, according to KPMG. Surveys show more consumers are worried about unlawful data sharing, such as through online advertising, than data breaches.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2013

StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC and NTE Solutions have announced a partnership that will expand energy services to clients and prospects of both companies. Project development and management. Asset management and operational programs improvement. Greg Gaskey Named StrategyDriven Enterprises Chief Operations Officer.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2016

The financial situation for Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Company could not have been more dismal in 1998. The company had chalked up losses in seven of the past eight years, and it was now paying a billion dollars annually just to service its $19-billion debt. Renault agreed to infuse $5.4 Learn to Lead Strategically.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 28, 2017

Mark Thompson – World’s #1 Executive Coach for Growth Company Leaders; NY Times bestselling author Admired and Success Built to Last ; Stanford University Venture Design Lab; Executive Producer, Schwab.com, and Forbes’ Venture Investor with the Midas Touch. Human Resources & Leadership Development Professionals—Cohort 1.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2013

” “An effective safety culture is far more than slogans and posters,” continues Greg Gaskey, StrategyDriven’s Chief Operations Officer. ” Nathan and Greg authored Preventing Catastrophic Industrial Accidents based on their decades of experience managing nuclear and industrial complex operations. .”

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Steve Farber

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

.” Stephens joined Marco’s Pizza in 2004 when it was a successful but regional chain operating 110 stores in three states. Now, he’s the president and chief operating officer for Marco’s (and was featured earlier this year on CBS’ Undercover Boss ).

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2012

These innovations are already happening in developing countries. A major bank, Citi Bank and major beverages company, Coca-Cola are doing pilots). It can convert millions of "non-consumers" of financial services in the developing world into consumers, and large sections of the world's poor population will benefit.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2018

Sandra Slager, chief operating officer at MindEdge, an online learning platform for companies and colleges, says that whenever she works with a challenging colleague, she reminds herself to “assume the best” about that person. And I think he realized that we didn’t need to be enemies.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2012

In growing companies, the temptation to fuel growth by hiring new talent is almost irresistible. The hiring path is especially compelling for hot growth companies; they are inherently attractive employers and can afford new resources. Too many companies are looking for talent in the wrong place.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2018

Last year I decided it was time to shake things up at our investment management company. When the CEO does depart, companies find themselves lacking leaders who are experienced in critical aspects of the top post. I had taken one step toward this two years ago, when I named one partner president and another chief operating officer.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2018

” Famously, in 2013, Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook and a billionaire, published a book in which her advice for working women was to tell them to “lean in.” Men are held to a lower standard. The fallacy of meritocracy in male-dominated organizations is well-documented.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2012

political system, the business world has no rules requiring that every leader have a backup, or that every corporate chief executive has a chief operating officer. That's often the case with founder-led companies in which the founder wants a team in which no one can emerge as a rival. Unlike the U.S.

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Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Jay Woo , CAA South Central Ontario’s Chief Operating Officer offered up this piece of advice: “Stay connected to your front line.” A huge innovation that no other company has. A piece of simple advice, but it’s amazing how few senior leaders walk that talk. Just ask Woo.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2015

Run an action-learning program to develop the top leadership team’s ability to confront ambiguity. To infuse innovation into day-to-day activities of your company so your frontline workers will identify customers’ problems and solve them in novel ways? There’s a seemingly endless list of options to consider.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2014

The third-generation CEO of a family business, my client experienced severe stress as his executive team (comprised of older family members) lambasted his every decision about how to run the company. With this newfound focus, the CEO harnessed the team’s knowledge and motivation to grow the company. Develop strategic leadership skills.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Not only do employees with disabilities comprise a large talent pool, it’s a remarkably innovative one: 75% of them report having an idea that would drive value for their company (versus 66% of employees without disabilities). Companies also need to create a culture of support and inclusion by doing the following: Provide training.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Take this anecdote: Our innovation consultancy recently played host to a rather unusual job interview when a candidate came to us after selling his company, a premium brand of Cachaça (the Brazilian liquor). Pete Maulik is Chief Operating Officer and Head of Commercial Strategy at Fahrenheit 212 , an innovation consultancy based in New York.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

One senior leader at a professional services company, whom we’ll call Bronwyn, made the move from client-facing partner to chief operating officer. She was able to build on the analytics and change management insights she had brought to clients to help strengthen her own organization from the C-suite.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

That’s according to an internal memo obtained by Ad Age, from McDonald's USA Chief Operating Officer Jim Johannesen, which reads: "Starting with Thanksgiving, ensure your restaurants are open throughout the holidays…our largest holiday opportunity as a system is Christmas Day.” After posting U.S. sales growth of 2.5%

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

For ambitious young professionals, the abilities they develop fairly quickly at a social enterprise are the sorts of listening, communications, problem-solving, and relationship skills that take years to acquire by climbing the corporate ladder. Significantly, 85% said these skills were highly or somewhat relevant to their for-profit jobs.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2016

As the CEO and founder of a remote-based software development company, I’ve learned that remote work creates better employees. ” We then direct potential employees to pages that showcase our accomplishments and our company culture to help applicants envision themselves working for us.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Gap is joining a growing corps of large companies that are turning to an overlooked pool of entry-level talent: the 5.5 The strategy offers them a rare trifecta: It’s good for the company, youth, and society. The strategy offers them a rare trifecta: It’s good for the company, youth, and society. Across the U.S.,

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2014

Consider the case of director Frank Whyte (as we’ll call him): “You show a 3 percent increase in productivity,” Whyte snapped at the executive vice president of the largest division of a very successful consumer-goods company and likely CEO successor. Not surprisingly, executives at the company hated making presentations at board meetings.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

We are a big company, so there's always a tendency to go with the big players. What resources do you have to get something fixed?" —Chief Operating Officer. A clear difference between winners and losers is that the winners developed an internal "coach" within the account. C-Level Executive Access.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2013

Their son-in-law (married to their eldest daughter) had recently been named chief operating officer. The business—a regional construction company with a special expertise in building waste chemical and water treatment plants—has never lost money in its 30 year history, and it''s grown steadily.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’m talking about the superconsumers who are inside your organization, working at every level: the fashionista who works in the mail room at the headquarters of an apparel company, or the finance manager who works for a pork brand and who eats three pounds of bacon in any given week. So find them, ask questions, and let them help you.

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Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

At the start of my leadership development programs, I ask people for examples of "negotiating with yourself." To help people develop in their leadership and in their lives, I honed in on a small set of those hundreds of faces. The Big Four are: The Chief Executive Officer: your inner Dreamer. At first this sounds strange.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Bill George is best-known as the former CEO of Medtronic, where the company's market cap grew from $1.1 In True North Groups , Bill and Doug provide an extremely insightful and practical roadmap for how you can create your own ecosystem for mutual support, feedback, development, and, ultimately, lifelong learning collaborators.

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