HR Digest

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Image: Pexels Zoom DEI Priorities See a Shift in the Year of Layoffs Teams that are not critical to keep operations running have often been treated as the most dispensable and Zoom’s DEI layoffs signal the potential start of another alarming trend this year.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Internal recruiters do not have the tools or abilities to fill these critical leadership roles, their ‘open requisition’ stack is too full, and all roles get equal attention, whereas the most critical ones need a dedicated team. Vukelic served as the chief operating officer of N2Growth. Typically, Ms. Earlier, Ms.

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Mike Cardus

APRIL 25, 2013

Meeting with a Chief Operations Officer of a Health Care Organization, whose team I have been consulting and coaching. 6 Coaching Questions for Managers & Teams. YES, yes there is…and these questions can be cascaded through the organization. What’s the goal that you’re working towards?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 23, 2015

Guest post by Victor Prince : Teams at work are like portfolios of people with different skills and performance patterns. Here are four moves that smart leaders do to get the highest overall return from their team. Stop Micromanaging your Exemplars – You know who the Exemplars on your team are.

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Next Level Blog

MARCH 30, 2021

Over the past year, I’ve had the opportunity to coach the members of a couple of different corporate senior leadership teams. The coaching approach I use for leadership teams is a lot like the one I use for individual leaders. A proactive way to start the day! She uses the time for both longer term and short-term thinking.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 15, 2020

I lost my job as a chief operations officer because, as I said earlier, I was seen as tactless and overly direct. There is a lot of contemporary research that says that work teams perform better when there is trust and people can be themselves. I know this because I’ve been in your shoes. Negotiate a family charter.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 15, 2023

On Wednesday, Cruise fired nine executives, including its chief operating officer and chief legal and policy officer amid an external investigation led by law firm Quinn Emmanuel into the accident and Cruise’s response. C ruise layoffs 2023 There has been many layoffs at GM Cruise in 2023.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The 2020 Leaders25 Top CHRO Award is a list curated by a panel of N2Growth team members ( co-led by Jeffrey Cohn and Mike Myatt ), as well as outside advisory members to ensure objectivity and rigor in our selection process. He is the total package – a team player people love to work with and for.

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 21, 2013

Still, in the year that Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg published " Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead ," women everywhere made impressive economic and political gains. It’s hard to believe that at the end of 2013 we still see more than a few all-male corporate boards and leadership teams.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 4, 2012

No doubt your team feels jazzed about their work too – knowing that they are making a difference. That’s the best gift a leader can give to their team. If you answered B , then it’s time to get out of your office and hit the road again. You’re also creating a good dose of job security as well. Here’s what you need to do: 1.

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Women on Business

MAY 24, 2012

Instead of saying “I want to be in a management position” say “I want to be Chief Operating Officer or the VP of Sales” Decide why you want to win and what the accomplishment would mean to you. He reminds the team of why they are fighting, tears are shed and they go out to conquer.

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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.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 12, 2020

Former Chief Operating Officer of Pinterest, Françoise Brougher, has filed a lawsuit against the company alleging gender discrimination and wrongful termination. She was also asked to tell her team that she was leaving on her own. The company’s executive board is entirely made up of men!

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Julie Greenwald, chairwoman and chief operating officer of the Atlantic Records Group.

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Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Our entire management team found Michael to be energizing, engaging and extremely astute. He helped our team to formulate realistic project plans to enhance our bottom line. I learned so much more about my team and what we are capable of. Interested in Revitalizing the Strategic Planning of your Organization and Team?

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 15, 2014

At the time we were writing this piece, Chris was stationed at Kabul, Afghanistan as the Chief of Staff/Chief Operating Officer for the NATO Air Training Command. As a leader, the same goes for developing a team. Follow these five simple ground rules and your new leadership challenge will be off to a great start.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Leaders must show their teams they care about them. When we quit spending our energy on hiding something or faking it, and begin to show our weaknesses or our idiosyncrasies to our team, they are empowered to do the same. Leaders also need to ensure communication is two-way, meaning they give a voice to their teams and listen.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

How to Earn Trus t and Lead Teams. His book, Lessons from the Navy: How to Earn Trust, Lead Teams, and Achieve Organizational Excellence is loaded with advice to help all leaders aspiring to operate at the highest levels. Often, they are quietly discussed among team members. How does this work?

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

.” – John Reid-Dodick, Chief People Officer, AOL It’s easy to assume that putting all this focus on helping our employees to grow and develop provides mostly a benefit for them and not for our organization. “At the heart of social learning is connection.”

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Melissa Greenwell "You are leaving money on the table and forfeiting your strategic advantage if you don't have women well represented on your boards and seniors management teams," argues Greenwell. Greenwell is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of national retailer The Finish Line, Inc.

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CEO Insider

AUGUST 21, 2021

As leaders, it’s important to recognize the difference and be intentional about supporting the pursuit of either or both for your team. Many times the terms personal brand and professional brand are used interchangeably, but there is a difference.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2013

.” “StrategyDriven and NTE Solutions share a similar focus,” asserts Seth Shortlidge, NTE Solutions’ Chief Executive Officer. ” The StrategyDriven/ NTE Solutions team provides energy industry leaders with actionable performance improvement and regulatory compliance support in the areas of: Strategic solutions.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

These leaders surround themselves with the team that will help make the vision a reality, and inspire their team to achieve it. Effective leaders and team members challenge each other’s paradigms and to think out of the box. The team helps further define the vision and participates in setting goals.

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CEO Insider

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

A toxic leader is someone that hasn’t learned the correct leadership style to maintain a successful team, damages the well-being of their employees, and fails to contribute to a positive culture. Unsurprisingly, these toxic leaders can deeply impact the employee experience. Here’s how to retrain them for the better.

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CEO Insider

MARCH 28, 2023

It is a sign that the interview went well, and people are now thinking about what they must do to keep you and engage you with their team. The question of how much you expect from the company in terms of money is crucial. So, in any case, it shouldn’t make you feel uncomfortable. Copyright The CEOWORLD magazine Limited 2021.

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The Idolbuster

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Prior to his current (and second) stint as CEO, Harry was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of a technology company in Silicon Valley I’ll call “ScorpCo*”. And, we saw how Harry went about changing a “negative, finger pointing, aggressive culture.” Harry was demoted.

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Steve Farber

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Now, he’s the president and chief operating officer for Marco’s (and was featured earlier this year on CBS’ Undercover Boss ). When Stephens plotted people’s attitudes and moods against the numbers, he saw that the company’s stellar financial growth was creating emotional misery in the team.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Teams may function fairly well within silos, but coordination across them is often poor, which has potentially serious consequences for patients. Everyone in the chain did a good job within the confines of their local teams, but they didn’t consider how they fit into the bigger picture. Think of it as teamwork on the fly.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2012

At Salesforce.com, Rajani Ramanathan is the chief operating officer across the products and technology division. As might be expected of a savvy engineering leader, Rajani began measuring how deeply her managers were tapping into the intelligence and capability of their teams.

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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.” You got me thinking about one of the greatest gifts that a team member gave to me years ago. We all have blindspots and we can all get better at what we do as both leaders and team members.

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LDRLB

MARCH 24, 2014

I had this interview once with this guy who is this chief operating officer of this great big organization. The next day, I go to Melbourne Business School, and I’m interviewing this woman on the faculty there, and I tell her this story about the chief operating officer who does all of these things.

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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. Another client, the chief operating officer of an insurance company, was experiencing massive stress in the context of a work crisis.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

For example, one earthquake engineer, Stuart, had a career breakthrough when he joined a large structural investigation project led by a team of senior partners in his firm. He applied his specialized expertise to help this team evaluate the impact of construction-induced vibration on surrounding public transportation infrastructure.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2018

I saw this play out when debriefing with the Chief Operating Officer of a $20 billion global company. ” You and Your Team Series. I watched this happen in a leadership team meeting as the heads of marketing and sales tried to resolve a common stalemate. Emotional Intelligence.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2012

In contrast, Sandberg, whose own career as Facebook chief operating officer is presumably pretty demanding itself, has used numerous public speeches to urge young women to keep their ambitions high and find a job they love before they have children , so they will want to keep the job while growing the family.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2010

These days, you're as likely to see "innovative" on any given job description as you are to see "strong communication skills" or "team player." Once the candidate has devised a strategy, have her present it to your team as if she is presenting to the CEO. But how do you hire innovators ? And that's something we can all toast to.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

It may seem odd to use a dystopian world as a model for an office workspace, but that’s just what Citi did. However, as many of the articles in the special section on office space in the October issue of HBR makes clear, this is easier said than done. How do we stop people from speaking too loudly? Create new norms.

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