HR Digest

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Integrity, passion, and teamwork – these are the values that Walmart looks for in its employees and fosters through its talent management. I have long been passionate about the role the Chief People Officer or Chief HR Officer plays in creating the environment for everyone. At Walmart, people are at the core of our business.

Environment 98

Environment Diversity Leadership Supply Chain 98

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Each team had to provide quarterly reports to the Steering Committee on their progress. The Steering Committee members rotated annually, with the exception of the GM and Union President. People actually started asking to be on the committee, some because of a passion for collaboration and some to derail the process.

Committee 101

Committee Training Teamwork Long-term 101

HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

"Presence in the Present" As a branded company whose success depends on change management, Kellogg Company puts a premium on its internal culture. She is a member of Kellogg Company’s executive committee. How do you measure the value these D&I programs bring to the company? People are at the core of this strategy.

Diversity 81

Diversity Human Resources Globalization Automotive 81

Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

You can spend all the time in the world on strategy sessions, competitive plans, innovation , and product development, but it all falls apart if you don’t have the right talent. Leadership Tip: Hiring managers would produce greater value by spending more resources on finding rare, star performers. Hire the Best.

Sports 104

Sports Definition Long-term Quality 104

Strategy Driven

JUNE 29, 2016

How do organizations achieve longevity, the kind of longevity that survives long past the founder or any particular leader or leadership team? It is fashionable today to have management committees, at various organizational levels, working as teams. The most significant hurdle by far is resistance to change from within.

Supply Chain 51

Supply Chain Real Estate Resistance Competitive Advantage 51

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 20, 2010

All organizations have long term goals, project teams must set technical and process goals as part of their work. Establish an agenda for managing time to complete the task/meeting – Teams that do better at managing their time achieve better results. As it relates to teams, no truer words apply. mike Friday, 22nd.

Team 108

Team Six Sigma Team Building Project 108

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Define long term ‘something we can focus on once the basics are in place.’ Long lunches are ideal: they are effective and enjoyable. Try to join as many steering committees as possible, but avoid taking on responsibility as a sponsor or project manager. The Emerging Strategy of Innovative Service.

Strategy 58

Strategy Strategic Planning Porter Simon 58

Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 9, 2014

It’s important to know I’m not a micro-management leader. It’s not easy work and it’s not easy for a church to continue to thrive that long. I began with a keen sense that some things were vital to our success long-term. Church Revitalization Innovation Leadership Ministry' New expenditures.

Micromanagement 70

Micromanagement Long-term Finance Bureaucracy 70

Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 28, 2016

Sometimes we have to manage closely At least once a week a pastor contacts me about church revitalization. It’s important to know I’m not a micro-management leader. It’s not easy for a church to continue to thrive this long. I began with a keen sense some things were vital to our success long-term.

Micromanagement 56

Micromanagement Long-term Finance Energy 56

Ron Edmondson

APRIL 30, 2019

It’s important to know I’m not a micro-management leader. It’s not easy for a church to continue to thrive this long. I began with a keen sense some things were vital to our success long-term. After we do something long enough it becomes habit and we can’t even see it needs to be changed.).

Micromanagement 40

Micromanagement Long-term Finance Energy 40

HR Digest

MAY 3, 2019

A conversation with Peter Fasolo about the value of transformational growth and innovation – and how to help it unfold. Such a degree of corporate socialization can also stifle innovation and overall cognitive diversity. How do you keep your people open to transformational growth and innovation?

Innovation 96

Innovation Diversity Human Resources Committee 96

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Innovation is critical in a knowledge economy — driving growth, new products, and new methods of delivering value to customers. According to PwC’s 2015 study on Global Innovation , U.S. And yet, despite its importance, innovation is a difficult quality to cultivate both in leaders and in organizations.

Innovation 8

Innovation Skills CEO Learning-by-Doing 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Do something well and commit to long-term excellence. I developed the concept of integrating Pop Culture Wisdom with management training and business planning over the last 40 years. I served on boards of directors, search committees, awards panels, review boards and task forces for many. Finding one’s passion.

Strategic Planning 50

Strategic Planning Planning Ethics Learning-by-Doing 50

Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 25, 2018

10 things learned leading in church revitalization: You have to learn to prioritize and manage your time. Be ready for them, because you’ve already prioritized and managed your time. One thing I did micro-manage (and I hate micro-management as a rule) was hiring or adding to the team – especially in the early days.

Resistance 38

Resistance Learning-by-Doing Delegation Conference 38

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

These stock buybacks have come under criticism as a bad investment – the argument being that companies sitting on record amounts of cash ought to invest in innovation, salaries, or at least dividends, rather than pumping up their own stock price through buybacks. Not so fast. The case of Apple is an instructive, if extreme, example.

Innovation 8

Innovation Short-term Long-term Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

So, during GE’s long and steep decline, where was the company’s board of directors? In my view, however, the structure and processes of the GE board were poorly designed for effectively overseeing Immelt and his management team. The Board Had No Finance Committee. in 2013 to 3.7 The average size of U.S.

Committee 8

Committee Welch Finance Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Meanwhile, new technologies are making it easier for sustainability investments to pay off in the middle to long term. Most plans have fewer than six: one or two financial metrics, such as sales growth or earnings per share, and two or three nonfinancial metrics, in areas such as quality or innovation.

Execution 10

Execution Metrics Long-term Incentives 10

HR Digest

MAY 3, 2019

A conversation with Peter Fasolo about the value of transformational growth and innovation – and how to help it unfold. Such a degree of corporate socialization can also stifle innovation and overall cognitive diversity. How do you keep your people open to transformational growth and innovation?

Innovation 40

Innovation Diversity Human Resources Committee 40

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Companies that focus on innovation often worry about how to encourage people to contribute ideas. But what happens when you ask people to participate in an innovation effort, and then get flooded with too many suggestions? That’s the dilemma that one of my clients described not long ago.

Committee 8

Committee Innovation Follow-up Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2017

The McKinsey Global Institute, in conjunction with FCLT Global, recently released research stating that long-term-oriented companies perform better than those that focus on short-term results. As I said earlier, measuring a company’s short-term orientation is incredibly tricky.

EPS 8

EPS Metrics Depreciation Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2015

In my first job out of college, in the late 70s, I was the only woman on the manufacturing floor as a production manager at General Motors. It didn’t take long to realize that I should have asked a few more questions during my job interview. We’ve come a long way since then — or have we?

Management 8

Management Diversity CEO Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

Studies show that individuals with political skills tend to do better in gaining more personal power as well as managing stress and job demands, than their politically naive counterparts. In these circumstances, informal networks can be a countervailing force to legitimate power and the long-term interests of the organization.

Politics 12

Politics Bureaucracy Long-term Short-term 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2016

The senior commercial and scientific directors formed a “circle of leaders” comprised of 23 senior managers who had no meaningful history of collaboration on strategic initiatives. Thus, the circle is more a “community of engagement” rather than a standing committee.

Leadership 9

Leadership Diversity Committee Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2015

To engage a wider group of stakeholders, the team also convened a steering committee, pulling in additional representatives from otolaryngology, oral surgery, dentistry and orthodontics, audiology, genetics, psychiatry, and anesthesiology. Invest time and resources. To date, that investment has largely been in IT development.

Health Care 8

Health Care Mayo Long-term Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

” A new clinical model based on an advanced illness-management program one of us (Brad) developed at Sutter Health, an integrated system in Northern California, demonstrates how to increase quality while dramatically reducing costs. How the most innovative providers are creating value. Insight Center. Sponsored by Optum.

Health Care 8

Health Care Sharpe Document Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Anyone who has worked inside a large organization can rattle off a lengthy list of the things that regularly kill promising ideas: conflict with existing businesses, naysayers, management turmoil, insufficient resources. Here are six ways to change that. Start with a survey. Business unit executives hadn’t bought in to the idea.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Due Diligence Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

His first act was to abolish IBM's corporate executive committee. Patience and a long-term view. Palmisano warned against prioritizing shareholders or other constituents, calling this "a false choice," and explaining that "Long-term management is a serious challenge in a world driven by short-term thinking.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2011

Companies that demonstrate strategic coherence — think Wal-Mart and Coca-Cola — earn a market premium in terms of higher earnings and greater shareholder value. Leaders need to look past Wall Street-pleasing adjacencies or new businesses, and instead make sure their core strategy will result in long-term success.

Strategy 15

Strategy Fixed Assets Competitive Advantage Long-term 15

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For long-term relationship-building, be sure that your values and those of your clients mesh. For example, as a designer/writer, my skills are not well applied to bookkeeping or financial management. Pitches MUST be short, which is more time-consuming than presenting long ones. Mine your backyard. Don’t be timid.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

Education is on the brink of rapid change that will create a lot of value for innovators. One representative example: April’s Education Innovation Summit , where more than 2,000 people energetically discussed how technology and markets are charting the future of education globally. But still sitting on the sidelines?

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Education Disruptive Innovation Asset Management 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

Research by the Center for Talent Innovation shows that only 73% of highly qualified women who wanted to return to work were able to do so, and just 40% of those landed a regular full-time job. One of the biggest challenges professionals face in the midst of a career transition is managing their brand and how they’re perceived.

Career 9

Career Skills Open-book Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Seven years ago, Bank of America launched Neighborhood Builders ®, a program that provides grants and, more importantly, leadership training to managers of "high-potential" non-profit organizations in the communities where the bank does business. There was this whole world out there of nonprofit management practices."

Case Study 14

Case Study Banking Participative Training 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

The other CEO who managed to get tossed out of his job by virtue of his (still largely unexplained) fascination with a B-level (and that's grading generously) actress. That's because the work of making deep-seated, meaningful change — sustaining success and unleashing innovation over the long term — is that hardest work there is.

Venture Capitalist 14

Venture Capitalist CEO Long-term Magazine 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2014

But was it also possible that the members of the selection committee, knowing Stefan’s attachment to his job, were in reluctant to confront him about succession? How long should a CEO stay in his job? Most likely, it’s the period when he or she is most willing to learn, experiment, and innovate. Leadership Managing yourself'

CEO 8

CEO Committee Self-aware Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2014

But if corporations join the public sector in recognizing that this problem is a convergence of societal, economic, and cultural factors and apply good management practices to address it, we can bend the curve. Long-awaited bulk shipments of medical gloves can arrive full of holes, unusable. Pursue scientific innovation.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Health Care Self-aware Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

The chief responsibility of any board is management of the senior executive. When it comes to managing the CEO, many boards underperform. Books and articles abound on how to manage the arrival of a new leader. Make performance management routine. Here are the keys. We’re tired.’”.

Survey 8

Survey CEO Restructuring Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2013

A professional manager with an impressive resume is brought in. The companies these innovators run make useful products and services to be sure. And some, like Ford Motor Company, have managed to do both. The professional managers in charge weren''t students of story. And then disaster strikes. This is a team effort.".

Company 8

Company Mission Statement Committee Short-term 8