The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 25, 2024

Female presence The results indicate that the presence of female directors can shape boardroom decisions in a manner that favors stakeholders and opposes any unlawful or unethical actions by managers. This influence, in turn, positively impacts a company’s social and environmental performance and its reporting standards.

Diversity 96

Diversity Education Committee Report 96

HR Digest

APRIL 11, 2023

By embracing diversity and inclusivity, organizations can leverage the unique perspectives and talents of employees from different backgrounds, leading to increased innovation, creativity, and improved business outcomes. However, diversity recruiting and hiring require a deliberate and strategic approach.

Diversity 111

Diversity Tactics Committee Metrics 111

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 1, 2023

appears to have a greater impact on IPO performance when innovation and specialized knowledge are prioritized, such as in small, young, or research and development-focused companies. On the other hand, an MBA is more beneficial when management abilities are required to manage a larger firm size and organizational complexity.

Education 89

Education CEO IPO Committee 89

HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

In an interview, Christy Pambianchi, EVP and Chief People Officer at Intel, highlights the importance of continuous learning and innovation in HR, emphasizing Intel’s phased approach to implementing AI tools. Pambianchi advises startup leaders to prioritize human capital management, stressing the importance of assembling agile teams.

CPO 52

CPO Human Capital Learning Curve Leadership 52

Experience to Lead

JUNE 8, 2023

Facilitating change management and collaborating with organizations to create ecosystems for strategic growth and measurable employee engagement is vital. Organizations that embrace D&I tend to benefit from more engaged talent, improved decision making, creativity and innovation, all by leveraging diverse perspectives.

Diversity 98

Diversity Case Study Banking Committee 98

HR Digest

JULY 14, 2022

Target Forward puts our business to use to positively impact both people and the planet and sets the next chapter for how we define sustainability. Through Target Forward, our ambitions are to design and elevate sustainable brands, innovate to eliminate waste and accelerate opportunity and equity. billion with diverse suppliers.

Diversity 52

Diversity Committee Goal Environment 52

Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Ann also met with Titania Woo of The Hong Kong Management Association to discuss partnership opportunities in the region. Furthermore, Ann was delighted to be able to personally present a number of Chartered Managers and Fellows with their certificates. Learn more here.

Webinar 98

Webinar Education Conference Industry 98

HR Digest

OCTOBER 27, 2023

As we navigate the intricate landscape of HR and talent management, seamlessly addressing the complexities of overseeing a region spanning 40 countries, the interview unfolds against the backdrop of Aon EMEA’s agile response to industry challenges. They are all sponsored by an Aon Executive Committee member.

Agility 98

Agility Leadership Diversity Industry 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

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Integrity, passion, and teamwork – these are the values that Walmart looks for in its employees and fosters through its talent management. As a team, we are focused on driving innovative programs and solutions that attract and grow our associates, and it’s fantastic when it inspires other companies to support their workforce in similar ways.

Environment 98

Environment Diversity Leadership Supply Chain 98

HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

The pandemic gave us the opportunity to really test our agility and innovation, and I am proud to say we exceeded expectations, ” she says. “ While challenging, this process brought a discipline into Neustar that has served as the foundation for a heightened focus on our employee experience – a formal and regimented change management process.

Leadership 52

Leadership Agility Diversity Competitive Advantage 52

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

1 killer of collaboration, cooperation, great ideas and innovation in organizations. During a strategic planning meeting, he suggested that they should explore how to be more effective in how they manage certain new initiative assignments. You know what “ Yabuts ” are, don’t you? I encourage you to do a little self-listening.

Committee 50

Committee Strategic Planning Cooper Banking 50

N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

When you advocate a position, whoever is listening is voting in their head. You’re not managing your energy well. If you are tired, overworked or rushed, you are making mistakes and the power of your position amplifies the negative impact of those mistakes. Effective time management begins with good energy management.

Delegation 246

Delegation Maturity CEO Execution 246

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. Our Kapable team has driven positive change to make our internal policies and workplace more inclusive. How do you measure the value these D&I programs bring to the company?

Diversity 81

Diversity Human Resources Globalization Automotive 81

HR Digest

AUGUST 1, 2019

job market the tightest it has been in half a century, human resources managers are struggling to attract and retain top talent. In a remarkable interview with The HR Digest, Capgemini North America’s Head of Talent, Kate Savage, discusses the value of promoting employee well-being through innovative and cost-effective initiatives.

ROI 81

ROI Self-aware Committee Policies 81

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 5, 2014

In the case of the former, they typically would want to know why and how could they innovate their current product to regain their position as number one. While it may have mitigated the clients'' losses some of the time, the innovation was inevitably reactive, unscientific, and not robust nor holistic. Fast forward to today.

Stage-Gate 128

Stage-Gate Productivity Products Innovation 128

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Thinkers50 – World’s Most Influential Management Thinkers. Called ‘The Academy Awards of Leadership’ by the Economist, Thinkers50 is the world’s most reliable resource for identifying, ranking and sharing the leading management ideas of our age. Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

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 103

Sports Definition Long-term Quality 103

Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Over 150 companies, including Durkee, Cremora, San Giorgio, Ronzoni, and McCormick, now use the entire line of Flapper products, and Weatherchem continues to lead the industry in offering the widest, most innovative array of closure products. Unfortunately, my gesture was rebuffed and the union decided to strike.

Committee 140

Committee Automotive Ethics Productivity 140

HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

Today, women make up 27% of the Board and 37% of our Executive Committee at American Express. Having diverse backgrounds and experiences at the decision-making table fuels innovation, so advocating for representation in the boardroom and at all levels of the company is a win-win. . Photo: American Express.

Project 52

Project Globalization Diversity Learning-by-Doing 52

leaderCommunicator

JANUARY 28, 2013

In my case, my most powerful ideas – ideas that enabled me to lead innovative programs of worldwide scope when I was at Intel – have come from conversations with people in other organizations. Better still, speak in them, volunteer to sit in their program committees, lead sessions or participate in panels.

Company 137

Company Conference Cooper How To 137

Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 23, 2023

Whether you’re in a formal leadership position or are participating on a committee, in a meeting, or on a project team, you have a role to play. Scenario: Idea generation During traditional brainstorming exercises, it is common for those with the most positional authority or passion for the topic to dominate the conversation.

Consensus 536

Consensus Brainstorming Participative Committee 536

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

Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 9, 2014

It’s important to know I’m not a micro-management leader. And, I knew that — not as well as I do now — before I entered this pastoral position. And, we have done remarkably well financially (again thanks to tremendous finance committee and staff efforts), but we still have a ways to go.

Micromanagement 70

Micromanagement Long-term Finance Bureaucracy 70

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2013

During a meeting in which GM''s top management team was considering a weighty decision, Sloan closed the meeting by asking." Sloan then waited as each member of the assembled committee nodded in agreement. Through plussing, Pixar has found a formula for keeping criticism positive, while positively improving the quality of their work.

Innovation 11

Innovation Team Brainstorming Participative 11

Steve Farber

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Leadership should definitely acknowledge the positive: reaching goals, increasing social-media following, reducing turnover, completing projects, and the like. Year-end meetings don’t have to be lip service or a veiled self-congratulating happy time spent lauding what was accomplished during the year.

Budgeting 40

Budgeting Benchmarking Committee Project 40

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

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. GE’s board had another major structural defect: It lacked a finance committee. The Board’s Audit Committee Wasn’t Paying Attention.

Committee 8

Committee Welch Finance Participative 8

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. And, I knew this – not as well as I do now – before I entered this pastoral position. Here’s the deal. We were shaping a culture.

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. And, I knew this – not as well as I do now – before I entered this pastoral position. This included nearly every position in with near 100 people on payroll. I have written extensively about the need for delegation in leadership.

Micromanagement 40

Micromanagement Long-term Finance Energy 40

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2015

When he managed to beat a reform-minded opponent by just 243 votes (four of which cast by ghost-voters purporting to live at the address of Bauler`s own tavern) he made a declaration that still lives today: “Chicago ain’t ready for reform.” And this time, there’s no Majority Leader Reid to stop it in the Senate.

Innovation 8

Innovation Technology System Consensus 8

Women in the LEAD

JANUARY 25, 2010

  Business, professionals, academics, innovators, entrepreneurs, governments and public bodies alike have to care and have to take up these challenges practically. We need to find different models for social and economic progress or face repercussions and continued cyclical economic time bombs. 

Letter 49

Letter Globalization Simon Committee 49

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2014

companies now have at least two women on their executive committees. As usual, we try to broaden the focus from the current buzz around corporate boards to the more relevant metric of the gender balance of executive committees. And two thirds of these women are in staff or support positions (65%) such as HR, Communications or Legal.

Execution 12

Execution Committee Balanced Scorecard Globalization 12

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Quality is not something that managers assign others to achieve. Rather than assume all is wrong or right with an organization and take a defensive posture, management must view quality as essential to their economic survival or growth. It is not enough for management to endorse quality programs; they must actively participate.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

Believe it or not, bureaucracy was once a progressive innovation. The most common conversation I have these days with discouraged employees below senior management levels goes like this: “This company’s bureaucracy is killing me. To be fair, it wasn’t all positive. Tetra Images/Getty Images.

Bureaucracy 11

Bureaucracy Agility Energy Constraint 11

Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Create-Learning Facilitators Arrive and set-up - Create-Learning trouble-shoots and ensures all audio / visual equipment is operational - Companies planning committee and Create-Learning meet to go over logistics i.e. lunch, breaks, safety, order of events, what if situations, etc…. Whats Going to Happen? hopes from our time together.

Team Building 76

Team Building Process Transportation Follow-up 76

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

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. At first I thought there was something wrong with my appearance, but soon realized I was the first and only woman who stepped on the production floor for GM who served in a management role.

Management 8

Management Diversity CEO Long-term 8