HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

We’ve worked hard to live those values over the years in how we hire, grow and promote talent; how we cultivate a strong sense of community and belonging; and through our progressive benefits and programs. Proudly Resilient. Do you still see room for improvement in Adobe’s employment practices?

Software 98

Software Engineering Learning-by-Doing Diversity 98

HR Digest

MAY 6, 2021

What I was most impressed by, however, is how strongly I could feel this culture and sense of community right out of the gate, despite being onboarded in a fully remote environment—and a lot of that has to do with our product. It’s an ambitious and inspiring initiative. It’s an ambitious and inspiring initiative.

Diversity 98

Diversity Strategy Trends Policies 98

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 22, 2020

As an entrepreneur, one of the best things that can happen to you is for your company to do well and for you to make a killing selling your company or shares in your firm. However, newfound wealth can be difficult if you haven’t thought of what to do with it. Ringfence your cash while you decide what to do. Get taxes out of the way.

Company 75

Company Entrepreneur Marketing Ethics 75

Chart Your Course

MAY 10, 2016

We know that the way communication occurs now is different. A gentleman at a roundtable I was facilitating made the argument that Millennials are just like any other generation. There are indeed life cycle effects—things that are similar for every generation at specific seasons of life. For example, there is still marital infidelity.

Trends 100

Trends Education Open-book Influence 100

Tim Milburn

MARCH 17, 2014

When you lay your head on your pillow at night, you drift off to sleep with a sense of fatigue. But that fatigue can be caused by a couple of different things. You’re tired and frustrated from spinning your wheels all day but not having much to show for it. I love it when I can look back on my day and feel a sense of satisfaction.

P&L 151

P&L Learning-by-Doing Letter Energy 151

Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

I’d let them decide how we do children’s ministry or what we do to serve our community. Built structure in early – In an effort not to be bound by traditions and organizational bureaucracy, we had little formal structure when we began. As we’ve grown adding structure become unavoidable to prevent chaos.

Bureaucracy 58

Bureaucracy Learning-by-Doing Motivation Planning 58

CoachStation

AUGUST 26, 2022

Employee discretionary effort and focus are being challenged for many reasons, including the labour market and working from home. People are finding it easy to find jobs and unemployment is at a record low. It won’t always be like this, however. Developing the skills to engage team members is important. Maybe, no more so than right now.

Motivation 130

Motivation McKinsey Attrition Influence 130

HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

"Unleashing Collective Genius" As globalization takes a sharp turn from government to business, the issue of global talent mobility rapidly moves up the agenda. The HR Digest: Mastercard is said to have a passionate work culture fit for the industry’s most driven workers. To what extent is that down to a successful talent management strategy?

Resources 40

Resources Human Resources Leadership Pipeline Learning-by-Doing 40

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Drawing on her vast experience as a venture capitalist, organizational design expert, and management consultant, Ardi argues that the future belongs to the Betas. Drawing on her vast experience as a venture capitalist, organizational design expert, and management consultant, Ardi argues that the future belongs to the Betas.

Venture Capitalist 78

Venture Capitalist Decentralization Idea Generation Books 78

Eric Jacobson

JULY 22, 2014

Drawing on her vast experience as a venture capitalist, organizational design expert, and management consultant, Ardi argues that the future belongs to the Betas. Drawing on her vast experience as a venture capitalist, organizational design expert, and management consultant, Ardi argues that the future belongs to the Betas.

Venture Capitalist 61

Venture Capitalist Decentralization Idea Generation Books 61

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 21, 2014

Drawing on her vast experience as a venture capitalist, organizational design expert, and management consultant, Ardi argues that the future belongs to the Betas. Drawing on her vast experience as a venture capitalist, organizational design expert, and management consultant, Ardi argues that the future belongs to the Betas.

Venture Capitalist 56

Venture Capitalist Decentralization Books Idea Generation 56

HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

COMMUNICATION SKILLS Let’s face it, miscommunication can be a huge obstacle in the workplace. Poor communication can lead to misunderstandings, mistakes, and even conflicts. The process of conducting a performance appraisal can be a daunting task for many managers and HR professionals.

Review 105

Review Performance Review Ethics Teamwork 105

Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

  In a commencement speech at Stanford a few years ago, Steve Jobs made the point that you can never connect the dots prospectively.    You can only connect them retrospectively.   In a commencement speech at Stanford a few years ago, Steve Jobs made the point that you can never connect the dots prospectively. 

Laswell 183

Laswell Blog Executive Coaching Learning-by-Doing 183

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2016

These three sources of identity shape the communities we join and create. Communities of aspiration are especially powerful. While communities of origin and growth currently attract the most attention from HR leaders, we think communities of aspiration deserve more attention. Each requires a different approach.

Innovation 8

Innovation Diversity Bond Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Library leaders knew that given the immense changes brought on by digital innovations, as well as shifts in the communities that the Library served, it would need to evolve. They are empowered by – and in frequent communication with – senior management. The conversation would be neither bottom-up nor top down.

Library 8

Library Strategy Reference Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Participants tend to belong for individualistic reasons. A big goal requires a “thick we” network — a community of people who feel responsible for collaborating toward a shared purpose that they see as superseding their individual needs. When networks develop into communities, the results can be powerful.

Gilbert 9

Gilbert Participative Cooper Network Economy 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Analysts and investors track company performance against quarterly goals, so company executives push the sales team to deliver on the company’s promise to the investment community. They encourage productive use of sales time this quarter by communicating company priorities; this year by reducing role pollution (e.g.,

Short-term 8

Short-term Succession Long-term Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

And yet the narrowly formulated, self-serving, and consumption-focused beliefs and values, rituals, and communities provided by brands usually have little to offer beyond the boundaries of their products and services. Organized religion has shaped virtually every aspect of human behavior for thousands of years.

Brand 8

Brand Organization Follow-up Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2018

Members included product head Maryam Mohit, communications director Kelsey Grady, a product manager, a designer, a data scientist, and later a software engineer. Especially at first, this type of data doesn’t lend itself to the type of easy analysis that its structured equivalent does. ” Insight Center.

Agility 8

Agility Report Storytelling Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2015

As researchers who have, for years, studied how employees thrive , we were surprised to discover that people who belong to them report levels of thriving that approach an average of 6 on a 7-point scale. It checked out. And are there lessons for more traditional offices?

Chief Operating Officer 8

Chief Operating Officer Survey Learning-by-Doing Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2017

It’s often assumed that getting a college education or professional job means that a person from a working-class or low-income background has finally “made it” and will seamlessly join the middle or upper class. The reality, however, is often quite different.

Class 13

Class Influence Diversity Education 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2017

I’ve met so many leaders who are brilliant when it comes to product design and capital structure but who treat the people in business as an afterthought, a matter of sound administration as opposed to daring innovation. Tim Evans for HBR. Is your talent strategy rooted in your business strategy?

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Mission Statement Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2014

What matters for people like Jennifer is peer recognition of one’s contribution to a common goal in a small community. What matters for people like Jennifer is peer recognition of one’s contribution to a common goal in a small community. She is intelligent, great at her job, and highly creative,” said Mark. We live in tribal times.

Globalization 8

Globalization Consultative Learning-by-Doing Innovation 8

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

To be successful in the world we’re entering, we will need a new set of mental models. While these new models should not exclude the possibility of commanding and controlling, they need to encompass a much wider range of possibilities. Thomas Malone, The Future of Work. In short, getting people to act as one. The analysis is very balanced.

Sports 257

Sports Creativity Bottom-up Motivation 257

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

Yes, those big, flat structures that hold products for transport. Traditionally, pallets didn''t necessarily "belong" to anyone, so people could make money by collecting unused pallets, refurbishing them, and selling them for profit. But then an Australian company came up with a new version that could be lifted from any side.

Industry 8

Industry Venture Capitalist Supply Chain Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2016

As psychologist Abraham Maslow suggested, we all need to belong to groups, to feel, to be seen, and to have things in common with others. We’re not much closer to understanding what it is exactly that sparks unique ideas. One reason for this lack of insight may be that so much research has looked at the wrong things.

Creativity 8

Creativity Brainstorming Osborne Maslow 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2016

Accelerators are playing an increasing role in startup communities throughout the United States and beyond. Early evidence demonstrates the significant potential of accelerators to improve startups’ outcomes, and for these benefits to spill over into the broader startup community. Quality matters. Insight Center.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Incubator Finance Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2015

And, in between the “me” and “we” extremes, there are a variety of ways that employers can enrich the lives of employees and communities alike. There are some companies we look at, admire, and say, “Wow, I really want to work for them.” Companies are no longer “just” companies.

Human Resources 8

Human Resources Reputation Brand Environment 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2011

The Great Renaming" refers to a major shift in the structure of Usenet, the massive distributed discussion board system; the Facebook of the '80s. The facts beyond this get murky, but it's clear that this move created massive controversy in the Usenet community. After all, if there are no hard-and-fast rules, then anything goes.

Media 15

Media Cost Content Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

How do we reduce the performance drag of top-heavy management structures, replace "manager-management" with a more agile self- or peer-management, and create a vibrant social system in the process? Story by Dan Bean, Robert Musson, and Chermaine Li. Taking Reality Seriously: Towards a More Self-Regulating Management Model at Statoil.

Bureaucracy 11

Bureaucracy Company Agility CIO 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2011

The powerful ties among members of this social structure spring, first, from purpose and goals. The powerful ties among members of this social structure spring, first, from purpose and goals. Are the people who work for you a real team? It's easy to extol teamwork, but not every group is a team. But they're not enough.

Team 15

Team Commitment Learning-by-Doing Bond 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

This is the reality of artists, musicians, community organizers, many of them non-techies, working side by side with techies to hack not so much technologies but ways of working, living, creating, and organizing. For any one of us, the "reality" of a situation is just what we choose to pay attention to. Yet Silicon Valley remains unique.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Innovation Incubator Learning-by-Doing 9

Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

I’m going to keep instigating the structure of as many lines as I can, because, “I’m a writer”. I sat down at a table of strangers with my plate full of food, and when asked “ what do you do “?, I uttered those words. The minute they passed my lips I felt uncomfortable. And that was that. The conversation went off in a different direction.

Blog 339

Blog Learning-by-Doing Conference Media 339

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2013

And yet many organizations seem to go out of their way to make work alienating, frustrating, and unpleasant. This is evidenced in the depressingly low rates of employee engagement around the world. and five in 10 Europe). This may seem obvious. That’s the organization of your nightmares, not your dreams!

Organization 11

Organization Mission Statement Diversity McKinsey 11

Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Leaders know that culture is often the key to their organization’s success whether they’re trying to enhance employee satisfaction, boost productivity, or launch a new initiative. But all too often, they assume it will take care of itself. Culture is a process of collective learning and adaptation. It’s dynamic and always on the move.

Succession 131

Succession Environment Learning-by-Doing Innovation 131

Mike Cardus

MAY 1, 2012

outcomes from the Team Building Time: Increased trust and membership communication. outcomes from the Team Building Time: Increased trust and membership communication. Increased alignment of mission, vision and personal perceptions of the agencies mission and vision as it applies to the individual members, and the community at large.

Team 99

Team Organization Team Building Bond 99

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2015

Pope Francis has made no secret of his intention to radically reform the administrative structures of the Catholic church, which he regards as insular, imperious, and bureaucratic. He understands that in a hyper-kinetic world, inward-looking and self-obsessed leaders are a liability. The Pope’s message to his colleagues was blunt.

Leadership 8

Leadership Power Mentor Bureaucracy 8