Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

In September 2016 we undertook a survey of nearly 300 endowment and foundation managers. We have replicated these results in other surveys of C-suite executives at large public pension and sovereign wealth funds. But right now that’s not happening.

Operations 8

Operations Intangible Assets Venture Capitalist Hedge 8

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

According to a survey done recently the average person only has 2 close friends. As a digital marketing consultant, I've been praising the promise of these new technologies, but I also have been learning more and more about the negative side effects of our increasing use of digital. This generation is weak in many ways.

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Media Blog Audience Ryan 419

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

And, will they shake up the trillion-dollar corporate consulting and advisory industry? Corporations buy and employ human advice from many wise advisors—consultants, lawyers, investment bankers—in the same fashion that investors did in the past. Companies are both operators and investors.

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Consider this: a survey of America’s utilities (your local gas and electric company) found that 40 to 50 percent of workers in key positions will become eligible to retire or are expected to leave in the next five years. How do your organization’s strategic and operational goals inform what work roles will be needed in the future?

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How To Tacit Knowledge Intellectual Capital Newsletter 72

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

According to Glassdoor’s 2015 Employment Confidence Survey, about 60% of people report that benefits and perks are a major factor in considering whether to accept a job offer. The survey also found that 80% of employees would choose additional benefits over a pay raise.

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Insurance Policies Survey Bond 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

Those conditions elevated the work of the finance function to the point that, today, the CFO helps to set the course of business, advancing an organization’s growth and improving its competitive position by identifying and resolving key financial constraints. And HR’s credibility deficit doesn’t help the matter. Even HR itself agrees.

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CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

More than 80% of our work is done by teams of consultants and staff who operate out of their home offices. We do this through a scorecard that we give to consultants and staff members for their individual roles. Each consultant is free to choose the type of work they want to do, whom to do it with, and when to do it.

Team 10

Team Organization Management Consultative 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Back in 2013, a much-touted survey suggested that by 2020 — just over a year from now — a whopping 40% of the workforce would be so-called contingent workers, a number that would include contractors, temps and the self-employed. The size of the gig economy and how fast it’s growing also seem to be over-imagined at times.

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Quinn Entrepreneur IPO Survey 9

HR Digest

MAY 6, 2024

Consolidated HR Operations What is an HRIS? An HRIS consolidates HR data and processes in one place, enabling cost savings and streamlined operations compared to using disparate tools. Communication and Feedback HRIS systems facilitate communication and feedback through features such as company announcements and employee surveys.

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Human Resources System Information Resources 52

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

And a quarter of companies, according to the same survey, confess that not one of their new offerings met its profitability goals. This new (and alarming) data comes from pricing consulting giant Simon-Kucher & Partners, which conducts its survey every other year with the Professional Pricing Society, a professional association.

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Price Productivity Products Simon 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

In 2011, when I came to Centura Health in Colorado as President of its largest operating group (Mountains and North Denver Operating Group or MNDOG) and CEO of its flagship health organization, Saint Anthony Hospital, I saw a clear mandate for change. The organization had a strong community tradition and over 4,500 talented employees.

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Health Care How To Operations Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Sales could be developing a behaviorally informed strategy, while operations looks for ways to cut costs. The market for behavioral science is specialized and not yet mature, so your go-to consultancy may not have the expertise to advise you. An obvious place is within an existing operational excellence or performance department.

Company 8

Company Committee Ethics Project 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

And a great potential source of talent with the right skills are professionals who change career lanes — people with experience and training in accounting, finance, human resources and strategy who leave corporate jobs to follow their passion to have a social impact. About 75% come from the private sector.

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Chief Operating Officer How To Airlines Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

With this in mind, we surveyed hundreds of our employees. We set people up to use their area of expertise, be it strategy, accounting, operations, technology, finance, or human resources. For example, if a nonprofit is experiencing an issue with hiring, we provide human capital consultants to help them revamp their process.

Skills 8

Skills Real Estate Human Capital Project 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

A 2010 IBM survey found that 79% of global chief executives foresaw "high or very high complexity" over the next five years, but only 49% felt their organization was prepared to handle it. They too have struggled to operate in complex environments, and have developed the skills and expertise to overcome these challenges.

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Entrepreneur Company Six Sigma Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2012

Recently, my colleagues at the Focus Consulting Group and I surveyed more than 100 asset management firms around the world, testing both for the strength of their cultures and for the effectiveness of their leadership teams. A separate measure in the survey asks the respondents to indicate the importance of a given factor.

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Teamwork Industry Management Asset Management 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2015

As innovation consultant Pete Maulik told me, “It’s time to switch from here they come to this is how we’re going to win.” Big financial services companies are challenged when it comes to connecting with younger consumers, particularly about personal finance. That’s an enormous mistake.

Company 8

Company Hotels Travel Class 8

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

As the officers and men are not permitted to visit their wives and families, I ought not to see my esposita — as it might make the men feel that I consult my own comfort regardless of theirs.&# I wonder if there’s a good survey out there I could use to get feedback from my team. How times have changed!

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Leadership CEO Blog Learning-by-Doing 420

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Disappointment doesn't discriminate; no matter what industry the individual operated in, what role they had been given, or whether they were soaring successes or mired in failure, five dominant themes shone through. Another consultant said, "I'd love to leave the stress behind, but I don't think I'd be good at anything else."

Career 9

Career Golden Handcuff Short-term CEO 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Today's climate of employee dissatisfaction, distrust, and disengagement, as reported in numerous surveys conducted by organizations ranging from the Conference Board to Gallup and human resource consulting firms, will surely keep Scott Adams in Dilbert ideas for years. You probably won't sway them.

How To 8

How To Politics Influence Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

At the other end of this dimension is the broader context, where politics operates at the organizational level. It might also include political capital that arises from membership of or strong ties to a high status group such as the finance committee, a special task force, or the senior management team.

Politics 13

Politics Bureaucracy Long-term Short-term 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Professionals from the banking, finance, investing, and accounting worlds. Like any industry, the medical cannabis sector needs everything from lawyers and accountants to human resources professionals, insurance specialists, and consultants. And more are joining every day. State and local regulations change constantly.

Industry 9

Industry Retail Banking Brand 9

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The Mercer QuickPulse US Compensation Planning Survey of August 2023 found that employers are planning a 3.9 External Audit Consider engaging external consultants or auditors to conduct an independent review of your pay equity analysis as internal resources for a complete evaluation might be insufficient.

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System How To Benchmarking Diversity 52

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2017

She hired a consultant and a contractor, who found structural obstacles that were expensive to address. They were both naïve to think that creating a high-expense, polished operation would automatically enhance their business. The costs soon proved much greater than expected. This would have helped them avoid a cash crunch.

Strategy 9

Strategy Budgeting Cost Price 9

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 29, 2016

Transforming a sales organization to consistently deliver insights requires new value propositions, case studies and collateral from Marketing, new competencies, skill development, recruiting profiles from HR, and alignment with Operations to refine products and services. You just finished reading The 7 Steps to Sales Force Transformation !

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Metrics Marketing Strategy Case Study 50

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

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Blog Open-book Library Learning-by-Doing 419

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

In a survey of 77 of my company Frontier Strategy Group’s global clients, 88.3% It’s also a massive operational challenge because companies are not set up to make very frequent pricing changes, whereas currencies can move hugely overnight. HQ without consulting them. in anticipation of interest rate hikes by the U.S.

Price 8

Price Globalization Depreciation Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2017

It wasn’t until I moved to Paris in 1997 to become Finance Manager for Disney Consumer Products Europe, Middle East, and Africa that I experienced someone setting a non-negotiable boundary for herself. A 2017 survey by Kronos and Future Workplace , reveals that the restructuring of work has resulted in significant burnout.

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Team Conference Restructuring McKinsey 11

Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 12, 2015

Your peers aren’t evaluating you on an employee engagement survey, or writing your performance appraisal. His peers in the finance department was not approving contracts for a subset of our customers. He rolled up his sleeves and helped me tremendously on the operations side. Take a Field Trip.

Fashion 180

Fashion Learning-by-Doing Reputation Finance 180

N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

I would venture to say that there are literally tens of thousands of consultants and coaches who bill themselves as leadership subject matter experts. When I ran the Talent Management division of a large global consulting firm after I left GE, I realized that these consultants were working from concepts that were academic vs. real life.

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Blog Leadership Consultative Follow-up 333

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2018

One survey suggests the public wants chief executives to lead on social change without waiting for the government to act. A separate survey shows public support for corporate engagement on such issues as sexual harassment and equal pay — though not on gun control or abortion. At a time when the U.S.

CEO 9

CEO Politics Policies Survey 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2015

In 2013, we conducted a number of interviews and surveyed 270 female managers in Fortune 500 organizations to determine what they liked and disliked about business meetings. We’ve observed time and again in 360-degree feedback surveys that women executives believe politics present a particular dilemma for them.

Politics 8

Politics Strategy 360-Degree Feedback Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

To get our charter, we had to demonstrate that our mission wouldn’t add significant costs or impose significant limits on our banking operations, that we wouldn’t let the mission wag the dog. Ethics Finance' “But,” he added, “the regulators made it very clear that we were to be a profit-making bank first and a green bank second.

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Case Study Banking Ethics Guidelines 8