HR Digest

APRIL 10, 2024

In an exclusive Q&A session with Paige Ross, Global Head of Human Resources at Blackstone, we gain profound insights into the world of talent management and employee development within one of the world’s leading financial institutions. Culture is something that EVERYONE owns – and for us, it’s all in how we start our week.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 16, 2020

Maya Hu-Chan is a management consultant, executive coach, author, and speaker, and founder of Global Leadership Associates. Slack is her main method of communicating, and she’d often use the platform to give direct feedback to specific team members—in full view of everyone else. The COO walked in. Maya Hu-Chan.

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COO Self-aware How To Long-term 111

Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Until the COVID pandemic, Southwest Airlines was the only major, global airline to post a profit every year. Company COO, Andrew Watterson, explained their scheduling software could not match available crews with planes quickly enough. However, several factors contributed to a much larger problem for Southwest. Failing technology.

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Airlines Leadership Short-term Long-term 188

Center for Creative Leadership

JUNE 2, 2020

Functional leaders typically manage groups of more than 500 people, have budgets in excess of $500M, and are often on a shortlist to be COO or CEO. Engagement, understanding the enterprise, vision, innovation, executive presence and approachability, self-awareness, learning agility, and leading globally are still vitally important skills.

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Self-aware Leadership COO Influence 83

Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Southwest’s Response to the COVID Pandemic Until the COVID pandemic, Southwest Airlines was the only major, global airline to post a profit every year. Company COO, Andrew Watterson, explained their scheduling software could not match available crews with planes quickly enough. The reason for this vast difference in recovery?

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Airlines Leadership Short-term Long-term 130

The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

” CNN wrote, “SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell described the ‘No A **e’ policy in a commencement address last year, saying, ‘These kinds of people — a s — interrupt others; they shut down or co-opt conversation; and they create a hostile environment where no one wants to contribute.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 27, 2023

As with much in life, the researchers believe that a problem shared is a problem halved, and having a discussion about work-life balance with employees can help managers get more out of their team because they can co-create solutions to the inevitable challenges that are presented during this unprecedented time.

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2020

I love hearing that because it means we’re making an actionable difference for leaders, their teams and their organizations. And, in this year of dealing with the pressures and stress of leading from home during a global pandemic, that work has never felt more relevant to our clients. Connection, of course, can lead to relationships.

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Center for Creative Leadership

MAY 19, 2019

” Employees are constantly told they need to change processes and practices, only for the leadership team to keep on doing what they always do, and managers maintaining the same old routines. It morphs right along with the company’s competitive environment and objectives.” Becoming Resilient in the Face of Change.

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Altman Six Sigma COO Sharpe 86

Leading Blog

AUGUST 8, 2011

In the different cities, pilots, flight attendants, agents, mechanics, baggage handlers, and everyone else united together to achieve this one goal, while reinforcing the feeling of “one team”. Lead by Listening – FM Global’s chairman and CEO, Shivan Subramaniam, takes every opportunity to listen to his employees.

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Center for Creative Leadership

MAY 19, 2019

In an effort to better understand when and how corporate cultures change, CCL and corporate leaders surveyed a group of global VPs and directors in HR, Learning & Development, Leadership, and Talent Management. But when the business landscape radically changes, culture must change, too. The results were telling.

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Altman Decentralization COO Restructuring 76

HR Digest

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Vincent Chee: I am working with our COO Roni Gross and Director Naomi Hung to determine Bevel’s timeline within 6-months, 1 year and 2 years. The HR Digest: What measure(s) did you take with your team to ensure that Bevel’s global corporate culture would reflect its D&I goals? Can you give a specific example?

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Diversity PR Long-term Short-term 52

Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 7, 2014

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s hugely successful Lean In complements both by providing a clear example of a leader who demonstrates in action the managerial practices that both men advocate. Schein and Daniel H. Pink being the standouts.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), found that the number of women in top executives positions in Canada has fallen over the past year from 37 women in the highest-paying executive jobs in 2006 to just 31 in 2007. Furthermore, of the 535 highest paid and most senior positions at those companies, only 5.8% are held by women (down from 6.9%

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

“We know that there’s a real drive towards social impact among the AI companies in Cambridge and doing things the right way,” the team explained to me. Samasource are members of the Global Impact Sourcing Coalition (GISC), which aims to ensure that jobs in this sector are meaningful and sustainable.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Mark Tercek – President and CEO, Nature Conservancy – world leader in global conservation. World Economic Forum – Global Leader for Tomorrow. Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Global Debt Registry (MHR). Kathleen Wilson-Thompson – EVP and Global CHRO, Walgreens Boots Alliance. Non-profit CEOs.

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Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 15, 2015

Whether you need a leadership and management expert for yourself or your team, you’ll find someone great below. Assisted here by Team LBJ. 1 231,000 230,000 8,165 Patrick Lencioni Business, Leadership Best-selling author of several business books including The Five Dysfunctions of Team, and sought after speaker and consultant.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

Executive teams replete with functional experts (CFOs, CHROs, etc.) This model of a small, BU-leader-staffed team was the model for many decades, although some companies named a COO to act as an intermediary between the CEO and the BU leaders. CEOs have always had to address conflicts between team members.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Take the case of Dominic Barton, who served as the Global Managing Director of McKinsey & Company from 2009-2018. When I later became head of McKinsey Asia, he helped me see that I had to hire a solid COO to work with me—which substantially increased my leadership effectiveness in that bigger role.”

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Skills McKinsey COO Handbook 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Half are C-Suite level executives, meaning that they serve as CEO, CFO, COO or the board of directors at a company. These intangible skills are hard to learn in a classroom, says Beth Brooke-Marciniak, EY’s Global Vice Chair for Public Policy. Of these top executives, over half (52%) played a sport at the college or university level.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2017

Some people are qualified on paper, but for political, historical, or personality reasons can’t really succeed on a given team or in a particular job. Once the business cycle shifted, however, and the focus of the role was more about managing a team and driving organic growth, he struggled to adapt.

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360-Degree Feedback Execution Real Estate Executive Coaching 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

The board’s challenge is to decide what deficits it can live with (usually because they can be compensated for by the rest of the leadership team), and which two or three criteria are non-negotiable must-haves. A global energy company was struggling and seemed unlikely to survive the industry’s looming consolidation.

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CEO Six Sigma How To Apparel 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2013

I interviewed Dr. David Astorino, Global Practice Leader for Senior Team Effectiveness, about the findings. Your survey showed that as much as CEOs had shaken up their senior team, looking back on it they wished they''d moved even faster. So they need to have the right person in that COO role. Can they trust you?

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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

OCTOBER 13, 2016

While the number of executives reporting to the CEO has doubled, only 35% of Fortune 500 and S&P 500 companies have COOs, who are responsible for integration across business units or functions. COOs once outnumbered CFOs in those firms, but not now. Who among your current sales team has this ability?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Marne Levine is the COO of Instagram (Facebook, Inc.). Previously, she was the vice president of Global Public Policy at Facebook. Larry and his team were, I think, early in realizing that operating our campus in an environmentally sustainable way was not only the right thing to do but also a sound business decision.

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Project Energy Policies Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2017

” The COO said that as soon as budget conversations were initiated, the political games began. An activist investor in America, responsible for funds worth billions, described how she was often the only woman in the boardroom when she met with the executive teams of the companies she invested in. ” This lie? “Budgets.”

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Power Chief Operating Officer Politics COO 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

For instance, SurveyMonkey CEO Dave Goldberg, husband of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, believes that creating a company culture that encourages people to lead full lives is key to his edge in hiring key leaders and retaining top talent. He proves this point by leaving his office every day at 5:30 p.m.

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Organization Human Resources Banking Flextime 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

The board’s challenge is to decide what deficits it can live with (usually because they can be compensated for by the rest of the leadership team), and which two or three criteria are non-negotiable must-haves. A global energy company was struggling and seemed unlikely to survive the industry’s looming consolidation.

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CEO Six Sigma How To Apparel 8

Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

have met many interesting people this way, including the COO of McDonald’s, the. DDI’s own Global Leadership Forecast 2011 reported that only about 38 percent of. see a leadership standards board with national or global certification processes. engaged and high performing teams. theatrical film about him. Perhaps this.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2013

Lafley and Bob McDonald worked as a team during the 2000s; when Lafley scored his major successes, McDonald was by his side as vice chairman and then COO. Also, he can then look at the balance between Cincinnati-centricity and the recent distribution of brand global functions out to the regions, such as beauty in Singapore.

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P&L Restructuring Price CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Last year Dina, a CEO I’d been working with, felt that leaders on her team were playing it too safe. She kicked off her October management team meeting, which I was attending, by reading the following passage from my book: The dangers of taking too much risk are very clear. At first the team didn’t know what to do with it.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

If you’ve got smart, talented people on your team, chances are they’ll get calls from recruiters. How do you know if your team member is really considering the offer or bluffing? “I would hate to think I have someone on my team who would lie to me. .” Should you make a counteroffer?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

As a VP of sales and marketing for Becker-Birnbaum International, a global consumer products company, Aliyah knew she needed a talented marketing director to support her division’s portfolio of 34 products. As the COO made another well-deserved toast to Anne, Aliyah thought back to her interviews with Ed and Molly. Meeting Ed Yu.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2013

But since its spluttering IPO last year, I''ve been coming around to the notion that Facebook is headed for a status more interesting than either flash-in-the-pan or all-conquering global behemoth. This last characteristic stood out in Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg''s appearance at the D11 conference this week.

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Strategy IPO Early Adopters COO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2016

.” Worst-case scenarios aside, reference checking often yields “vital” information about the candidate, says Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, a senior adviser at global executive search firm Egon Zehnder and most recently the author of It’s Not the How or the What but the Who: Succeed by Surrounding Yourself with the Best.

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Reference COO Learning-by-Doing Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2014

Be in regular, planned contact with your team. Treat maternity leave as an opportunity for growth — for both you and your team. I work in a global role and I’m directly responsible for five employees as well as supervising several others together with my counterpart in London,” she says. “I

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