Strategy Driven

MARCH 9, 2016

Your organization is going to face a crisis. Our world is too complex, markets too volatile, and technology too fast-paced for us to relax into complacency about organizational safety and normalcy. Organizations turn to their leaders with intensified demands during crisis. This is not a question of IF but WHEN.

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Crisis Automotive Human Resources Education 50

Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Adaptability and Agility The 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have tested organizations’ resilience. Emphasis on Talent Management In the fiercely competitive tech industry, attracting and retaining top talent is crucial. Companies must focus on nurturing and developing their human resources.

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Organization Agility Ethics Operations 40

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 23, 2011

Distant Replay: My Mid-Life Crisis. My intent was to write about business, life and writing - 30 posts later, I’ve managed but one post on life (Lessons from 9-year Olds) and one on writing (Branding the Aspiring Novelist). I didn’t know it, but I was on the way to a mid-life crisis. Human Resources. Leadership.

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Crisis CEO Brand Apparel 100

HR Digest

JULY 1, 2021

During the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC), BCG and the European Association for People Management surveyed 3,400 executives, including 90 senior human resources leaders in more than 30 countries, to see how they were responding. Most companies make the mistake of instituting a hiring freeze in economic downturns.

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Media Brand Crisis Skills 111

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Workers becoming unavailable for unknown amounts of time at a moment’s notice is an ever-present danger to companies in these times of crisis. If you’re hiring remote workers, you might want to prioritize those with sound technical, time management, and communication skills. About the Author.

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BPM Process Crisis Human Resources 102

HR Digest

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Once upon a time, HR tech scene was as dull and vapid as getting ghosted by a recruiter in a slow job market. A handful of companies dominated the market, all them strong, pedestrian. But recent years have seen an explosion of interest in the global human resource (HR) technology market, particularly in North America.

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Venture Capitalist CAGR Human Resources Software 52

HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

Ola Snow, Chief Human Resources Officer at Cardinal Health, brings her 20+ years of life experience, offering a glimpse into the company’s commitment to fostering an inclusive and supportive work environment. The first was when I was an SVP, and I was part of a team that did a 30-day tour of managing an acquisition in Asia.

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Human Capital Human Resources Diversity Education 52

In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 31, 2011

I began blogging about leadership, strategy, marketing and life last February. You’re Not a Real Marketer until You Create a Brand [link]. Brand Managers inherit brands and manage existing franchises. Crisis Management: The Ultimate Test of a Leader [link]. ” Self-assessment is never easy.

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Blog Mission Statement Strategic Planning Brand 222

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

All business (for profit or not) provide goods, services, or intellectual property/capital to a market (or markets) for some form of consideration. All businesses have competition, serve stakeholders and other various constituencies, and must do certain things to avoid failure while on the path to creating a sustainable endeavor.

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

When I was a CEO, I managed to squirrel away a “rainy day” fund for nasty business blips. Do you have the right people in place to minimize its impact or to lead you out of the short-term crisis? At best, they are managers. With that in place, I never had to compromise my strategic principles. Seldom are people to blame.

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Short-term Long-term Advertising Hammer 232

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

This has been exacerbated by the Covid crisis, with research from Durham University Business School illustrating the scale of the impact the pandemic has had on our mental health. What’s more, around a third of managers would be reluctant to hire someone who has had mental health issues in the past, even if they’re no longer an issue.

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Career System Benchmarking Constraint 106

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Diversity is about so much more than human resources issues. In the Chinese culture, every crisis is first recognized as a danger signal and always as an opportunity for overcoming obstacles. It opens your services to additional market niches. It means making the most of the organization that we can. About the Author.

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Diversity Budgeting Open-book Risk Management 111

Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

Companies with a healthy culture gain a positive reputation, not only among employees, but also with customers and the market. Boards see the negative impact of a culture crisis on the value of their companies. It is not an afterthought or a nice-to-have plan that they delegate to human resources to develop.

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How To Middle Management Reputation Short-term 112

First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 26, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Adrienne Fox for the website of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM). To read the complete article, check out other resources, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * Data reveal causes and patterns that help you enhance retention.

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Human Resources How To Resources Article 89

In the CEO Afterlife

JANUARY 30, 2012

A CEO leading a company on the verge of bankruptcy has to ditch the love-in and go into a crisis management mode. At the other end of the spectrum were Caldwell and Jackson, scrambling for a new course, a miracle maybe, but finding nothing but a guillotine to end their misery. When you are losing, a change in plan is usually needed.

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McCarthy Leadership Crisis Management Sports 212

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

The word crisis suggests something that happens infrequently. When it comes to a crisis happening, the question seems to no longer be “if” but “when.” Here’s what we learned: You can’t pick your crisis. When the crisis does hit, the first hours are essential. You have to be ready.”

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Crisis Supply Chain Brand Learning-by-Doing 10

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Sometimes the difficulty of managing your time makes for a haphazard operation. An inefficient operation results in unproductive activities which often miss the point and worse yet, result in wasted time and wasted resources. Time management and “just in time” concepts are applied. Business Success Checklist.

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Succession Strategic Planning Budgeting Goal 50

In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Prepare properly for public platforms – speeches, media and crisis handling. Stand up to stand out – you need a point of view. Use the power of stories as the superglue of messages. Watch out for the signals beyond the words. Learn, rehearse, review and constantly improve.

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Fashion Crisis Audience Entrepreneur 197

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.

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Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Leadership does not begin the when you step upon the first rung of the management ladder. Seldom, and at best, never to the degree of those in “management.” In the years to follow, Walter enrolled in supply management courses at some of the best universities. One direct report does not make you a leader; nor does ten.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Enterprise IT is in crisis — no doubt about it. Humorous because, as a Human Resources practitioner, I hear similar calls for change within my profession. The Management Innovation Exchange is currently running a competition to "hack" the human resources function to enable organizational adaptability.

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CIO Crisis Competitive Advantage Webinar 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Listen here to learn more about what Shootman calls the “digital work crisis.” Alex, you use a term, digital work crisis, to describe what’s going on in our workplaces today. And that’s really the source of this digital work crisis. And this is the digital work crisis. Angelia Herrin, HBR.

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Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The market panicked. Most of the regulation was meant to safeguard the financial system, and the taxpayers who had to bail it out, from another crisis. The banks that have nearly completed their regulatory agenda have a head start, since they can free up more financial and human resources to address evolving technology.

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Banking Crisis Bottom-up Compliance 8

In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 28, 2012

Provide strategic direction to management. In the simplest of terms, a Board’s primary responsibility is to: Oversee corporate performance. Provide perspective and input to the long-term business strategy. Identify risk and monitor mitigation. I’m suggesting an addition. Foster a healthy corporate culture that creates value.

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Competitive Advantage Long-term CEO Ethics 131

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

When Gitanjali Gems set up its diamond-cutting, polishing and jewellery making unit in its 176 acre campus outside Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh in southern India, it faced a major human resources challenge. It pioneered the concept of branded diamonds in India, and has multiple brands for different markets and price segments.

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Company Crisis Attrition Public Relations 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

We've seen success with a novel approach to talent engagement: an integrated HR-Marketing strategy that teams Marketing's brand messaging savvy with HR's internal perspective and expertise. The partnership brings added value to Marketing as well.

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Marketing Brand Benchmarking Marketing Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

The market caps of just four companies, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft, now exceed $3 trillion. Their combined assets of $944 billion are an order of magnitude lower than the combined assets of $7,700 billion of the largest 3,177 companies in 1986, when the aggregate market capitalization reached $3 trillion for the first time.

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Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

I’m not going to carp too much because it’s in keeping with the Freelancers Union’s noble aim of taking the lemons dealt by the labor market over the past decade-plus and turning them into artisanal lemonade. The world surely needs more landscapers and maids than management analysts, and it gets them.

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MBO Survey Human Resources Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2011

One of the biggest mistakes that companies made during the recent crisis was the mass laying off of people to cut costs. Collectively known as "operational risks", these latter costs are substantial yet, if managed properly, could significantly, reduce the bottom line with few negative side effects. Nonetheless, doing so is possible.

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Cost Metrics SWOT Operations 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

The fastest-growing segments of America''s job market — by far — are temporary and part-time employment. Temporary employment has jumped 50% since the depths of the financial crisis. Amazon has its below-the-radar " Mechanical Turk " workplace market. Economy Hiring Human resources'

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Human Capital Real Estate Human Resources Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2011

No sooner had Beijing's flame died than the global financial crisis took British debt levels above 60% of GDP, excluding public intervention in failing banks. Lord Sebastian Coe, chair of the London 2012 Olympic Games, summed up this attitude, saying, "In every time of adversity lies opportunity.never let a good crisis go to waste."

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Supply Chain Tourism Banking Budgeting 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Subramaniam is widely acclaimed as the Father of the Green Revolution in India, because in the mid-1960s, as the Minister for Food and Agriculture, he successfully handled a major food crisis). Watershed and natural resource management initiatives have resulted in increase in water table ranging from 3.5

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Innovation Microfinance Parcell Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Take the example of child sponsorships, highly popular as a marketing tool for many NGOs. I can’t imagine, recalling my days at Rio Tinto, the managers of a copper mine measuring and proudly reporting how much dirt was moved, how deep the hole was, and how many trucks they had procured – while staying mum about how much copper was produced.

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Trends Development Net Present Value NGO 8

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

That was caused by previous management. Once the PR crisis passes, things will get back to normal. Our human resources department takes care of that. When you suggest that a more targeted customer focus would benefit all, including their bottom line, management often gets pious, argumentative and confrontational.

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Budgeting Risk Management Quality Strategic Planning 100

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. On one level, they need to learn and implement basic business essentials such as financial management and human resource development.

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Supply Chain Health Care Self-aware Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2017

Manage the village. If it takes a village to raise a child, your job is to build and manage that village the same way you would a project team at work. The new trainee could have done a first draft of the marketing summary; the groceries could have come from an Amazon standing order.

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Stress Long-term Short-term Contingency Plans 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2012

This was usually the best part of her week — visiting one of her company's supermarkets, talking to the store manager, walking through the aisles, watching the employees interact with the customers. Not you, not me, not the store managers, not the cashiers, not anyone.". And all employees received management training.

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Case Study Price Policies Retail 10