HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The current crisis has brought to focus two of the biggest challenges in front of human resource departments at the world’s leading organizations. It is easy to understand why so many organizations rely heavily on a Global HR Leader’s extensive knowledge of people-management practices. Donna Morris. Tracy Keogh.

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Chart Your Course

JULY 8, 2015

Many of our clients are facing a serious talent crisis. Successful succession planning strategies identify talented employees suited to fill positions of managers and other organization leaders. This makes the transition of one manager leaving and a new one filling their place a smooth one.

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Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Adaptability and Agility The 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have tested organizations’ resilience. Strong Organizational Culture Netflix and Salesforce showcase the value of a positive and strong organizational culture, aligning employees with the mission and values of the company.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

2020 has put recruiters in an awkward position. 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. BPM software is uniquely positioned to help companies do that in a variety of ways. Be a Good Company.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Harnessing Digital Transformation of Covid-19 Crisis. The purpose of servant leadership, according to Kathleen Wilson-Thompson, Executive Vice President and Global Chief Human Resources Officer at Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., What are some of the leadership lessons that have guided you in the current times of crisis?

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Skip Prichard

JULY 6, 2020

New managers , or those aspiring to manage a team, often are looking for a playbook to help them get started. And, let’s face it, seasoned managers often need a refresher on some of the basics. How I wish we had an entire day to talk about management and leadership. 4 Things Great Managers Do. 2) Energize.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

The HR Digest: Looking at the impact of Covid-19 on Synchrony, what positive changes are here to stay? What do you think most boards misunderstand or underestimate about human resources? Just like every other business imperative, this is the cost of doing business, and doing it the right way.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 4, 2023

Historically, HR has often been called in when office drama reaches a crisis point. A Strategic Approach to Conflict Management To truly address office drama and create drama-free workplaces , HR professionals need to embrace a strategic approach to conflict management.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

Teams with strong positive cultures can weather short-term blows to engagement, such as economic downturns, anxiety over mergers, or increased competition. In other words, culture is the fuel that drives and sustains positive engagement. Culture is the fuel that drives and sustains positive engagement.” Jason Richmond.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The answer made us realize that we needed to reimagine Employee Relations, moving traditional case management and investigations into a deep, proactive view of our organizations so we can pinpoint cracks in the system before they break our people. We asked, “Does the name Human Resources reflect what we do and who we serve?”.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 26, 2011

Guest post by John Mattone , Business Author, Senior Faculty Member of Talent Management Alliance and President of Executive Development Associates (EDA), a global leadership consulting firm that specializes in executive assessment, development, and coaching. However, a great place to start is with a positive, self-affirming value system.

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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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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 12

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Several years ago, we realized that specialized positioning and communications are necessary for social harmony and a global economy. Diversity is about so much more than human resources issues. As media does a good job of showcasing multicultural events, note it positively.

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Skip Prichard

MAY 17, 2021

Often the lack of this balance between the long-term strategy and the short-term operational demands is the cause of numerous problems from crisis to scandal to poor results. On the contrary, we are positive that there are many people who get the message. The first job of all leadership is to protect people.” Chris Lewis.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 7, 2014

Many transitions programs available to veterans approach the participant from a position of coping. While there are drastic differences between military culture and corporate culture, there are many transferrable skills – and more than most veterans (and hiring managers) initially believe. Some undermine their prospects.

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The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

” In the midst of the financial crisis back in 2009, Harvard Business Review published a special issue on “Managing in the New World.” Like this CEO, many senior executives are realizing we’re in a state of “permanent white water.” ” One article was especially prescient.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 4, 2012

They are staffers, not line managers. Strategic Planning positions exist inside companies, and in external consulting businesses. Internal Strategic Planning managers do the same thing. Strategic Planners collaborate with management to uncover strategic direction. Consultants earn a living by the clock.

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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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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Asian countries, including China, are facing an aging crisis that could seriously dampen future economic growth. The results could be a mass brain drain, wage inflation in skilled positions, and thinning of pensions. Global companies operating in Asia can play a positive role in shaping and framing new personnel practices.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The sheer sprawl of these outsourced services is bewildering, even at medium-size organizations: housekeeping, food services, materials management, IT, and clinical staffing, including temporary nursing and also physician coverage for the ER, ICU and hospitalists. Eliminating layers of management. As the U.S.

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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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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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Building Personal Strength

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Monday, November 8, 2010 Proactivity - Solve Problems WhileThey Are Still Small When people ask me why I don’t do consulting work anymore, I recall the most challenging project I ever had, which was to present training in creative problem solving to the mid-level managers of Banamex (National Bank of Mexico) – 20 years ago.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

You will have to confront people and issues to ensure that your business continues to move in a positive direction. link] LeadershipNews: A Leadership Crisis or a Branding Issue? Here it is: As a leader, there will be occasions when you will have to navigate through hard times. You will have to deliver bad news. Care to share?

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You're Not the Boss of Me

OCTOBER 31, 2010

But before we go off and begin declaring war on rules, I think we need a few, um, rules, to ensure that the breaking process provides as great an opportunity for a positive result as possible. link] LeadershipNews: A Leadership Crisis or a Branding Issue? What do you think? · Theme: Pilcrow by Automattic

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You're Not the Boss of Me

MARCH 8, 2010

The Hospital Human Resources Department had changed its name to The Employee Engagement Department. Each time I see that sign, I wonder what they might be doing differently now that they weren’t doing when they were called The Human Resources Department. In my experience it was not a positive thing.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2017

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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You're Not the Boss of Me

APRIL 4, 2010

link] LeadershipNews: A Leadership Crisis or a Branding Issue? Hopefully, so will you, and, in the spirit of shared leadership you will choose to share your ideas too. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Quote of the Week The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

A long time ago, I had a boss who was the designated Manager of a large department in an even larger financial institution. As time passed, this Manager, having performed exceptionally well, was promoted to Assistant General Manager of the entire region. His office was in the corner.

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Organization Blog Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 44

You're Not the Boss of Me

APRIL 19, 2009

So, if you are a leader positioned somewhere in the middle of the organizational pack or an individual who wants to make a tangible difference in your organization, how do you do it? What specific positive outcomes do I expect from it? « Wisewolf Talking - resources for those managing or going through change!

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You're Not the Boss of Me

MARCH 23, 2010

Exploring Shared Leadership → March 23, 2010 · 5:37 pm ↓ Jump to Comments The Importance of Being Purposeful When I first came to Vancouver to take up my new role as a Human Resources Consultant with a major bank, my boss and I agreed that I should go on a road trip and meet with as many corporate banking employees as possible.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Specifically, in order to reward key personnel in our organizations, as well as to demonstrate how much we value their contributions, we end up ‘promoting’ them to leadership positions. link] LeadershipNews: A Leadership Crisis or a Branding Issue? · Theme: Pilcrow by Automattic

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2013

On the positive side, Greece has tidied up its balance sheet (at least the privately held debt), and nearly balanced its budget, excluding interest payments. But it hasn''t yet tackled its operational challenges, the root causes of the country''s crisis. Change management is the current imperative for Greece. It is past time.

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Politics Restructuring Crisis McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

As a manager, how can you cultivate a sense of career growth and development for your people, even when possibilities for promotion are limited or nonexistent? I posed this question to my human resource management students recently. His father is a sales manager, his mother a pediatrician.

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Career Succession Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

In a September CareerBuilder survey of more than 2,600 employers nationwide, one in four businesses reported having open positions for which they cannot find qualified candidates. If you find that you can't fill open positions, consider these approaches to recruiting the right talent more efficiently: Know the hard-to-fill positions.

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Skills Incentives Training Positioning 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Temporary employment has jumped 50% since the depths of the financial crisis. In fact, temps with Androids and iPhones already use services like Gigwalk and LinkedIn to more profitably find and manage their part-time and/or temporary work. Economy Hiring Human resources' Something profoundly structural is going on.

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