The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 13, 2022

“ESG is following something of a similar pattern to diversity, which in the beginning was largely virtue signaling to make it look like organizations really cared,” Columbia University’s Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic says. ” Values-based leadership. . ” Values-based leadership. Global reach.

Cooper 117

Cooper Long-term Politics Energy 117

HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

I’ve found it helpful to work with an executive coach, who can give me objective advice and operates as a sounding board. that provide a platform for diverse perspectives and recognition of events focused on areas such as ability, gender, ethnicity, race, generation and sexual orientation.

Commitment 52

Commitment Real Estate 360-Degree Feedback Human Resources 52

The Practical Leader

JUNE 7, 2023

Management directs, plans, and controls daily operations. Leaders support frontline servers and teams running daily operations. Management’s job is to solve operational problems. Leaders ensure teams have the skills, tools, information, and support to solve operational problems. Involve people. Manage one on one.

Teamwork 52

Teamwork Operations Objective Quality 52

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

John Iino talked with The HR Digest about the various Diversity & Inclusion programs which have put Reed Smith on the global map as one of the top diversity employers. The HR Digest: Why is equity, diversity, inclusion, so important to you? By the time I left my first firm, I was the most senior AAPI in the entire firm.

Globalization 59

Globalization Diversity Self-aware Metrics 59

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

That said, buckle-up and join me for a ride as we journey into the politically incorrect mind of Mike Myatt… The institutionalization of “Politically Correct Thinking&# in the corporate world has done more to harm operating businesses than just about any other social and/or cultural influence in recent times.

Politics 375

Politics Blog Leadership Diversity 375

Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 24, 2012

Of course, any discussion of competing in a global economy understandably introduces the importance and value of encouraging diversity within the workplace to tap into new ways and approaches to address a particular situation. But why do we have to limit this notion of diversity to visible or cultural differences?

Diversity 230

Diversity Globalization Productivity Products 230

In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 10, 2011

Leadership. When a company has clout, there isn’t much incentive to re-invent. Sixty-five innovative operations - four in the state of California alone. Sixty-five innovative operations - four in the state of California alone. So why don’t they reduce the number of operations? In diversity there is unity.

CEO 170

CEO Advice Company Competitive Advantage 170

HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

In 2020, our Diversity and Inclusion team and the Black Employee Network launched the Taking Action Initiative task force to explore and drive actions we could take to make meaningful change internally and externally to the company. What’s the key lesson you want aspiring CHROs to take away from your work? Gloria Chen, CHRO, Adobe.

Software 98

Software Engineering Learning-by-Doing Diversity 98

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 30, 2012

In a research I did with Professor Will Mitchell (Duke & Toronto University) on 150 telecom firms, I find that firms prepared to grow in diverse ways outperform the ones that narrowly focus on one single mode. The reliance on a single growth mode is misplaced.

Company 234

Company Licensing Resources Incentives 234

Change Starts Here

JUNE 6, 2013

Yet, without a change management approach, HR tends to work within a transactional role, attacking problems reactively with policies, training, incentive programs, and memos. Jobs that focus on process improvement, such as industrial engineers, Six Sigma Black Belts, and operations managers, are usually redesigning people’s jobs.

Six Sigma 124

Six Sigma Management Human Resources Project 124

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2016

The hope was that the diversity of brainpower and perspectives would yield imaginative ways to outgrow the shortfall. That, in brief, is the concept of a leadership circle. While a natural inclination, this group is (by design) representative of current operating units and functions, which often have a status quo to defend.

Leadership 9

Leadership Diversity Committee Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2014

According to “Spin Selling” author Neil Rackham, when Xerox first established a sales operations group in the 1970s to take on activities such as sales planning, compensation, forecasting, and territory design, group leader J. •Administer quarterly sales incentive compensation plans and the goal setting process.

Offshoring 9

Offshoring Outsourcing Analysis Incentives 9

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2011

Unfortunately, with the focus on profit, solution placement, timelines, and commissions, the potential for true servant-leadership has been overlooked. Indeed, it’s possible to make money AND make nice. Let’s look at what we’ve been doing until now. Sellers sit and wait while they do them.

Servant Leader 50

Servant Leader Newsletter Resources CFO 50

You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I’m thinking though that it is in the difficult times that leaders need to embrace the concepts of the Learning Organization and to build a culture of shared leadership. This speaks to the dangers of clinging to, and operating from, narrow perspectives. It can get pretty complex. What do you think?

Learning Organization 56

Learning Organization Senge Organization Learning-by-Doing 56

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2018

. “Any time you start something new like [an innovation initiative], that cuts across many areas, there’s a potential for people feeling like you’re in their backyard,” says Michael Britt, a senior vice president who heads the Energy Innovation Center at Southern Company, a major utility operator. What can help?

Innovation 15

Innovation Company Budgeting Survey 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

So I reached out to Brandon Webb, an innovative SEAL trainer/educator, and CEO of Force12 Media for real-world perspective on what industry could learn from a special operations sensibility. But customer service and leadership training that only enhances rather than transforms capabilities and skills doesn’t buy very much.

Training 8

Training Education Incentives Leadership 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

A McKinsey study found that across all industry sectors, companies with the most women on their boards of directors significantly and consistently outperform those with no female representation: by 41% in terms of return on equity and by 56% in terms of operating results. Tesco, Unilever, BT, Eversheds, and the National Grid are all on board.

Diversity 15

Diversity McKinsey Incentives Proposal 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2017

Other firms have ventured down this path, including the conglomerate Wesfarmers , with its 200,000-plus staff, and the global hospital operator Ramsay Health Care. CEO incentives have traditionally been evaluated against objective data — also labelled “hard.” Should soft measures be part of a CEO’s scorecard?

TSR 9

TSR Banking Committee Incentives 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Research shows that no matter how diverse a team is in terms of backgrounds, disciplines, cultures, and generations, they can produce great results if they’re well led. But that diversity can be squandered by trying to homogenize everyone. Tip #2: Engage Peripheral Talent.

Short-term 8

Short-term Diversity Tips Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2012

A business dependent on the intellect of its workforce ought to invest heavily in talent management and leadership development. This includes understanding employee needs and putting in place policies and operating principles that maximize engagement. Spend time on leadership. And for its clients?

Talent Management 13

Talent Management Incentives Efficiency Training 13

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

That means you need compelling incentives to have people join your community. Rolling out a community and just expecting people to join as friends or followers is a flawed philosophy. Marketing 101 principles still apply. Shifting your business strategically, culturally, and operationally are key components to the equation.

Media 50

Media Follow-up Software Newsletter 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

The company’s more than 80 operating subsidiaries have complete independence and minimal oversight from headquarters, which requires little else besides regular financial statements and the return of excess cash that is not needed to sustain and grow the business. A long-term investment horizon improves operating performance.

Short-term 8

Short-term Long-term Supply Chain Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Instead of institution-based siloes and command-and-control, Ebola demands the collective problem-solving and action of a virtual community — and the mobilization of an entire ecosystem of diverse players. Hierarchical command-and-control is slow and operates less on incentives for solutions than on avoiding criticism or mistakes.

Crisis 8

Crisis Crisis Management Uncertainty Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2012

Many organizations were once structured to ensure that each function operated with maximum efficiency. Too little diversity of thought; too much isolation from customers' experience. Mobile phone operators make sure their executives never deal with the dropped calls and poor reception that bedevil their customers.

Process 15

Process Innovation Diversity Budgeting 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2015

I have often been struck by the way companies operating in industries as diverse as telecommunications and transport manage to collaborate in a competitive environment, yet health organizations find collaboration difficult even when they are not competing. The first is organizational myopia. First is staying power.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Telecommunications Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

This diversity reflects not only a deepening understanding of the connection between growth and customer satisfaction, but a much greater awareness of what marketing can do to help forge that bond. “I Such a partnership is also helpful in establishing the right performance incentives. So the HR director has to be my best friend.”.

P&L 9

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2014

Among health care leadership, it can have the unintended effect of promoting inaction over change and innovation. Within weeks, I could see that some were operating multi-million-dollar Stinger missile systems – some of the most sophisticated combat equipment ever devised. As a result, U.S.

Health Care 8

Health Care Information Technology Learning-by-Doing Information 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Our stakeholder-based strategy rests on the following key pillars: People: The human factor plays a central role in our operations, and thus our business growth must be tied to the growth of our people. CEOs and boards: Esquel's governance and incentive structure allow it to persistently embrace and pursue the values described above.

Industry 10

Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Caterpillar , for example, publishes its dealer sales statistics by region each month, while the Spanish bank Santander puts out a newsletter with key operating results and commentary. At an extreme, one Asian SWF has launched 20-year rolling performance targets for its managers' incentives. Often they will clash, sometimes fiercely.

Long-term 8

Long-term CEO Short-term McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

VP of Operations. The company also offers productivity-linked incentives, which helps youth take home an average salary of $160 (Rs.8000) Diversity — abled and disabled youth working together in an inclusive manner — gives them a competitive edge: extra public relations points with western customers.

Company 8

Company Crisis Attrition Public Relations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2011

They go by names like corporate social responsibility, sustainability, shareholder advocacy, social assessment and auditing, consumer action, government regulation, leadership development, ethics, realignment of incentives , attracting long-term investors , creating shared value , and more. Educate and Motivate Others.

CEO 12

CEO Incubator Supply Chain Entrepreneur 12

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

What is their commitment toward literacy, social services, health care, the environment, multicultural diversity and other key issues that really create a better life? They make up by increasing rates of advertisers…offering cause-related marketing packages as incentives. ‘Work Smarter, Not Harder.’ We Earn It.

Brand 50

Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

This was for incentive payments and supplemental reimbursement for services provided by health professionals and hospitals that became meaningful users of IT. $3 They had incentives to do so, but they could easily refuse. Site visit teams were diverse and representative of major Partners institutions and stakeholders.

System 8

System Skills Health Care Constraint 8