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19 Tips & Ideas on Starting & Running Your Own Business

Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 10, 2018

But don’t be discouraged; for many the hard work is worth it when you consider the freedom over your own time and finances. If you have no relevant work experience, it’s worth spending time gaining some in the following ways: Take a part-time job in your target industry. Get some new qualifications.

Tips

Tips Learning-by-Doing Industry Long-term

What Will It Take to Make Finance More Gender-Balanced?

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2018

It is no wonder we came to fear our gender would keep us from achieving the same level of success as our male peers in finance. We turned to those most able to effect change in finance: the professionals actively working in the field. Family-friendly policies alone may not be enough to drive change in gender equality in finance.

Finance

Finance Banking Survey Policies

Big Data In Your Shampoo?

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Back then, they would run focus groups to see what customers liked/didn''t like about the product and would check competitors that began to do well. Again, they scraped data from the open web on other industries'' IP filings and academic publications providing the key feature they were looking for: a certain texture.

Stage-Gate

Stage-Gate Productivity Products Innovation

The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Alibaba Group. Industrial conglomerate. Vodafone Group. Procter & Gamble. Consumer Goods. Technology. Johnson & Johnson. Biotech & Pharma. Walt Disney. Prudential Financial. Automotive. Cisco Systems. Communication. British American Tobacco. Technology. Biotech & Pharma. HSBC Holdings. Wells Fargo. Online Retail.

Tourism

Tourism Telecommunications Automotive Company

Using Analytics to Predict Hollywood Blockbusters

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

While summer blockbusters like The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises saw record highs, Hollywood recently set a new record — and not one the industry should be proud of. The resulting spike in both supply and demand for movies has created fierce competition for financing.

Film

Film Franchising Budgeting Audience

Using Analytics to Predict Hollywood Blockbusters

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

While summer blockbusters like The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises saw record highs, Hollywood recently set a new record — and not one the industry should be proud of. The resulting spike in both supply and demand for movies has created fierce competition for financing.

Film

Film Franchising Budgeting Audience

Leading the Charge for Sustainable and Inclusive Supply Chains

HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

Robinson recently received its World Finance Sustainability Awards 2022. We have a critical role to play to help our customers, our industry, and our world lessen the environmental impact of supply chains. Robinson add success to the global supply chain industry? The HR Digest: C. What DE&I strategies have helped C.

Supply Chain

Supply Chain Human Resources Diversity Transportation

What Spinning Off a GE Business Taught Me About Managing Ultra-Fast Change

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

I wouldn’t be surprised if the statistics are worse in my industry, financial services, where so many companies are large, global, regulated, and structurally complex. In all, we engaged more than 500 employees from around the world for feedback on our culture through focus groups, interviews, workshops and anonymous ideation sessions.

Management

Management IPO Diversity Long-term

It’s a Match! How to Create an Equitable Compensation System That Fits You

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Establish Benchmarks Make it a point to define industry and market benchmarks to compare your organization’s compensation practices. A competitive salary would involve exceeding the industry benchmarks but this can be done with additional benefits instead. Adapt to these changing trends and standards accordingly.

System

System How To Benchmarking Diversity

Workforce Analytics Isn't as Scary as It Sounds

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2012

Once the shining example of call-center customer service, they dropped to nearly last in the industry in customer satisfaction in 2007. So early on, Finance and HR collaborated to simplify the process, reducing the number of data metrics. The next: to collect the right data and determine the best plan of attack. Take Sprint.

Metrics

Metrics Parcell Call Center Productivity

Innovating the Toyota, and YouTube, Way

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

These investments are more about the development of human capital than finance. What does it mean for your company and industry? Organizations don't — and shouldn't — accomplish that by dangling financial incentives and lures. Access to innovation resources and skills matter far more than money. What should it mean?

Innovation

Innovation Lean Production Disintermediation Automotive

How Women of Color Get to Senior Management

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

Firms with the most ethnically diverse executive teams were 33% more likely to outperform their peers on profitability, and those with executive-level gender diversity worldwide had a 21% likelihood of outperforming their industry competitors. Sixteen women were interviewed and seven others participated in a focus group.

Management

Management Tacit Knowledge Diversity Leadership Pipeline

How to Launch a Working Parents’ Support Group in Your Organization

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Maybe there’s an email chain through which new parents in the marketing department swap out gently used baby gear, and maybe Mary over in finance has a reputation as an “on top of it” mom — and ends up mentoring and informally coaching a disproportionate number of colleagues as a result. Use resources on hand.

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Organization How To Seminar Follow-up

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