HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

At Audible, we strive to elevate and amplify marginalized and underrepresented voices through our content, workshops and events. I can honestly say that, after working at several companies, we’re unique in the way our employees and senior leadership embrace challenges as genuinely as we do at Audible.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

At Audible, we strive to elevate and amplify marginalized and underrepresented voices through our content, workshops and events. I can honestly say that, after working at several companies, we’re unique in the way our employees and senior leadership embrace challenges as genuinely as we do at Audible.

Diversity 52

Diversity Katz Learning-by-Doing Globalization 52

Women on Business

DECEMBER 2, 2010

In the movie, Buddy failed dismally to keep up with the production of Etch-a-Sketch toys against the skill and speed of the other elves in the workshop. If Buddy was originally trained to be a toymaker, how well did he compete against the other elves? However, if Buddy didn’t excel at toymaking, then what was his true strength?

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 20, 2023

An honest open review of your abilities and interests can thus help you assess what career goals may be right for you. Leadership Development Are you someone whose professional development goals involve being a leader and taking charge of the field? How does my career align with my personal life? Is my time frame realistic?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

During a recent workshop, an artisan told me that, had he known that money was running dry, he would have cut his non-business expenses. Organizations that move into developing nations to help small technical businesses, must help those businesses manage their finances. More from The Conversation Is HR Too Important to Be Left to HR?

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You're Not the Boss of Me

MAY 25, 2009

It could be argued that given this, there is a definite leadership component to the practice of office politics and as such, it’s really not something that can reasonably be ignored. The CEO had been in place for only a short time, having been promoted rapidly from company accountant to Finance Director to CEO. And that can’t be bad.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Supported by TAPFIN, a division of ManpowerGroup, they gathered data from HR and Finance systems including the HRIS, VMS, ATS, GL/Finance and A/P. The workshops encouraged and equipped the operating managers and HR teams to take a fresh look at their workforce goals and options. Create one integrated workforce strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

So four years ago, when I was CEO of GE Capital Retail Finance and tapped to lead a mega change initiative — splitting off our unit into a new, publicly traded company, Synchrony Financial — I’ll admit I viewed it as a huge challenge. Change management certainly tested us. I just didn’t know in what ways.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

The best ones are permeable membranes that transfer knowledge from the outside in: Steve Jobs recruited the Dean of Yale’s Business School to run Apple University, while Jeff Weiner recruited business coach and thought leader Fred Kofman to lead leadership development for LinkedIn. Ritz Carlton and Zappos follow a similar model.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The workshops companies invest in typically teach them to constantly check their thoughts for bias. ” In finance, for example, that might mean believing — based on no evidence — that only MBA graduates from an elite university are likely to succeed at their jobs. Hardly anyone raised their hand.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2017

market , and still has a large cash hoard for investment from its last financing round at a valuation of $68 billion, making it the highest-valued unicorn in the history of business. This occurs when the founder’s leadership skills hit a limit, inhibiting the ability of the company to go to the next stage.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Access to finance , designing operational processes and systems , and building strong, talented management teams are just a few obstacles that many cite. Allianz employees are paired with social entrepreneurs for a five-day intensive workshop following a mandatory training session that prepares employees for their assigned projects.

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Entrepreneur Company Six Sigma Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2017

Through a coordinated, systemic, prolonged intervention with dozens of institutions and thousands of individual participants, new growth of the local companies we trained has directly created over 1033 jobs, fueled by dozens of new private sector financings. day, scale-focused workshops and related activities. strategic hires).

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

Our audacious challenge was followed by a spirited effort, in a series of HBR blog posts by experts in design, energy, finance and urban planning, to answer the following questions: How can organic, self-built slums be turned into livable housing? The workshop had four tracks: Rural House Design Prototype.

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Govindarajan Construction Workshop Project 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2011

This year my organization decided to give an award for "excellence in leadership," and among the elements of excellence we expect to see in the winner, we're putting one criterion front and center: the nominees' commitment to gender diversity in their leadership ranks. But I'll be expressing my admiration and gratitude to them all.

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Microfinance Diversity Banking Trends 13

Sales Wolf Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

  David describes SelfGrowth.com as a "Matching or Connecting Service for People who Want to Improve their Health, their Finances, their Relationships and their happiness" that helps to "Connect people who want to improve their lives with information, experts, products and services that can teach or show them how to do it.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

3) Demonstrate the state of the proposed solution from the standpoint of the user in periodic reviews (called “playbacks”). From its founding 31 years ago, Intuit has been an entrepreneurial company, creating personal finance and tax preparation products such as Quicken, TurboTax, and QuickBooks.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2010

However in reflecting upon my presentations and client engagements, I’ve noticed that it’s not an infrequent occurrence to find that even the most savvy executives misconstrue certain basic leadership ideas. Therefore, I’ve concluded it’s time to take a step back and review the fundamentals. Which type of leader are you?

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