HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

Companies with greater diversity not only have higher retention, but they have higher revenues and operating results, as well as higher brand recognition in their marketplaces. As these technologies mature at record-speed, they will only be as powerful as the training available to help employees understand how to deploy, use and manage them.

Diversity 52

Diversity Career Globalization Learning-by-Doing 52

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

My challenge to you is this…set the chinning bar very high for yourself by reevaluating your goals and objectives to insure that you are on a path towards significance. I concur that it is of no use to sit in judgment of others, and applaud you for the maturity that position displays.

Blog 416

Blog Succession Influence Brand 416

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Rebel Brown : I began to realize that regardless of my client’s size or market focus, from early stage to small business to enterprise, I was constantly having to deal with the same challenges in thinking and planning, before we could focus on the project objectives. As humans we are Natural Born Gravity Machines. I don’t think they work.

Open-book 272

Open-book Greenleaf Blog Marketing 272

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

So how do you know when your skills have matured to the point that you’ve become an excellent communicator? Again, you must keep in mind that for successful interactions to occur, your objective must be in alignment with those you are communicating with. It’s called being prepared and developing a contingency plan.

Tips 417

Tips Blog Learning-by-Doing Open-book 417

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

While I’m not going to deny that social media brings with it new tools, platforms and communication channels, I vehemently object to the premise that you need to morph into an uber geek or communications savant to learn to use them and to reap their many benefits. link] Allan W. link] Allan W.

Media 382

Media Blog Tools Influence 382

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

All the best, Dan [link] Dan Rockwell Mike, When I read this part of the conversation it made me think about the importance of someone who holds out the grand objective with tenacity and won't let others quit until they figured out a way to make it happen. But I will listen. silence) … great then lets move forward.

Consensus 388

Consensus Team Building Blog Team 388

Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

Certain kinds of objective information cannot come from within your own camp. Their work is off-the-shelf, conforms to an established mode of operation, contains original thought and draws precedents from experience. (17 What is their maturity level? It’s lonely at the top. by Hank Moore. 17 percent).

Consultative 60

Consultative Short-term Budgeting Strategic Planning 60

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2016

For example, the French global energy player ENGIE recently tilted its primary dimension from product (such as power, services, and infrastructure) toward region in order to better serve its clients in the territories in which it operates. But such reorgs don’t make silos go away — they just create new ones. Don’t pretend.

Organization 8

Organization P&L Report Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

However, only 11% described themselves as being either “mature” or “advanced” on the learning curve. Doing digital M&A right means upending the way most companies approach financing, due diligence, and merger integration. Let’s start with financing the deal. Sponsored by DXC Technology.

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence Company Learning Curve Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2017

Every organization has a slightly different framework of expected experience, but I like to look at this through the lens of strategy and operations. One CFO I know managed finance for a spin-off firm when it went public and then returned to the parent company in a corporate position. State your ambition.

CFO 8

CFO How To CIO Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Market maturity: Salespeople in mature markets focus on protecting business with existing customers, while salespeople in growing markets tend to focus on new customer acquisition. Increased effectiveness and fewer errors through consistency in data collection and reporting, and the creation and use of operational best practices.

Globalization 8

Globalization System Incentives Guidelines 8

N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

Even then, organizations differ from one to another according to their purposes and objectives. And while I might understand that and actively try to implement those techniques – experience still rules. It's the old example; you can hear 100 times that when you open the door, a dog on a chain will try to attack you.

Blog 333

Blog Leadership Consultative Follow-up 333

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

Some seek stricter accounting of ROI based on objectively measurable goals and achievements. On a recent trip, he briefed me on his business plan and on the school's operations with the maturity and confidence of a seasoned entrepreneur. Today, Roger is president of the school, elected by his peers.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Rogers Tourism Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

As gerajohm commented, "The best executives I have met have had a great understanding of how to use technology to gain competitive advantage and improve operations. As IT steps up as mentor, it needs to mature as well. They also worked with the CIO to help them to understand the business. Now, however, the model is changing.

CIO 8

CIO Crisis Competitive Advantage Webinar 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

But with the departures of a number of high-level HR leaders in late 2016, head of operations Ryan Graves largely took on the head HR role in addition to his other duties. As Pete Ramstad and I note in Beyond HR , leaders often have far better developed frameworks for the value proposition of the finance function than for HR.

Compliance 10

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 10