HR Digest

OCTOBER 27, 2023

For me, the key ingredients for team success are to trust each other, help each other, and be agnostic in the way we deliver for clients and colleagues on a daily basis. In my view, employee engagement operates like the stock market exchange. I am surrounded by a fantastic People Team, who help me build and execute our talent strategy.

Agility 98

Agility Leadership Diversity Industry 98

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This involves conducting thorough research and gathering information about the organization’s industry, market, and internal dynamics. This can be done through individual interviews or focus group discussions, where the facilitator encourages open and honest conversations.

Compliance 402

Compliance Risk Management Objective Process 402

Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Guest post from Warren Wright: If you’re hiring and leading a team of freshly-minted college graduates, you may be noticing some differences in their behavior and preferences compared to previous graduates. This brought them the tools to express themselves as individuals and they were exposed to brands that marketed to them as individuals.

Leadership 222

Leadership Learning-by-Doing Brand Career 222

The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Exploration — a broad, open search for strategic partnerships, unresolved problems, latent or unmet needs, new markets and customer segments that potentially fit the organization’s Focus and Context (vision, values, and purpose) and its core competencies. Regularly get everyone in your organization out to see customers.

Innovation 59

Innovation Agility Strategic Planning Core Competence 59

Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

In her bestselling book “ Find Your Next: Using the Business Genome Process to Find Your Company’s Next Competitive Edge ”, Andrea shares her insights into the various business elements organizations need to employ if they are to create new innovation opportunities in the face of today’s competitive, global market.

Innovation 189

Innovation Leadership Airlines Brand 189

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 5, 2014

.: after years of being the market leader in a specific product category, they quickly begin to lose market share, they wanted to introduce their product into a new market. 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.

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Stage-Gate Productivity Products Innovation 128

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

It’s essential for you to outsource tasks such as these to people such as Digital Goliath Marketing who are able to manage your work efficiently, leaving you with less stress and hassle to have to do it yourself. Some of the outsource administration you could consider are: Surveying, polling, and focus group tests.

Outsourcing 62

Outsourcing Human Resources Learning Curve Marketing 62

The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 26, 2022

These discussions expose underlying values about trust, partnering, and treating team members as adults or children. The HR VP outlined a process to feed back the survey results to management and frontline teams across the organization in the coming months. Last week was an especially clear example of a values disconnect.

Policies 59

Policies Morale Report Survey 59

HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

This is why my team and I have developed a comprehensive listening strategy to understand where our employees are in their lives and work journeys. The first was when I was an SVP, and I was part of a team that did a 30-day tour of managing an acquisition in Asia.

Human Capital 52

Human Capital Human Resources Diversity Education 52

The Practical Leader

AUGUST 16, 2023

” These are a bit extreme, but we’ve heard variations of these thoughts over the years in focus groups to survey a Client’s organizational culture. One morning, I asked a group of very quiet participants a series of questions about their organization’s climate and leadership effectiveness. .”

Energy 52

Energy Crisis Absenteeism Leadership 52

The Practical Leader

MAY 29, 2019

Look beyond the “spot market” for talent. Leading change was a key focus that emerged from reader feedback on the main topics over 600 readers said they’d like to see in my latest book project. It’s been a vital focus for many of our leadership team retreats and culture development work.

Agility 55

Agility Organization Henderson Focus Group 55

LDRLB

APRIL 13, 2020

Is it market share of products? Is it a plurality—just the largest market share? Many companies got their mission statement via something like a focus group, maybe a retreat with senior leaders or maybe a series of meetings from a cross-section of people across the company. Is it for the industry? Get The Free Course.

Mission Statement 120

Mission Statement Motivation Long-term Customer Loyalty 120

Modern Servant Leader

MAY 15, 2012

Once you’ve done some listening, you should ensure you and your social media team are action-oriented. Using Radian 6 to listen and monitor events, a team of responders is trained to handle any situation: from traffic backups to missing children. On a recent tour and visit with Zappos.com Insights team , I got to see service in action.

Media 197

Media Airlines Quality Focus Group 197

Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 27, 2012

In fact, HR in high-risk industries should implement a variety of avenues/opportunities for employee feedback, such as phone hotlines, online and on-site suggestion boxes, employee surveys, focus groups, new hire surveys and exit interviews.

Mentor 232

Mentor Trends Committee Compliance 232

HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

We seek (and listen to) qualitative feedback from our employees through our global opinion survey, focus groups and roundtables with our Business/Employee Resource Groups (B/ERGs). Our Kapable team has driven positive change to make our internal policies and workplace more inclusive. Prior to Wolverine, Ms.

Diversity 81

Diversity Human Resources Globalization Automotive 81

LDRLB

APRIL 13, 2020

Is it market share of products? Is it a plurality—just the largest market share? Many companies got their mission statement via something like a focus group, maybe a retreat with senior leaders or maybe a series of meetings from a cross-section of people across the company. Is it for the industry?

Mission Statement 78

Mission Statement Motivation Long-term Customer Loyalty 78

Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 25, 2011

As Tanveer writes about leadership and managing employees, I thought I’d share some of the questions I often get asked by business leaders about managing customer expectations, developing their employees and how to involve your team in the process of selling your business when the time comes to put it on the selling block.

Engineering 182

Engineering Reference Incentives Merchandising 182

Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 25, 2011

As Tanveer writes about leadership and managing employees, I thought I’d share some of the questions I often get asked by business leaders about managing customer expectations, developing their employees and how to involve your team in the process of selling your business when the time comes to put it on the selling block.

Engineering 182

Engineering Reference Incentives Merchandising 182

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. Companies with a healthy culture gain a positive reputation, not only among employees, but also with customers and the market. The right culture attracts and retains better talent.

How To 107

How To Middle Management Reputation Short-term 107

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

The culture of "big" — big budgets, big campaigns, big reports — has driven marketing decisions and budgets for decades. In an age when consumers decide within seconds whether or not to abandon a web site, big marketers need to act more like agile startups, maneuvering and adapting in real-time.

Marketing 17

Marketing Metrics Agility Budgeting 17

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Leaders today increasingly turn to big data and advanced analytics in hopes of solving their most pressing problems, whether it’s a drop-off of repeat customers, a shift in consumption patterns, or an attempt to reach new markets. Scaling Your Team’s Data Skills. Insight Center. Sponsored by Splunk.

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Team Analysis Focus Group Influence 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

For marketers, truly valuable customer data comes in two forms: thick data and big data. Take the case of a large European supermarket chain that recently tried to arrest declining sales and eroding market share. The New Tools of Marketing. Big data is generated by the millions of touchpoints companies have with customers.

Marketing 8

Marketing Discount Price Survey 8

Tony Mayo

MARCH 10, 2010

After meeting with the customers, I brief the client executive team on what I have learned. Steps to Organizing a Customer Listening Session Be explicit about the corporate goals the listening session is meant to support, e.g., growth, margin, line expansion, service offerings, locations, market positioning, etc. Begin and end on time.

Mayo 158

Mayo Execution Executive Coaching How To 158

Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2011

I mean "bestow fortune upon", because the super-rich have actually, while most people have gotten poorer, gotten richer during this great crisis) — headed off to hurriedly, nervously confer with their skinny-jeaned, sunglass-wearing, spiky-haired marketing droids. You know what really builds marketing synergies, and drives brand equity?

Marketing 15

Marketing Loyalty Decentralization Credit Rating 15

Strategy Driven

JUNE 10, 2011

Marketing executive in New York City. You may even share the views of the marketing executive that I quoted above. ’ As Author of How to Speak American : Building Brands in the New Heartland, Paul shares his groundbreaking insights and has emerged as one of the most respected voices in marketing today. population.

Brand 50

Brand How To Marketing Focus Group 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

The culture of "big" — big budgets, big campaigns, big reports — has driven marketing decisions and budgets for decades. In an age when consumers decide within seconds whether or not to abandon a web site, big marketers need to act more like agile startups, maneuvering and adapting in real-time.

Marketing 10

Marketing Metrics Agility Budgeting 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Our traditional market research is telling us something else. I think the reason you trust traditional market research is that you have to pay for it out of your budget." Still — it's nothing compared to the cost of corporate market research.". Our market-research people know what they're doing. That grin again.

Cost 8

Cost Marketing Management Sample 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2018

You and Your Team Series. They get that having a diverse workforce is important to customers and critical to succeeding in a global market. Three of the most effective ways to find out are survey assessments, focus groups, and one-on-one conversations. Use independent facilitators to conduct focus groups.

Diversity 8

Diversity Focus Group Survey Attrition 8

Ron Edmondson

JUNE 15, 2011

Here is an interview with Mark Schoenwald: How do you keep up with current trends and the market in our industry? Also, get out of the office and get into stores and online to understand the focus of merchandising and promotions. Every leader wants that on their team. I was interested in learning from Mark’s leadership.

CEO 54

CEO Chief Executive Officer Learning-by-Doing Delegation 54

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

One simple and often overlooked way for larger companies to experiment is to randomize the introduction of new products across a set of markets. To answer those questions, Duncan and his team conducted an experiment, launching Express Pool in six large markets and then comparing metrics in the launch cities with those in others.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Metrics Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The marketing budget to cement that perception was nearly $100 million, but the opening weekend not only missed financial expectations, it flat-lined. Clearly the thriving film market needs to shift to a culture that bases decisions on data — not gut checks.

Film 16

Film Franchising Budgeting Audience 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The marketing budget to cement that perception was nearly $100 million, but the opening weekend not only missed financial expectations, it flat-lined. Clearly the thriving film market needs to shift to a culture that bases decisions on data — not gut checks.

Film 15

Film Franchising Budgeting Audience 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2018

As in audio branding, where a marketer should avoid going directly to a musician but rather work with a strategic agency that understands the use of sound as a branding avenue, marketers should rarely go directly to a perfumer.

Brand 8

Brand Hotels Retail Real Estate 8

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Establish Benchmarks Make it a point to define industry and market benchmarks to compare your organization’s compensation practices. If our equitable compensation program guide is to be trusted, you need to identify relevant external benchmarks to understand prevailing salary ranges for similar roles in the market.

System 52

System How To Benchmarking Diversity 52

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2016

Engaging with your users on a regular basis — through reporting tools built into your product, online surveys, or focus groups, for example — is a necessary step for understanding, rather than assuming you know, their challenges and needs. Collaborative, cross-functional teams. A focus on outcomes rather than inputs.

Tools 8

Tools Engineering Rate of Return Focus Group 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

It has a more rigorous organization structure that divides responsibilities between the innovation team and development team, and strengthens management around the opportunity pipeline. These teams have disciplined processes to get the technology to market, generally with a one- to two-year product horizon.

Technology 8

Technology Innovation Kaizen Chief Executive Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

When we spoke with Cox and his team, they told us they turned to a specific company cohort: young vice presidents who had already graduated from the company’s six-month Accelerated Learning Development (ALD) program. While a high degree of coaching and mentoring is a part of the program, the teams own their own process.

Development 12

Development Participative Conference Innovation 12