The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 19, 2023

Living with disability “Being a disability support worker requires many attributes including patience, honesty, and compassion, as well as skills in first aid, administration, information technology, teamwork, providing personal care, and problem-solving,” the researchers explain.

Participative 91

Participative Information Technology Teamwork Focus Group 91

Lead Change Blog

MARCH 26, 2021

While change management is sometimes couched as being all about “winning hearts and minds,” the truth is more nuanced: change comes with a cost — and is not necessarily positive for all stakeholders. Fear of failure. Lack of trust in leadership. Include a feedback loop so that actions can be calibrated along the way.

Resistance 274

Resistance Restructuring Survey Agility 274

HR Digest

APRIL 1, 2023

How do you create a positive onboarding experience? This can be done through surveys, focus groups, or one-on-one meetings. Leverage Technology Leveraging technology can streamline the onboarding process and make it more efficient and effective.

Long-term 69

Long-term Mentor Training Objective 69

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

While it’s largely foolhardy to place too much faith in the various estimates of individual jobs vulnerability to technological and economic disruption, what seems far more certain is that disruption will become a way of life, especially in an era where our life expectancy continues to grow and therefore our time in work stretches outwards.

Technology 95

Technology Competitive Advantage Training Report 95

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Focus groups and stay-interviews can reveal why people want to come to work every day. Performance reviews should focus on outcomes and results. Positive employee relations. Communicating with employees is critical to positive employee relations. Employee engagement and retention.

Succession 137

Succession Benchmarking Performance Review Handbook 137

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 5, 2014

In the case of the former, they typically would want to know why and how could they innovate their current product to regain their position as number one. 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. Technology + Methodology.

Stage-Gate 128

Stage-Gate Productivity Products Innovation 128

Tony Mayo

MARCH 10, 2010

Top Executive Coaching with Tony Mayo About Tony Mayo Newsletter Sign-up Sections Client Comments For Executive Coaches For Executives For Fun For Salespeople Quotes and Aphorisms Recommended Books Technology Tips Videos & Podcasts Popular Posts Twitter Log IX About Tony Mayo Truth or Consequences? A focus group is not a survey.

Mayo 158

Mayo Execution Executive Coaching How To 158

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Bally Technologies , a leading provider of gaming systems for casinos, has earned more than 60 awards for innovation in just the last four years. The result : Its return on assets tripled, from an industry-lagging position below 4% to an industry-leading position above 12%. How did Bally Technologies do it?

Technology 8

Technology Innovation Kaizen Chief Executive Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2018

In prior research , we at the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) found that women leave STEM fields in droves: 52% of highly qualified women working for science, technology, or engineering companies leave their jobs. We hear, in interviews and focus groups, that women are consistently spoken over and even robbed of their ideas.

Succession 14

Succession Reputation Focus Group Leadership Styles 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

As one technology executive has explained to us, “We have some very capable women in the middle management and junior VP levels, but they leave our firm to advance their careers as they continually get passed over for promotion.” ” What can companies do to stop the departure of senior women? Sponsored by Korn Ferry.

Focus Group 8

Focus Group Skills Technology Review 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The prevailing thought is that more data is better, especially given advancements in tools and technologies such as artificial intelligence and predictive analytics. In my conversations with business leaders about how they use data analytics, a primary focus is on technical, large-scale systems.

Team 12

Team Analysis Focus Group Influence 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2017

One was a recent project for the Science and Technology Directorate of the U.S. The agency used stagecraft to gather very early learning about how new technologies could be used in equipment for first responders. In the past, the agency’s attempts to design gear around emerging technology had missed the mark.

Learning-by-Doing 10

Learning-by-Doing Engineering Film Transportation 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2013

During this time Reebok and Nike were blood rivals and neck and neck for the number one position in the market. While each technology bumped sales, something was still missing. My client''s T-shirt problem reminded me of the time when I was working for Reebok''s ad agency in the early 1990s. Back at the No.2

Company 9

Company Apparel Brand Advertising 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2011

Were it not for the intense media and consumer interest in high technology, the industry would be in big trouble. In fact, he famously avoids customer input and focus groups because he is so sure about his own gut feeling. This eliminates online surveys and focus groups. Here are 10 questions to ask: 1.

Marketing 12

Marketing Productivity Products Retail 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2012

In my work with focus groups, interviews with leaders, and reviews of frontline employees' performance appraisals, I'm seeing more and more of these reverse leaders. They maintain an unswerving customer focus. They break them because they're focused on the outcomes rather than the process for producing outcomes.

Self-aware 12

Self-aware Competitive Advantage Follow-up Content 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

In terms of people, processes and technologies, Toyota and Google's YouTube have little in common. For one marketing services firm, it meant being exposed to their biggest client's development teams and sitting through technical tests and focus groups to better appreciate and understand how its products were actually designed and built.

Innovation 8

Innovation Lean Production Disintermediation Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2014

The marketers of Clearblue Advanced Pregnancy Test, a product that can tell you if you’re one-week, two-weeks, or three-plus weeks pregnant, asked a couple of D-list celebrities to tweet out their positive tests back in 2013. For one, he notes, “focus groups are dead.

Market Segmentation 8

Market Segmentation Marketing Insurance Price 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2015

For example, I started consulting in the small business space because a client at a technology firm that provided products for small businesses suggested that I had the right skills for this field. Go into these sessions with a positive attitude, even if you’re expecting bad news. Resist the urge to defend your work.

How To 8

How To Project Review Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

And this isn’t for lack of ambition among them: Black women are even more likely to aspire to hold a powerful position with a prestigious title than white women. Sixteen women were interviewed and seven others participated in a focus group.

Management 13

Management Tacit Knowledge Diversity Leadership Pipeline 13

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Employees who believe they are paid fairly are more willing to give back to the organization and retain their position there. Establish a clear and objective job grading system to determine the relative quantifiers for different positions and what is fair for each role. Those who feel unfairly compensated move on.

System 52

System How To Benchmarking Diversity 52

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

An effort under way at the Mayo Clinic shows how such technology can be used to improve outcomes and lower costs in health care. With predictability, we were then in a position to share that information with patients and set expectations for participation. (We Customer service Customers Health Information & technology Technology'

Mayo 10

Mayo Education Software Participative 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

But what these groups should be doing longer-term — what value they should be providing their members, how their leaders should steer and contribute to the effort, and what types of events and services they should offer — is frustratingly hard to see, or agree on. Build up from what works.

Organization 10

Organization How To Seminar Follow-up 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

At the same time, technologies like selfie sticks, Fitbits, and wearable video cameras are making people comfortable monitoring their own calorie consumption, sleep patterns, heart rate, friends, family, and daily experiences. . They were apathetic renewals, not actively positive ones, which meant that they’re at-risk renewals.”

Document 8

Document Marketing Learning-by-Doing Travel 8