HR Digest

JUNE 15, 2023

On any fair day, the balancing act performed by the unsung heroes of a company – the human resources team (HR) , is quite overwhelming. The Vantage HR Influencers podcast invites industry thought leaders that discourse widely on employee compensation, benefits, engagement, and motivation. Vantage Circle Everything HR-related?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

What about competing against the innovation of others that could cause the obsolescence of your product or service? Great businesses are in constant search of improvement, innovation, change, disruption, knowledge and other strategic leverage points that lead to a competitive advantage or operational enhancement.

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HR Digest

MAY 1, 2019

Meet The Woman Who Has Changed IBM’s History Harnessing the power of data analytics to transform process, people, and culture is not easy. The CHRO of IBM, Diane Gherson however, has different views and she has translated the term “human+machine interaction” into HRM practices. Digital technologies forced-disruption of all that.

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Nathan Magnuson

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

At a time when creativity and innovation are at a premium, good ideas are actually more threatening than ever. Powerful Question #2. Powerful Question #2. Human Resources (4). Influence (13). Powerful Questions (2). Are good ideas ruining the effectiveness of your team or organization? Recent Posts.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Navigate political conflict at work with a combination of clarity, connection, and curiosity When you think of talking with people at work who have different political beliefs, your first response might be like that of many people we’ve encountered as we wrote Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict : “Yeah, no. 4) Don’t assume.

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Chart Your Course

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Simply stated, it is our observable human behavior. DISC tells us how we respond to problems and challenges; how we influence others to our points of view; how we respond to the pace of our environment; and how we respond to the rules and procedures set by others.

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

In an interview with The HR Digest, Michael Fraccaro, Chief Human Resources Officer at Mastercard, explains the importance of business resource groups and the vital role it plays to deliver real business results. It can help them innovate. Culture can be an enabler and that’s the power we want to unlock at Mastercard.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. Black Enterprise Magazine ‘Top 100 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America’ and ‘50 Most Powerful Women in Corporate America’. Sean McGrath – Human Resources Vice-President World Bank Group.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Simmons gives us Power: The Heart Of Leadership | Bret L. Anne Perschel and Marion Chapsal team up to give us When Truth Speaks to Power?and and Power Listens posted at Germane Insights , saying, “INSTIGATING CHANGE. Driscoll presents The Innovator in Each of Us posted at Shawn Driscoll.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

There is no doubt that strong culture translates into a powerful competitive advantage. The culture required to drive a strategy of innovation is different from the culture required to develop efficiency or operational excellence. It is not an afterthought or a nice-to-have plan that they delegate to human resources to develop.

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Women on Business

MARCH 8, 2011

Today’s professionals are focused on developing their skill sets and seek the training, the resources and the people that can help them achieve their goals. She was selected as one of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders two years in a row and also received the 2006 Power & Influence Award.

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Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 15, 2015

Innovation Advocate. 11 2,410 220 2,346 Brian Tracy Personal Development Professional Speaker, Author, Success Expert, CEO of Brian Tracy International¬ô 12 254,000 20,600 1,064,000 Charles Duhigg Personal Development New York Times reporter ([link] ) and author of The Power of Habit ([link] ). It is a manifesto of human creativity.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 19, 2012

Mega companies will be broken up into smaller pieces for a plethora of reasons, the most important being the need to regain strategic control, to find singularity of purpose and to reinvent the powerful concept of the specialist (versus the generalist). Others who are upbeat and keen to influence the future are the winners.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The pieces will distill the conversation down to key leadership takeaways and include suggested action plans that you can implement immediately within your sphere of influence. Recently, African business leaders have focused on innovation in the workplace and the imperative to nurture and grow talent on the continent.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

Most leaders are interested in growing their businesses through innovation, but it's risky business: most innovation efforts fail. After years of helping to make innovation happen as chief communications officer at Steelcase and as a consultant, I have a point of view that I'm willing to bet on. Don't lose sight of the horizon.

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Women in the LEAD

JUNE 25, 2010

I also admit, I personally was influenced by Joel Barker's video, THE POWER of VISION video. Our thoughts are powerful. This means the choices we make and the way we approach shaping our future, even from the worst of circumstances, can be greatly influenced by our thoughts. It uses all its resources to that end.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

Because Best Buy's flexible work program is not just any flex policy, but the groundbreaking Results Only Work Environment (ROWE), one of the most innovative and celebrated examples of a company redesigning work to focus on results and boost performance through motivation-enhancing trust and autonomy.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

It's hard to find leaders of the human resources (HR) function who are active in helping their organization improve the way it works. In 2009 Tony Scibelli, Vice President of Human Resources and Operations at Faxton-St. In 2009 Tony Scibelli, Vice President of Human Resources and Operations at Faxton-St.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2014

Lego’s Mindstorm robots (or education and innovation kits as they are sometimes known) were developed in collaboration with MIT Media Lab as a solution for education and training in the mid to late 90’s. What size wheels to use for speed and maneuverability, what drain on battery power, which sensors to use for guidance around walls.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

Because Best Buy's flexible work program is not just any flex policy, but the groundbreaking Results Only Work Environment (ROWE), one of the most innovative and celebrated examples of a company redesigning work to focus on results and boost performance through motivation-enhancing trust and autonomy.

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HR Digest

JUNE 24, 2023

HR analytics, also known as people analytics or workforce analytics, is a data-driven approach that empowers Human Resources Management (HRM) by collecting, analyzing, and interpreting HR data. The term Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) emerged as organizations recognized the critical role HR plays in driving business success.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2015

Here’s a question that has been touted by human resources consultants and practitioners for the better part of two decades as an important way to measure employee engagement: “Do you have a best friend at work?” Should businesses care if their employees have healthy relationships?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

CEOs need to clarify when talented humans must defer to algorithmic judgment. The most painful board conversations that I hear about machine learning revolve around how much power and authority super-smart software should have. They’re analogous to autonomous resources, as opposed to human resources, departments.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2014

Many executives today worry that skill shortages threaten their organization’s ability to grow and innovate. Organizations like Boston Scientific, MITRE, and some nuclear power plants have put elaborate programs in place to address specific knowledge transfer needs. Human resources Managing people Talent management'

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2015

As a result, vital economic influencers such as growth and innovation are at risk. The most powerful thing a manager can do for employees is to place them in jobs that allow them to use the best of their natural talents, adding skills and knowledge to develop and apply their strengths.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2017

Wellness programs are becoming an integral priority for most human resource managers. Greenery isn’t just an air-freshener that’s pleasant to look at, it can actually significantly boost employee well-being, reduce stress, enhance innovative potential, and boost a sense of connection.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 23, 2011

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

A strong culture is vital for organizational success – as evidenced by the relationship between culture and leadership , employee commitment , customer satisfaction , and innovation. It is really only successful and powerful when business leaders see it as their responsibility, and see HR as a resource for helping them achieve it.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

To have the influence to help set business strategy for the company, CMOs need to translate customer insights into terms meaningful to senior leadership. Data-driven customer insights give the CMO the power to do all that. Says Abi Comber, Head of Marketing for British Airways: “Having P&L responsibility is incredibly powerful.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2018

For innovation-hungry legacy firms, partnering with a startup can be appealing. With apologies to Tolstoy, all happy start-up partnerships are alike; every unhappy innovation partnership is unhappy in its own way. They don’t seek to assess how well an innovation works; they try to measure how well that innovation works for us.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Corporate procurement processes are opaque, secretive, and can be influenced by political pull as well as pure performance. Like it or not, the reality (in supply chains, as elsewhere) is that power is asymmetrical – large customers typically have more clout than you do, and they know it.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2018

It wreaks financial, physical, and psychological damage, keeping women and other targets out of power or out of professions entirely. What is the best strategy given the culture of the organization and my level of influence?” ’ Or, ‘It’s not your fault, let’s go talk with human resources.’

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

The only area where women pull ahead of men is in human resources, where they account for 71% of all HR managers. According to a 2016 study in Australia, the gender pay gap is influenced by a number of interrelated factors, including stereotypes and socialized norms about how women and men should behave in the workforce.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

The business rationale is clear enough: The LGBT community in the United States represents almost $800 billion in buying power. These studies also found a correlation, but a less conclusive one, with increased worker creativity and innovation, improved organizational-citizenship behaviors, and – most on-target for us – improved stock prices.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

The business rationale is clear enough: The LGBT community in the United States represents almost $800 billion in buying power. These studies also found a correlation, but a less conclusive one, with increased worker creativity and innovation, improved organizational-citizenship behaviors, and – most on-target for us – improved stock prices.

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Policies Price Due Diligence Human Resources 8

You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 29, 2009

In a democratic workplace, some say, that power is more properly distributed if leaders are elected by prospective followers rather than chosen by others. In order to make this work, they must also have a corresponding degree of power and control over what happens in their working environment. How much control do you need?

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