Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2018

Humans Are Strategic; Machines Are Tactical. McKinsey has been studying what kind of work is most adaptable to automation. Economist James Bessen notes , “The problem is people are losing jobs and we’re not doing a good job of getting them the skills and knowledge they need to work for the new jobs.”

Creativity 15

Creativity Strategy Venture Capitalist McKinsey 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

In today’s rapidly changing business environment, companies that rely solely on full-time employees are finding they have neither the skills nor the agility to sustain success. And a pool of independent and highly skilled workers who can fill those needs is growing. For instance, 40 percent of U.S.

Content 9

Content Katz Forrester Budgeting 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2014

In its “State of Human Capital” report , McKinsey found that people in HR still largely have “a support-function mindset, a low tolerance for risk, and a limited sense of strategic ‘authorship’” — all of which has led to “low status among executive peers, no budget for innovation, and a ‘zero-defects’ mentality.”.

Human Capital 13

Human Capital Charan Human Resources Cost 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

In the July/August issue of HBR , Ram Charan argues that the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role should be eliminated, with HR responsibilities funneled in two separate directions — administration , led by traditional HR-types, reporting to the CFO; and talent strategy , led by high-potential line managers, reporting to the corner office.

CFO 11

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2011

In a recent article published in EducationNext, "Creating a Corps of Change Agents," Jennie Weiner, Wendy Robison, Rick Hess and I analyzed the career histories of founders and top management team members of organizations identified as "entrepreneurial" in education and found that TFA is overly represented in the career histories of both groups.

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Education McKinsey Sample 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2014

By 2018, the United States alone could face a shortage of as many as 190,000 people with deep analytical skills according to a study by the McKinsey Global Institute. million managers and analysts who understand big data and how to apply it to business operations. The study also found a looming need for over 1.5

Information Technology 8

Information Technology Technology McKinsey Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

But the ways people''s knowledge, skills and expertise get plugged into the workplace has been. And higher education isn''t offering the human capital cure. A recent McKinsey & Co. Conversely, serious part-timers quickly learn that productively juggling several temporary positions requires more skill than luck.

Human Capital 8

Human Capital Real Estate Human Resources Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Well, Angelia, according to a recent study by McKinsey, over $1.3 The first is this notion that the challenges at work, the challenges of managing modern work, really are a crisis. ” So, this challenge at work, the crisis of trying to manage modern work, has gone from a nuisance to a business imperative.

Content 8

Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

. — along with just about every other country — is suffering from a talent mismatch: employers cannot find individuals with the skills and capabilities they need, where and when they need them. There is no mechanism that reliably signals which skills employers need so that individuals and schools can develop those skills.

Marketing 12

Marketing Restructuring McKinsey Education 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2013

The fact is that Greece is monstrously inefficient as a manager of public services. This was to signal that Greece had the will and skill not only to cut salaries but also to reform. Change management is the current imperative for Greece. Predictably, Greece was unable to meet its commitment. It is past time.

Politics 8

Politics Restructuring Crisis McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Just yesterday, on the front page of the New York Times , came a report about how "low-level engineers, product managers and prominent managers" from the executive ranks are leaving the company for high-profile companies such as Facebook as well as venture-funded startups of the sort that dot the technology landscape.

Tacit Knowledge 15

Tacit Knowledge Long-term McKinsey Venture Funding 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2013

Top global consultancies Deloitte and McKinsey estimate the size of the African middle class at between 200 million and 300 million. A consultant with the management advisory group Global Pacific says that only 5% of Africans earn enough to qualify for the "global middle class," bringing the number down to 50 million.

Class 10

Class Globalization Banking Education 10

Ask Atma

JANUARY 2, 2011

Three Levels of Management. As a starting place we can look at three general levels or grades of management. As a starting place we can look at three general levels or grades of management. Beginner’s Management [Newbie or Management 1.0]. Fundamentals of being a manager : They ask “what needs to be done?”.

Management 40

Management CRM Objective Human Resources 40

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2016

Here are three steps — based on both my academic research and my consulting work — that managers can take to increase discussion, decrease fear of saying the “wrong thing,” and avoid sidestepping conflict: 1. Make inclusion a long-term investment. Be proactive about inclusion efforts.

Management 8

Management Diversity Self-aware Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

In addition to her other 15,000 skills like playing music and telling knock-knock jokes, she can now also answer economic questions for clients of the Swiss global financial services company, UBS Group AG. Another area in which leaders will soon be relying on AI is in managing their human capital. Insight Center.

Consultative 8

Consultative Budgeting Advice Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2013

Many possess skills that are highly transferable. These skills are augmented by the help of Dr. Tim Butler's CareerLeader , which helps students understand and plan for a fulfilling career, not just a one-off job. Both Nick and his manager credit Fullbridge for providing him improved analytical and presentation skills.

EBITDA 10

EBITDA Human Resources McKinsey Cost 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2015

The options for getting work done — beyond regular full-time employment — are increasing and, in a world of constant change, we should be asking not simply whether a worker should be categorized as an employee or a contractor but whether regular full-time employment is really the only way to deliver high pay and marketable skills.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Globalization Health Care Innovation 8