Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2015

The work started with each manager getting an initial assessment, based on surveys of direct reports, on how he or she matched up to the model. To make the process manageable for HR, we divided our 250-plus middle and upper managers into cohorts of about 65 managers each, with each cohort getting intensive attention for a three-month period.

Resistance 8

Resistance Long-term Short-term Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

To close that gap, my firm undertook a national survey of more than 700 senior executives and human resources officers. Almost all of a representative sample of senior executives and chief human resources officers we interviewed to supplement our survey said that someone leaving for a competitor would be terminated immediately.

Execution 8

Execution Reputation Human Resources Survey 8

HR Digest

JUNE 23, 2023

In a survey by Beamery, 3 out of 4 companies rated every aspect of DEI listed as a priority within their organization. Resistance to Change Implementing diversity and inclusion initiatives often requires a cultural shift within the organization.

Diversity 52

Diversity Resistance Education Environment 52

LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

When church leaders “used” artists for their own narrow agenda, the artists resisted or left. Surveys and reports are extremely useful, but sometimes a cup of coffee with a front-line employee can tell an HR leader just as much, and sometimes more, than an expensive research study. Most never returned.

Human Resources 158

Human Resources Loyalty Project Long-term 158

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Start with a survey. When my publication, Innovation Leader, surveyed nearly 200 innovation-oriented executives in partnership with the consulting firm Innosight, respondents told us about plenty of good reasons to pull the plug on projects, such as not hitting deliverables. Here are six ways to change that.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Due Diligence Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

This may sound obvious, but it was in sharp contrast to typical patterns in the pharma industry of recruiting from within, resistance to new thinking, and sclerotic bureaucratic structures. Roivant’s second innovation initiative was to forcefully inject an openness to fresh thinking and outside practices.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Incentives Industry 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

Too much transparency can spark resistance. If your employees have this impression, they will be motivated to show resistance to the existing system, resulting in less citizenship behavior. If your employees have this impression, they will be motivated to show resistance to the existing system, resulting in less citizenship behavior.

How To 8

How To Ethics Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Now Stefan was the head of the consultancy's South Asia and Middle East business, and Caroline was its global human resources director. And those employee survey results are abysmal.". That had actually been his suggestion, but Aparna hadn't resisted. "I He's seen the employee survey results," Aparna said.

Case Study 8

Case Study Consultative McKinsey Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

But after the program's implementation, nearly every manager who participated in a survey responded that employees performed as well — or better — when working from home. People resist disrupting the status quo. At TIAA-CREF, managers were initially concerned about performance issues with employees working remotely.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Cost Bottom-up Participative 8

In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

As an ex-ad man and a lifelong aficionado of great creative, whether it is art or copy, I could not resist the urge to check it out. Hangovers notwithstanding, the next morning at the crack of ten ‘o’ clock we’d reconvene in our work-room and sit quietly surveying the fruits of our labor. To resist the urge to self-censor.

Advertising 265

Advertising Creativity Industry Bottom-up 265

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Census and American Community Survey for the years 1980 and 2010 to examine three major factors that contribute to gender equality in the labor force: women’s representation in management, the occupational gender segregation among managers, and the gender wage gaps that vary across managerial occupations. And if so, how?

Management 10

Management Real Estate Human Resources Diversity 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2015

They have become such a deeply entrenched part of life at top schools that these companies and their recruiting practices have been referred by students and administrators as “the deluge,” “the onslaught,” and even “the path of least resistance.”

EPS 8

EPS Diversity Banking Reputation 8