HR Digest

AUGUST 18, 2023

HR’s Unique Contributions to Business Success To truly unlock the potential of HR value delivery, HR professionals must focus on three key areas: talent, organization, and leadership. HR professionals should engage leadership teams in defining and embedding these organization capabilities.

Organization 96

Organization Power Span of Control SWOT 96

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2016

their personal span of control) and the organization’s existing “ways of doing business” These approaches produce plans that have blinders on. For the spoils goes to the victor and is measured in terms of growth, market share and profitability (at least in strategy-setting terms).

Strategy 150

Strategy Strategic Planning Span of Control Hedge 150

LDRLB

AUGUST 8, 2012

Flattening usually refers taking two actions to change organizational structure – removing layers of middle management while widening the span of control for the managers that are left. Recent research, however, may be taking some of the wind out of their sails. Without a flat culture, a flattened firm will simply fall flat.

Decentralization 141

Decentralization Span of Control Middle Management Morale 141

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2013

During his entire career, he worked in his father''s span of control, reporting directly to his dad within six years of joining the business. Has he reported within his parent''s span of control for most/all of his career? Is the family member paid above the market-based compensation for his position?

Span of Control 8

Span of Control Long-term Short-term Career 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

These executives have responsibilities we might expect to reside within marketing. That leaves Chief Marketing Officers with a decision — do you see the rise of these roles as an opportunity or a threat? Marketing faces a particular challenge since customer engagement has traditionally been considered its domain.

CEO 8

CEO Marketing Span of Control Sports 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The result is the reconstitution or destruction of industries, creation of new market spaces, and reshaping of old industry ecosystems. Change the dialogue in the senior leadership team to focus on the end-to-end customer experience. Balancing the short-term and long-term is a dynamic leadership challenge. Tom Watson, Jr.

Short-term 8

Short-term How To Venture Capitalist CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

The group at my table included executives from marketing, finance, sales, HR, and corporate development. But office seating tends to be grouped according to a single function, division, or span of control. Those lunches were a critical organizational lubricant, reducing friction and allowing the gears to turn much more smoothly.

Execution 15

Execution Span of Control Conference Information 15