HR Digest
AUGUST 18, 2023
Talent: Building the Right Competencies for Customer Value Traditionally, HR has been responsible for ensuring that employees have the right skills and competencies for their roles. However, in the current business landscape, HR must go beyond individual competence and focus on building talent that delivers value to customers.
N2Growth Blog
MARCH 26, 2012
Lesson #1 was: “ Make your own development a priority - Zuckerberg knew he needed to be a leader (and not just a tech guy) if Facebook was going to go anywhere, so he hired an executive coach to learn management and leadership skills.” Control is about power – not leadership. Forget span of control and think span of influence.
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Harvard Business Review
APRIL 1, 2014
A healthcare industry sales executive recently told us that as part of a continued effort to cut costs, her company had reduced the number of first-line sales managers from 66 down to 30 over a period of several years. The average span of control for U.S. Managers may micromanage their people.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 23, 2016
This is increasingly risky, as contingent and other non-full-time workers possess more of your vital strategic skills and deal with sensitive intellectual property. Traditional work analytics focused on regular full-time employees, and seemed to show that this change reduced senior scientist spans of control.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 4, 2016
Yet because organizations know that the first 45 days of employment can affect engagement and job longevity, they invest heavily in onboarding for new hires — but tend to neglect existing employees, who have developed their skills and changed jobs within the organization. This requires education and training through their promotion.
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