The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Learning from the past A sign of what’s possible comes from the healthcare company Aetna, which raised the minimum wage across its workforce to $16 per hour in 2015. The company found that the move cost them around $27 million, but this investment was easily paid back in terms of both better employee retention and also productivity.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 25, 2022

If that growth curve is accurate, it would represent a tripling of the cost of cybercrime from the $3 trillion it was at in 2015. A part of the challenge surrounds the environment we want cybersecurity professionals to operate in. Organizations should also consider the qualities they’re looking for in candidates.

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Diversity Policies Industry Open-book 98

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

There is now a more equal give-and-take between workers and leaders, further reducing the tiers of internal operational dynamics and helping dissolve barriers between departments and divisions enhancing corporate agility. She is the 2015-17 President of the New York City chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO).

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Fayol Press Release Scientific Management Drucker 191

Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

A 2003 study, Dr. Conte co-wrote in the journal Human Performance examined 181 subway operators in New York City. Source: The Wall Street Journal, February 3, 2015. When Doing It All Won''t Do: A Self-Coaching Guide for Career Women--Workbook Edition--Paperback . Get enough sleep so that you are thinking clearly.

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Self-aware Rogers Organizational Behavior Tips 70

The Practical Leader

JANUARY 11, 2023

Or look at a shorter, more visual chart on doomsday forecasts predicting the end of the world (including revised dates — also wrong) published by The Economist in 2015. A major focus of my writing and leadership/culture development career has been dealing with change. They expect the unexpected and swivel to meet it.

Agility 69

Agility Heskett Armstrong Uncertainty 69

In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 26, 2016

Early in my career, when I worked for a couple of big companies in brand management, I joined my colleagues in nodding to the notion of taking a step back. Administrative companies can be good at doing things right (operational management) but not so good at doing right things (strategic leadership). 2015 – Kraft merges with Heinz.

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Brand Learning-by-Doing Brand Management Proposal 100

Steve Farber

MAY 25, 2018

Prior to joining the company in 2015, her career included senior roles in human resources, administrative operations, corporate development, and marketing. Indie is the Director of Corporate Development at Trailer Bridge , a full-service logistics firm headquartered in Jacksonville, FL.

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Workshop Case Study Human Resources Download 51

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 25, 2017

At a time when workers feel a sense of disconnect with their jobs and companies-- a September 2015 Gallup Poll recorded U.S. Between 2009 and 2013, while many in his industry closed their doors during the Great Recession, Encore's revenues and profits increased 300%, operating cost declined 30%, and the stock price rose 1,200%.

Leadership 70

Leadership eBook Executive Coaching Execution 70

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

In 2020, we announced a multi-year plan to increase DEI so everyone at Liberty can grow their careers. Our employee data as of December 31, 2019 shows that we can do better to reflect the customers we serve and communities where we live and operate. by 2025, as well as ensuring our goals progress over the long term.

Self-aware 52

Self-aware Diversity Planning Insurance 52

Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 23, 2015

Victor Prince: As the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the U.S. Victor is co-author of Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide their Teams to Exceptional Results , (Career Press, July 2015) which is now available at Amazon.com , Barnes & Noble and other retailers.

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Team Micromanagement Chief Operating Officer COO 120

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

It can also drag us off course, eroding our relationships, stalling our careers and keeping us from becoming the people we want to become. In my new book Triggers (Crown, May 2015), I make the case that relying on structure – even something as simple as the AIWATT question – is key to changing our behavior.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching Tactics Video Positioning 70

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 31, 2016

Most companies have leaders with the strong operational skills needed to maintain the status quo. The following is a guest piece by Jessica Leitch, David Lancefield, and Mark Dawson. But they are facing a critical deficit: They lack people with the know-how, experience, and confidence required to tackle “wicked problems.”

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Development Argyris Learning-by-Doing Innovation 100

Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2015

Their work is off-the-shelf, conforms to an established mode of operation, contains original thought and draws precedents from experience. (17%). That’s what they have done for most of their careers. (2%). Paying attention to quality can realize: Lower operating costs. Research shows they can be cut in half.

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Consultative Mentor Strategic Planning Entrepreneur 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2015

More applicably, using these technologies will develop one’s technological skills, methodological knowledge, and subject matter experience, which is an asset to one’s career. This online tool allows any individual to create a mobile application for uploading to any operating system including Android, Apple, BlackBerry, and Windows.

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Tools Document Restructuring Software 50

Strategy Driven

MAY 1, 2015

Their work is off-the-shelf, conforms to an established mode of operation, contains original thought and draws precedents from experience. (17%). That's what they have done for most of their careers. (2%). Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. High level strategists create all knowledge in their consulting.

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Consultative Entrepreneur Competitive Advantage Article 50

Mills Scofield

JUNE 23, 2015

And then a friend in the Class of 2015, Yao Lui, was visiting Ghana with a Brown-founded medical nonprofit. I was in awe of the power of the Brown community operating not just beyond these gates, but half-way around the world. ” “I don’t know, but I will find out.” They directed me to the largest hospital.

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Class Education Construction McKinsey 70

Mills Scofield

JUNE 23, 2015

And then a friend in the Class of 2015, Yao Lui, was visiting Ghana with a Brown-founded medical nonprofit. I was in awe of the power of the Brown community operating not just beyond these gates, but half-way around the world. ” “I don’t know, but I will find out.” They directed me to the largest hospital.

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Class Education Construction McKinsey 70

Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

Mentoring, creating and leading have become the primary emphasis for your career. No entity can operate without affecting or being affected by its communities. The mentor becomes a role model, offering insights about their own life-career. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Let the buyer beware.

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Article Strategy Long-term Mentor 50

Strategy Driven

JULY 17, 2015

As companies operate, all make honest and predictable mistakes. The emphasis is upon the latest slogans of mission but does not look closely at how its systems operate. A career is all about devoting resources to amplifying talents and abilities, with relevancy toward a viable end result. It is big and grandiose.

Self-aware 50

Self-aware System Open-book Learning-by-Doing 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Nearly all physicians take on significant leadership responsibilities over the course of their career, but unlike any other occupation where management skills are important, physicians are neither taught how to lead nor are they typically rewarded for good leadership. STOCK4B-RF/Getty Images. Medicine involves leadership.

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Training Leadership Health Care Education 13

Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2015

As companies operate, all make honest and predictable mistakes. The emphasis is upon the latest slogans of mission but does not look closely at how its systems operate. Capitalization is stretched beyond limits, and operations advance in a cash-poor mode. Morale wavers and becomes uneven, per operating unit and division.

Self-aware 50

Self-aware Learning-by-Doing System Bottom-up 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Rather, we suggest a different approach: carving out a career path for younger physicians with leadership potential and creating a well-designed development pipeline so doctors emerge able to effectively lead large organizations of medical providers. The CMO should not be part of the dyad model. The CMO should not be part of the dyad model.

Training 14

Training Health Care Management Leadership Pipeline 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

You’re ready to make a career move, up to a higher level or into a different industry or an entirely new field. ” Voluntarily led response to 2015 flooding of School of Design building. Initiated contact with Director, staff, students, and faculty to minimize disruption of department’s operations.

COO 14

COO Chief Operating Officer Transportation Real Estate 14

Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

Organizations of all sizes must have the Think Tank.which delineates future operations, including education and training. Training, professional enrichment, membership in associations and constructive business interaction are vital for career longevity and economic independence. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Education Company Succession Mentor 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

“The accelerated pace of their operations allows them to be extremely responsive to changes in their environment, catching the need to make changes and adapt earlier than companies with a more rigid, annual process,” she writes. Think Strategically About Your Career Development. You and Your Team Series. Goal Setting.

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Goal Proposal Planning Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Our research indicated that young people are more than twice as likely to stay at their job for more than a year if they see their job as a career or a stepping stone to a career. Chipotle highlights a clear career path for entry-level employees on its website and directs new hires to it on Day 1.

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Survey Retail How To Reis 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Many come from families with incomes below the poverty line and suffer from lack of educational and career supports. Virtually every company we spoke to relied on nonprofit intermediaries to find candidates who had committed to training programs or apprenticeships in both hard and soft skills for the chance of stepping onto a career ladder.

Organization 8

Organization Chief Operating Officer Education Software 8

Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Larry : You know, it’s my belief, and it has also been my own experience, that there there is no place that servant-leadership cannot operate. To see that the way they’ve been functioning and operating is not a good way to be in relationship with other people. Have you ever come across an area like that?

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Greenleaf Servant Leader Leadership Learning-by-Doing 186

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

At these locations, any money made goes first to fund operations, and additional profits go to local charities. North American restaurant chain Panera Bread is experimenting with a nonprofit variation, where the company donates a number of existing stores to its "Panera Cares" foundation. BONUS BITS: Telecommunications Takedowns.

Apparel 8

Apparel Telecommunications Transportation Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

I’ve been using the sales funnel for 28 years, my whole career. When I started my career, the most profitable application of force was in sales. ” The intention was right, but there was no operational impact. In 2015, a sales rep earned commission on everything they closed. clu/Getty Images.

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B2C Energy Marketing B2B 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

In 2015 the Army informed Riley that, because of his time away, he was not being promoted alongside 90% of his peers to the rank of 1st lieutenant and he would soon be facing a board to determine whether he should be separated from the Army altogether. That was where the trouble began. Today he continues to wear the uniform.

Talent Management 10

Talent Management Learning-by-Doing Advertising System 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

HR systems emphasize long-term relationships and high performance, with big investments in selection and development, amortized over a long career. The disconnect between HR and Procurement often means either choice is suboptimal on its own, so operating managers circumvent both HR and Procurement.

Strategy 8

Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

And more complexity will come with the creation of the ASEAN Economic Community at the end of 2015. Make long-term career plans, but remain open to possibilities. Most leaders we interviewed said that early in their careers they established a long-term vision of what they wanted to achieve. Develop a deep professional network.

Leadership 8

Leadership Globalization Long-term Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2017

A new study from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) found that, according to the 2015 US government’s definition of disability , a significant portion of the white-collar workforce has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity: 30% of a nationally representative survey of 3,570 white-collar employees.

Compliance 8

Compliance Chief Operating Officer Innovation Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

They learn about internal and external uses for social networking technology, and how it can be applied to business operations — from HR to marketing to product development — for more efficient collaboration and faster innovation. As part of their coursework, students are mentored by IBMers.

Education 8

Education Industry Technology Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

.” Joe Knight, a partner and senior consultant at the Business Literacy Institute and the coauthor of Financial Intelligence , says that an absence of financial savvy is “career-limiting.” “There are four ratios common in every company: profitability, leverage, liquidity, and operational efficiency,” he says.

Finance 8

Finance Skills EBITDA Net Present Value 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2018

And likening activists to those “playing fantasy football” as opposed to “actually playing the field,” Irene Rosenfeld, former CEO of snack-food giant Mondelez, noted in 2015 that “ advising others to act in a certain way doesn’t seem hard for people who don’t have to do it themselves.”

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CEO Sample Influence Strategy 8