HR Digest

MAY 4, 2024

Redefining Traditional Roles Gig workers operate outside conventional full-time roles, necessitating a deconstruction and re-evaluation of job descriptions within organizations. HR leaders must consider various employment arrangements to accommodate the flexible nature of gig work.

Strategy 52

Strategy Compliance Management Policies 52

Rich Gee Group

MAY 3, 2020

Parents will not be willing to risk their family finance and retirement without greater assurance of achieving the end goal—JOB OPPORTUNITY. If colleges are to resume operations in the fall, it will not be normal as they wish it to be, but rather, it will begin to reflect college-in-the-new-normal. In the spring, it reverses.

Planning 195

Planning Compliance Education Cost 195

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 31, 2023

The scheme, which is run in partnership with Oxford University’s Saïd Business School in the UK and ESSEC Business School in France, is open to any business that has been operating for at least three years; has at least 5 employees; and turns over at least €250,000.

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Productivity Products Management Participative 113

Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 18, 2016

So, Jeff’s non-stop one-liners were funny: “You might be a redneck…if there are more than five McDonald’s bags in your car…if the Home Shopping Network operator recognizes your voice…id the taillight covers of your car are made of red tape…if you financed a tattoo, or if you’ve ever been involved in a custody fight over a hunting dog.”.

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Covey How To Long-term Class 150

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 25, 2020

Since you can’t always depend on a financing source to help you out when times get tough, you need to boost your marketing plan and develop loyalty among your customers. The entire nation is faced with uncertainty as the pandemic drags on, and your consumers are worried about their health, their safety, their finances, and so much more.

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Tips Marketing Venture Capitalist Supply Chain 82

Women on Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Guest Post By Mary Kinney, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Ginnie Mae, a cornerstone of the U.S. housing finance system since it was created more than 40 years ago (More about Mary at the end of this post). Shortly thereafter, I found myself part of what I like to call Fannie Mae’s “graduating class of 2009.”

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Chief Operating Officer Career Industry Motivation 247

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2019

It has to be the responsibility of every single department: human resources, training, marketing, support, sales, IT, finance, operations and, most importantly, leadership. Employee compensation needs to be as focused on customer retention — delivering world-class customer service – as it is on customer acquisition.

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Company P&L Bottom-up Advertising 70

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

Finance leaders; find out how to stop struggling with time-consuming, inaccurate incentive compensation processes. Complimentary Resource – Operational Risk Management: How Best-in-Class Manufacturers Improve Operating Performance with Proactive Risk Reduction. by Ultimate Software. Find out how in this quick guide!

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Resources CFO ROI Risk Management 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

If you’re not a numbers person, finance is daunting. Stop avoiding finance because you’re afraid of numbers. Think of it this way, “Finance is the way businesses keep score. “Finance and accounting are very simple. .” “Finance and accounting are very simple. Overcome your fears.

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Finance Skills EBITDA Net Present Value 8

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

Even solid world class institutions like the University of California Berkeley under the leadership of Chancellor Birgeneau & Provost Breslauer are firing employees, staff, faculty and part-time lecturers through “Operational Excellence (OE) initiative”: last year 600 were fired, this year 300.

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Blog Brand Consultative Depreciation 420

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

The iPod pioneered innovative design in the mp3 player vertical with great technical design, outstanding functional design, and is in a class by itself with regard to aesthetic design.

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Brand Blog Reputation Parcell 267

N2Growth Blog

JULY 20, 2010

They were your class presidents, team captains, club leaders, and the people who held virtually all the available leadership positions you can imagine early in life. They were those unflappable individuals that seemed to just have that “it&# factor.

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Blog Brand Depreciation Consultative 413

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

In fact, if you examine failed leaders as a class you’ll find that a lack of love, misplaced love, or misguided love were a contributing cause of said failures, if not the root cause. The act of operating in the truest best interest of others is the issue. Thanks for the astute observations Mark. Mike Henry Sr.

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Blog Leadership Brand Reputation 419

Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Offering loans of $10 to $300 to anyone who had a job, Giannini convinced those in the working class that they should turn their tin cans of savings over to his bank. Bank of America has a lot more to clean up than any other servicer or lender,” says Guy Cecala, publisher of Inside Mortgage Finance, a trade publication.

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Banking Mayo Bureaucracy Report 105

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Today, the guild mentality persists within companies, where functions such as marketing, sales, finance, IT, human resources and R&D all have their own area of special expertise. Like a guild, each of these departments looks to become world-class at what it does.

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Operations Competitive Advantage Supply Chain Retail 15

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

And, emotional intelligence has been linked to successful leadership (just did a paper on this for a university class). Controlling one's emotions is part and parcel of emotional intelligence. In fact, emotional intelligence is viewed by some as a better predictor of success than the old hallmark, IQ. The good news?

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Blog Leadership Emotional Intelligence CEO 419

N2Growth Blog

JULY 1, 2010

link] mikemyatt Thanks David…John is a class act and I'm sure he appreciates being acknowledged as one of your favorites. professing leadership acumen and expertise that it can be tough to distinguish between the posers and the players. Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] davidburkus Great interview Mike.

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Blog Leadership Consultative Brand 280

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Over the years I have come to believe that “ having class &# is synonymous with demonstrating a penchant for humility over bravado. In today’ post I’ll share my thoughts on the value of learning to become a humble leader… It’s been said that life is a long lesson in humility.

Blog 419

Blog Leadership Servant Leader Long-term 419

N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

This weekend I had the honor of attending his graduation from EOD school where he was recognized as the Honor Graduate in his class (see above picture). As many of you know, my son is an active duty officer in the US Air Force.

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Leadership Gordon Blog Brand 284

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Watching how she instructs and interacts with the children in her class, I am reminded of many of the important skills a leader needs to demonstrate. A community in which little girls are either abandoned or murdered because they are viewed 2nd class citizens simply because they are girls. but you’ll not find that here.

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Blog Covey Learning-by-Doing Video 321

Chris Brady

JUNE 16, 2010

To that point, I had been thinking I was a leader when actually I was operating only at the lower level of "performer." It stopped me dead in my tracks when I read it. The statement that "to determine how well you are doing as a leader, take a look at how well the people you lead are doing." " Ouch.

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Letter Blog Loyalty Open-book 133

Chris Brady

JUNE 22, 2010

  Thousands of pilots were shot down over northwestern Europe,and it wasn't long before clandestine operations sprang into place to smugglethem back to England to fight again.   Jongh demanded autonomy and permittedno interference in her operations, negotiated shrewdly, and soon receivedfunding and contacts for support.

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Blog Letter Armstrong Books 122

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

The churches I had previously worked with operated from the the philosophy this is church, and if people want it they will come. I look at incremental improvements as a necessary part of day-to-day operations, and a necessary component of keeping things current. Class is always in session for me. coming out for the holidays.

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Blog Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 379

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Term loans , SBA loans , lines of credit and invoice financing are just a few of the options available to small business owners. You can sell essential oils, teach paint classes or even help people plan their vacations. As a startup, your finances will likely be very thin as is.

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Tips Franchising Cost Travel 95

Chris Brady

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

They feel like they know u well enuf that u'd b another friend on the Team who comes to visit us, to "fight for freedoms"! Thnks for all that u do!!! September 15, 2010 at 09:10 AM Verify your Comment Previewing your Comment Posted by: | This is only a preview.

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Process EVA Letter Blog 73

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

I believe that if you want to build and sustain a truly world-class team, everyone needs a voice – but not everyone’s voice is equal. However, what that person could potentially bring to a class is very different and top level if digital videos were allowed to express those ideas.

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Consensus Team Building Blog Team 388

Chris Brady

JULY 9, 2010

Class stratification and slavery evident in the many artifacts recovered still seem unbelievable to our modern sensibilities (though not as far removed nor obliterated as we would wish). Second cousin to Elvis Post Operative. They even had lead pipes and, in some cases, hot water. Getting hurt at work Medical Staff.

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Travel Letter Construction Blog 94

Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Other key events we hosted included an in-person networking event with the HKU SPACE GMBA students and alumni, and four webinars on different topics: “Future Leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, “Deep Dives into STEM and Finance” as well as “Skills for New Employment Landscape” with the UNESCO HK Glocal Peace Centre.

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Webinar Education Conference Industry 98

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

One reason for the paltry performance is that while other business areas, like sales or finance, are considered to be core functions, innovation is often considered to be something that’s “nice to have” rather than essential. Another pervasive reason is that senior executives are trained as operators, not innovators.

Innovation 8

Innovation P&L ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

As a practical matter, for example, these changes in the global policy regime are forcing multinational corporations to scale back and sell parts of their international operations. Meanwhile the Institute of International Finance forecasted net capital flows for emerging markets in 2015 would be negative for the first time since 1988.

Globalization 8

Globalization Banking Policies Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

” Once one of Africa’s most developed markets – with a solid education system, good infrastructure, and a relatively large middle class – decades of mismanagement have cost Zimbabwe. If the middle-class benefits from improving economic conditions and better access to cash, consumer demand is likely to increase.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Google is famous for its over-the-top perks , which include lunches made by a professional chef , biweekly chair massages, yoga classes, and haircuts. Twitter employees enjoy three catered meals per day, on-site acupuncture, and improv classes. SAS has a college scholarship program for the children of employees.

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Insurance Policies Survey Bond 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

Under CEO Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, they adopted operational efficiency approaches (“ Workout ,” “Six Sigma,” and “Lean”) that reinforced their success and that many companies emulated. Resource allocation: i ncubating a protected class of ideas. General Electric Operations'

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Six Sigma Incubator Payback Period Ries 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Marshall Goldsmith Blog : Marshall Goldsmith is a class act, a competitor of mine (one of only two or three CEO coaches that I would recommend), and a deep thinker on the topic of leadership. Alexa Rank : 523,731 Google Page Rank : 5 PostRank Leadership Score : N/A Number of Posts in last 30 days : 0 TwitterGrader Score : 99.3

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Blog Leadership Follow-up Media 411

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2016

I had been an engineering manager at GE, so my areas of expertise included managing projects, inventory, and finances, all of which would be helpful. In our view, they needed to learn what it takes to plan their work, manage their time, interact with customers and vendors, handle the finances, and so on.

Company 8

Company Finance Real Estate Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2017

As an adjunct professor for Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business , I’ve taught multiple classes for degree programs, as well as executive education offerings. Do you really need to learn everything about corporate finance — or do you just need some accounting basics to help you get a better grasp on reading a P&L?

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P&L Education Learning-by-Doing Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2013

We hear a lot about technology and globalization these days, especially how they are hollowing out the American middle class. Steve Case, for one, argues that it’s possible to build world-class tech companies outside the Valley. Large operations in Arizona, Utah, or India would work in your favor, not against. Costs are low.

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Venture Funding Entrepreneur Attrition Engineering 8