Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

hospitals and health systems experienced an average 39% reduction in their operating margins from 2015 to 2017. Cost reduction requires an honest and thorough reassessment of everything the health system does and ultimately, a change in the organization’s operating culture. PM Images/Getty Images. ” Clearly, more is needed.

Cost 10

Cost System Management Franchising 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

While M&A may improve the efficiency of shared services such as human resources and finance, it may actually make it more difficult to improve the coordination of care. A high-quality clinical affiliation where providers share best practices and easily consult with each other about patients even if they are independent.

Health Care 8

Health Care Mayo Due Diligence Human Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

For more than a decade, leading human resource strategists have hit on a recurring theme: You want your star players working in the roles that matter most to the business. USC’s John Boudreau, CEO adviser Ram Charan, and consultants at Bain & Company , McKinsey, and Korn Ferry have made similar arguments.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2018

She’d gone to Arkansas to review operational plans and financial projections for the rest of the year with the team on the ground. It was Noelle’s third scheduled meeting to review financials, and again she was alone in a conference room waiting for people to show up. ” Two Days Earlier. ” Back in Aurora.

Case Study 13

Case Study CFO Bottom-up Operations 13

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Today's climate of employee dissatisfaction, distrust, and disengagement, as reported in numerous surveys conducted by organizations ranging from the Conference Board to Gallup and human resource consulting firms, will surely keep Scott Adams in Dilbert ideas for years. But the power they need to preserve is their own.

How To 8

How To Politics Influence Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2015

Speaking via video conference with a colleague in a different country, who speaks with an accent, exhibits different cultural values, and is only available for two hours of your normal workday makes that person seem a world apart. That’s why the otherness of our distant colleagues is reinforced daily and on many dimensions.

Globalization 8

Globalization Team Objective Information 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

When I conduct this exercise in class, the average density hovers above 50 percent, although it is significantly lower for professionals who work mostly with outside clients such as consultants, investment bankers, lawyers, headhunters, and auditors and for people who go back to school to orchestrate a career change.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2017

Nearly half, or 46% of the human resource leaders surveyed, reported that employee burnout accounts for 20-50% of their companies’ annual employee turnover. You can verbally communicate this with your team, role model it, and create organizational operating principles around it.

Team 12

Team Conference Restructuring McKinsey 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Others lack the processes and operational capabilities to target them with personalized communications and experiences. At Hootsuite, the social media management platform, marketing and human resources executives collaborate to do this. Some companies don’t have the systems and technology to segment and profile customers.

Short-term 12

Short-term Learning-by-Doing Participative Human Resources 12