In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 31, 2011

I began blogging about leadership, strategy, marketing and life last February. You’re Not a Real Marketer until You Create a Brand [link]. Crisis Management: The Ultimate Test of a Leader [link]. In this post, I compare the ineptitude of BP against the leadership of Rudy Giuliani during a much bigger crisis.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Too often, crisis—a near-miss accident or a frightening diagnosis—is the catalyst that brings these revelations. It allows product quality issues to persist to the point of costly and reputation-sapping recalls, or market-share erosion. In those moments we are suddenly able to see the reality we had avoided, hidden, or explained away.

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 23, 2011

Distant Replay: My Mid-Life Crisis. I didn’t know it, but I was on the way to a mid-life crisis. Superficially, the crisis that began two years later was benign; I avoided the flashy new Porsche and the younger woman, both expensive coping mechanisms. 4 Responses to Distant Replay: My Mid-Life Crisis. Human Resources.

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Do you have the right people in place to minimize its impact or to lead you out of the short-term crisis? In a crisis, whether short or long-term, the most senior people in the organization need to step up and offer innovative solutions to the issues hammering the bottom-line. Is the problem self-inflicted? Seldom are people to blame.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 6, 2012

Ninety percent of these organizations have yet to experience a mid-life crisis; they are still under the age of 40. Right away, he replaced the chief operating officer, chief marketing officer, chief technology officer and chief talent officer. Seems that way – but this isn’t necessarily the case.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 11, 2018

W E'RE FACING a respect crisis. 75% of respondents believe that incivility has risen to crisis levels. 75% of respondents believe that incivility has risen to crisis levels. Some new valued behaviors might need to be added to address new temptations, new generations, new customer or market demands, etc.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

It is the story of CEO Blake Brown who finds that they have a talent crisis and begins a journey to discover what it takes to find and keep top talent. Talent Magnet looks at the talent predicament from both sides—both those seeking work and those recruiting workers. It comes with the job. People must always be our top priority.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JANUARY 30, 2012

A CEO leading a company on the verge of bankruptcy has to ditch the love-in and go into a crisis management mode. At the other end of the spectrum were Caldwell and Jackson, scrambling for a new course, a miracle maybe, but finding nothing but a guillotine to end their misery. When you are losing, a change in plan is usually needed.

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In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Prepare properly for public platforms – speeches, media and crisis handling. Stand up to stand out – you need a point of view. Use the power of stories as the superglue of messages. Watch out for the signals beyond the words. Learn, rehearse, review and constantly improve.

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Women on Business

JUNE 28, 2012

So very often when someone is having a career crisis or significant issues with their current career trajectory we find it has been years since they spent quality time thinking about the direction they have taken and how they are spending their days.

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HR Digest

JULY 1, 2021

During the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC), BCG and the European Association for People Management surveyed 3,400 executives, including 90 senior human resources leaders in more than 30 countries, to see how they were responding. Most companies make the mistake of instituting a hiring freeze in economic downturns.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 9, 2021

After over one year of navigating an unthinkable public health crisis, the world is beginning to look more normal. If someone on your team makes a novel request that you are unsure about, do not confirm that the accommodations can be made until you speak with senior leadership or your human resources department.

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Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Adaptability and Agility The 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have tested organizations’ resilience. Companies must focus on nurturing and developing their human resources. In a crowded market place, extraordinary products stand out. Finding and keeping good employees is good.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Diversity is about so much more than human resources issues. In the Chinese culture, every crisis is first recognized as a danger signal and always as an opportunity for overcoming obstacles. It opens your services to additional market niches. It means making the most of the organization that we can. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Workers becoming unavailable for unknown amounts of time at a moment’s notice is an ever-present danger to companies in these times of crisis. Failure to do so may result in delays that discourage prospective employees and lose the company valuable human resources that could have proved invaluable for the business.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 29, 2020

” Earlier in July, the company cut 900 jobs in the UK, citing a downward curve in market demand. “We went into the bad crisis with more people relative to the demand,” the company stated. “The crisis brought additional strain on the businesses because of lower demand and reduced national attrition.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Once upon a time, HR tech scene was as dull and vapid as getting ghosted by a recruiter in a slow job market. A handful of companies dominated the market, all them strong, pedestrian. But recent years have seen an explosion of interest in the global human resource (HR) technology market, particularly in North America.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

Companies with a healthy culture gain a positive reputation, not only among employees, but also with customers and the market. Boards see the negative impact of a culture crisis on the value of their companies. It is not an afterthought or a nice-to-have plan that they delegate to human resources to develop.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

Once the PR crisis passes, things will get back to normal. Our human resources department takes care of that. In reality, no single market shift speaks completely for itself. Avoiding change, denying the need for change: What worked before works now… always will. Things will always stay the same here.

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Innovation Excellence

MAY 18, 2020

There is an international crisis in finding teachers willing to work long hours for little pay and recognition, graduate school education and medical school education is badly in need of reform, and higher education business model is crumbling under its own weight. The jobs of the future need to be market responsive. Human resources.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

This has been exacerbated by the Covid crisis, with research from Durham University Business School illustrating the scale of the impact the pandemic has had on our mental health. The past few years have seen a growing appreciation of the importance of mental health to our lives.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Whether your focus is on customer service, profits, investing, marketing, or company growth a constant awareness of your current position in relation to where you want to be is essential. Human Resources program is active, professional and responsive to the organization. Business Success Checklist. The business you’re in.

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Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Adaptability and Agility The 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have tested organizations’ resilience. Companies must focus on nurturing and developing their human resources. In a crowded market place, extraordinary products stand out. Finding and keeping good employees is good.

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Organization Agility Ethics Operations 40

HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

Ola Snow, Chief Human Resources Officer at Cardinal Health, brings her 20+ years of life experience, offering a glimpse into the company’s commitment to fostering an inclusive and supportive work environment. In the past few years the labor market has been volatile, and human capital strategies have been thrown into the spotlight.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 28, 2012

During my tenure as a CEO, my Board of Directors never challenged me with questions pertaining to the corporate culture. I wasn’t surprised in the least. Jacobs Suchard directors expected me to run the company as an entrepreneurial enterprise, and as long the numbers were coming in, they assumed I was doing just that.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Life-threatening experiences (loss of business or market share, economic recession) signal the urgency for the team to collaborate. Marketing’s importance was fully embraced in the 1960′s. Marketing departments deal most often and immediately with the side effects of poor quality. Access to global markets.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

The word crisis suggests something that happens infrequently. When it comes to a crisis happening, the question seems to no longer be “if” but “when.” Here’s what we learned: You can’t pick your crisis. When the crisis does hit, the first hours are essential. You have to be ready.”

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In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Leadership does not begin the when you step upon the first rung of the management ladder. One direct report does not make you a leader; nor does ten. Yet, the moment you have direct reports, you are EXPECTED to lead.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Enterprise IT is in crisis — no doubt about it. Humorous because, as a Human Resources practitioner, I hear similar calls for change within my profession. The Management Innovation Exchange is currently running a competition to "hack" the human resources function to enable organizational adaptability.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

When Gitanjali Gems set up its diamond-cutting, polishing and jewellery making unit in its 176 acre campus outside Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh in southern India, it faced a major human resources challenge. It pioneered the concept of branded diamonds in India, and has multiple brands for different markets and price segments.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

We've seen success with a novel approach to talent engagement: an integrated HR-Marketing strategy that teams Marketing's brand messaging savvy with HR's internal perspective and expertise. The partnership brings added value to Marketing as well.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2013

Moe''s success against all odds — in extreme conditions where cash, human resources, and clients are hard to find, and political stability is often non-existent — that''s what I call the "Power of Yalla.". In emerging markets like the Middle East, often only the most resilient can stay afloat.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2011

One of the biggest mistakes that companies made during the recent crisis was the mass laying off of people to cut costs. For example, workplace accidents are generally handled by human resources, operational problems are handled by operations, IT difficulties and disruptions by IT, etc.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

The fastest-growing segments of America''s job market — by far — are temporary and part-time employment. Temporary employment has jumped 50% since the depths of the financial crisis. Amazon has its below-the-radar " Mechanical Turk " workplace market. Economy Hiring Human resources'

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

To be fair, macroeconomists don’t view human resources as completely generic “labor.” The second enhancement that I would suggest to the Piketty narrative is to draw a distinction between the real economy and the capital markets. The capital markets, however, are not the real economy.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

I’m not going to carp too much because it’s in keeping with the Freelancers Union’s noble aim of taking the lemons dealt by the labor market over the past decade-plus and turning them into artisanal lemonade. Entrepreneurship Human resources Small/medium business'

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Listen here to learn more about what Shootman calls the “digital work crisis.” Alex, you use a term, digital work crisis, to describe what’s going on in our workplaces today. And that’s really the source of this digital work crisis. And this is the digital work crisis. Angelia Herrin, HBR.

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