Finance, Human Resources and Maturity

The Homecoming Queen Grows Up (kinda)

Women on Business

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Despite maturity, confidence, and by all external accounts, success, I still really, really want to be liked. All other childhood aspirations have gone by the wayside–marrying Shaun Cassidy, winning Wimbledon, living on a horse ranch. Why does this one refuse to fade? The answer is obvious. And I am not alone.

Press Release

Press Release Discount PR Magazine

The Secret to Building Resilience: An Interview with Pat Teague

HR Digest

MAY 6, 2021

Pat Teague, who leads USAA’s human resources team, talks to The HR Digest about the company’s leadership development programs that has helped attract the industry’s most driven workers and how tough times can have a motivational impact on the workforce. The HR Digest: How is USAA responding to COVID-19? How are you coping?

Finance

Finance Diversity Leadership Development Maturity

The Big Picture of Business – Business Success Checklist

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

The business absolutely needs energetic and emotionally mature leaders for it to prosper. Strategic Plan includes provisions for refinancing, equity and debt financing. Finance charges are negotiated. Human Resources program is active, professional and responsive to the organization. Focus on excellence.

Succession

Succession Strategic Planning Goal Budgeting

Trent Henry on Building Tomorrow’s Leaders

HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

In an exclusive interview with HR Digest, Trent Henry, EY’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), shares key strategies driving EY’s commitment to diversity, innovation, employee well-being, and leadership development.

Diversity

Diversity Career Globalization Learning-by-Doing

Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn’t Just for Recruiting

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

As Pete Ramstad and I note in Beyond HR , leaders often have far better developed frameworks for the value proposition of the finance function than for HR. Uber apparently lacked oversight about sexual harassment behavior; it seems far less likely that such oversight would be lacking when it comes to finance.

Compliance

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance

Innovating Around a Bureaucracy

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

They were bold and brash and injected fresh new ideas that challenged existing policy and practice in many quarters of the Department of Defense administration (such as finance, human resources, procurement, and supply chain processes).

Bureaucracy

Bureaucracy Innovation Supply Chain Long-term

A Board Director's Perspective on What IT Has to Get Right

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

For mature, large-scale, multinational companies, there is a virtuous cycle of efficiency improvements that frees up resources, which can then be deployed for growth and innovation projects. Improving Operational Efficiency. Additional challenges come from "localization" requirements in many countries.

Enterprise Architecture

Enterprise Architecture CIO Horizontal Integration Information Technology

The CIO in Crisis: What You Told Us

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

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. As IT steps up as mentor, it needs to mature as well.

CIO

CIO Crisis Competitive Advantage Webinar

Making Matrix Organizations Actually Work

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2016

For example, when the finance manager of a region has to coordinate intensely with the heads of the country subsidiaries in that region, it may make sense to put the business controller of each subsidiary in a matrixed position, that is, to have each of these report not only to their respective subsidiary head but also the region finance manager.

Organization

Organization P&L Report Finance

Building Behavioral Science Capability in Your Company

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Once you’ve set a clear, realistic scope, it is vital to be honest about the budget and resources you will require and any time constraints. The market for behavioral science is specialized and not yet mature, so your go-to consultancy may not have the expertise to advise you. Have you got the funds to bring in experts?

Company

Company Committee Ethics Project

Ageism in the Workplace: Laws and Resources for Employees

HR Digest

MARCH 11, 2020

It is the mid-segment executives that were handling the finance, accounting, sales, and administrative jobs that are finding themselves left out in the cold with applications softwares taking over their careers. not employing mature workers because it’s assumed that they’ll soon retire.

Resources

Resources Maturity Career Diversity

The Big Picture of Business: Been There, Done That

Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

Human resources management. For project purchases, such as printing, graphic production, video production and materials creation, consultants customarily mark up slightly, to cover bank financing and handling costs. Real consultants must have at least a 10-year track record to be at all viable as a judgment resource.

Consultative

Consultative Short-term Budgeting Strategic Planning

Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

One result is that they keep their cards close to their chests about what they are looking for (at first), while expecting you to reveal everything – your finances, pricing, ownership, human resources, production processes, quality assurance, customer service procedures, KPIs, and existing customers.

Supply Chain

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals

Entrepreneurship Needs to Be a Bigger Part of U.S. Foreign Aid

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2016

” In less mature economies and fragile regions of the world, entrepreneurs are just as, if not more, critical to livelihoods and development. Among the initial findings : more effective programs emphasize communication skills, networking, and organizational structure over developing finance and accounting skills.

Microfinance

Microfinance Policies Entrepreneur NGO

Leadership Digital

The Homecoming Queen Grows Up (kinda)

The Secret to Building Resilience: An Interview with Pat Teague

Trending Sources

The Big Picture of Business – Business Success Checklist

Trent Henry on Building Tomorrow’s Leaders

Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn’t Just for Recruiting

Innovating Around a Bureaucracy

A Board Director's Perspective on What IT Has to Get Right

The CIO in Crisis: What You Told Us

Making Matrix Organizations Actually Work

Building Behavioral Science Capability in Your Company

Ageism in the Workplace: Laws and Resources for Employees

The Big Picture of Business: Been There, Done That

Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Entrepreneurship Needs to Be a Bigger Part of U.S. Foreign Aid

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