HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Blackrock: Back in June, the asset manager required all of its employees to report their vaccination status. Deloitte: The world’s largest management consulting form is requiring employees who enter its facilities to be fully vaccine by Oct. UPS: United Parcel Service will require employees in certain U.S. 25 from September.

Company 98

Company Offshoring Airlines Banking 98

Strategy Driven

APRIL 9, 2019

Risks are part and parcel of everyday life. To safeguard your business as much as possible, a risk management plan is vital. With a risk management plan in place you’ll be better prepared for those unexpected events, and able to minimize the risk and extra costs before they happen. What Does a Risk Management Plan Entail?

Risk Management 57

Risk Management Software Due Diligence Parcell 57

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Take Sarah, the head of IT at a global technology company. Her job was to develop new engagement technologies in her organization, but instead of embracing critical feedback on her ideas, she ignored it. There’s no question that an ability to manage conflict is part and parcel of all three. Doing Less, Leading More.

Parcell 15

Parcell Agility Executive Coaching Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2017

.” Survey respondents included Presidents, Chief Information Officers, Chief Analytics Officers, Chief Marketing Officers, and Chief Data Officers representing 50 industry giants, including American Express, Capital One, Disney, Ford Motors, General Electric, JP Morgan, MetLife, Nielsen, Turner Broadcasting, United Parcel Service, and USAA.

Company 15

Company Chief Information Officer Parcell Survey 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

A large part of NAF’s effort with farmers is to help break their initial emotional barriers to new technologies. The success of these measures has had a demonstrative impact on the farmers’ willingness to adopt and internalize new technologies. This has provided the platform to launch into other initiatives.

Innovation 12

Innovation Microfinance Parcell Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2012

Managers clearly have to respond to regain investors' trust. In the final analysis, managers can't shun corporate owners. BL: A misconception: Dealing with funds providers is part and parcel of running the company. As I show in my book, successful managers, like those engineering the turnarounds at IBM and Deere and Co.,

Short-term 13

Short-term Long-term Incentives Parcell 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

For example, it took Umicore, a global materials technology group, five years (2002–2007) to lay the basis for its transformation from a commodity supplier of base metals into a premium provider of emission control catalysts, rechargeable battery materials and other value-added solutions. Acquisitions are part and parcel of a transformation.

Company 14

Company Chemicals Short-term How To 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Netflix's Reed Hastings snagged the top slot for his ability to successfully manage a winning business while launching and driving its competitor (in his case, Internet-based movie rentals) with equal zeal. They ask themselves big, searching questions like: "What new trends and technologies could possibly undercut our current business?" "Are

Parcell 13

Parcell CEO Airlines Trends 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2012

Working to find and fix errors is part and parcel of most operational processes, and once they turn a harsh eye on non-value-added work, most leaders can root it out. It stems from the cold, brutal reality that most managers simply do not use data they don't trust: "These numbers don't look right. These costs are estimable.

Quality 15

Quality Parcell Cost Deming 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2012

ready to weigh and measure any parcel of human nature, and tell you what it comes to." The truth is that Gradgrind would make a terrible manager. Each month, managers had been focusing on a new performance metric — first-call resolution, average call-time — so the phone staff was confused as a result. A man who is.

Metrics 15

Metrics Parcell Call Center Productivity 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

VCs, they’re told, take more of a long-term approach, have a greater degree of risk tolerance, and parcel out their funds in stages to mitigate risk. Innovation Project management' When investing in new growth businesses, corporate leaders are commonly advised to behave more like venture capitalists. That’s how you invest in growth.

Venture Capitalist 12

Venture Capitalist Discounted Cash Flow Parcell Project 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2017

And that is part and parcel of professional life. Edinger suggests enlisting “a trusted peer or manager” to “role-play” so you can “see what works and what doesn’t.” ” Earlier in his career, Damian worked as a management consultant. ” But that notion is outdated.

Skills 22

Skills How To Brainstorming Case Study 22

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2018

Neither viewed market share as its top priority, but both kept it current in their databases to be ready for the occasional question from senior management. An important issue arose and management asked the two departments to determine whether the company had been losing market share. Which is exactly what happened.

Six Sigma 12

Six Sigma Long-term Supply Chain Definition 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2015

The chart may appear to show merely that Cisco’s patent filings lagged its R&D spending by three years, but in fact the decline in spending and the rise in patents were part and parcel of a deliberate strategic shift by the company in 2001. Research & development Financial management' So what was going on?

Innovation 8

Innovation Parcell Wireless Competitive Advantage 8

CO2

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009). Technology and its role in travel 2.0

Zimbardo 143

Zimbardo Parcell Executive Coaching Strategic Planning 143

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2015

There are complex social, political, and technological reasons for this dramatic change. At the technological level, the explosion of the Internet and social media has made the world more transparent, and has meant that organizations in both the public and private spheres are being forced to face new information-sharing challenges.

Parcell 8

Parcell Public Relations Reputation Information 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2015

Yet, according to Donald Sull’s research in the March issue of HBR, almost half of top executives cannot connect the dots between their company’s strategic priorities; and two out of three middle managers say they simply do not understand their strategic direction. You can accomplish the same thing with waitlists.

Strategy 8

Strategy Balanced Scorecard Sull Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2016

Companies such as Coastal Risk Consulting are developing flood risk statistical models at the parcel level. For example, Sims Metal Management recently approved a design for an elevated recycling plant at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal. Sponsored by Dell and Intel® Fostering sustainable growth in urban areas. cities to adapt.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Parcell Incentives Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2016

Growing up, he’d constantly tailed Grant around the fields, watching him experiment with crops and technologies that would help the farm survive dry spells. A 25-year lease to put solar panels on a parcel of land would generate the same returns as growing tomatoes—without any irrigation headaches. Pete looked at his watch.

Case Study 8

Case Study Parcell Price Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

That could involve targeting new geographies, developing new products, taking advantage of new technologies, or devising new business models. This annual pool of resources and money is parceled out to the various initiatives in the innovation portfolio as those projects evolve and grow in importance over time.

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Health Care Insurance 8

Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 10, 2019

He is a leading authority on insurance, risk management, technology, and innovation. Management Advice from Jeff Bezos. The biggest surprise after studying the Amazon letters to shareholders written by Jeff Bezos is how much management advice he provides. Failure comes part and parcel with invention” (Bezos 2013 letter).

Letter 90

Letter Collins Long-term Leadership Styles 90

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2014

Some old technologies, after being rendered obsolete by better and cheaper alternatives (indeed even after whole industries based on them have been decimated), manage to “re-emerge” to the point that they sustain healthy businesses. Indeed, it’s part and parcel of the digital disruption remaking every aspect of the global economy.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Supply Chain Technology Parcell 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

” According to Der Standard , an Austrian newspaper , mailing a parcel from Munich to Salzburg (distance: 145km; 90 miles) costs many times more than mailing it from Munich to Berlin (distance: 585km; 364 miles). If things look bad for goods moving across borders electronically, they look even worse for transporting content.

Crisis 8

Crisis McKinsey Policies Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Anyone who has worked inside a large organization can rattle off a lengthy list of the things that regularly kill promising ideas: conflict with existing businesses, naysayers, management turmoil, insufficient resources. Many companies have figured out how to parcel out small amounts of money to employees cultivating something new.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Due Diligence Chief Information Officer 8