The people part of business operations.
Derek Ting, CEO, TextNow Everyone is talking about disruptors – companies or individuals that are identifying a gap in an industry and filling it in a new or unique way. This is the very nature of business success since the beginning. Still, people always ask me if I set out to disrupt the traditional wireless […]
Chuck Saia, CEO, Deloitte Risk and Financial Advisory Disruption isn’t just a buzzword. It’s a legitimate concern on the minds of the executives I meet with. There are a lot of reasons organizations can be disrupted—innovation, technological advances, policy changes, to name just a few. But if executives can foster a culture of courage and
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Karin Hurt & David Dye, Authors, Winning Well: A Manager’s Guide to Getting Results Without Losing Your Soul The board cares about winning and this guy is helping you win. He gets it done. It’s hard to argue with the results. So what if he’s ruffling a few feathers… with his team, with his peers, with HR, with
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It’s an astonishing statistic, but roughly two out of three change initiatives fail to meet their stated targets. This is significant since most companies must undertake moderate organizational changes at least once a year (and major changes every four or five years) due to disruption from technology, their industry and/or the competition. As a senior
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Warren Davey, Executive Vice President, GTreasury Okay, contestants. Time for the two-part Final Jeopardy answer…or the 14th “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” question…or, if you’re really ancient, the $64,000 Question: Q. What do Hammurabi, Moses, Gouverneur Morris, and a 2017 Corporate Treasurer have in common? A. Policies Q. What does the 2017 Corporate
Alexandre Pachulski, Co-founder, Talentsoft Some of the biggest hiring mistakes are hiding in plain sight. Odds are they’re happening in your company right now. Not because your team is careless or neglecting their responsibilities. These mistakes are happening because talent management has changed drastically and few companies have kept pace. Most companies are operating as they
Steven L. Blue, President & CEO of Miller Ingenuity What is a business? This might seem straightforward, but consider it more deeply; what truly is a business? I’m talking about the values, identity and culture that make a particular business what it is. This word – culture – is key. The atmosphere internal to an organization,
In 2016, Wells Fargo fired more than 5,000 employees who learned the hard way that carrots don’t work—at least not in the long run. Decision-makers tied a substantial piece of these employees’ compensation to steep sales targets and made reaching them a condition of continued employment. They saw movement, if not true motivation. Even when
Rob Wilson, President, Employco USA Autism rates have dramatically increased in recent years. However, while schools and community service programs have readily responded to what is being called “the autism epidemic,” employers are still lagging behind when it comes to meeting the needs of employees with ASD. According to a study led by research scientist
Shayne Hughes & Brandon Black, Authors, Ego Free Leadership A workplace without politics is as mythical as a unicorn. But when those politics undermine company morale, it’s time to take a closer look—before they cut into the bottom line. Brandon Black was grappling with an all-too-familiar scenario in his then workplace. The erstwhile CEO of
