Harvard Business

JANUARY 31, 2018

In this era, micro-learning — engaging with online learning tools when and where it’s convenient — is becoming a much larger part of the training and development scene. Set a golden benchmark. Of course, that benchmark will change as you develop. But there’s also a downside.

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Benchmarking Course Development Study 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 1, 2018

Why does it seem like you can’t throw a paper airplane in some offices without hitting a person who is training for a marathon, planning a 10-day silent meditation retreat, or intending on scaling Kilimanjaro? Daniel Grizelj/Getty Images. On top of working 24/7 for a company that doesn’t pay overtime? Who can blame them?

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Benchmarking Sports Metrics Exercises 53

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Another pervasive reason is that senior executives are trained as operators, not innovators. While the execution of a conventional strategy lends itself to linear progress and clear benchmarks, innovation often proceeds by S-curves , moving at a slow crawl until it explodes at an exponential rate. Focus on Problems, Not Ideas.

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ROI Operations Enterprise Research 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 8, 2016

In its 2016 Employee Engagement Benchmark Study, the firm showed that companies that excel at customer experience have one-and-a-half times as many engaged employees as customer experience laggards do. onboarding (orientation and initial training). This approach can be applied to employees through the employment life cycle as well.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The standard offers companies a structure for setting up or benchmarking an effective anti-bribery program aligned with its own risk profile, and building a culture that values ethical behavior. ” Siemens implemented the types of processes required by ISO 37001 (although their work happened before the standard was issued.).

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Company Ethics Tools Operations 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 11, 2016

Those external factors may indeed play a role, but our research shows that real cause of these failure often lies closer to home. They assure the firm has the right knowledge and skills by: Aggressively training staff. Training and sensitizing stakeholders on cultural differences. Hiring required external skill sets.

Company 28

Company Tools Ethics Culture 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 20, 2018

The “midcareer crisis” is a real phenomenon for many workers; research has shown that career satisfaction bottoms out when people are in the middle of their careers. What about the wide swath of employees who are in the middle of their careers? For many managers, the problem is seeing those employees through to the other side.

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Media Company Development Deloitte 39

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Cofounded by Michael Murphy, a Harvard-trained architect who has devoted himself to improving the social impact of built environments, MASS is changing the way hospitals are designed and constructed. Chan School of Public Health. In 2014, Murphy made a presentation on the history of hospital design at Ariadne Labs.

Construction 28

Construction Engineering Benchmarking Nonprofit 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 12, 2017

A vast body of research shows that the hiring process is biased and unfair. Gino recommends managers look into providing workers with education and training on the topic. A growing body of research suggests that diversity in the workforce results in “ significant business advantages ,” says Gino.

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Case Interview Interviews Resumes Software 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

My own research demonstrates the substantial benefits to firms of treating their workers fairly. Research shows that, after salary reaches a (relatively low) level, workers value nonpecuniary factors more highly, such as on-the-job training, flexible working conditions, and opportunities for advancement.

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Talent Video Industry Study 30

Harvard Business

JUNE 3, 2016

Unfortunately, the history of IT investments in most organizations is far from stellar: Research over the years suggests that the overall failure rate of IT projects is around 70%. In the apparel industry, the benchmark for inventory accuracy is somewhere between 60% and 70%. However, the implications of inaccuracy are significant.

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Tools Construction System Retail 28

MishTalk

JULY 11, 2014

Earlier today, reader Charles asked me what I thought about an article on ZeroHedge entitled " Is The Fed Going To Attempt A Controlled Collapse? " In addition, official statistics may underestimate intangible investment (spending on research and development, training, etc), which has been gaining importance in serviced-based economies.

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Balance Sheet Financial Banking Policies 74

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The top five competencies found in our research are outlined below, including their corresponding behaviors. Benchmark best practices for each and identify five opportunities that can be implemented immediately within the organization. XBInsight has collected competency data on nearly 5,000 leaders across a wide range of industries.

Development 28

Development Leadership Trends Study 28

MishTalk

JANUARY 26, 2015

A new report by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), an arm of the American Trucking Associations, confirms what most trucking executives have been saying publicly for years: trucking costs are rising, with some components increasing sharply. In fact, they are rising. It found the average marginal cost per mile was $1.68

Hotels 28

Hotels Education Transportation Industry 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 26, 2018

While the research has not been specifically remedy-directed, where gender-based bias has been discovered some have sought to counter it with HR policy changes, training, awareness campaigns, equal opportunity legislation, and more. Yet, perhaps challenging common wisdom, recent research shows no evidence of a female modesty effect.

Talent 34

Talent Benchmarking Research Training 34

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Since 2001, English has been the international language of pilots and air traffic controllers, and airlines across the world have invested in English training programs for pilots, flight attendants, and other customer-facing staff. Benchmark English proficiency. Recognize the need for personalized sector-specific training.

Industry 28

Industry Survey Training Training 28

Harvard Business

MAY 3, 2016

HBS Executive Education brings you these articles about business management courtesy of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. And Gulati’s research, including interviews with 500 executives spanning industries and geographies, asserts that outside-in success is not confined to any one sector. How do they do it?

Education 29

Education Real Estate Research Company 29

Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2017

I’ll give a few examples, starting with his first HBR article but mostly concerning later work. (A But the article aimed higher, arguing that when corporate leaders invest with short-term results in mind, they put long-term performance at risk. Sound familiar?

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Management Turnaround Engineering Benchmarking 30

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

An early in-house program called A16 treated 16 junior architects to 16 weeks of intensive training, including knowledge mentorship from highly experienced architects. Despite its relatively small size (about 600 employees), EYP also supports in-house research projects proposed by employees, which are selected through a competitive process.

Development 28

Development Education Engineering Benchmarking 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 8, 2016

We hope the rest of this article, which draws on our own experience applying machine learning to policy problems, will help you better evaluate these sales pitches and make you a critical buyer as well. We trained our algorithms to predict the overall crime rate for the defendents eligible for bail. This is not some lucky happenstance.

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Tools Policies Data System 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Even when they found good people, many new service agents were pulled out of their two-month training program in as little as two weeks. No market research or benchmarking data would have suggested it. They couldn’t recruit fast enough. The Bat chat was the perfect solution for this team.

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Company Metrics Financial Benchmarking 43