Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2018

This neglect has hindered their ability to leverage data into talent strategies that can help transform their businesses. Only 11% of business leaders trust HR to use data to anticipate and help them fill their talent needs. Map talent analytics to business outcomes. Implement leadership planning models.

Data 47

Data Talent Survey Recruiting 47

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2018

In our recent research at the McKinsey Global Institute, we examined the superstar phenomenon across firms, as well as sectors and cities. To analyze the superstar dynamics of firms, our metric was economic profit, a measure of a firm’s profit above and beyond opportunity cost. (To Wider dynamics may be at play.

Industry 44

Industry Company Metrics Real Estate 44

Harvard Business

JUNE 26, 2018

After more than 20 years of researching innovation in large companies, it’s clear to me that the successful intrapreneur is often more myth than reality. To start, innovation must be recognized as a permanent function of a successful company, just like other business functions such as accounting, operations, sales, and finance.

System 29

System Talent Resources Research 29

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

A lot of research has already been done on the significant contribution of immigrant scientists and engineers to the U.S. Less research, however, has been done on the presence of migrant and immigrant leadership in corporate America. As part of our research for a forthcoming INSEAD working paper, we made use of data from the U.S.

Data 31

Data Healthcare Talent Training 31

Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2018

This notion, that risk is a desirable feature, can seem like sacrilege to anyone who’s taken an introductory finance course. CFOs of these companies themselves admit that they cannot justify their market capitalizations based on traditional metrics. Analysts increasingly rely on non-GAAP metrics.

Financial 28

Financial Report Cash Flow Metrics 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The challenge, she said, was that these managers were highly proficient in their own disciplines such as finance, marketing, research, clinical care, and insurance reimbursement — and had demonstrated that they could manage people in these areas — but she needed them to be “bigger” leaders.

Leadership 49

Leadership Handbook Healthcare Emotional Intelligence 49

1 to 1

MARCH 21, 2023

airline in 2022 by the Wall Street Journal , which scores airlines on seven operations and customer metrics. “We Another speaker who underscored the intersection of CX and EX was Penny Stoker, talent leader, executive functions, at global consulting firm EY. The war for talent is real and it is worsening,” Taylor said.

Report 26

Report Healthcare Airlines Trends 26

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Every step of the process was measured, and real-time metrics were easily accessible. Our research into over 20,000 workers of all skill levels across U.S. Three finance professors once asked more than 400 executives what they would do if their quarterly earnings targets were at risk. Metrics emphasized speed.

Metrics 44

Metrics Engineering Operations Sales 44

LSA Global

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Our organizational alignment research found that sales strategy accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing sales teams. Sales Talent. Do not underestimate the need for the right sales culture to meet your targets. Otherwise your desire for a better sales playbook to drive better sales results will falter.

Sales 28

Sales How To Tools Sports 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 17, 2017

Yet progress within organizations has been slow – there is still a lack of women and minorities in leadership positions, and certain industries like tech and finance are lacking diversity at all levels. Staples requires its 35 senior vice presidents to sponsor high-potential female talent for leadership positions.

Case Interview 28

Case Interview Talent Interviews Leadership 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2018

Truth is, you can have the right portfolio of investments, the right metrics and governance, the right stage-gate development process, and the right talent on the right teams — but if you don’t design the right handoffs between your teams, all of that planning falls apart. But a sickening number of those investments fail.

How To 28

How To Film Productivity Development 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Our recent research aims to address this. We have merged in data on the firms backed by VC financing. Previous research has found that this phenomenon — called “up or out” — is how young firms create more jobs. Global talent flows will continue to be a fundamental force shaping the U.S.

Government 44

Government Policies Examples Insurance 44

Organizational Talent Consulting

JULY 17, 2023

Usually, due diligence is conducted by lawyers and experts in finance or accounting rather than experts in understanding and diagnosing culture. In addition to organizational outcomes, research has linked culture to employee morale, commitment, health, productivity, and well-being. Lack of cultural due diligence is often a problem.

Culture 52

Culture Resources Tools Leadership 52

Harvard Business

AUGUST 31, 2018

To look into this question, I conducted a case study as part of my dissertation research involving 23 women of color at a Fortune 500 company. They were employed in midlevel to upper-midlevel management positions in strategy, finance, marketing, legal, operations, and technology functions.

Management 47

Management Leadership Culture Development 47

Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2016

This is the appropriate home when Human Resources wants to do a talent review or when finance wants to share a new budget process. To that end, pre-reads should be thought provoking, often emphasizing information from external sources or internal metrics that aren’t examined frequently.

Meeting 28

Meeting Operations Efficiency Leadership 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The organization had a strong community tradition and over 4,500 talented employees. Within a few years, we had dramatically turned around the organization’s finances, performance measures, and market share. I put my immediate energies toward building an exceptionally strong executive team. You can’t fake it or force it.

How To 28

How To Healthcare Operations Leadership 28