Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 1, 2015

Clark and Jorge Pedraza, in their book, The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan (third edition), recommend you do your assessment using the 5Cs : Customers : First line, customer chain, end users, influencers Collaborators : Suppliers, allies, government/community leaders Capabilities : Human, operational, financial, technical, key assets Competitors (..)

Assets 69

Assets Government Operations Marketing 69

AIHR

MAY 15, 2023

The Human Resources department enables an organization to succeed by taking care of its most valuable asset — its people. HR professionals are involved in recruitment, performance management, learning and development, and much more. A successful Chief Wellness Officer should possess leadership, marketing, and communication skills.

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LSA Global

JULY 1, 2024

Market Share Market share can be a crucial indicator of competitive positioning. CEOs should track changes in market share over time to understand how well the company is performing relative to competitors. Gaining or maintaining market share can be a sign of winning sales strategies and a strong market presence.

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Metrics Cash Flow Compliance Strategic Planning 68

AIHR

JUNE 5, 2024

Industrial relations: Manages employer-employee relationships, addresses concerns, mediates disputes, and negotiates with unions. Compliance and risk management : Ensures legal and regulatory compliance. Strategic thinking and experience in HR Generalist roles are also valuable assets in this position.

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Administration Compensation Employee Relations Compliance 111

AIHR

MARCH 29, 2023

As the job market becomes increasingly competitive and unpredictable, it is more important than ever for HR professionals to recession-proof their careers. On an individual level, there are also career risks that an HR professional could face: Stagnation in career growth and development.

Benefits 98

Benefits Compensation Administration Project Management 98

Chief Executive

MARCH 17, 2023

said Michael Tomasulo, senior managing partner with the Baldwin Risk Partners, a risk-management firm. “Do It’s an opportunity to look at risk-management procedures and to dust off policies around treasury management,” said Michael Hayes, financial-services team leader for PKF O’Connor Davies accountants.

Banking 52

Banking Cash Flow Insurance Risk Management 52

Vantage Circle

MAY 2, 2019

What Is Crisis Management? In a nutshell, crisis management or risk management is the series of actions taken by a company during the event of a crisis. There have been countless instances where bulk products of a company are purchased in bulk, tempered with and released in the market. Financial Crisis.

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Manager Employee Engagement Compensation Travel 81

Walk Me

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Enhanced employee skills and versatility Cross-training significantly broadens the skill sets of your employees, transforming them into versatile assets for your organization. For instance, a marketing specialist trained in sales techniques can better understand customer perspectives, leading to more effective marketing strategies.

Benefits 52

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Chief Executive

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Forrester’s US Tech Market Outlook for 2022 and 2023 projects the global tech market will experience a robust 6 percent growth rate, “significantly faster than pre-pandemic levels,” the firm stated. Using advanced analytics, we hope to produce smarter and better risk models for our insurance and risk management clients.

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Digital Transformation Insurance Benefits Risk Management 52

Walk Me

JULY 30, 2023

Risk management It involves identifying and mitigating risks associated with digital transformation, including security risks and compliance issues. Facilitating adaptation Digital change management helps your organization adapt to new market demands and technological advancements.

Change Management 52

Change Management Digital Transformation Manager Implementation 52

AIHR

APRIL 10, 2024

Candidates with a thorough knowledge of global labor laws and those who have had exposure to multicultural talent management are highly sought-after assets for multinational companies in the globalized business world. This, in turn, can translate into advancement opportunities and increased earning potential within the global HR field.

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Human Resources Compensation Education Operations 59

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

In addition, many security experts consider it the definitive assessment tool for protecting critical assets. More recently, CARVER has converted a new community of believers in the business world, including CEOs, financial analysts, and risk management planners, not to mention any number of Fortune 500 security directors.

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Assets Risk Management Strategic Planning Operations 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2011

Walmart's principal problems appear to be largely reputation-related: a phenomenon that has cost the company millions in wasted PR consulting fees and possibly billions in lost, potential market capitalization over the last decade. However, more recent actions in the long-standing gender discrimination case against the company (i.e.,

Engineering 15

Engineering Risk Management Assets Operations 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2012

It's a variation on risk management, of course: If you're going to play in a game with uncertain outcomes, 1.) What you're willing to risk is clearly defined. In fact, there are at least five classes of assets at your disposal and at risk. don't pay/bet more than what you can expect as a return, and 2.)

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Assets Risk Management Implementation Manager 18

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Data contributes not only to brand equity, but to what constitutes product and service delivery in globally connected and hyper-competitive markets. Using the same formula, Apple’s intangible assets in 2014 were $280 billion — or almost twice the value of its 2015 calculation.

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Balance Sheet Assets Insurance Operations 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

For enterprise risk management, key policies include a statement of risk appetite and explicit risk tolerance levels for critical risks. The company's performance measurement and incentive systems, and the degree to which risk management is considered, will also have a profound impact on employee behavior.

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Manager Banking Risk Management Compensation 16

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

In many industries, the capital required to build an asset of minimum efficient scale is growing. These conflicting pressures are especially present when the product provided by the asset is not very differentiating (think, for instance, of commodity steel products or container shipping services). Model 2: Asset capacity pooling.

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Assets Operations Insurance Telecommunications 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. ” Improving risk management. billion in mining projects since 2010. billion in mining projects since 2010.

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Assets Operations Revenue Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2011

This is driven by the successes of product-design leaders like Apple, and a macroeconomic environment that demands better risk management. I've found shortcutting this process, or failing to explore how design can align with strategy, will only limit market and financial success. Increase profitability? Improve lives?

User Experience 15

User Experience Assets Risk Management Marketing 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2012

The mispriced investments and derivatives at Enron look similar to mortgage-backed securities at banks or companies with a disproportionate amount of Level 3 fair-value assets (illiquid assets with highly subjective estimated values). The market must value transparency. trillion of off-balance sheet debt at Citi in 2007.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2018

By thinking of a company’s culture as a form of investment subject to market failures, we can better understand why companies sometimes tolerate misconduct, and why they can’t always fix it on their own. Investments in cultural capital is one way to reduce that risk. Market Failures and Misconduct Risk.

Banking 15

Banking Risk Management Marketing Government 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

These threats change the risk management calculus of firms hoping to succeed in a more turbulent world. Start-ups are particularly at risk today because of both their size and age. Others were unable to borrow to replace lost assets and address other operating needs, compromising their earnings potential.

Insurance 13

Insurance Risk Management Small Business Cash Flow 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2012

One innovative portfolio-management technique the mission employed was a novel free-market resource-allocation concept drawn from the field of economics. The teams that lead projects might be the most valuable asset a company has, and they must manage those assets carefully. MORE ON MANAGING RISKY BEHAVIORS.

Project Management 19

Project Management Talent Development Assets Manager 19

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2012

One innovative portfolio-management technique the mission employed was a novel free-market resource-allocation concept drawn from the field of economics. The teams that lead projects might be the most valuable asset a company has, and they must manage those assets carefully. MORE ON MANAGING RISKY BEHAVIORS.

Project Management 19

Project Management Talent Development Assets Manager 19

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

Money, equities, bonds, titles, deeds, contracts, and virtually all other kinds of assets can be moved and stored securely, privately, and from peer to peer, because trust is established not by powerful intermediaries like banks and governments, but by network consensus, cryptography, collaboration, and clever code.

Banking 15

Banking Insurance Assets Government 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2011

Most organizations have an untapped asset walking their hallways every day. Introduce a "10% version" of the offering in a highly contained market. As my colleague Matt Eyring described in a recent Harvard Business Review article , we had meticulously studied the market, and the projections looked solid.

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Assets Marketing Risk Management Manager 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2012

To counter those cohesion and performance risks, managing such a globally-dispersed team requires deliberate planning that helps bridge those boundaries. Actively creating these disagreements will also shape an environment where people feel comfortable with alternative approaches, one of the assets of global teams.

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Diversity Assets Risk Management Engineering 17

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2012

Subprime mortgage losses turned out to be much smaller than expected —$300 billion, according to the Federal Crisis Inquiry Commission—and non-bank lenders suffered most of those losses (notwithstanding mark-to-market losses from credit downgrades). Nevertheless, institutional investors withdrew $1.5

Real Estate 15

Real Estate Banking Government Assets 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Vanguard holds more than $3 trillion in assets, making it the equivalent of the world’s fifth largest country in GDP, ahead of France. and with half of its fund assets indexed, it is not going anywhere if it does not like its portfolios’ strategies or results.

Assets 13

Assets Risk Management Government Recruitment 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Managers noted historical trends and revised processes, and engineers developed code that was then baked into computing systems. Every update or response to the market required multiple steps; it cost time and performance. Sometimes, by the time changes were in place, the market had already moved. times more likely to convert.

Revenue 14

Revenue Engineering Operations Process Improvement 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

This will not only challenge tax departments’ current calculations, but will also put increasing pressure on legal departments wrestling with IP asset and risk management. What would be the cost/benefit of flattening your supply chain and moving production closer to your markets?

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Assets ROI Revenue Human Resources 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

The transmission mechanism to the real economy is primarily via delayed or canceled investment decisions or the anticipatory redeployment of employment or production assets. Emphasize that little is likely to change in the short term in legal and trading arrangements, although markets may be jittery until negotiation outcomes are clear.

Risk Management 13

Risk Management Assets Banking Marketing 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

The cost of solar and wind are falling rapidly ; in fact, a few days before the new EPA announcement, Xcel Energy, which provides power to the American heartland, revealed that it was acquiring extensive wind and solar assets, “all at prices below fossil fuel alternatives.” Government Risk management Sustainability'

Energy 11

Energy Risk Management Compliance Government 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Ever since the forced bankruptcy of the investment bank Lehman Brothers triggered the financial crisis 10 years ago, regulators, risk managers, and central bankers around the globe have focused on shoring up banks’ ability to withstand financial shocks. Peter Dazeley/Getty Images.

Banking 14

Banking Assets Risk Management Accounts 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2011

That's my management tip for today. Andy Grove, Intel's legendary former CEO, famously touted the virtues of paranoia as a leadership asset — running scared about imagined enemies or competitors. Do you think the world is out to get you? Go ahead, be a little paranoid.

Benchmarking 16

Benchmarking Hospitality Assets Education 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2014

For me, it was a great opportunity to leverage an iconic brand and some incredible assets to try to imagine what a new future of financial services might look like. Instead of thinking about technology for technology’s sake, we studied the real consumer pain points in the market. What have you accomplished so far? Leadership'

Software 9

Software Assets Banking Human Resources 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2013

The IoT will demand another round of risk management strategy review, new network security evaluation tools, and business model revisions. This is a fast-evolving feature of the IoT, around which industrial equipment markets have not yet aligned. They tended to use the terms telematics and mobile resource management.

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