From Knowledge@Wharton: When Circuit City in 2007 that it was laying off 3,400 workers so it could rehire new ones at lower salaries, it raised the question of just what strategic benefits the company — or any company — expects to achieve through employee downsizing. Clearly these benefits depend on the underlying strength of the […]
Tag Archive | "Career Management"
Layoffs. Downsizing. Rightsizing. Job cuts. Separations. Terminations. Workforce reductions. Off-shoring. Outsourcing. Cutting Jobs as Corporate Strategy?
Posted on 18 January 2009.
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Centred leadership – how talented women thrive. A new approach to leadership can help women become more self-confident and effective business leaders.
Posted on 17 January 2009.
Interviews with 85 female leaders around the world have suggested five common themes that all executives can master to improve their leadership skills. Although many of the themes—such as finding meaning in daily activities and building strong networks—are familiar individually, taken together they create a new model for thinking about how to develop leaders. Click […]
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Bridging Your Goals with Their Goals: A ‘Context-driven Approach to Leadership’
Posted on 17 January 2009.
While changing jobs and shifting careers is hardly unusual in today’s business world, Russ Palmer is somewhat unique in that he has been the leader of three very different organisations over the past several decades. He was CEO of Touche Ross (now Deloitte & Touche) for 10 years, dean of Wharton for seven years, and […]
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In Innovation, Apple Leads… But the Game’s Not Over. This HBR article looks at how to be a long-term innovator
Posted on 17 January 2009.
Jim Andrew and Hal Sirkin are Senior Partners and Managing Directors of The Boston Consulting Group and coauthors of “Payback: Reaping the Rewards of Innovation”, a book that offers a new way to think about and manage innovation that will dramatically improve the odds of success. If you read recent cover stories in […]
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Why Teens Aren’t Finding Jobs, and Why Employers Are Paying the Price
Posted on 16 January 2009.
Despite the US bent, this Knowledge at Wharton article is thought provoking. As recently as 1990, nearly 70% of newspaper carriers in the U.S. were teens. But that number dropped to 18% in 2004, and more declines are likely. Although reasons for teens being edged out of this formerly youth-dominated profession are specific to the […]
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The Director’s Dilemma – governance advice for company directors
Posted on 16 January 2009.
“The Director’s Dilemma” is a monthly newsletter issued by Julie Garland McLellan, an expert governance adviser to boards and directors on the complex and challenging issues they face. Julie uses her experience and depth of knowledge in corporate governance to show boards with limited resources how to be more effective through practical governance innovation and […]
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