Recent Posts by Mark Lintern

By David Baum - Originally posted on Profit Peter Bjork grew up building things. He started his work life learning all sorts of trades at his father's construction company in the northern part of Sweden. So in college, it was natural for him to pursue a bachelor's degree in construction engineering"but he broke new ground when he added a master's degree in finance to his curriculum vitae. Written on a traditional résumé, Bjork's current title (vice president of information...

By Mark Hurd - Originally Posted on LinkedIn As I speak with CEOs around the world, our conversations invariably come down to this central question: Can we change our corporate cultures and the ways we train and reward our people as rapidly as new technology is changing the work we do, the products we make and how we engage with customers? It's a critical consideration given today's pace of disruption, which already is straining traditional management models and HR strategies....

It was 17 years ago, when a McKinsey study uncovered the ?war for talent?. Today, it is no point of contention that a strong talent-centric strategy maybe the most important focus for organizations. A talent-centric organization aims at recruiting, retaining and developing the best talent. The best employees will be able to adapt responsibilities and be able to come up with solutions to solve problems, which are important skills in today's dynamic work environment, and...

Originally posted on Profit Lisa Massman is a principal and Oracle Healthcare Industry leader at KPMG LLP. Massman discusses how the changing face of the healthcare industry is leading organizations to transform and obtain more value from their human capital management (HCM) systems. Q: How is the trend of convergence playing out in the healthcare industry? A: Healthcare convergence is a trend where all stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem?payers, providers, and life...

By Kate Pavao - Originally posted on Profit There is a well-documented decades-long gap between rising American productivity and stagnating worker wages. In fact, in February, the U.S. Labor Department reported that while productivity grew in the fourth quarter grew at a 3.2 percent annual rate, wages for hourly workers grew just 1.5 percent during the same period, even before being adjusted down for inflation. Employers often think that controlling costs and maximizing profits...

By Kate Pavao - Originally posted on Profit Today's executives and managers are operating in a world of increasingly flexible work models. How do you schedule a meeting?or measure productivity?when working with a virtual team across several time zones? How do you share files when employees are all working from their own mobile devices? How much office space do you actually need? Helping leaders create a blueprint for transitioning to flexible, mobile work is exactly why Emily...

By Alka Asthana In the initial days of GRC, while we all realized ?Compliance? was important, the list of benefits it resulted in, seemed rather intangible; it wasn't the eye-catching, mind-blowing entries we had come to expect from everything. Being compliant gave your organization flexibility, agility, reduction in fines … and so on and so forth. However, the results of non-compliance loomed larger - other than the financial burden it imposed, non-compliance could affect the...

By Stacy Harris & Lexy Martin As globalization continues to rise, organizations looking to increase market share across borders find themselves not only competing for business, but for talent and sustainable labor costs as well. Human Resources (HR) is at the center of this global revolution?involved in both acquiring and deploying talent necessary to achieve global expansion goals. Running a successful HR organization is hard enough, but running a successful global...

By Affif Siddique There must not be any doubt on any CEO's mind that their most important asset in the company is their employees. According to recent surveys, what keeps them up at night is retaining the A-players they already have in their organization. The best way to keep them engaged and motivated is to invest in their training and development. A Bersin whitepaper titled Building a Smarter Workforce quoted in their key findings that the key to building and retaining a...