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Can You See What I See?

Lead Change Blog

If you remember the eras of 1987 or 2001-2002 or 2007-2008 your experience might be similar. Provides specific direction for the development of the strategy that will be required. Generates passion versus obligatory compliance. Career Development' Can you see what I see?

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How Digital Health Care Can Help Prevent Chronic Diseases Like Diabetes

Harvard Business Review

million adults in the United States with high blood sugar levels in danger of developing type 2 diabetes. Weight loss is a clinically-accepted proxy measure for reducing the risk of developing diabetes.) Diabetes is one of the most pervasive and expensive chronic diseases: It affects an estimated 30.3 In addition there are 84.1

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Why Individuals No Longer Rule on Sales Teams

Harvard Business Review

Companies have long developed and managed their sales people differently from other employees, placing great emphasis on individual performance. From 2002 to 2012, the impact of individuals’ task performance on unit profitability companywide decreased, on average, from 78% to 51%.

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IBM Focuses HR on Change

Harvard Business Review

In their role of stewards of policy compliance, they can tend to be a brake on change. HR reinvented the way it trained and developed talent. We know, for example, that developing leaders is essential. Randy MacDonald: "We observed that 80% of leadership development is based on work experience. But not at IBM.

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How Hospitals Are Using Patient-Reported Outcomes to Improve Care

Harvard Business Review

For them, outcomes measurement may seem like just another reimbursement requirement or process compliance task. In addition, academic clinicians at the university are using PRO responses to tag patients eligible for clinical studies targeting pain, substance abuse, and compliance with medication regimes.

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What Brazil's New President Faces

Harvard Business Review

Brazil has evolved as a major agricultural power, gathering highly competitive agribusiness companies and becoming an important center of resource and development. The huge bureaucracy imposed by the public spheres and processes strangle strategic initiatives and makes it very expensive to ensure organizational compliance.

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The CEO of Kimberly-Clark on Building a Sustainable Company

Harvard Business Review

Companies across the globe are tackling some of the world’s greatest societal challenges — water scarcity, climate change, and even the rights of women and girls in the developing world. We require all of our suppliers to abide by the social compliance standards that we set.

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