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Top 16 Books for Human Resource and Talent Management Executives

Chart Your Course

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (2002). By Jack Welch. Welch is perhaps the most famous CEO-turned-leadership-author and a vocal advocate of HR. It lays out what the world’s greatest managers do differently and is considered essential reading for all managers and HR professionals. By Patrick M.

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10 Ways to Involve Leaders in Leadership Development Programs

Great Leadership By Dan

Most of us have heard of the concept of "leader's teaching leaders" - Noel Tichy commercialized the concept in his 2002 book, The Leadership Engine. Jack Welch was known for the amount of time he spent in Crotinville sparing with high-potential managers in "the pit".

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Social Media Demystified

N2Growth Blog

Blogging since 2002, being actively involved in digital marketing since the early 90′s, and being online since the days of the ARPANET I have a bit of history with most things digital. link] Lisa Welch Hi Mike: Thanks for taking something so confusing and adding clarity by doing little more than telling the truth.

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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently

Harvard Business Review

Since the Sarbanes–Oxley Act in 2002, audit committees do not have enough time to carry out their prescribed list of detailed duties as well as to deal effectively with these broader issues of capital allocation. When Jack Welch stepped down as CEO in 2001, GE’s defined benefit (DB) plan was sitting on a surplus of $14.6

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How IBM's Sam Palmisano Redefined the Global Corporation

Harvard Business Review

In the 20th century, a select group of leaders — General Motor's Alfred Sloan, HP's David Packard and Bill Hewlett, and GE's Jack Welch — set the standard for the way corporations are run. In 2002 Palmisano succeeded a legendary leader in Lou Gerstner, who saved IBM from being broken up and put it on a viable course.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

The number of internet users in China stood at roughly 5 million in 1999 but grew to 40 million in 2002, by which time it was clear that Yahoo was not getting the traction that local Chinese internet companies were seeing. search engine company Inktomi in 2002. Tsai, for example, clearly understood U.S.

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Author Branham On Trust, Exit Interviews And Why Employees Leave

Eric Jacobson

Even in the 80's and early '90's, they were good stewards and heroes--Lee Iacocca, Jack Welch, et. Then came Enron, Worldcom in 2002, then the crash of 2008 exposed the depth of corruption. When I entered the business world in the 70's, we assumed leaders were competent and trustworthy.

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