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Top 16 Books for Human Resource and Talent Management Executives

Chart Your Course

The Speed of Trust (2006) By Stephen M. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (2011). It provides a comprehensive (yet very easy to read) summary of four decades of scientific research on human motivation, exposing a startling mismatch between what science knows and what business does. Drucker passed away in 2005.

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Female Leadership on the Decline in Canada :: Women on Business

Women on Business

found that the number of women in top executives positions in Canada has fallen over the past year from 37 women in the highest-paying executive jobs in 2006 to just 31 in 2007. Furthermore, of the 535 highest paid and most senior positions at those companies, only 5.8% are held by women (down from 6.9% in the prior year).

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Holding Powerful & Arrogant Bosses Accountable

Coaching Tip

Mr. Winston joined Countrywide in May 2005, when the lender was riding the mortgage wave. Winston still recalls an episode from late 2005 that raised red flags for him. The man replied that the term described the company’s growth strategy for 2006 — to fund all loans. “I Source: The New York Times, February 20, 2011.

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How Labor Standards Can Be Good for Growth

Harvard Business Review

In 2005, after years of negative publicity, Nike published its list of suppliers and toughened its compliance policy, requiring subcontractors to comply with the Atlanta Agreement on child labor, international conventions on freedom to unionize, and local labor laws.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. Only legal, finance, and human resources still reported back to headquarters.