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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

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New Research Shows That Board-Level Diversity Continues To Prove Elusive

The Horizons Tracker

“While specialized skills such as prior leadership or finance experience increase the likelihood of appointment, that likelihood is reduced for diverse directors,” the researchers say. The researchers examined a sample of nearly 20,000 directors from the boards of 2,254 US firms from 2006 to 2017. Struggling to diversify.

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Boards Need To Up Their Game In Terms Of Cognitive Diversity

The Horizons Tracker

Diversity has long been recognized in terms of its importance to things like innovation and creativity, with research from MIT showing how cognitive diversity improves the profitability of organizations. The researchers examined a sample of nearly 20,000 directors from the boards of 2,254 US firms from 2006 to 2017.

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Develop Your Company’s Cross-Functional Capabilities

Harvard Business Review

You’ll often find customer relationship management within marketing, budgeting within finance, supply-chain management within operations, outsourcing within procurement, training within HR, and new product development within R&D. Business units come and go, but finance, HR, marketing, IT, legal, and R&D seem to last forever.

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The Leadership Vacuum | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Before I go any further, today’s rant should not be construed as a call for elitism, but rather a call for authenticity, innovation and professionalism. As leadership advisors and coaches we counsel our clients on the need for change and innovation, but have we become the proverbial shoe maker without shoes?

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