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Who's Really Responsible for P&G's Succession Problems?

Harvard Business Review

Where was its leadership bench? Using data from the 2012 survey, we also found that boards gave their companies'' very poor grades on talent management. Why are so many companies struggling with a crisis of their leadership bench? What kind of signal did this choice send to P&G''s top managers?

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Calculate How Much Your Company Should Invest in Innovation

Harvard Business Review

And the more growth opportunities stretch beyond a company’s current capabilities, the more the company needs to build systems to manage the unique nature of these opportunities (the kind we describe in more depth in our recent article “ Build an Innovation Engine in 90 Days ” and our 2012 e-book Building a Growth Factory ).

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Top 10 Green Business Stories of 2011

Harvard Business Review

It certainly has become a media darling for clean tech skeptics. On the use side of the water issue, companies with products that depend on water in production (beverages) or in use (shampoo, apparel) are also seeing the writing on the wall and getting creative. for " every manufacturer, component, and process in apparel production."