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What It Will Take to Fix HR

Harvard Business Review

In the July/August issue of HBR , Ram Charan argues that the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role should be eliminated, with HR responsibilities funneled in two separate directions — administration , led by traditional HR-types, reporting to the CFO; and talent strategy , led by high-potential line managers, reporting to the corner office.

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What CEOs Are Afraid Of

Harvard Business Review

In 2014, I surveyed 116 CEOs and other executives, interviewing 27 in depth afterwards. Kets de Vries wrote in 2014 that anxiety over death often causes workaholic behavior. Fears and dysfunctional behaviors will always influence human beings, from the playground to the boardroom. Noted INSEAD leadership professor Manfred F.R.

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Companies Want to Disclose Employee Health Data to Shareholders, and It’s a Bad Idea

Harvard Business Review

A working group whose members include Humana, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, PepsiCo, Unilever, and South African insurer Discovery recently proposed that publicly traded corporations provide an overview on the health of their workforces in their various forms of public disclosure, including annual reports, 10-Ks, and sustainability reports.

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The Rise of the Hands-On Dad

Harvard Business Review

That was when sports radio personalities Boomer Esiason and Mike Francesa harshly criticized NY Mets player Daniel Murphy for missing the first two games of the 2014 season, because he was on paternity leave. The FAMILY Act, which has been proposed in the U.S. Human resources Managing yourself Work life balance'

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How Boards Can Innovate

Harvard Business Review

Sandy Ogg, an operating partner in Blackstone’s Private Equity Group, had previously served as a senior vice president for leadership and learning at Motorola and chief human resource officer at Unilever. The chair of the new three-person committee, Richard L. More blog posts by Michael Useem , Dennis Carey and Ram Charan.

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Applying Deming Principles at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

Deming Institute

In 2014, I applied for and received a grant from The W. In 2014, as in previous years, the dominant reason for discontinuation of a venture in Latin America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania was that the business was not profitable, as per the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2014 Global report. Stephen Gordon CEO Opus Bank.

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