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The Essence of Strategy (Part 2) | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • October 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. Years ago I had the displeasure of consulting for a Canadian natural gas company. acquired this misguided company. Here’s how the Fortis B2B team define themselves: Natural gas is our business.

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3 Ways LinkedIn Benefits Businesses Beyond Being a Job Board

Chart Your Course

All but 2 percent of Fortune 500 companies maintain a LinkedIn presence. But successful companies don’t just use LinkedIn for recruiting. LinkedIn is also invaluable as a platform for establishing your company’s online profile, developing networking partnerships, and maintaining contact with employees.

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Moving Beyond Company Organization Silos: Lessons from the Aviation Industry

Leading Blog

airline companies have pointed fingers at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as the biggest cause of outages, even as the FAA has fired back at airlines. And just to make things interesting, do it in a decentralized organizational construct where laws, standards, and procedures aren’t as tightly controllable as within a single company.

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Confidence, Respect, Trust and Professionalism #cipd12

Rapid BI

They know it’s a tough market and do not blame the employer for not being given the post, but they do hold the company accountable for the way they were treated throughout the process. For those of us in b2b and thing this analogy is irrelevant – think again. HR and in particular recruitment needs to change. Dramatically.

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