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When Having Too Many Experts on the Board Backfires

Harvard Business Review

But our interviews with board members and CEOs in the banking industry—and decades of research on experts and teams—point to three factors that can compromise the effectiveness of expert-dominated boards, at least in some circumstances. Common sense might suggest that the more experts, the better.

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New Research: Where the Talent Wars Are Hottest

Harvard Business Review

The most active sectors in hiring will be materials and IT & telecommunications, with more companies planning to bring on employees and to add a greater percentage to their workforces. And companies also have to be prepared to not only attract, recruit and retain top talent — but diverse top talent. Methodology.

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Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn’t It?

Harvard Business Review

Fostering diversity in demographics is one pathway boards can use to ensure that a wide range of viewpoints and areas of expertise is represented. banking & financial services, insurance, real estate); Healthcare (e.g., aerospace & defense, industrial conglomerates, textiles); IT & Telecommunications (e.g.,

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Joining Boards: It's Not Just Who You Know That Matters

Harvard Business Review

Both paths are problematic — neither is particularly transparent or relies on objective measures and given that many boards are stubborn bastions of white masculinity, pursuing the "right" network can be fraught, especially for women and other diverse candidates. banking & financial services, insurance, real estate); Health Care (e.g.,

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On a Consumer Watershed

Marshall Goldsmith

Likewise, leading telecommunications and other equipment providers now have to compete by offering “network solutions” involving many products formerly sold separately. The demand by customers in widely diverse industries for integrated solutions rather than stand-alone products is not a fluke or a fad.

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Women in Asia Are More Financially Savvy than Women in the U.S.

Harvard Business Review

We see this especially in women’s levels of confidence and engagement, their degree of risk tolerance, and the level of diversity in the financial services industry across the region. Our findings indicate that women investors in Asia are in many ways ahead of their counterparts in the U.S.

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The Potential and Pitfalls of Doing Business in Cuba

Harvard Business Review

In addition to lifting some travel restrictions, American financial institutions can establish accounts with their Cuban counterparts and telecommunication firms can export to and install equipment on the island. Under such a scenario, multinationals would see expanded opportunity across diverse sectors.

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