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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. Permanent cross-functional teams tend to fare better.

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Obama and Romney Are Ignoring Hispanic Voters

Harvard Business Review

As founder of the Center for Hispanic Leadership, I can attest to the fact that the U.S. Think profit center, not cost center. According to the Center for Talent Innovation , only 5% of mid-level Hispanic managers have sponsors, as Hispanics have not been as effective at earning a seat at the table with senior executives.

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Obama and Romney Are Ignoring Hispanic Voters

Harvard Business Review

As founder of the Center for Hispanic Leadership, I can attest to the fact that the U.S. Think profit center, not cost center. According to the Center for Talent Innovation , only 5% of mid-level Hispanic managers have sponsors, as Hispanics have not been as effective at earning a seat at the table with senior executives.