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Your Company’s Networks Might Matter More than Its Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Starting his career as a trainee at 7-11, he worked his way quickly through the ranks, gaining a reputation for operational excellence. ” McChrystal understood that no amount of planning or strategy could achieve that; it had to come through personal contact. Today, we must learn how to shape networks around a shared purpose.

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The Case for Improving Work for People with Disabilities Goes Way Beyond Compliance

Harvard Business Review

Yet, we find, individuals with disabilities frequently encounter workplace discrimination, bias, exclusion, and career plateaus—meaning their employers lose out on enormous innovation and talent potential. Companies also need to create a culture of support and inclusion by doing the following: Provide training.

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How a Bathtub-Shaped Graph Helped a Company Avoid Disaster

Harvard Business Review

Caught up in administrative activities such as managing employee records and planning company picnics, human resources departments can too easily lose sight of their primary function: Making sure the organization has the needed human capital to implement its strategy. For guidance in selecting and applying HR metrics, see this article.).

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A Playbook for Making America More Entrepreneurial

Harvard Business Review

The type of capital required and its source depends on the type of business, its stage of life, and its strategy for the future. Recent work by Joe Fuller at Harvard Business School shows a significant gap in “middle skills,” those that require more training than a high school diploma but less than a college degree.

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Fighting Chronic Disease Starts with Better Pediatric Care

Harvard Business Review

To be successful and cost-effective in holistically addressing children’s total wellness will require a large team of non-medical personnel with diverse training and skills to work with children and their parents. PFK is now working on expanding its strategy to address the health needs of children with disabilities.

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Nabob and the Coffee Kerfuffle: How the 120-year-old brand managed to maintain its challenger status.

In the CEO Afterlife

The team also had to go through the pangs of training its employees to be strictly coffee experts, conducting “cuppings” (otherwise known as coffee tastings) and product knowledge courses so that “when a neighbour asked them about coffee, they would be able to talk about the origins, the roast, the grind.”. Better Coffee” positioning.

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