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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

In the years that have passed, we’ve continued to expand and refine the list by looking for CHROs able to innovate and outperform their peers regardless of current market dynamics in play at the time. Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?.

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A Case Study in Strategic Philanthropy

Harvard Business Review

Bank of America convenes a local committee of bank leaders in each of its 45 Neighborhood Builders markets then uses a short application and lots of on-the-ground research to select two awardees per community per year. And, as a result, we are now able to identify three key reasons why it has been so effective.

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Flash Case Study: Will a Pilot Program Unleash This Innovation, or Kill It?

Harvard Business Review

Editor's Note: Like HBR's traditional case studies, this online-only "flash" case study dramatizes a dilemma frequently faced by leaders in real companies. We've been co-running the steering committee for this innovation project for almost six months now. I don't think we're ready. This is no time for fear.

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The Big Picture of Business – Quality is Important for Business: Real Quality vs. Arbitrary Metrics

Strategy Driven

It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations. Life-threatening experiences (loss of business or market share, economic recession) signal the urgency for the team to collaborate. Marketing’s importance was fully embraced in the 1960′s. Paying attention to quality can realize: Lower operating costs.

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Recommended Resources – An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage

Strategy Driven

In The Essential Advantage : How to Win with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy , Booz & Company’s Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi maintain that success in any market accrues to firms with a coherence premium – a tight match between their strategic direction and the capabilities that make them unique. Let’s go after it.”

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The Big Picture of Business- Professional Education Necessary for Company Success

Strategy Driven

It is usually technical or sales/marketing in nature. Outside of 'think tanks' for company executive committees, full-scope education does not occur. Organizations of all sizes must have the Think Tank.which delineates future operations, including education and training. Training is rarely allowed to be extensive.

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Case Study: Is Holacracy for Us?

Harvard Business Review

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. He now had only one major—and very vocal—opponent: Vera Hoch, the head of the audit committee. Vera’s Perspective. Now Vera was getting worked up.