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

Strategy Driven

Moreover, fixed assets are more difficult to leverage across diverse businesses than capabilities, and they tend to expire, become obsolete, or give way to related services. Coherent companies direct capital, time, and other resources with purpose to those activities, products, and businesses that will extend their lead.

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The Big Disconnect in Your Talent Strategy and How to Fix It

Harvard Business Review

Procurement typically owns your “resource planning system” for contract workers. The analysis of this data provided resource visibility across their entire organization. The demonstrated success encouraged leaders to look beyond talent acquisition channel decisions. One example comes from the R&D division.