Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2014

Yet in doing so they have strengthened the board’s leadership hand as well. Even a company with the best monitoring practices is a worrisome bet if the lead director is not able, if directors do not bring business leadership to the boardroom, and if directors are not all pulling in the same direction. Boards Leadership'

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Berra was famous for his “Yogi-isms,” but this one contained an essential truth: inchoate strategies and ineffectual leadership generally go hand in hand. Ram Charan, Dennis Carey, and Michael Useem are co-authors of the book Boards That Lead: When to Take Charge, When to Partner, and When to Stay Out of the Way , (HBR Press 2014).

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2014

Ram Charans recommendation is wrong. The Split HR column alludes to cross-pollination between HR and Finance, but tucking HR into the Finance function, as Charan suggests, is not the way. Instead, lets retool HR, and accept the challenge to increase leader sophistication, and the quality of HR and talent decisions.

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