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It???s Time to Retool HR, Not Split It

Harvard Business Review

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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If the Board Monitors the Company, Who Monitors the Board?

Harvard Business Review

With institutional investor prodding, boards have thus become far more effective monitors of management than they were a decade ago. Chief executives still run the corporation, but directors at many are now increasingly stepping forward to lead the corporation in partnership with management. a working partnership with top management.

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Ten Essential Tips for Hiring Your Next CEO

Harvard Business Review

When we asked the chief human resources officers at a number of major companies whether they had a coherent system in place to evaluate and compensate the CEO’s succession performance, most reported that their firm had none. Boards Leadership Talent management' Place the board leader in charge.

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