Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

In the July/August issue of HBR , Ram Charan argues that the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role should be eliminated, with HR responsibilities funneled in two separate directions — administration , led by traditional HR-types, reporting to the CFO; and talent strategy , led by high-potential line managers, reporting to the corner office.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2014

But new strategies and structures are squarely in the board’s domain, and we have seen any number of governing boards innovating with, not just monitoring, management. Dennis Carey, Ram Charan, and Michael Useem are offering a two-day program on “Boards That Lead” at Wharton Executive Education on June 16-17, 2014.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Though many HR managers would take exception to those findings, they do, overwhelmingly, want more of a strategic voice than they have now. A few months ago, Ram Charan proposed splitting HR into two parts: one to oversee leadership and organization, and one to handle administration. Hiring Human resources Talent management'

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2013

While the obvious decisions that CEOs need to get right involve strategy and competitive advantage, too many executives delegate away three critical decisions that they need to own: decisions about goals, resource allocation, and people. It was the first time a vice chair would be based in an emerging market.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

For example, in 2009 professors Brian Becker, Mark Huselid, and Richard Beatty estimated that in most companies less than 15% of jobs are what they call strategic positions and said management should focus “disproportionate investments” on finding A players for those jobs. Connectors in the middle. High-potential future leaders.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Ten years later, it could produce, albeit with extraordinary measures, 5,000 cars a month and had a higher market value than Ford’s. Governance expert Ram Charan considers executive sessions the most important recent innovation in corporate governance.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2014

Contrary to the adverse experience of some governing boards, activist investors can actually prove to be a leadership asset on the board rather than a disruptive force—providing the boardroom is well-managed and led. Are the firm’s strategy and activist’s agenda well aligned? A partner with ValueAct, Bradley E.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

All have served at or near the pinnacle of company power, and they now bring that experience to judging who has the requisite skill-set to lead the world’s largest software maker in a fast-morphing market. Their prior question here is sure to be the company’s long-term strategy. Stay inside or consider an “outside-in” candidate.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2014

Ram Charans recommendation is wrong. A similar proposal to Split Finance would likely have been rejected out of hand by organization leaders (and Harvard Business Review editors), because its obvious that the Finance function must fit the organization strategy and leader capabilities. Lets be clear.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

In today’s rapidly changing markets, with digital disruption looming over every business, this question has never been more important. ” We don’t advocate decisions and actions that are overly spontaneous or impulsive, but we do value efficiency and speed in analyses and when acting on strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2016

I led the global management appraisal practice of our own executive search firm, Egon Zehnder. Japan’s educational institutions and cultural work ethic give its managers a jump-start in their careers, but most companies don’t continue the development process as far as it could go. What we found was an incredible paradox.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2017

aren’t taught management skills in medical school. A popular way of bringing physicians up to speed is to elevate them into management roles and team them with business executives. Fair or not, they believe it’s harder for leaders without clinical expertise to see how cutting costs impacts quality of care.

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