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How to Evaluate Whether You Made an Effective Career Decision

Lead Change Blog

Tom made a major career decision 3 months ago: he decided to leave his position as chief information officer at a large manufacturing firm to become an entrepreneur and start a company to provide software that helps manufacturers improve the quality of their manufacturing process. There was no room for any missteps.

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The Live Enterprise Model

Eric Jacobson

Today, the authors answered these questions: How has the coronavirus pandemic challenged businesses’ operating principles? What differentiates the Live Enterprise from other operating models? Get information from all these connections. Again, maximum human intuition, minimum human intervention. Second, observe.

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3 Major Challenges Financial Institutions Face When Implementing Business Insight Technology

Strategy Driven

But you must also remember that any new technology you onboard will bring change to your bank’s operations—some of which isn’t welcome just yet. It’s usually the job of a bank’s chief financial officer (CFO), chief risk officer (CRO), or chief technology officer (CTO) to oversee tech implementation.

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The Professional: Seven New Rules

Strategy Driven

Just look at the ‘product of origin’ information on an Apple device. Internationally, there is heightened concern about information privacy and professionals must, while protecting their own rights, guard against contravention. #6. Multi-cultural sensitivity is critical for every profession. We live in a complex world.

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Is Anyone Really Responsible for Your Company's Data Security?

Harvard Business Review

Protecting a company''s critical information is a value proposition. Trade secrets, confidential business plans, and operational security depend on it. Losing that kind of information can mean a plunge in stock price and market share. So who''s responsible for information security in your company? But security?

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How to Bring in a New CEO for Your Startup

Harvard Business Review

The most important requirements of the new CEO are familiar: they should understand the entire value chain of the market in which the startup operates, and must have the ability to take on a larger, more crucial role in structuring the company. Inattention to this can be disastrous. Minimize the handover period.

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How I Hired an Entirely Remote Workforce

Harvard Business Review

Many people are stunned to learn that I didn’t meet my chief technology officer in person until 2014 — three years after he started working for me. Everyone in the company is allotted a certain number of points to give away to others each month, and this information is displayed graphically.