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Top 16 Books for Human Resource and Talent Management Executives

Chart Your Course

Every HR, OD professional, and management consultant should at the very least be aware of their existence, if not well-versed in their ideas and theories. In one of the defining management studies carried out in the 90s, Collins and his team complied a list of 1,435 companies in search of those special few that could truly be called “great.”

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Stop Talking About Social and Do It

Harvard Business Review

Human Resources" have changed when most of the people who create value for your organization are neither hired nor paid by you. Communities of passion who share a common interest (photography, or food, or books) can inform new product lines. Many of you know of Clay Christensen's iconic work the Innovators Dilemma.

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

Harvard Business Review

In the The Capitalists Dilemma, Clay Christensen and Derek van Bever suggest that leaders have been trained and socialized to their role as capitalists, and thus come to rely too heavily on familiar and traditional finance principles. Human resources Leadership Talent management'

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The Most Efficient Die Early

Harvard Business Review

An over-focus on efficiency can also make it more difficult to cope with gradual change.Eliminating errors by finding an optimal way of solving a problem, and then ruthlessly adhering to it, is at the root of quality control and improved productivity. A healthier approach also means managing acceptable losses.