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Build Your Bottom Line: Accountable Culture in 6 Steps

ExactHire - Leadership

1 – Add accountability to your core competencies. Competencies are the skills, behaviors and/or core values that set apart your company from you competitors. Include accountability as one of your core competencies for all employees in all positions and promote the competencies throughout the organization (e.g.,

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But My Business Is Different… | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Even the most savvy CEO may have blind spots in his or her skill sets, core competencies, or voids in the org chart which can also cause blind spots. Well actually, no it’s not. Moving on…Believe it or not, CEO is not always synonymous with all knowing business guru.

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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

One of the challenges with disruption is the 'cultural' balancing act required to attend to a core competency (primary revenue driver) while simultaneously recognizing that disruption must occur at the borders. I’d be interested in your comments… Share and Enjoy: View Comments Mark Oakes Mike, Good Post!

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A Good Bye with Humanity

Persuasive Powerhouse

These include “human resources&# , “human capital&# , and “talent management&#. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. Best, Tanmay Mary Jo Asmus : August 11, 2010 at 8:18 am Thanks Tanmay.

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Google’s Secret Formula for Management? Doing the Basics Well

Harvard Business Review

My coauthors and I explore this in detail as part of a study of how well 12,000 firms in 34 countries performed 18 core management practices. It’s part of the reason why you can’t just copy another company’s management practices (even Google’s) and simply sit back and wait for success.

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How Leading Companies Build the Workforces They Need to Stay Ahead

Harvard Business Review

When Bain & Company examined the talent management practices of more than 300 large companies worldwide, we discovered that the most productive and best-performing organizations cluster their star talent in a few business-critical roles. Building world-class software is not a core competence for most automakers.

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Help Us Innovate the Innovation Process

Harvard Business Review

Innovation, in operations, products, business models and ecosystems, isn't merely a competitive advantage, it's the competitive advantage. Operational goals like productivity, predictability and alignment are woven deeply into management systems and processes. Innovation is the only insurance against irrelevance.