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Michael Fraccaro, CHRO at Mastercard, on the value of business resource groups

HR Digest

"Unleashing Collective Genius" As globalization takes a sharp turn from government to business, the issue of global talent mobility rapidly moves up the agenda. It can empower people to take a point of view and allow the organization to benefit from diverse points of view. The role of a leader is definitely subject to greater scrutiny.

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Recommended Resources – An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage

Strategy Driven

Achieving coherence requires a sharpness of focus that few companies have mastered. Moreover, fixed assets are more difficult to leverage across diverse businesses than capabilities, and they tend to expire, become obsolete, or give way to related services. It’s a ‘sharp pencil’ capabilities system rooted in superior information.

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Leading Collaboratively…a 21st Century Necessity

You're Not the Boss of Me

It’s always nice to see you here Reply Dr. Ada February 3, 2011 at 5:54 pm Hello Gwyn, Definitely agree that collaboration is the way to go. Being able not only to tolerate, but to encourage diversity of thought will go a long ways in inviting co-creation and collaboration. I find it very satisfying to be in sync with you.

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What Unions No Longer Do

Harvard Business Review

Since unions fell into sharp decline in the private sector in the 1970s, the private-sector wage gap between blacks and whites has grown. There are definitely industries where this account seems accurate. Compensation Diversity Economy' The decline of unions in the U.S. Who’s going to do them now?

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Make Your Next Innovation Jam Work

Harvard Business Review

In general we find that teams of four offer enough diversity and engage quickly with the challenges they select. In many of the cases we found that the reason for failure in jamming lay in a weak definition of the problem or challenge a team was addressing. They define the problem statement clearly.

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In a Big Data World, Don't Forget Experimentation

Harvard Business Review

And over the years, I''ve helped many others conduct simple and effective experiments in areas as diverse as customer onboarding to policy deployment. This means the attendant focus, sharp definition of the question, careful design, data you can trust, and in-depth analyses — just what is called for in many situations.

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Talent in China: A Legion of Ambitious, Qualified Women

Harvard Business Review

They definitely don't have an issue with self-worth.". These sharp differences between Chinese women and their counterparts in other countries show that multinationals can't have one cookie-cutter global policy for women," says Rosalind Hudnell , Chief Diversity Officer and Global Director of Education and External Relations, Intel.

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