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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. Put simply, how do you judge the success of a chief human resources officer, and who qualifies for the 2020 Top CHRO List?

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Be Your Own Talent Scout

Harvard Business Review

Finding people with the right combination of competence, character and team skills isn't easy, of course, even if you conduct a long, carefully-orchestrated search. To find these people, you have to develop a long-term, very consistent strategy. Over dinner, I ask them to tell me about their work.

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Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Harvard Business Review

Challenged by other entrepreneurs in Scale Up Milwaukee’s Scalerator program to come up with a plan for rapidly ramping up his business, Cronce wondered: “What if I redefined Raphael as a strategic link in the global medical imaging supply chain, rather than as a paint shop?”

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When Investors Want to Know How You Treat People

Harvard Business Review

In an interview he told us: “SASB has now issued standards for 45 industries in six sectors The specific issues we examine for human capital include labor relations; fair labor practices; employee health, safety and wellbeing; diversity and inclusion; compensation and benefits; and recruitment, development and retention.

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How a Public-Private Partnership Is Saving Lives

Harvard Business Review

If you believe this is a problem confined to the developing world, consider this: The rate of maternal mortality in the United States has doubled in the past 20+ years. Long-awaited bulk shipments of medical gloves can arrive full of holes, unusable. Develop the capabilities of small businesses. The private health sector ?

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How the Internet of Things Changes Everything

Harvard Business Review

If you are not familiar with the term, the Internet of Things refers to a dramatic development in the internet''s function: the fact that, even more than among people, it now enables communication among physical objects. For managers, this development creates challenges both long term and urgent.

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Small and Young Businesses Are Especially Vulnerable to Extreme Weather

Harvard Business Review

Young firms face many existential threats related to managing internal financial and human resources and external relationships with customers, suppliers, investors and competitors. Second, young businesses tend to grow faster than older ones, but also fail at greater rates. In light of these problems, what can we do to fix them?