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For U.S. Employers, Health Care Reform Is a Watching and Waiting Game

Harvard Business Review

The administration also needs time to work on the reporting requirements that will be part and parcel of making the system work. Can we really do that in this environment?". So the law has hit a delay, political heat is rising, businesses are in the middle, and many people are still just plain confused about what they have to do. "If

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6 Ways to Keep Good Ideas from Dying at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

Spinning up new innovation initiatives is exciting, but changing the environment those new ideas are born into is really difficult. business units and functional groups like marketing or human resources set out “challenges” that they’d like employees to work on. At the storage and software company EMC Corp.,

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

Your relationships are also the best way to change with your environment and industry, even if your formal role or assignment has not changed. And in a connected world, build­ing stronger external networks to tap into the best sources of insight into environmental trends is also part and parcel of the leadership role.

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