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HP Headed to Hotel California?

Women on Business

Deciding that personal computing is not a lucrative market is like spitting on small businesses. I think that so much could have been done and couple this decision with the move to pull the touchpad off the market so quickly and you have a strategic disaster.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Deepa Prahalad – Focused on design and emerging markets. Mark Tercek – President and CEO, Nature Conservancy – world leader in global conservation. World Economic Forum – Global Leader for Tomorrow. Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Sean McGrath – Human Resources Vice-President World Bank Group.

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Book Review: Culture Connection

LDRLB

For example, Four Seasons Hotels puts candidates through five separate interviews. Other companies are integrating their HR and Marketing departments because they see their culture as being synonymous with their brand (I have noticed this emerging trend in my own research as well). His findings will apply to many organizations.

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GE’s Culture Challenge After Welch and Immelt

Harvard Business Review

In our opinion, culture is contextual, and what would have been appropriate in the 19 th century, when the company was a one-product, one-country organization, is very inappropriate in today’s far more globalized environment. (GE The decade also saw the rise of formidable emerging-market competitors and opportunities.

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How an American Express Executive Drives Growth

Harvard Business Review

Schulman: The global head of human resources at American Express was on the board at Virgin Mobile, where I was CEO. Instead of thinking about technology for technology’s sake, we studied the real consumer pain points in the market. Excerpts: HBR: Why did you decide to come to Amex? It was a technology-driven form factor.