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Put the “and” Back in “Sales and Marketing”

Harvard Business Review

Nowhere else in the executive suite of a typical corporation are two functions as closely intertwined as sales and marketing. Yet for all the shared responsibility, the marketing and sales relationship has often been a contentious and lopsided one, with sales dominating in B2B sectors while marketing leads in B2C ones.

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How to Design Work Projects for Maximum Learning

Harvard Business Review

Enrollment in learning programs has surged over the last few years to generate a global executive education market of over $70 billion a year. People are also being asked by their bosses or HR to attend conferences, read case studies, watch videos, and try their hand at simulations, all with the goal of picking up new ideas and techniques.

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Look Beyond Your "Social Media Presence"

Harvard Business Review

A lot of companies congratulate themselves on having a "social media presence" — by which they mean a Twitter following and Facebook likes and a marketing plan that uses social networks. But some 70% of the extra profit to be made through social technologies has nothing to do with marketing. But that's a good thing.

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Job Growth Depends on Reducing Entrepreneurial Risk

Harvard Business Review

We had it all — strong capital markets, rich natural resources, unparalleled higher education, and geographic separation from two devastating wars. Although well-intentioned, these programs often have the unintended consequences of benefiting the wrong businesses, favoring sub-optimal technology, and creating market distortion.

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Leadership in Liminal Times

Harvard Business Review

It was the summer of 2000 and the company had quickly lost $85 billion in market capitalization. This was a top priority in my first year as P&G’s chief executive, after setting goals but ahead of strategy.” Procter & Gamble provides another example. Newly minted CEO A.G. Lafley was thrust into the spotlight. billion to $11.7

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Is HR Too Important to Be Left to HR?

Harvard Business Review

Yes, they are closer to the business and should know better what they need to do so they can meet their business goals. Yes, they are closer to the business and should know better what they need to do so they can meet their business goals. Moreover, almost everybody in a company has certain opinions about how to do HR.

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A Partnership Is Not a Purchase Order

Harvard Business Review

True collaboration always has open-ended elements — ranging from precisely how new innovations will be implemented, to how products will fare in the market, and even to what priorities partners will pursue in the face of changes in the environment. Google uses a different approach to working with multiple external parties.