Leading Blog

JANUARY 5, 2015

During most of the 20th century Kodak held a dominant position in photographic film, and in 1976, had an 89% market share of photographic film sales in the United States. I can’t help but wonder: If Kodak had paid attention to its aging workforce trend, would the company have maintained market share and avoided bankruptcy?

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Film Human Resources Technology Maturity 150

Chart Your Course

JANUARY 13, 2017

In the days after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), a chief executive cannot hide behind the acts of the CFO. They need to be tech experts, navigating your cloud contact center , social media and customer management systems. If the movies are true, the ideal is a tie wearing, straight arrow that lives for financial statements.

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CFO Chief Financial Officer Team Ethics 100

Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 8, 2018

Debbie Laskey developed her brand marketing and communications expertise while working in the high-tech industry, the Consumer Marketing Department at Disneyland Paris in France, the nonprofit arena, and the insurance industry. All aspects of business have been affected from technology to human resources to marketing.

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Brand Tips Media Customer Loyalty 50

Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

So the designer teaches everyone about UX/AI, the coders teach about their development methodology, the project managers teach about agile protocols, and the sales people describe what it is like in the field. Emotional control – successful anger and/or frustration management. Curiosity – inclination to learn.

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Team How To Knowledge Management Self-aware 52

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2012

It's rare to find a corporate human resources function that accelerates change by actively finding ways to help drive new strategies. But in a world in which bringing managers in every year for a week of offsite training is so 1960s, how do you make the leadership development process relevant to the global economy?

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Globalization Human Resources Diversity Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

At the same time, we began working with the Human Rights Campaign, which in 2002 had created the Corporate Equality Index (CEI) , the national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees. Corporate social responsibility Employee retention Human resources'

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Policies Price Due Diligence Human Resources 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

In fact, I see at least six ways in which your organization, whatever it is, is like the 2002 A's, who won 20 games in a row and made the playoffs—though not the 2002 World Series —despite a very low payroll. For Beane and the A's it came from the scouts, the media, and even the team's on-the-field manager.

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Company Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Film 12