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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. With a diverse background in human resources, information technology, and operations, his business and leadership acumen is only exceeded by his commitment to making others better.

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Paradise By The Green Dashboard Light – A Leadership Short Story

Terry Starbucker

I’m the SVP of Operations of a Cable TV Company that operates in 4 states and has 22 operating divisions. We had acquired the properties in 2003, and had spent the first 5 years setting the stage for a drive to sustained growth and profitability. Better still, we had a secret weapon that was guiding us along.

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How to (Gradually) Become a Different Company

Harvard Business Review

The US-based company used to be a diversified industrial group, with activities in all types of glass, chemicals, paints, optical materials, and biomedical systems. For example, Umicore’s 2003 acquisition of PMG increased its revenues by 50%. PPG (originally “Pittsburgh Plate Glass”) is a splendid example of such a transformation.

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A New Era for Global Leadership Development

Harvard Business Review

Rather than concentrating on the on the top 50 leaders, global companies need to develop hundreds, even thousands, of leaders comfortable operating in a variety of cultures. With flatter organizations and decentralization of power, corporations must develop savvy global leaders capable of operating locally and globally simultaneously.

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There’s No Good Alternative to Investing in R&D

Harvard Business Review

Sarah Williamson is the CEO of FCLTGlobal (formerly Focusing Capital on the Long Term), an organization cofounded in 2016 by BlackRock, CPPIB, Dow Chemical, McKinsey, and Tata Sons to encourage a longer-term focus in business and investment decision making. These stories are the rule rather than the exception.