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You Can’t Delegate Talent Management to the HR Department

Harvard Business Review

Successfully identifying, developing, and retaining leadership talent is critical for any organization’s long-term success. According to a 2013 CEB study , “only one in four HR organizations have effectively integrated their talent management practices…with the company’s strategic objectives.”

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Stress Test Your Company’s Competitive Edge with These 4 Questions

Harvard Business Review

” Technological developments are often interesting to discuss in relation to relevance. For instance, numerous smartphone apps have been developed that do not solve any actual problems. At that time, many consumers adopted a new level of frugality , such that they took on previously outsourced tasks and became more self-reliant.

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Three Ways CIOs Can Connect with the C-Suite

Harvard Business Review

However, time and time again, statistics show that CIO and C-suite alignment drives financial success. Economic performance for organizations whose CIOs were part of the overall development of strategy outpaced that of other organizations by a scale of two to one as discovered in our Economist and HBR studies. Define Your Strategy.

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Universities Are Missing Out on an Explosive Growth Sector: Their Own

Harvard Business Review

Still, most colleges are lucky if they can afford even a small team charged with developing new lines of business and new business models. The National Association of College and University Business Officers Study on Endowments reveals that endowments are performing enviably — with returns of near 12% in 2013. a better place to be.

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Get Your Passion Project Moving Without Quitting Your Day Job

Harvard Business Review

If after looking at your log, you’ve uncovered very little wiggle room, you might explore the idea of outsourcing parts of your project to a paid helper, says Gulati. Clark recommends listing the “concrete skills you need to develop in order to be successful at pursuing your passion full-time.”

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Good News, Bad News: An HBR Management Puzzle on Innovation Execution

Harvard Business Review

The following highly condensed fictional case study draws on their paper “Anatomy of a Decision Trap in Complex New Product Development Projects” in Academy of Management Journal. The only bad news is that the steering committee turned down my request of €2 million in additional funds for the 2013 budget. What went wrong?

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Navigating the Dozens of Different Strategy Options

Harvard Business Review

Positional advantage is sustainable in a classical environment: the environment is predictable and develops gradually without major disruptions. To be successful at strategy through experimentation, adaptive firms master three essential thinking steps: they continuously vary their approach, generating a range of strategic options to test.