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How HR Can Become Agile (and Why It Needs To)

Harvard Business Review

If software has eaten the world, then agile has eaten the software world. And there is no shortage of information and advice on how agile should be implemented in your tech organization. The tactics are clear, well-documented, and offered up in a myriad of flavors. A Quick Introduction to Agile Management. Related Video.

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How Consumer Brands Can Connect with Customers in a Changing Retail Landscape

Harvard Business Review

To bridge this gap, we’ve identified seven tactics that pioneering brands have used to arrive at an effective digital strategy: Understand how digital serves different consumer segments. Brands can deepen engagement by bringing people together for shared experiences. Look for measures that matter.

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5 Ways to Help Employees Keep Up with Digital Transformation

Harvard Business Review

Help Employees Embrace Agility. Agility is key to success when undertaking digital transformations. “We provide countries with a variety of tactics, including gamification, incentives, executive communications, and more, to drive an impressive global completion rate of 90% against the recommended upskilling program track.”

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Death Knell for the Category Killers?

Harvard Business Review

With technology making both pricing and assortment choices transparent for the consumer, there is less and less incentive to buy from a physical store when a better price can be found online. And aggressive tactics by e-tailers to lure shoppers from physical stores will only accelerate the trend.

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Cure Your Company's Allergy to Change

Harvard Business Review

Adopting improvement methods such as " agile " or " lean " can change the culture as employees are empowered to make changes in their work and results and trust are prized over process and contracts. At Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, tactics such as daily huddles drove immediate wins and helped entrench a culture of empowerment.

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How to Make Your One-on-Ones with Employees More Productive

Harvard Business Review

” In light of this dual purpose, running an effective one-on-one meeting “requires real cognitive agility,” says Margaret Moore , CEO of Wellcoaches Corporation and co-author of Organize Your Emotions, Optimize Your Life. ” After Anand and Sam had discussed tactical issues, Anand turned to the questions.

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Global Companies Need to Adopt Agile Pricing in Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

The company’s local team was thus compelled to offer non-monetary incentives to avoid losing customers, including marketing support, consulting services, and others. Price-setting processes do not involve all the right people. That can have disastrous consequences.

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