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13 Things that Make Organizations Extraordinary

Mark Sanborn

Innovative Commitment Google and Tesla exemplify the power of fostering a culture of innovation. Innovation isn’t just the breakthrough concepts which often sets the course for extraordinary companies, but ongoing innovations small and large. Companies must focus on nurturing and developing their human resources.

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Research: Your Firm Probably Isn't an Equal Opportunity Employer

Harvard Business Review

CEO-backed affirmative action in particular provided significant benefits for blacks and women prior to 1980, stalled in the 1980s, and many indicators of employment integration into good jobs for blacks and women have worsened since the 1990s. How does your company innovate and achieve revenue or productivity gains?

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Corporate Universities Should Reflect a Company’s Ideals

Harvard Business Review

If the number of executives from other companies who have been benchmarking GE’s management-development centers is an indication, interest in creating corporate universities is on the rise. Education General Electric Human resources Leadership development'

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To Radically Redesign Health Care, Start with One Unit

Harvard Business Review

Benchmarking seems to assure leaders that as long as their organization’s performance is 50% of the national average or better, things are okay. The road map starts with creating an environment for frontline workers to imagine innovative new ways of delivering care. It involves several steps: Begin with one unit.

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The Rebirth of the CMO

Harvard Business Review

Deborah DiSanzo, the CEO of Philips Healthcare, was once a CMO. She knew that to have a role in steering strategy, she had to earn the trust of her CEO and board. “To The CMO also worked with the finance office and product managers to link pricing and benchmark data into the RFP process, which improved quality and response times.

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Getting Employees Excited About a New Direction

Harvard Business Review

Leaders — especially those in large, successful organizations — must create an environment where people thrive on passion and purpose, and are as agile and innovative as their potential disruptors. The top-rated discussion from the Jam was the CEO’s “Ask Me Anything” session, which is now a recurring event.

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