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Research Reveals That Apprenticeships Offer A Bright Future To Participants

The Horizons Tracker

Employers see a real benefit, and participants end up pursuing an option that is correlated with different pathways to success,” the researchers explain. The report suggests that these concerns are largely without basis, and the authors cite the success of the CareerWise apprenticeship program developed in Colorado as an example to follow.

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Is Leadership Development the Answer to Low Employee Engagement? (Yes.)

N2Growth Blog

They are not willingly, enthusiastically, and repeatedly saying ‘yes’ when asked to contribute and participate. This paper is about rethinking the practice of leadership and reforming the way we approach the development of leaders and leadership in our organizations. Unprepared leaders develop work-arounds. Next Practices.

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Chief Procurement Officer Search: Securing Your Supply Chain Leadership

N2Growth Blog

They understand the importance of developing their team’s skills and capabilities, nurturing a culture of continuous learning and professional development. Developing a comprehensive search strategy is essential in ensuring that companies can procure the right individuals to lead their supply chain functions.

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Research Reveals The Extent Of Bias Among Managers

The Horizons Tracker

The study utilized Project Implicit , a resource developed by researchers at Harvard that provides a virtual laboratory for testing implicit biases. Explicit attitudes were also measured using a tool called the Feeling Thermometer, which asks participants to respond to particular items by measuring their attitudes toward different groups.

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Develop Your Company’s Cross-Functional Capabilities

Harvard Business Review

This means centralizing and systematizing activity throughout your company while still fostering participation and experimentation. Instead, our interviews found a willingness to let organizational forms and structures evolve naturally, developing in line with the identity of the enterprise.

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We Interviewed 57 Female CEOs to Find Out How More Women Can Get to the Top

Harvard Business Review

We secured the participation of 57 female CEOs — 41 from Fortune 1000 companies and 16 from large privately held companies. They were four years older, when compared with benchmark data, before becoming CEO and brought more-diverse functional and industry experience to the position.

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How CMOs Can Get CFOs on Their Side

Harvard Business Review

This lack of an analytical approach has traditionally formed a barrier between marketing and finance. It doesn’t need to be complicated; in one company, a marketing department saved 20 percent after simply benchmarking the money they were spending on external agencies. They’re going to make ads and do whatever it is they do.

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