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Founding Teams Need The Right Mix Of Skills And Personality To Succeed

The Horizons Tracker

They reinforce the value of the founding team, with the right combination of skills and personalities leading to more funds raised and greater long-term success for the business. Smith School of Business argue that many startups get the creation of their founding team all wrong.

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Charlie Ackerman on Winning A World in Flux

HR Digest

The idea for this product came from creative brainstorming by two Bosch associates, who secured leadership support to bring their idea to life. Can you tell our readers more about these programs and how they promote change within the company in practical terms? The notion of working simply for a paycheck are long gone.

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How to Navigate a Digital Transformation

Harvard Business Review

Meanwhile, the laggards continue to spend their time and money on assets that do not scale so easily — physical goods (such as manufacturing plants or inventory) and human capital (such as highly trained employees that deliver services). Second, make a complete inventory of all your organization’s assets.

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Many Employees Have a Mid-Career Crisis. Here’s How Employers Can Help

Harvard Business Review

As Josh Bersin, Deloitte’s principal, human capital, has noted , employees are assets that offer more value to their companies over time. A quick brainstorm led them to pinpoint a mid-career manager who had been with the company for nearly a dozen years and had always done high-quality work.

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5 Ways to Boost Your Resilience at Work

Harvard Business Review

In a 2014 global survey of Human Capital Trends conducted by Deloitte , 57% of respondents said that their organizations are “weak” when it comes to helping leaders manage difficult schedules and helping employees manage information flow, and that there is an urgent need to address this challenge. Develop mental agility.

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