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Ten Clues It's Time to Replace Your Head of HR

Harvard Business Review

Perhaps it's easier to start by discussing the pathologies of a dysfunctional Chief of Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Or is HR focused primarily on budget cuts and streamlining administration? Operating as efficiently as possible is a minimum expectation. Resist the temptation.

Metrics 14
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Greece in the Balance

Harvard Business Review

On the positive side, Greece has tidied up its balance sheet (at least the privately held debt), and nearly balanced its budget, excluding interest payments. More serious was the effect on public service employees; any future effort to rationalize public services will now face very stiff resistance.

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The Big Picture of Business: Institutional Reviews Help Public Companies to Learn from the Downturn and Move Forward

Strategy Driven

Human resource administration, employee testing, behavioral research, executive search, talent pools, reorganizations, downsizing, executive outplacement, labor issues and negotiating. Expected Results of an Institutional Review: Your service is efficient and excellent, by your standards and by the publics.

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The Right Way for an Established Firm to Do an Innovation Pilot with a Startup

Harvard Business Review

Mismanaged expectations, blown budgets, slipped schedules, and mutual contempt run rampant. Technical people hope the pilot effort will seamlessly interoperate with existing tech infrastructures and processes, while business folks look for efficiencies, better customer experience, and KPI alignment.

KPI 9
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Firms Are Wasting Millions Recruiting on Only a Few Campuses

Harvard Business Review

They have become such a deeply entrenched part of life at top schools that these companies and their recruiting practices have been referred by students and administrators as “the deluge,” “the onslaught,” and even “the path of least resistance.”

EPS 8