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0508 | Orly Lobel: Full Transcript

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Actually, reading the book reminded me of this old anecdote that I heard one time, a conversation between a sort of unnamed CEO and an unnamed CFO and essentially, the CFO was asking, “What happens if we invest all this money to develop our people and they leave?” That can be, I think, really demotivating.

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Why More Executives Should Consider Becoming a CHRO

Harvard Business Review

If you’re a business leader looking for an opportunity to have real impact on your company — and position yourself for the top job — which career path is best? That the CHRO role, although at first it may look career limiting, can have more impact than any other position reporting to the CEO?

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Agapol Na Songkhla – Chief People Officer and Executive Vice President of Human Capital Group at Thai Beverage (ThaiBev). Divya Silbermann – Human resources leader at technology startups, including Facebook and Eventbrite. and The Career Playbook.

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The Bias Undermining Your People Analytics

Harvard Business Review

In careers and the workplace, this means that credit or blame for performance is likely to be assigned to an individual more based on his or her perceived character, personality, intentions or efforts rather than on the situation, context, opportunities or constraints within which that individual is working. There is a better way.

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The Business School Tuition Bubble

Harvard Business Review

I credit that human capital bump for a wide-ranging and successful business career, one that included stints as CFO, GM, entrepreneur, and consultant. Reading lists typically consisted of 30 to 40 academic journal articles. The program was, essentially, the front-end of a PhD program (i.e.,

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Balancing Parenting and Work Stress: A Guide

Harvard Business Review

Over the past decade of leading human capital, diversity, and retention efforts in several demanding U.S.-based The baby’s got the flu, the employee hasn’t slept in three days, and the annual department budget is due to the CFO’s office.

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Harvard Business Review

If you or I were the CFO of a manufacturing company, and we were in a board meeting, and the board asked, “What is your manufacture and capacity utilization?” And that basically only 40 percent of human capital in modern work is doing their real job. Think about that, Angelia. Alex Shootman, Workfront.