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Nabob and the Coffee Kerfuffle: How the 120-year-old brand managed to maintain its challenger status.

In the CEO Afterlife

Its strategy to get out ahead of the competition rested on the innovative, hard, vacuum-sealed packaging its then-parent company, Jacob Suchard, was using in Europe at the time. It made sense, because we looked at the competition as our well-financed enemy, and so there was no way we could win at the spending war,” says Bell. “So

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The Big Disconnect in Your Talent Strategy and How to Fix It

Harvard Business Review

HR systems emphasize long-term relationships and high performance, with big investments in selection and development, amortized over a long career. Supported by TAPFIN, a division of ManpowerGroup, they gathered data from HR and Finance systems including the HRIS, VMS, ATS, GL/Finance and A/P.

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You’re Never Too Experienced to Fake It Till You Learn It

Harvard Business Review

And that’s precisely what gets us in trouble as we hit career transitions that call for new and different ways of leading. In my research on how experienced managers and professionals step up to bigger leadership roles, I have observed both the value and the difficulty of returning to our youthful, fake-it-till-you-learn-it strategies.

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A Playbook for Making America More Entrepreneurial

Harvard Business Review

The type of capital required and its source depends on the type of business, its stage of life, and its strategy for the future. A supplier might need a working capital loan to finance a big order. A Main Street small business might require a term loan from a bank to buy a piece of equipment.

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Fighting Chronic Disease Starts with Better Pediatric Care

Harvard Business Review

Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Promise Zones Initiative , which awarded over $30 million last year to grantees to achieve objectives such as developing a complete continuum of cradle-to-career strategies and breaking down silos between community agencies. Proactive and population-based.