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Bring in Outside Experts to Mentor Your Team

Harvard Business Review

A practical framework for mentoring is based on the career stages work of Gene Dalton and Paul Thompson, former professors at HBS. But it’s not only their career stage that makes agile talent potentially excellent mentors. These experiences were some of the most valuable of my career.

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Stop Trying to Control How Ex-Employees Use Their Knowledge

Harvard Business Review

In the past, trade secret law only protected well-defined knowledge such as the formula for Coca Cola or the code of software programs; now, in many states, the law also extends to cover less well defined knowledge, such as employee know-how, customer relations, basic skills, and knowledge that is not used commercially.

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The Next Frontier of Judgment - Across Enterprises

Harvard Business Review

Now consider the joint judgment involved in a process of co-creation , whereby companies collaborate with customers or other partners to bring new offerings to market. Now consider the joint judgment involved in a process of co-creation , whereby companies collaborate with customers or other partners to bring new offerings to market.

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The Right Way to Off-Board a Departing Employee

Harvard Business Review

. “It should be more about helping people transition to their next stage — whether it’s a new career, retirement, or something else altogether.” “We had a tremendous amount of respect for Bob’s work and wanted to celebrate him” as well as capture his knowledge, she explains.

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A Predictive Analytics Primer

Harvard Business Review

Used digital marketing models to determine what ad to place on what publisher’s site? Predictive analytics are gaining in popularity, but what do you—a manager, not an analyst—really need to know in order to interpret results and make better decisions? Who’s Afraid of Data-Driven Management? Beware Big Data’s Easy Answers.

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