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Retain Your Top Performers

Marshall Goldsmith

The “intellectual capital” brought in by high-knowledge employees will be a major, if not the primary, competitive advantage. To retain top talent in the future, executives will need to clearly identify, develop, involve, and recognize key people. Provide opportunities for development and involvement. .

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Rising to the Challenge Before Us – LEADING FORWARD

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

It is time to embrace our potential by learning to see problems as the conduit to solutions and by developing the three “Q Skills” that can take us forward: whole-brain thinking (IQ), emotional intelligence (EQ), and spiritual connection (SQ). I believe in our power to make a difference and to be the difference.

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CEOs Need Hard Data on Customer Loyalty

Harvard Business Review

Three-quarters of the world's CEOs say more emphasis should be placed on measuring the value of non-financial assets such as intellectual capital and customer relationships. But let's give our financial colleagues credit for acknowledging the fundamental imbalance that the CEOs are referring to.

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Developing Global Leaders Is America's Competitive Advantage

Harvard Business Review

As global companies focus their strategies on developed and emerging markets, they require substantial cadres of leaders capable of operating effectively anywhere in the world. American companies and academic institutions possess unique competitive advantages in developing these global leaders.

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Why IBM Gives Top Employees a Month to Do Service Abroad

Harvard Business Review

Recognizing that corporate responsibility can offer a company a competitive advantage today, we became interested in IBM as a pioneer in establishing a skills-based volunteerism initiative that also influences its talent and professional development strategies. So far, IBMers have completed over 1,000 projects.

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Why IBM Gives Top Employees a Month to Do Service Abroad

Harvard Business Review

Recognizing that corporate responsibility can offer a company a competitive advantage today, we became interested in IBM as a pioneer in establishing a skills-based volunteerism initiative that also influences its talent and professional development strategies. So far, IBMers have completed over 1,000 projects.

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You Don’t Need to Be a Silicon Valley Startup to Have a Network-Based Strategy

Harvard Business Review

” Publicly, CEOs talk about digital transformation, but privately, they wonder if their efforts will be enough. But platforms and networks can be developed in many different ways. Intellectual capital. For most companies intellectual property is something that sits on their balance sheet. Insight Center.