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Walgreens Boots Alliance Leadership Announces New Executive Team

HR Digest

The Walgreens Boots Alliance leadership just announced three new members for its executive VP team with the aim of improving its healthcare services and strategy, which includes Elizabeth Burger Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), Mary Langowski President for the U.S.

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The Big Shift: Demand for Future Work Skills in 2021

HR Digest

The companies and research studies in our analysis included: Deloitte, LinkedIn, IBM Institute for Business Value, Indeed.com, Institute for the Future (IFTF), McKinsey, Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM), Udemy, Willis Towers Watson, and World Economic Forum. Hire a Chief Future Officer (CFO). For Organizations.

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My Best Blogs of 2011

In the CEO Afterlife

For as long as I can remember, the person bonded to the CEO’s hip was the CFO. It was awfully difficult not to make a donation to the industrious and entertaining panhandler at the Santa Barbara pier. In this post, I compare the ineptitude of BP against the leadership of Rudy Giuliani during a much bigger crisis.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Formerly a leader in the automotive, retail, restaurant, media innovation and consulting industries. Deborah Borg – Chief Human Resources & Communications Officer, Bunge Limited. Sean McGrath – Human Resources Vice-President World Bank Group. Former President, Dow Chemical USA. Entrepreneurs.

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What It Will Take to Fix HR

Harvard Business Review

In the July/August issue of HBR , Ram Charan argues that the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role should be eliminated, with HR responsibilities funneled in two separate directions — administration , led by traditional HR-types, reporting to the CFO; and talent strategy , led by high-potential line managers, reporting to the corner office.

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It's Harder than Ever to Be a Senior Executive

Harvard Business Review

The CIO has to know what's going on in finance and marketing, for instance, and P&L experience is important even for support functions like human resources. A handful of industries are still local — waste management, for instance — but most companies are competing on a global scale at some level. soccer, for example.

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Why More Executives Should Consider Becoming a CHRO

Harvard Business Review

And many CEOs we talked to, like Owen Mahoney of Nexon, agree that the CHRO is one of the most strategic roles someone could have: “Businesses grow or die based on the quality of their people, so the human resource executive role is arguably the most strategic in the company.

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