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Hiring C-Suite Executives by Algorithm

Harvard Business Review

Distefano : Because we’ve got [a database of] over two million assessed executives, we can cut that so that we can see how a CFO at a state-owned firm in China is different from a CFO in private equity-owned firm in Silicon Valley. Is it all based on self-assessment? Hiring Analytics Human resource management'

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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. My job is to push the envelope.”

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