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Do Not Split HR – At Least Not Ram Charan’s Way

Harvard Business Review

Much of Charan’s recent work has tilted towards organization and people (books on strategy execution, leadership pipeline, talent and advice on intensity, change, leadership traits, performance management, governance). Charan’s latest column actually affirms the value of HR to sustained competitiveness. The bottom 20% won’t take help.

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It’s Not HR’s Job to Be Strategic

Harvard Business Review

Human-capital issues are top-of-mind for CEOs around the world — but their regard for the HR function remains perilously low: In a PwC study , only 34% said that HR is well prepared to capitalize on transformational trends (compared with 56% for finance). Sadly, chief executives aren’t the only ones with this negative perception.

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How to Really Listen to Your Employees

Harvard Business Review

” Su had a client who was strong, passionate, and innovative. Ram Charan. Their VP of Finance kept warning them not to spend in a few key ways. “There are personality traits that lend themselves to more empathic listening ,” explains Riordan. To make matters worse, he was totally unaware of it. Further Reading.

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