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7 Guiding Principles for Developing Leadership Talent

Leading Blog

In The Talent Masters , Bill Conaty and Ram Charan explain how to do it. Conaty and Charan say that this is actually the hardest part of becoming a talent master. Your talent assessment/development systems should have as much “rigor and repeatability as systems used for finance and operations.” People deliver numbers.

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

Harvard Business Review

I believe that Charan’s perspective reflects an increasing emphasis among business leaders on the organizational capabilities required to win. Charan’s latest column actually affirms the value of HR to sustained competitiveness. Charan noted a few of these folks in his column. More is now expected of HR professionals.

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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 Time to Retool HR, Not Split It

Harvard Business Review

Ram Charans recommendation is wrong. A similar proposal to Split Finance would likely have been rejected out of hand by organization leaders (and Harvard Business Review editors), because its obvious that the Finance function must fit the organization strategy and leader capabilities. Lets be clear.

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