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How Should Leaders Address Challenge Of Low Performers?

Tanveer Naseer

an operational strategy consultancy in the San Francisco Bay Area. Sudmann says they are creating the type of environment that fosters vision and creativity, and drives even low performers to think about ways to solve problems and handle projects. And this counterproductive culture ripples throughout the organization.

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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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The 3 Essential Jobs That Most Retention Programs Ignore

Harvard Business Review

USC’s John Boudreau, CEO adviser Ram Charan, and consultants at Bain & Company , McKinsey, and Korn Ferry have made similar arguments. That makes retaining them very different from retaining someone who wants to scale the corporate hierarchy by managing increasingly larger operations. So how do you keep them?