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Talent Wins

Coaching Tip

Written for all leaders across organizations, TALENT WINS by Ram Charan, Dominic Barton and Dennis Carey, provides a much-needed framework for transforming how companies acquire, manage and deploy talent for today's agile, digital analytical, technologically driven strategic environment. Related articles. Your To-Do-List Effectiveness?

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How Should Leaders Address Challenge Of Low Performers?

Tanveer Naseer

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. Charan believes that a poor match with the job is one of the primary causes of low performance. “We

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Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study

Great Leadership By Dan

They gathered data from performance reviews, past projects they worked on, and looked at the roles and responsibilities they had within the organization. They were those individuals you would find pitching in to help out regardless of the project in order to ensure the company reached its goals. Succession: Are You Ready?

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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 Not HR’s Job to Be Strategic

Harvard Business Review

A few months ago, Ram Charan proposed splitting HR into two parts: one to oversee leadership and organization, and one to handle administration. Indeed, according to the Association for Talent Development, nearly 40% of corporate training in 2013 was delivered through technology, and that number is projected to grow.

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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. Capability development is also very important to a company’s essential experts, especially gaining knowledge and applying it to meaningful projects.

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Don't Let E-mail Zap Productivity

Eric Jacobson

Use the "out of office feature to inform co-workers you are working on a project and are working on a deadline and will respond at a certain time. Preempt questions in your original e-mail. Dont use the request delivery confirmation and read receipt options. Use the cc: field sparingly.