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“Competitive Intelligence” Shouldn’t Just Be About Your Competitors

Harvard Business Review

For the next year, Jessica Eliasi, then the director of Competitive Intelligence at Mars Chocolate, travelled the world running “competitive simulation” games with local market teams from Russia to Mexico to Turkey to England. These cause more damage to the discipline than if management was simply ignorant.

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A guide to great development moves

Great Leadership By Dan

Changing jobs is an often used and effective way to develop new leadership capabilities. I wrote the following guide when I worked for a large global company (“ABC”) to help support a strategy to move executives across at least two functions, businesses, and countries. This last assignment forced me to develop a new leadership style.

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Companies Collect Competitive Intelligence, but Don’t Use It

Harvard Business Review

The second requirement is to anticipate response to your competitive moves so that they are not derailed by unexpected reactions. This “island mentality” is surprisingly prevalent among talented, seasoned managers. Instead, management implicitly assumes the information is being used, and used optimally.

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How to Get More Value Out of Your Data Analysts

Harvard Business Review

We don’t declare victory when a great model or application is developed – only when it’s being used to improve business performance and create new value. You’re in luck if your CEO, executive team, and general managers across the business are all accomplished analytical amateurs. Information & technology Talent management'

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American Competitiveness Demands Immigration Reform

Harvard Business Review

In a global economy, it is increasingly clear that the country with the most educated, diverse pool of qualified talent will win. The perspectives and intuitive customer insights that come from having diverse employees — particularly employees who share cultural connections with customers — is real competitive intelligence.

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Get More from Your Event Spending

Harvard Business Review

In 2012, even in the midst of an anemic global economy and budget tightening at firms, the amount spent on these events worldwide was an estimated $565 billion. Technology to do this exists, and it has implications for what managers can do before, during, and after the events they sponsor or attend.

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What to Say and Do When Your Employee Has Another Job Offer

Harvard Business Review

” No manager wants to hear that someone on their team has another job offer in hand. “Whether or not the employee ends up taking the other offer, this is a rich opportunity,” says Dick Grote performance management consultant and author of the HBR Tools on Goal Setting and Performance Reviews. Should you counteroffer?