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The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

 My favorite: HR as a cost center. Cathy Missildine-Martin, Profitability Through Human Capital : 10 Reason Why Accountability is so Hard - At the core of any high performing organization are managers and employees that hold themselves and each other accountable for on the job performance.

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Charlie Ackerman on Winning A World in Flux

HR Digest

This will help continue to dispel the perception that HR is a cost center or soft skill-based function and demonstrate how data-driven HR can directly impact the bottom line. . It’s important for CHROs to leverage data analytics to illustrate positive and negative shifts in sales and EBIT contribution. Mexico and Canada.

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How Cloud Computing Is Changing Management

Harvard Business Review

“It’s already changing organizations, by moving IT from a cost center to something with a place at the table in a lot of different meetings,” said Chris Jackson, head of cloud platforms at Pearson, a global learning company. If Pearson is looking at, say, a new online learning course, Mr. .