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Inviting New Voices to the Table: HR as a Strategic Partner

HR Digest

Businesses that operate as a collection of independent departments often struggle with cohesion and finding common ground but those with HR as a strategic partner become efficient, uninterruptible success stories. Automation is the future of every industry and human resources is no different.

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Five Ways Leaders Turns Doubters into Doers

Chart Your Course

Whenever changes are made at work- an employee is given a new task or a new way to do a current task- there will be resistance. It’s human nature to resist new responsibilities or rules. Respond to that resistance by outlining and reinforcing an explanation and list of payoffs. Communicate new opportunities.

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HR Trends of 2024 Help Ensure HR Does Not Become Obsolete

HR Digest

From ensuring DEI initiatives in the workplace to helping the rest of the workforce with change management to keep up with the changing times, the presence of a Human Resources team is essential for the entire organization to thrive. Image: Freepik What Are Some of the HR Trends in 2024 That Guarantee The Need For HR?

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10 Ways to Slay Goliath

In the CEO Afterlife

As long as the “Davids” are able to resist the urge to become generalists by expanding into too many markets with too many products, they can win. The secret to thriving against mega-company competition comes down to three potent armaments – strategy, creativity, and culture. They are obsessed with efficiencies and processes.

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What Ever Happened to the Pepsi Generation? | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • November 20, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. However, it woke up Coke who were forced to look beyond their advertising and instead at their operational strategy. And AB had all the synergies, efficiencies and clout that #2 and #3 could never match. Human Resources.

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How to Ignite and Sustain Organizational Growth

Skip Prichard

With the ever-changing dynamics of the workforce, the stewardship of organizational culture is just as important as strategy, talent, product development, or customer service. Poor behavior and missteps in culture can be even more detrimental than missteps in fundamental business strategy. Be open and honest. Walk the talk.

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How a Bathtub-Shaped Graph Helped a Company Avoid Disaster

Harvard Business Review

Caught up in administrative activities such as managing employee records and planning company picnics, human resources departments can too easily lose sight of their primary function: Making sure the organization has the needed human capital to implement its strategy. Human resources'