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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. Put simply, how do you judge the success of a chief human resources officer, and who qualifies for the 2020 Top CHRO List?

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Is Hyperfocus Leading You to Poor Choices?

CO2

They can mislead themselves and others in the process, and the results can be extremely damaging to their reputations and bottom lines. The board and CEO of his company were so hyperfocused on keeping inventory low for the sake of efficiency that they didn’t have enough engines available for all their private jets.

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21st Century Communication: Principle #1--Character Is a Differentiator

leaderCommunicator

Whenever I think about character I’m reminded of the Abraham Lincoln quote: “Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. As leaders , we need to sync up character and reputation so our organization behaves in ways that are consistent with its values. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”.

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Creating More Fun Working Conditions

Strategy Driven

Online retailer Zappos, headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, has a huge reputation as a fun place to work. About once a month, employees at TechniGraphics, the engineering data company headquartered in Wooster, Massachusetts, completely empty the building during lunch time.

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Be Different! The Key to Business and Career Success

Skip Prichard

They ensure their people have access to both the financial and human resources they need to get the job done and cut them loose to do their thing. Toxic people within the organization don’t realize that their personal integrity and reputation is a valuable asset. These leaders never micro-manage.

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The 3 Essential Jobs That Most Retention Programs Ignore

Harvard Business Review

For more than a decade, leading human resource strategists have hit on a recurring theme: You want your star players working in the roles that matter most to the business. This role is common in technology, engineering, and life sciences companies, where domain expertise in narrow and arcane areas can be crucial to market success.

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Understanding Customers Is Everyone's Job

Harvard Business Review

The only way it can happen: marketing, IT, operations, and human resources functions must collaborate in unprecedented ways. Now when you enter these questions in a search engine, River Pools web pages appear prominently. How, precisely, did they do this?