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Develop Deep Knowledge in Your Organization — and Keep It

Harvard Business Review

Leaders with a passion for developing employees’ skills, and those who understand the need to transfer knowledge among generations of workers, know how important it is to link in-house education to strategic planning. Take architectural and engineering firm EYP as an example.

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Rehiring Retirees as Consultants Is Bad Business

Harvard Business Review

A scientist or engineer would retire from the organization, wait the mandatory six months, and then field a call from a former manager with an offer to re-engage. And it was that lull in departures which allowed the organization to redesign some of its incentives, practices and culture.

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Research: Why Best Practices Don’t Translate Across Cultures

Harvard Business Review

Managing Across Cultures. What Leadership Looks Like in Different Cultures. Given the China site’s historical emphasis on high quality software development, incorporating regular input from customers was seen as contrary to good engineering practice so developers didn’t adopt the approach. leadership.