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Preview Thursday: Up is Not the Only Way by Beverly Kaye, Lindy Williams, and Lynn Cowart

Lead Change Blog

As downsizing, restructuring and delayering took hold in the late 1980’s, old ladders became largely inaccessible. The environment is more global, more multi-generational, more dispersed, diverse and complex than ever. Careers used to be predictable. There were paths and ladders. The hierarchy worked – for some. Some rungs disappeared.

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Hiring For Cultural Fit Can Be Good But Comes With Risks

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, a few years ago research from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) found that a poor cultural fit can cost somewhere between 50-60% of that employee’s annual salary. For instance, new co-workers or managers might join a team, or the company could be restructured. There’s a lot to support such a view.

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Stefan Ries on SAP’s Most Comprehensive Workforce Skills Upgrade

HR Digest

SAP SE Executive Board Member and Chief Human Resources Officer, Stefan Ries explains how he is utilizing AI and Big Data to advance HR analytics as the foundations for a successful global future. Let’s innovate, disrupt, and challenge the status quo. We renewed the portfolio and we launched a huge skill transformation.

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Retain Your Top Performers

Marshall Goldsmith

Restructuring has led to fewer layers of management, also to fewer opportunities for promotion. Innovative high-technology corporations are currently paying employees large bonuses to recruit top talent. The CEO of a leading telecommunications company recently embarked on an innovative approach. Life is good. 1-858-759-0950.

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Innovating Around a Bureaucracy

Harvard Business Review

What do you do if you're a leader in a large, successful organization with an entrenched bureaucracy, and you see the need for innovation? IRS Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998); and an outstanding, senior executive from the private sector, Charles Rossotti , was appointed for a five-year term to drive the changes.

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A New Model for Innovation in Big Companies

Harvard Business Review

Increasing creativity and innovation is not only on the priority list for start-ups; it’s also a strategic goal for CEOs of small, medium, and large-sized companies. And it’s one that stems from a very human problem in most big organizations. It seems we’re all racing to get more entrepreneurial. A Different Approach.

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When It Pays to Collaborate with Competitors at Work

Harvard Business Review

This sort of environment breeds constant pressure to compete with colleagues for the best assignments and promotion opportunities. But in the meantime, what can you do in an up-or-out environment to build your career without inflicting collateral damage? Managers in an up-or-out organization are expected to advance.