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How To Win With People Analytics

HR Digest

A new IBM report shows that half of CHROs identified for the study recognize the possibilities for innovation in HR operations and the acquisition and development of talent. If people analytics does not involve ethical consideration then it could expose workers to increased risks and stress. Performance Management. OSHA Risks.

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Want to Cut Complexity? Kill Your Darlings.

In the CEO Afterlife

A long time ago, this ethic saved a near-bankrupt company that I had a part in restructuring. To rise from the ashes, our young management team made several tough sacrifices to transform a multi-product, multi-brand operation from generalist to specialist. Specialists beat generalists – always have, always will.

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Leamington, Canada: The Little Town That Could

In the CEO Afterlife

Heinz, like so many other multinationals gave the stereotypical corporate rationale — they said the plant was unprofitable and part of a global restructuring. That tenure came to an end in 2014 when Heinz decided to mothball the factory and put 740 people out of work. Declining Sensitivity of Downsizing.

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Followership : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

We believe the strength of any team is in the followers and there can be no leaders without followers, but the vast majority of research to date has focused on the leadership side of this equation. It is worth keeping in mind that some jobs have clear leadership requirements; virtually all jobs have followership requirements.

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Ineffective Sales Leaders Can Cause Lasting Damage

Harvard Business Review

Although good at scaling and operating a sales organization, the leader was unable to succeed in a rapidly changing environment that needed experimentation and nimbleness. He tolerated (and even encouraged) ethically questionable sales practices. He had extensive market knowledge and a stellar track record. He ruled by fear.

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7 Skills That Aren’t About to Be Automated

Harvard Business Review

For example, the original Google car found it hard to compute the context within which it was operating. Likewise, understanding the context, business model, competition, and leadership of a client or an employer makes your understanding of content more useful. An ethical compass.

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The Business of Communicating Values

Harvard Business Review

Many love to boast when their revenues soar, or publicize the strategic restructuring of their organizational response committees (whatever that means). But often missing from a firm's communications is something absolutely fundamental to its operations: its values. Businesses communicate a lot of things.