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Data Can Do for Change Management What It Did for Marketing

Harvard Business Review

The failure of major transformation projects to deliver the expected benefits is a well-documented phenomenon : many change programs simply do not achieve their business goals. These intangible factors like culture, leadership, and motivation do not yield easily to empirical analysis. It’s time for that to change.

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Better Ways of Thinking About Risks

Harvard Business Review

The set of such methods, tested by peer review of their scientific foundations and success with their application, is actually quite small — and familiar to most business school graduates. It includes decision analysis, game theory, and operations research. job-specific knowledge and skills).

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The Swedish CEO Who Runs His Company Like a CrossFit Gym

Harvard Business Review

In contrast to “transformational” and “authentic” leadership, which has been criticized for being fuzzy and wishy-washy , “fitness leadership,” as we refer to it, offers a more concrete approach. “We had to train harder, measure our goals better, and become a better team,” Bunge said.

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How to Design a Corporate Wellness Plan That Actually Works

Harvard Business Review

Leadership commitment and support. The company has promoted a culture of health for more than 30 years, with countless peer-reviewed studies showing that employees’ health has improved and company costs have been contained. So what does? This, of course, takes time and support. Asking for help.

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How Facebook Tries to Prevent Office Politics

Harvard Business Review

When personal motivations trump company goals, it can hinder a company’s ability to get things done. ” People don’t fight for management roles as much when management is not an end goal. If you’ve hired right, your ICs should be your best minds for informing team goals and direction. (As