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Using Creativity During SWOT Analysis

Chartered Management Institute

The SWOT analysis can be a rather dry (but very important) part of the strategic process for most managers. Human Capital Measurement. They give the exercise lip service, and that ends up lowering the validity of the exercise. How can they do a better job? Let's look at some ideas. The OODA Loop Can you force innovation?

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HR Value Delivery: Power of HR to Transform Organizations

HR Digest

However, as organizations recognized the importance of human capital, HR shifted its focus to functional excellence in areas such as staffing, training, and reward systems. Managing Internal Talent: Nurturing and Retaining Key Assets Internal talent management is critical for organizations to maintain a competitive edge.

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The 5 Skills That Innovative Leaders Have in Common

Harvard Business Review

In Conference Board’s 2015 CEO Challenge study , 943 CEOs ranked “human capital” and “innovation” as their top two long-term challenges to driving business growth. Every CEO should be cultivating these behaviors to maximize innovative thinking: The most innovative leaders: Manage Risk.