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How to Be a Family-Friendly Boss

Harvard Business Review

While office time is important, both for formal meetings and for those informal conversations that are so important for idea generation and team camaraderie, the fact is that most knowledge workers could get by with doing something on the order of 30% of their work from home (or other locations) and at non-traditional work times.

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How Johnson & Johnson and American Express Are Developing Young Leaders

Harvard Business Review

In 2016, former American Express CEO Ken Chenault tasked chief human resource officer Kevin Cox with finding new opportunities that would drive innovation and revenue growth. Participants go through three intensive sessions and work on an “action learning project” as part of a small team. American Express.

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The Big Picture of Business – Planning and Budgeting in Downsized Times

Strategy Driven

Speed, accuracy and efficiency of project fulfillment. Creative new ideas generated. Team the project. Reasons for Goal Setting: Human beings live to attract goals. Human resources development. Forecast accuracy, compared to actual results. Productivity gained. How to Find Goals: Examine problems.