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Why Uncontrollable Factors are Norm to Great CEOs

In the CEO Afterlife

But in the context of taking charge and leading human beings during major or minor crises, every chief executive is blessed with the luxuries of time, subordinate counsel, years of related experience, and knowhow imparted by pundits in thousands of books, journals and case studies. Human Resources Leadership Strategy'

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

US News and World Report – One of America’s 25 Best Leaders. Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. US News and World Report #1 Best Hospital in the United States – Fortune ‘100 Best Companies to Work For,’ 14 consecutive years.

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Corporate Sustainability Efforts: Feast or Famine?

Harvard Business Review

At the beginning of the year, two big-picture reports on the state of green business painted divergent pictures. But in the report " Sustainability Nears a Tipping Point ," MIT and BCG prove their point with a fast-rising graph of companies that recently put sustainability "on the management agenda.".

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The Questions Executives Should Ask About 3D Printing

Harvard Business Review

It may do to physical goods what cloud computing is now doing to digital services; what the PC, internet, and smart mobility have done to personal computing; and what outsourcing did to software development and business processing — take mass distribution and innovation to the next level while realigning the very geography of work and trade.

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Competing with Platforms That Ignore the Law

Harvard Business Review

Airbnb is similarly alluring — lower prices for more space than most hotel rooms. Meanwhile, Zenefits modernizes human resources workflows with slick software to replace outdated paper. So an Airbnb property may offer one-of-a-kind charm at an affordable price, but could turn into a death trap in the event of a fire.

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Corporate Wellness Programs Lose Money

Harvard Business Review

One piece of evidence is a report compiled by the two industry trade associations: the Population Health Alliance (PHA) and the Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO). The report acknowledges that it may not be possible to save money in wellness, at least over the two-year period their example program covered.

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How to Improve the Engagement and Retention of Young Hourly Workers

Harvard Business Review

Meanwhile, employee disengagement results in higher absenteeism, more accidents, lower business profitability, worse customer service, and a lower share price. The good news is that multiple employers are already innovating in these areas. is an innovator in this area. Train frontline managers to support people and process.

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