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Why John Deere Measures Employee Morale Every Two Weeks

Harvard Business

Sponsored by Accenture. These future-oriented Deere managers believe that frequent monitoring of motivation has become as essential to understanding the health and functioning of their teams as operational and financial metrics are to understanding whether the business is firing on all cylinders. Insight Center.

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A Study of Hospitals Found That Outsider CEOs Make Their Organizations More Productive in the Long Run

Harvard Business

One of the most important and challenging decisions faced by corporate directors is whether to promote a new CEO from within or to hire new talent when a CEO leaves the company. Prior studies have two common methodological limitations. Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. Lee Powers/Getty Images. Both have advantages.

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