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How Volvo Reinvented Itself Through Hiring

Harvard Business

Many legacy companies would like to transform themselves into agile, talent-first organizations. Volvo’s turnaround over the last decade offers a great example. “Technically, cars today are very different from ten years ago,” says Sällström, whom we interviewed for our book, Talent Wins.

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The Connection Between Employee Trust and Financial Performance

Harvard Business

Contrary to popular belief, cultivating a high-trust culture is not a “soft” skill — it’s a hard necessity. As Stephen argues in his books The Speed of Trust and Smart Trust, trust is not a soft, social virtue — it’s truly a hard, economic driver for every organization. The Business Case for Trust.

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As Work Changes, Leadership Development Has to Keep Up

Harvard Business

Consider how IBM has tackled new ways of work distribution as described in Lead The Work: Navigating a World Beyond Employment , a book which one of us, Ravin, co-authored. Mastering digital requires leaders to be agile amid disruption. the one-click mobile purchasing app), it is the means through which we get work done (e.g.,