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How to Excel at Both Strategy and Execution

Harvard Business

If you walk into a department store today, you are probably talking to a guy who is untrained; he was selling vacuum cleaners yesterday, and now he is in the apparel section. It just does not work.” receive stock options and health insurance. .” receive stock options and health insurance.

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The Biggest Obstacles to Innovation in Large Companies

Harvard Business

So can designing new kinds of incentives, recognizing and rewarding the behaviors you want to encourage, and bringing in new, more diverse viewpoints and types of talent to the company. But creating new places where people can gather to work on projects — subcultures within the larger culture — can be constructive.

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How to Strengthen Your Reputation as an Employer

Harvard Business

Beyond the cost to replace staff, which is estimated at 50%–75% of the new hire’s annual salary , this type of attrition damages coworker morale, disrupts customer relationships, and, in the age of employer review sites like Glassdoor, inhibits companies’ ability to attract new talent. The timing couldn’t be worse.

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An Agenda for the Future of Global Business

Harvard Business

We already see companies localizing time-sensitive and highly customizable forms of production to move closer to customer demand, particularly in the fast apparel (Adidas, Zara) and automotive (Tesla) industries, thus turning global supply chains into two-way streets. “Inside AT&T’s Talent Overhaul” 5.