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Case Study: Should an Algorithm Tell You Who to Promote?

Harvard Business

As a VP of sales and marketing for Becker-Birnbaum International, a global consumer products company, Aliyah knew she needed a talented marketing director to support her division’s portfolio of 34 products. In contrast, Molly’s network was concentrated mainly within cleaning products.

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Case Study: Should You Rehire Someone Who Left for a Competitor?

Harvard Business

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. But then Hari walked into his office and said he was leaving for “personal reasons,” only to turn up at a larger competitor: The Sustainable Impact Group.

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Why Your Employees Aren't Committed to Your Company Strategy

Organizational Talent Consulting

Strategic Thinking Leadership Competency #2: Visioning Clarifying the organization's shared purpose and dreams with group benefit. Strategic Planning & Thinking Barrier #1: Bias When being inclusive, leaders must avoid potential bias toward certain stakeholder groups. Collaborative open strategic planning: A method and case study.

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3 Tactics for Accelerating Company Performance Despite an Economic Downturn

Organizational Talent Consulting

In the following video, Dr. Chermack provides an overview of the process using a small business case study. A shared vision that creates benefits for the group is essential to guiding an organization during value conflicts created by organizational changes. This video provides some practical insights into scenario planning.

Company 52
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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

Because of this, CEOs are leaving a tremendous amount of employee potential talent and contributions on the table. Consider GM as a case study. Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group of four hundred companies, has built a large organization on this very principle. Customer loyalty generates sales growth and profit.

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LSA Global Delivers Influence and Collaboration Workshop for Life Sciences Company

LSA Global

Based upon interviews, focus groups, pilot program feedback, and data from our change management simulation , the highly customized Influence and Collaboration Workshop focused on increasing impact, expanding choices, and decreasing stress by helping people to: Speak their truth with relevance. 96% Job Relevance. 98% Satisfaction.

Company 36
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When Is Teamwork Really Necessary?

Harvard Business

When promoted to his new role, he inherited a group of district sales managers responsible for selling to hospital systems in their respective geographies. Catherine, a senior marketing director leading a cross-functional product development team at the same company, provides a contrasting case study.