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3 Reasons to Invest in A Leadership Development Program

Organizational Talent Consulting

When companies look for a competitive advantage, there is often talk about making leadership development investments. But during these conversations, leadership development programs are typically questioned. The truth is that leadership is more than a position, and event-driven development often fails to create lasting change.

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Change Management Is Becoming Increasingly Data-Driven. Companies Aren’t Ready

Harvard Business

We are working with a large travel and tourism firm to introduce a system for real-time employee feedback. At EY, where some of us work, we have developed a tool for social media analytics called SMAART that is able to understand sentiment within consumer and influencer groups. Build a Dashboard.

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How Multinationals Should Be Planning for Brexit

Harvard Business

If the supplier had used its 2016–2017 sales data, which showed greater demand for its products as a result of the boom in UK tourism, to predict future results and set next year’s strategy, it may have overestimated future performance and ended up with too much inventory, higher costs, and pressure to discount heavily to move product.