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Want To Be On The Leading Edge? Forget About It.

Markovitz Consulting

All too often, companies that strive for first mover advantage bleed their products—or their entire organization—to death. Peter Golder and Gerard Tellis’s seminal study of 500 brands in 50 product categories reveals that almost half of market pioneers fail. Good luck finding any of those products today.

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Labour Retention: How you can create ‘Sticky’ Talent

Confessions of a Consultant

The book attempted to distil the methods deployed by the best-managed companies to create what’s sometimes referred to as sticky talent. Talent Wars : As the ‘war for talent’ increases, there’s emerging evidence of systematic poaching, in some cases encouraged by headhunters who make a living from ‘executive churn’.Don’t

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Traits of an Organizational Structure Designed to Promote Employee Engagement

LSA Global

The Undisputed Value of Engaged Employees Our employee engagement survey data shows that engaged employees drive 8% greater productivity, 12% higher customer satisfaction, and 51% less voluntary turnover. Just remember that each organization has a unique mix of strategies, cultures, and talent that must be treated accordingly.

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When to hire an HR person

Asamby Consulting

Human Resources & HR Person Human resource (HR) is a function or department of a company or organization that handles the relationship between employees and leadership. Talent Development This task is focused on designing and building Learning & Developing solutions. In addition, to promote leadership development.

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5 Best Practices to Breathe Life into Succession Planning

LSA Global

Succession planning best practices help talent leaders know where high potential talent resides in the organization and how to best engage and retain them for when it matters most. When it comes to succession planning, “hope” is not a talent management strategy. 1: Start with the business plan.

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How to Help the Employees You Gain in a Merger Succeed

Harvard Business

Ostensibly, young companies are “acqui-hired” more for their best people than for any real interest in their products, services, or ongoing operations. Talent acquisition is acqui-hiring’s main purpose, say innovation pundits — everything else matters less. Consider Jet.com founder Marc Lore: Walmart paid $3.3

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The High Price of Overly Prescriptive HR Policies

Harvard Business

In high-performance environments, guidelines empower leaders to use their personal judgment to make decisions. If you believe employees require need strict rules and enforcement to be productive, hiring and retaining high-performance people will be a challenge for you. You hired these people for their tenacity and talents.