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6 New Rules for the Digital Age

Leading Blog

Rethinking Competitive Advantage: New Rules for the Digital Age by Ram Charan is one of those books. Charan has taken years of observation and distilled it into six practical rules to guide you into this digital age. Charan distinguishes digital capability and digital platform. They have a digital platform at their core.

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Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study

Great Leadership By Dan

Your upcoming leaders will need to understand how to do business internationally – international laws and regulations for doing business in various countries, cultural differences, the ability to gauge the market overseas including identifying market for product or services and the competition, developing overseas offices, leading virtually, etc.

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Do Not Split HR – At Least Not Ram Charan’s Way

Harvard Business Review

I believe that Charan’s perspective reflects an increasing emphasis among business leaders on the organizational capabilities required to win. Charan’s latest column actually affirms the value of HR to sustained competitiveness. Charan noted a few of these folks in his column. More is now expected of HR professionals.

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What It Will Take to Fix HR

Harvard Business Review

In the July/August issue of HBR , Ram Charan argues that the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role should be eliminated, with HR responsibilities funneled in two separate directions — administration , led by traditional HR-types, reporting to the CFO; and talent strategy , led by high-potential line managers, reporting to the corner office.

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It’s Not HR’s Job to Be Strategic

Harvard Business Review

A few months ago, Ram Charan proposed splitting HR into two parts: one to oversee leadership and organization, and one to handle administration. Together, they understand labor market trends and instructional design, which can inform a company’s strategy to “build” or “buy” talent. That was a useful conversation starter.

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How Boards Can Innovate

Harvard Business Review

The directors of Procter & Gamble, for instance, have established an Innovation and Technology committee; the board of specialty-chemical maker Clariant has done the same; and Pfizer has created a Science and Technology committee. Some boards have taken the principle further by forming their own innovation committee.

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The Three Decisions You Need to Own

Harvard Business Review

It was the first time a vice chair would be based in an emerging market. Today most if not all industries are impacted by digitization—mobile technology, big data, and the like. This article is adapted from the HBR interview with Ram Charan, You Can’t Be a Wimp, Make the Tough Calls found in the November 2013 issue of HBR.

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