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HR Value Delivery: Power of HR to Transform Organizations

HR Digest

Organization: Cultivating the Right Capabilities for Success HR’s role in shaping the organization goes beyond traditional HR demographics such as the number of levels or span of control. Technology and Analytics: Embracing the Power of Data Technology and analytics have become integral to HR’s ability to deliver value.

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The Chicken-Egg Problem with Organizational Change

Harvard Business Review

Delayering or expanding management roles? The CEO of a fast-growing technology services firm realized that the company was becoming increasingly siloed and unable to develop broad-based solutions for customers — a problem that would eventually constrain their growth.

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How to Transform a Traditional Giant into a Digital One

Harvard Business Review

Sensors, the cloud, mobile and broadband wireless, and other such technologies are increasing the flow of digitized information exponentially. CEOs cannot manage their silos via hub-and-spoke and expect digital expertise to be properly incorporated in key decisions. It is the algorithms that will create value for the business.

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There Are 4 Futures for CMOs (Some Better Than Others)

Harvard Business Review

Over the last decade, most companies’ digital agendas have focused largely on technology — moving to cloud-based software, modernizing IT infrastructures, adding digital channels, and digitizing business processes. Most marketers recognize that marketing is much more than running campaigns and managing brand identity.

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Why the Lowly Dandelion Is a Better Metaphor for Leaders than the Mighty Banyan

Harvard Business Review

Leadership Institutes , conferences, and management gurus reference the mighty banyan in their teachings. They successfully expand their span of control outward from the center, gathering more influence over time. Particularly, in South East Asia, where it grows, the Banyan also has deep cultural reverence.