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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

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. Delayering or expanding management roles?

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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. The reason for these new roles is that we’re entering a new era of digital transformation.

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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. Change the mindset from “span of control” to “speed and collaboration.” It is the algorithms that will create value for the business. This is not guesswork.

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

Harvard Business Review

They successfully expand their span of control outward from the center, gathering more influence over time. Faster than ever before, technology-led disruption is wiping out companies that rest too long on the laurels of their past success. However, the same attributes that spawn initial success also expose some intrinsic flaws.