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Eight Shifts That Will Take Your Strategy Into High Gear
Developing a great strategy starts with changing the dynamics in your strategy room. Here’s how.
Taking the Measure of Innovation
Don’t overlook the insight that two simple metrics can yield about the effectiveness of your R&D spending.
A Board Interview Guide for Prospective CEOs
Working through these questions as they prepare to take the top job can help executives clarify their thinking.
Linking talent to value
Getting the best people into the most important roles does not happen by chance; it requires a disciplined look at where the organization ..
The fairness factor in performance management
Many systems are under stress because employees harbor doubts that the core elements are equitable. A few practical steps can change that.
A time for boards to act
According to a new survey, directors see good operations and effective execution of key board activities linking with stronger self-report..
Leading with inner agility
Disruptive times call for transformational leaders with a knack for addressing complex problems. To navigate effectively, we must learn to..
How CFOs can better support board directors—and vice versa
Governing boards face increasing pressure and greater scrutiny from investors. Here is how CFOs can reinforce their stewardship.
An agenda for the talent-first CEO
What does it take to lead an organization that truly unleashes its human capital?
Still looking for room at the top: Ten years of research on women in the workplace
What we know—and what everyone needs to know—about the quest for equality.