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Analytics Training Isn’t Enough to Create a Data-Driven Workforce

Harvard Business

From the portal, team members can browse information on a wide range of topics, including analytical marketing, customer journey marketing, and product training, in a variety of formats (webcasts, online certification programs, white papers, how-to guides, and more). Build certification into your training.

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Technical Experts Need to Get Better at Telling Stories

Harvard Business

I’ve been approached many times by recruiters asking me to refer them to communications talent, but frequently the folks I offer up are rejected because they don’t have a master’s degree or PhD in a scientific or technical field. What are technical innovators doing wrong – and how can they fix it?

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How to Make Agile Work for the C-Suite

Harvard Business

Create small, talent-rich teams working outside the hierarchy to address your most important priorities. Amazon makes extensive use of well-researched white papers to help focus the management team on critical decisions. Not all decisions are treated equally.

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For Talent Management Success, How to Best Reward High Performers?

LSA Global

There is some controversy in the talent management arena about how to create and reward high performance and about the role that extrinsic motivators like money can play in creating a high performance culture. Like most talent management challenges, tying rewards to performance or performance reviews has both pros and cons.

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Case Study: Should an Algorithm Tell You Who to Promote?

Harvard Business

As a VP of sales and marketing for Becker-Birnbaum International, a global consumer products company, Aliyah knew she needed a talented marketing director to support her division’s portfolio of 34 products. He also asked about the new subscription program, referencing a recent white paper on trends in subscription business models.

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Mergers & Acquisitions: The Importance of Creating a Shared Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

HOW TO READ THIS WHITE PAPER This white paper has five sections. The white paper starts with understanding culture and a summary of the role of culture in organizations. The white paper ends with a discussion of the significant benefits of creating a shared culture and a conclusion.

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Conversation with A.T. Kearney

Tom Spencer

I recently had the good fortune to communicate with Anne Burley, Director or Regional Talent Acquisition for Asia Pacific at A.T. Kearney is a leading global management consulting firm with offices in more than 40 countries. Tom: How much partner and client contact can junior consultants expect to have at A.T. Kearney?