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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.

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... really creates value and how top talent contributes.

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.

Leading with inner agility
– Disruptive times call for transformational leaders with a knack for addressing complex problems. To navigate effectively, we must... learn to let go—and become more complex ourselves.
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