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Human Capital Briefs
2013
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Who Should Actually Have Say on Pay?
June 28 | Justin Fox, Editorial Director , Harvard Business Review Group | Comments (0)There is evidence that say-on-pay votes have led British companies to make executive paychecks more sensitive to poor performance. Say-on-pay votes do have an impact. The question is, what kind of impact?
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When Is It a Good Idea to Bring Back Your Old CEO?
June 28 | Ken Favaro, Senior Partner, Booz & Company | Comments (0)In recent weeks both J.C. Penney and Procter & Gamble replaced a sitting CEO with his predecessor. This back-to-the-future approach to succession isn't common — and surely most company boards aren't seeking to make it so
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Talent Management: Boards Give Their Companies an
June 27 | Boris Groysberg, Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School | Comments (0)What is top of mind for corporate boards worldwide? In one of the most comprehensive global surveys of corporate directors to date, we found that they were very worried about developing and enacting strategic plans that will enable their organizations to succeed.
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What A.G. Lafley's Return Means for P&G
June 26 | Sarah Green Carmichael, Senior Associate Editor, Harvard Business Review | Comments (0)P&G's board has been under a great deal of pressure from an activist investor who has made his views on the pace of the restructuring clear and vocal. Regardless of the merits, that begins to wear everyone down.
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For Dimon and Board Leaders: Function Matters, Not Form
June 24 | Ben Heineman, Jr., Senior Fellow, Harvard's Law and Kennedy Schools | Comments (0)One of the dumbest corporate governance issues is whether to split the roles of Board Chair and CEO. That debate is now playing out on the front pages of business sections as shareholders will decide next week whether to take the chairman of the board title away from JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon.
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Research: What JPMorgan Shareholders Should Know About Splitting the CEO and Chair Roles
June 11 | | Comments (0)Shareholder activists are generally well-intentioned, but they're not always right. They don't always understand board-CEO dynamics or the firm-specific costs and benefits of splitting the CEO-chairman roles.
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Good Conflict Makes a Good Board
June 10 | Solange Charas, PhD, Founder & CEO, HCMoneyball | Comments (0)What I found was that there is something powerful about the way directors speak to one another, especially when they disagree. My interviews revealed two kinds of boardroom conflict — cognitive and affective — with very different implications for board performance.
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Maya Angelou on Courage and Creativity
May 28 | HBR IDEACAST | Comments (0)An interview with Dr. Maya Angelou, renowned author. For more, read the Life's Work section in the May issue of HBR.
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In Memoriam: Dr. R. Roosevelt Thomas
May 24 | Toni Riccardi, Senior Fellow, The Conference Board | Comments (0)It is with much sadness we acknowledge the passing of Dr. R. Roosevelt Thomas. He was a friend of The Conference Board, and a frequent speaker at our conferences and council meetings.
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How to Tell a Story with Data
May 23 | Jim Stikeleather, Executive Strategist, Innovation, Dell Services | Comments (0)So how does a visual designer tell a story with a visualization? The analysis has to find the story that the data supports. Traditional journalism does this all the time, and journalists have become very good at storytelling with visualization via infographics.