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A delicate balance
Organizational barriers to evidence-based management
James Guszcza and John Lucker
Headwinds, tailwinds and the riddles of demographics
Demographics trends and their influences on workforces
Jorrit Volkers and Ardie van Berkel
The talent paradox
Critical skills, recession and the illusion of plenitude
Robin Erickson, Jeff Schwartz and Josh Ensell
Smarter moves
Improving the value of global mobility by aligning strategy, investments and operations
Jeff Schwartz and Gardiner Hempel
Growth can hinge on penetrating and scaling operations in rapidly growing and emerging markets unlocked by globalization – a challenge when critical market and production opportunities and key talent are oceans away. Yet many companies continue to handle international assignments in ways similar to how they operated decades ago.
The corporate lattice
A strategic response to the changing world of work
Cathy Benko, Molly Anderson and Suzanne Vickberg
The hierarchical structure of the corporate ladder governs how information flows and whose ideas matter, defining career success as a linear climb to the top. The ladder’s one-size-fits-all approach assumes employees are more alike than different, and want and need similar things to deliver results. But the workplace isn’t what it used to be.
Diversity as an engine of innovation
Retail and consumer goods companies find competitive advantage in diversity
Alison Kenney Paul, Thom McElroy and Tonie Leatherberry
As the retail consumer landscape evolves, diverse communities represent a larger and more important part of total buying power. Forging connections with those communities effectively and for the long term depends on having an employee population that reflects the population overall.

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Tailored to the bottom line
People are billed as companies’ most important asset, yet people management practices are more often an afterthought than a core strategy linked to business performance.
Talking about whose generation?
Differences between generations can affect the way organizations recruit and build teams, deal with change, motivate and manage people, and boost productivity and service effectiveness.
Judgment sustained
Befuddling human biases can cloud our judgment and turn good intentions into bad decisions. Organizations have everything to lose — even from seemingly subtle lapses.
Where did our employees go?
A recent study, suggests a worrisome trend accompanying economic recoveries, and a new set of problems that could hobble companies when they can least afford it.
Talent and work
Playing to your strengths.
Deep talent, vast distances
Realizing the full value of global knowledge workers.
Mass Career Customization
Building the Corporate Lattice.
Predictably irrational: Beer, pricing and the human mind
A conversation with Dan Ariely.
Culture and the myth of black box
Why you can - and should - manage your company's culture.