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The Practitioner-Academic Gap: A View from the Middle

Jan 13, 2020 | Organizational Effectiveness, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR, Strategy Execution

The practitioner-academic gap has been widely discussed for decades along with recommendations for increasing the practical application of management research. We review some of the reasons for this disconnect and argue this has been the norm going back to the beginnings of the field. At the same time contemporary management practice has obviously been greatly […]

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Optimizing the Operating Model

Jun 18, 2019 | HR Analytics, Strategy Execution

In this webinar, Alec Levenson will detail the critical elements including the difference between the strategic business model and the operational business model, and the role that organizational capability plays in uniting the two.

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Benjamin Schneider (CEO) selected the winner of the 2017 Walker Prize

Feb 14, 2018 | Strategic HR, Strategy Execution

We are delighted to announce that Ben Schneider of the Center for Effective Organizations has been selected as the winner of the 2017 Walker Prize (honoring the best paper) for his article “How Companies Can Really Impact Service Quality” in the SHRM publication called People + Strategy.

How Companies Can Really Impact Service Quality

Oct 19, 2017 | Performance Management, Strategic HR, Strategy Execution

A new paper by Ben Schneider in People + Strategy. Abstract: Over time, my colleagues and I have developed, tested, and refined measures of a climate for service quality that can actually predict three years out company corporate market value (Tobin’s q), as well as performance on the American Customer Satisfaction Index. When improvements in service quality can deliver those types of returns, most senior executives want to know what really makes the difference.

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Human Resource Consulting

Feb 15, 2017 | Performance Management, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR, Strategy Execution, Talent Management

The field of human resources (HR) consulting is large, extremely diverse, and highly dynamic. This introductory update to the 2005 chapter by Gerald E. Ledford (CEO), Edward Lawler III (CEO), Susan A. Mohrman (CEO) provides an updated view of the HR consulting marketplace and the types of individuals and consulting firms that occupy it, as well as the organizational actors who purchase and consume HR consulting services.

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The Best Strategy to Achieve True Innovation: The latest post from John Boudreau

Nov 7, 2016 | Innovation, Strategic HR, Strategy Execution

In your organization, does innovation mean finding new ways to exploit what you already do well, or exploring arenas where you’re unfamiliar and will make mistakes? Or both?

Using Workforce Analytics to Improve Strategy Execution

Nov 1, 2016 | HR Analytics, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR, Strategy Execution

In this article Alec Levenson (CEO) introduces an approach to conducting workforce analytics that is designed to improve strategy execution and organizational effectiveness through the application of systems diagnostics.

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Blog: Robert Felton’s Road Show Diary: Lessons learned from the three-eyed IPO monster

Jun 8, 2016 | Strategic HR, Strategy Execution

There is tremendous scrutiny getting ready for an IPO and life as a public company. Like a three-eye monster, a company must face three perspectives when going through an IPO: the public eye, the operations eye and the internal eye.

Strategic Analytics, 12/1/15

Dec 15, 2015 | HR Analytics, Organizational Effectiveness, Strategic HR, Strategy Execution

This webinar aligns with Alec Levenson’s new book, Strategic Analytics: Advancing Strategy Execution and Organizational Effectiveness.

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HR Perfect Processes are the Enemy of What’s Good for the Business

Aug 21, 2015 | Strategic HR, Strategy Execution

a.k.a. Are You Helping to Improve Strategy Execution Where It’s Most Needed?

Strategic Analytics: Advancing Strategy Execution and Organizational Effectiveness

Aug 15, 2015 | HR Analytics, Strategy Execution

More than ever, data drives decisions in organizations–and we have more data, and more ways to analyze it, than ever. Yet strategic initiatives continue to fail as often as they did when computers ran on punch cards. Economist and research scientist Alec Levenson says we need a new approach.

Data-Driven Storytelling, 5/7/15

May 7, 2015 | HR Analytics, Strategic HR, Strategy Execution

Theresa Welbourne discusses how Data-Driven Storytellers help leaders use HR data to have highly interactive dialogues that lead to decisive action that fuels high-impact and measurable business results.

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