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Make Human Capital a Source of Competitive Advantage

Apr 2, 2008 | Future of HR, Leadership, Organization Design, Performance Management, Sponsor Content

This article by Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) looks at four areas where human capital should have a major impact on design: corporate boards, leadership, the human resource department, and information practices.

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Creating American Businesses that Can Compete Globally

Apr 1, 2008 | Organization Design, Sponsor Content, Talent Management

James O’Toole (CEO) and Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) argue that American companies increasingly outsource and offshore jobs, cut employee benefits, substitute contingent or contract workers for regular or permanent employees, eliminate traditional career paths, and reduce expenditures on training.

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Built for Talent

Dec 25, 2007 | Sponsor Content, Talent Management

Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) shares that survey after survey has found that executives believe finding and developing the right talent should be one of their top priorities and that their company’s human resources are one of their most important assets.

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Beyond HR: The New Science of Human Capital

Dec 4, 2007 | Future of HR, Talent Management

Beyond HR (John W. Boudreau and Peter M. Ramstad (Harvard Business School Press, 2007)) shows how organizations can uncover distinctive talent contributions, strategically differentiate their HR practices and metrics, and more optimally allocate talent to create value.

What if – Organizations Were Built for Talent?

Oct 23, 2007 | Sponsor Content, Talent Management

Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) explains that for at least the last decade, it’s been hard to pick up a business book, article, or corporate annual report without seeing statements that stress the importance of human capital— people.

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Measuring and Maximizing the Business Impact of Executive Coaching

Sep 22, 2007 | Performance Management, Sponsor Content, Talent Management

This article by Alec R. Levenson (CEO) addresses the conceptual and methodological issues involved in measuring the business impact of executive coaching.

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Crafting a Path Toward Mastery: Turning a Personal Leadership Development Plan into Something

Sep 21, 2007 | Leadership, Sponsor Content, Talent Management

Morgan W. McCall, Jr. (USC) attempts to describe an alternative approach to creating a personal plan for developing leadership ability.

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Developing the Expert Leader

Sep 20, 2007 | Leadership, Sponsor Content, Talent Management

In this article, Morgan W. McCall, Jr. (USC) and George P. Hollenbeck (Hollenbeck and Associates) look at leadership through the lens of expertise and relate the findings of a wide range of research on experts, expertise, and expert performance to how we think about leaders and leadership development.

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Are All Nonfinancial Performance Measures Created Equal? Evidence on Customer Satisfaction and Employee Satisfaction Measures from the Homebuilding Industry

Sep 11, 2007 | Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Management, Sponsor Content

Clara Xiaoling Chen (University of Illinois), Melissa Martin (USC), and Kenneth A. Merchant’s (USC) findings suggest that the validity of a business model depends not only on the soundness of the conceptual model per se, but also on how the variables in the business model are measured.

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Designing Organizations for Growth: The Human Resource Contribution

Sep 10, 2007 | Future of HR, Organization Design, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

Susan A. Mohrman (CEO) states that HR is staring at an incredible opportunity to increase its impact on organizational performance and become a true strategic partner by contributing to the organization and work design challenges that enable growth.

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Performance Measure Properties and Incentive System Design

Jul 31, 2007 | Compensation and Benefits, Performance Management, Sponsor Content

Michael Gibbs (University of Chicago), Kenneth A. Merchant (USC), Wim A. Van Der Stede (London School of Economics), and Mark E. Vargas (University of Texas) analyze effects of performance measure properties (controllable and uncontrollable risk, distortion, and manipulation) on incentive plan design, using data from auto dealership manager incentive systems

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Why HR Practices are not Evidence-Based

Jul 24, 2007 | HR Analytics, Sponsor Content

Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) states that in short, most organizations do not practice evidence-based human resource management. As a result, they often under-perform with respect to their key stakeholders: employees, investors and the community.

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