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New! Once the Deal is Done: Making Mergers Work Nearly two-thirds of mergers and acquisitions fail to meet expectations. This new DVD tells the story of a merger that did succeed: Bupa Australia, now the nation’s largest privately managed health-insurance group. This video highlights Bupa’s innovative and people-centric approach to the merger, and it identifies steps that all companies should take to ensure merger success.
New! The Search for Executive Talent: Understanding the Process and Setting It in Motion Studies show that high-performing executives add millions of dollars to their firms’ bottom lines. Yet failure rates for senior executives are high—and getting higher. This new report provides an overview of the executive search process and offers specific research-based recommendations for increasing its success rate.
Employment Downsizing and Its Alternatives: Strategies for Long-Term Success
Though downsizing has become a fact of working life, business leaders must always be mindful of the short- and long-term costs of layoffs. This new report helps managers evaluate alternatives and treat employees humanely and with dignity when downsizing is necessary.
World Economic Forum: Creating Global Leaders
This new DVD explores the World Economic Forum’s Global Leadership Fellows Program, a “leadership incubator” helping to shape the next generation of world leaders.
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