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Business Leadership

About the Business Leadership Discipline

The Business Leadership Discipline deals—from an enterprise perspective—with the processes and activities used to formulate objectives, practices and policies aimed at meeting short- and long-range organizational needs and opportunities, and focuses in particular on human capital issues. It includes the strategic planning process and the process of aligning the human capital management plan with the strategic plan.

The discipline also includes interpreting information from internal sources, including finance/accounting, business development, marketing, sales, operations and information technology. In addition, it includes matters relating to the HR professional’s knowledge and understanding of the business and its markets, the external environment, internal assets, effective business practices, HR metrics and other aspects of strategic human resource management.

Finally, it includes matters that focus—from a business leadership perspective—on HR careers, communications, legal and regulatory issues, technology, metrics, outsourcing, effective practices and global issues. The discipline does not include matters involving business leadership in the context of a human resource consulting practice, which are encompassed in the Consulting Discipline.

Whatever path an organization takes, there are common requirements along the way to effective globalization. Consulting firm Aperian Global shows us the way to think global.

Leading strategist Vijay Govindarajan says senior executives need simple, but very powerful frameworks that help them to think strategically, and to align people through the use of a common strategic language.

Companies that respond strongly in advance of the upturn will not only grow market share faster than competitors, but they’ll also grow earnings faster than revenues, attract top talent and exceed investor expectations.

Leading strategy and innovation expert Vijay Govindarajan gives five suggestions for leading on the green front.

Leaders who are trustworthy, competent and dynamic drive many results, not the least of which are higher productivity and heightened organizational performance: Douglas J. Matthews  

Info tech can't drive economic growth yet, and its education system faces great difficulties, but India is closer to catching China than many believe, say Anil K. Gupta and Haiyan Wang

One of the most difficult tasks for a newly appointed CEO is effective communication of his change agenda, says Vijay Govindarajan

Change in leadership, either in the normal course of events or through the process of attrition, is inevitable. Yet very few companies prepare themselves for it.

The key is also to be able to get leaders to reflect on how they would display the values in times of conflict particularly, when a value related issue is involved, says Bimal Rath

CEOs value the contribution of their CHRO executives. They find CHROs better than other C-level peers on all parameters except "insights into the company's businesses", reveals SHRM India study.