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Jim Champy: Advisory Board member

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Editors' choice: September

  1. Stewart Friedman: Total Leadership
  2. Managing CSR: lessons from Statoil
  3. The Elephant in the Corner: Jim Champy
  4. India Arriving: Rafiq Dossani
  5. Peter Cappelli: a book excerpt from Talent on Demand
  6. Applying KM to information risk management
  7. Dr. Faith Mwangi-Powell: the African Palliative Care Association
  8. James Rieley column: Smart people?
  9. Super auditors: Strengthening the link between internal audit and the board
  10. The benefits and risks of national identification programmes

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Management Focus: September/October issue now available

Management Focus is our free PDF bi-monthly magazine. Leaders are expected to make decisions that will ultimately impact all levels of the organization and beyond. Find out more in our featured article. Also, Dr Faith Mwangi-Powell, Director of the African Palliative Care Association, discusses the biggest health challenges facing African countries today.
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The Big Exit: Executive Churn in the Wake of M&As


Image: Jeffrey A. Krug

An article from the Journal of Business Strategy Volume 29 No.4 has hit the headlines with the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, the St. Louis Post and Richmond BizSense. "The Big Exit" by Jeffrey A. Krug and Walt Shill discusses the importance of managing leadership issues during the merger integration process.