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2 Attributes of Great Change Leaders

Organizational Talent Consulting

In contrast, great change leadership maximizes business speed, efficiency, and innovation. Strengthening organizational commitment maximizes employee productivity, job performance, and emotional well-being. link] Change leadership is like an engine maximizing speed, efficiency, and innovation. Increased employee creativity.

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Corporation Oxford

Tom Spencer

The language of capitalism focuses on efficiency and optimisation, and if these are the measures of success for a university then Oxford is failing badly. Oxford Entrepreneurs: Founded in 2002 by British entrepreneur Alex Hearn , Oxford Entrepreneurs is now the largest student entrepreneurship body in the world. Oxford and Cambridge).

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Did Trade with China Make U.S. Manufacturing Less Innovative?

Harvard Business

The main case for trade, though, was always that it would improve overall welfare by allowing a greater variety of products to be produced more efficiently. If this new paper shows anything, it’s that we can’t just assume that more competition and open markets will deliver new ideas.

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Descent of the Global Monetary System

Tom Spencer

The principal goal of the Bretton Woods System was to create an efficient foreign exchange system in order to promote trade and economic growth while at the same time preventing countries from engaging in competitive currency devaluations. Since most advanced economies have adopted a freely floating exchange rate (e.g.

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How Capitec Became South Africa’s Biggest Bank

Harvard Business

After breaking even in 2002, net profits continued to rise, to 3.8 Capitec gets many things right in terms of its strategy, including its market positioning, internal operations, and organizational culture. The bank serves these customers through a network of highly efficient physical branches. Importantly, profits kept pace.

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How Software Is Helping Big Companies Dominate

Harvard Business

They’re more productive , more profitable , more innovative , and they pay better. “How long does it take for her to interact with a market that isn’t nearly monopolized?” Greater productivity meant lower prices and faster growth, leading to increased industry dominance. Andrew Brookes/Getty Images.

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What GM’S Layoffs Reveal About the Digitalization of the Auto Industry

Harvard Business

GM’s layoffs are not just incremental but existential, in that sense: They are about accelerating the staffing changes mandated by the company’s aggressive transition from analog to digital products and from gasoline to electric power. What should be done instead? ”