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We May Not Have a Clear Path, But We Each Have One

Harmonious Workplaces

In 2001, Michael hired a no-name like me after an informational interview to become the Associate Marketing Director for GIA Publications. He entrusted me to craft my own job, manage my own way of doing things, and develop and refine systems for various marketing jobs, from trade show exhibits to catalog publishing.

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2 Attributes of Great Change Leaders

Organizational Talent Consulting

In an environment of perpetual change, the enemy of great change leadership is good change management. Good change management involves minimizing disruptions, avoiding costly mistakes, and control. In contrast, great change leadership maximizes business speed, efficiency, and innovation. Winston, B.

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How to be a Seriously Effective Leader in a Crisis

Organizational Talent Consulting

The Journal of Services Marketing. Academy of management perspectives , 20 (2), 58-69. Service amid crisis: the role of supervisor humor and discretionary organizational support. & Viswesvaran, C. analysis of positive humor in the workplace. Journal of Managerial Psychology. Romero, E. & Cruthirds, K.

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After a Merger, Don’t Let “Us vs. Them” Thinking Ruin the Company

Harvard Business

Consider this example: When The Interpublic Group (IPG) merged the direct-marketing company Draft with the ad-agency Foote Cone & Belding (FCB) to become one agency in 2006, “it was immediately apparent that the cultures of the two agencies were wildly different,” shared Marty Stock, then head of Coors advertising at FCB.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business

In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most successful transformations, creating new offerings and business models to push into new growth markets, share common characteristics and strategies. The same was true of Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen. The result was the Booking.com platform.

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The Reinvention of NASA

Harvard Business

First, the frontier technologies that NASA needed were not already available on the market; they had to be developed from scratch by specialized contractors. The transitional model (from 1993 – 2006): This phase kicked off with the International Space Station project.

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Your Organization Wastes Time. Here’s How to Fix It.

Harvard Business

Look closely, and you’ll find that most companies have stretched their brands and product portfolios to customers and markets in which they are undifferentiated and profits are weak. While the former approach is friendlier from a change management perspective, we usually find that it leads to only incremental change.

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