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How to Make Agile Work for the C-Suite

Harvard Business

Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. At Bain & Company, we do not believe that companies should try to use agile methods everywhere. This takes time.

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4 Ways to Improve Your Leadership Communication Effectiveness

Organizational Talent Consulting

Emotional intelligence helps you build better relationships, reduce workplace stress, create productive conflict and improve employee retention. Cultivate Your Cultural Agility. I experienced the importance of cultural agility early in my career. Culture is one of the most potent forces in business.

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Bridging Organization Design and Performance

Kates Kesler

The economic recovery of 2010-2015 has triggered a number of high-profile mergers, but even more break-ups and spin-offs among large global companies, particularly those based in the US. The “global operating model” (GOM) is the means to manage this complexity, this tension, this need for both leverage and agility.

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Is Executive Coaching Really Worth it?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Coaching helps leaders shift assumptions and perceptions and adopt positive cross-cultural motivation, vision, and cultural agility. Executive coaches commonly use an hourly, value-based, retainer, or productized pricing. And a key outcome of executive coaching is improved emotional intelligence. References: Ahrend, G., Diamond, F., &

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How Volvo Reinvented Itself Through Hiring

Harvard Business

Many legacy companies would like to transform themselves into agile, talent-first organizations. Under new ownership (Volvo was sold to China’s Geely by Ford in 2010), the Swedish automaker decided to transform its product line by becoming a premium player. The company sold 571,000 cars last year, up from 373,000 in 2010.

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Use Design Thinking to Build Commitment to a New Idea

Harvard Business

In the face of this dynamic, it isn’t enough to create new products and services. Unless we also design new ways of talking about ideas and exploring the future, those product and service innovations will never be embraced by the organization and never make their way out into the world. Designing the New Product.

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The First Wave of Corporate AI Is Doomed to Fail

Harvard Business

The ones that persisted are incredibly well-positioned today, having transformed their business processes and enabled a level of agility that competitors cannot easily mimic. Many organizations backed off from moving their data and applications to the cloud. The vast majority are still playing catch-up. Insight Center. The Age of AI.