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One Reason Mergers Fail: The Two Cultures Aren’t Compatible

Harvard Business

and scale up after its recent declines in sales and market share. The two companies may have seen value in capitalizing on each other’s strengths, but they failed to investigate their cultural compatibility beforehand. When tight and loose cultures merge, there is a good chance that they will clash.

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4 Ways to Improve Your Leadership Communication Effectiveness

Organizational Talent Consulting

18% reported a failure to close a sale. Cultivate Your Cultural Agility. Culture is one of the most potent forces in business. Today's leaders face a growing number of cross-cultural differences when working with customers and employees. I experienced the importance of cultural agility early in my career.

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Types of Changes | Consulting and Organizational Development

Consulting and Organizational Management

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Types of Changes By Jim Smith on June 3, 2010. 2 responses to “Types of Changes” Stephan Klaschka June 10, 2010 at 11:47 am | Permalink. magesa deo July 3, 2010 at 12:17 pm | Permalink. Translate This. Library Blogs Home.

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Designing Strategic Organizations: The New Work of Executives and HR (Kesler and Kates, People & Strategy, 2010)

Kates Kesler

People & Strategy, 2010. We long have been fascinated by the overlap between leadership and organization development. The internal HR or OD professional also needs to bring an organization design toolkit and well-developed consulting skills if he or she wants to influence, and not just support, the design process.

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Organizational Character and Leadership Development | Consulting.

Consulting and Organizational Management

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Organizational Character and Leadership Development By Jim Smith on December 16, 2010. For the last 50 years it has not been fashionable to talk about moral development, yet the subject of moral development is all about being a grown up.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in the Middle East

Management Consulted

If these industries excite you, and you want to experience the exciting culture of the Middle East, A.T. Deloitte has been the top dog in offering tax services in the region since 2010. Interdisciplinary teams are handpicked from “Competence Centers” to develop the best solutions for their strong client base.

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History of Organization Development (Part 1 of 6) ? ?Prehistoric OD.

Consulting and Organizational Management

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. History of Organization Development (Part 1 of 6) — “Prehistoric OD” By Carter McNamara on March 5, 2012. NOTE: This site distinguishes the difference between “organizational development” and “Organization Development.”