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Want a Data-Driven Organization? Start with Your Talent Strategy

Organizational Talent Consulting

But, unlocking the full potential of what is possible requires a talent strategy tightly aligned with your company's data analytics strategy. To avoid falling behind and making costly mistakes, here are two essential talent strategy steps you need to take now. Architecting culture is an essential activity for leaders.

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7 Data-Driven Characteristics of Teams that make Better Decisions

Organizational Talent Consulting

While most companies are investing significantly in building analytics capability, the benefits can't be fully realized until the company culture supports data-driven decision-making. Here are the seven characteristics of a data-driven culture and practical steps any leader can take to architect culture. Upadhyay & Kumar.

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Does Effective Leadership Really Matter?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Great leaders achieve great results and create great company cultures. While working with a large Forbes Top 25 Private Company, we quantified the value of leadership using internal key business metrics and various cognitive and behavioral leader assessments. Senior leadership is essential for driving innovation. Walumbwa, F.,

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If You Think Downsizing Might Save Your Company, Think Again

Harvard Business

American firms alone laid off more than 8 million workers from the end of 2008 to the middle of 2010. Proponents of downsizing argue that it is an effective strategy, with benefits such as increased performance and sales. During the Great Recession of 2008, companies around the world downsized their workforces.

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The Benefits of Hiring Your Best Customers

Harvard Business

I’ve found that managers who fully embrace a superconsumer strategy learn more from their consumers through increased empathy. That’s why it’s imperative to ensure your strategy deeply resonates with your organizational culture. With superconsumers, this is actually straightforward. Unlocking Energy.

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How to Make Agile Work for the C-Suite

Harvard Business

So in 2010, Holm decided to run his nine-member executive group as an agile team. Strategy, competitor actions and timely responses do not fit neatly into a fixed calendar. The group started by meeting every Monday for an hour or two, but found the pace of decision making too slow. .’

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As a Consultant, What's Your Blindside? - Free Management Library

Consulting and Organizational Management

By Carter McNamara on April 11, 2010. In contrast, are the consultants who highly value strategies, structures, plans and policies. ” Sara Canaday May 20, 2010 at 12:36 pm | Permalink. Management consulting purist, might argue that improving performance and metrics should be the sole focus of my role.