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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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Big Miss in Retail Sales vs. Expectations; Trend Change or Another

MishTalk

Big Miss in Retail Sales vs. Expectations; Trend Change or Another "Soft Patch"? Retail sales were up 0.4% May retail sales were revised lower, to +0.5% Here are some retail sales comments from Bloomberg to help put things into perspective. Sales dropped 2.2 Automobile dealer sales rose 1.8 Purchases rose 2.4

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4 Ways to Improve Your Leadership Communication Effectiveness

Organizational Talent Consulting

18% reported a failure to close a sale. Emotional intelligence helps you build better relationships, reduce workplace stress, create productive conflict and improve employee retention. Cultivate Your Cultural Agility. Culture is one of the most potent forces in business. 44% lead to failure in completing their projects.

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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. One of the most difficult challenges for new general managers, who have been promoted after leading functional teams in marketing, sales or operations, is to make their leadership impact scalable across and multi-dimensional organization. Innovation in process as well as product.

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Breaking down the M&A Case Study

Tom Spencer

Is the target company’s culture very different? product cross-selling, using one company’s distribution channels for the other company’s products, etc.)? cultural integration, regulation, etc.)? Situation #2: In 2010, Apple decided to buy Siri , its now famous voice assistant. technology, brands, etc.)

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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. The firm has four offices in the region: in Abu Dhabi, Doha, Dubai, and Riyadh. Kearney may be the place for you! Deloitte & Touche (M.E.)

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Workflow Breakdowns in Larger Firms: Why They Happen, What to Do About Them

Emerson Consulting Group

Shahid Chowdhary founded Siliconchips Services in London in September 2010 with one basic idea: to build an organization committed to value-based leadership and promoting a culture of trust, transparency, integrity and mutual respect. Only via continuous communication among all parties will ensure the entire operation runs smoothly.