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What's Servant Leadership?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Have you ever wondered what servant leadership is? Maybe you already understand the basic concepts but have questions about how servant leadership differs from other leadership styles or if a servant leadership approach is appropriate for your team. For example, consider two employees walking down a hall.

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

Emerson Consulting Group

Efficiency in business comes down to reaching goals with the highest degree of quality and speed possible. When workflow breaks down and this efficiency fails, it’s worth questioning why it happened and how to prevent it in the future. If the hands and feet, eyes and ears don’t coordinate, the body can’t move efficiently.

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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. Efficiency pressures to increase volume, reach and capability without adding overhead expense. Greg Kesler and Amy Kates. Changing business models and the need to manage a portfolio of varied business models.

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Get the Most from Your Women In Consulting Membership

Women in Consulting

When I first joined Women In Consulting – back in 2010 I think – I was looking for insights on how to be a successful consultant. I missed being surrounded by people talking about all that was going on in the business world: technology innovations, leadership philosophies, mergers, new products, and the day to day of making business happen.

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5 Levers for Creating a Culture of Accountability

Organizational Talent Consulting

Holding others accountable isn't easy, but it significantly impacts your leadership and business results. Peer pressure is more efficient and effective than going to the leader, anonymously complaining, and having them stop what they are doing to intervene.” – Patrick Lencioni. When lacking, company performance and culture suffer.

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1 Strategy to Avoid Tolerating Poor Performance

Organizational Talent Consulting

Research studies have linked effective performance management with positive individual and organizational outcomes such as increased productivity, decreased employee turnover intentions , reduced absenteeism, improved operational efficiency, reduced costs, and improved customer satisfaction. Consequences of Tolerating Poor Performance.

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The Future Economy Project: Q&A with Marne Levine

Harvard Business

Levine talked with HBR about her firm’s sustainability efforts as part of the Future Economy Project, an HBR initiative that shares real-world lessons on sustainability leadership. When I joined Facebook in 2010, it was already well established that sustainability was central to the way that we operated.

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