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Sometimes Doing the Right Thing Involves Risk

Harmonious Workplaces

I attended a meeting led by the VP of construction for a company for which I was the VP of marketing. I joined the meeting virtually from another part of the building via Microsoft Teams. After the meeting, he called me back into the conference room. I feel a kindred connection with those who own or operate organizations.

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4 Ways to Improve Your Leadership Communication Effectiveness

Organizational Talent Consulting

From being vulnerable to saying what others don't want to hear to endless Zoom meetings. The next time you find yourself in a meeting, and you don't know why you are there. Executive Coaching Example: A leader from one part of the world was assigned to take on operations in another in one organization. It can be exhausting.

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The Critical Skills for Leading Major Change in America’s Health System

Harvard Business

health system, change management is an essential skill for public and private leaders alike. For these leaders — and young people aspiring to careers as health care managers — one very practical question emerges: What are the critical skills for leading major change in our health system?

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How Future-Proof Are Your Leadership Skills?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Leaders need employees that go beyond what is expected in ways that contribute to the organization’s results and make the communities where they operate better. Idealized influence and inspirational motivation are two key leadership behaviors and attributes to help leaders meet today’s and tomorrow’s complex organizational challenges.

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Research Shows That Smaller M&A Deals Work Out Better

Harvard Business

Our data shows that from 2004 to 2014, WPP made a staggering 271 acquisitions — which averages to more than one every two weeks — 60% more than the next busiest acquirer during that decade, Google (now Alphabet). After that, however, WPP practiced programmatic M&A, turning it into a strong muscle. Strong capital expenditure.

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A Transformation Is Underway at U.S. Veterans Affairs. We Got an Inside Look.

Harvard Business

In 2014, the U.S. On July 30, 2014, exactly 13 months after retiring as P&G’s Chairman and CEO, McDonald was sworn in as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. In my first national press conference, in September 2014, I gave out my cell phone number and my email address, and so I get emails and calls from veterans every day.

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How One Hospital Improved Patient Handoffs for the Long Term

Harvard Business

We started working with the management and staff of the perioperative unit in 2014 to develop a more systematic, long-term approach for improving patient handoffs from the operating room (OR) to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). By the end of 2013, nurses reported over 20% of patient handoffs still had missing information.