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

Organizational Talent Consulting

Journal of Organization Design (Aarhus), 3 (1), 20-25. Analytical skill sets also need to include: negotiating consulting communication developing others quantitative analysis Also, organizations need analytical leadership at every level, not just in the CTO or IT department. McKinsey Global Institute. Davenport, T. Harris, J. Doolittle, J.

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2 Questions to Unlock a Better Future

Organizational Talent Consulting

financial and business metrics. Ask yourself each question and journal what comes to mind. Journaling is often an underutilized tool. If you aren't in the habit of journaling, you may like the structure and ease of the Day One app. Academy of Management Journal , 57(5), 1227-1234. employee engagement. Don't filter.

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Financial Shenanigans Versus Incompetence

Martinka Consulting

The Wall Street Journal and others recently reported about an accounting expert who had predicted the Madoff Ponzi scheme and recently went after GE for what he said are their deceptive accounting practices (of course, GE responded this person didn’t know what he was talking about).

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Understanding Yourself to Lead Others Better

Organizational Talent Consulting

Drew Gerald Discover Your Leadership AHA What if I told you that the greatest threat to your personal and professional success as a leader is not hiding in metrics or data—but in the routine practices you perform automatically in your daily life? Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 32(2), 127-149. Brickhouse, Thomas C.;

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7 Data-Driven Characteristics of Teams that make Better Decisions

Organizational Talent Consulting

A good working definition of what it means to embrace data-driven decision-making is: Using facts extracted from data and metrics to guide business decisions that support business goals rather than relying on experience, intuition, and stories alone. Pay attention to metrics that matter and provide regular updates. McGraw-Hill.

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Transformational Leadership: Changing Culture to Fuel Financial Success

Organizational Talent Consulting

A study involving more than 1000 executive leaders demonstrated that 80% of organizations with a mature approach to data analytics exceeded their goals, and 48% significantly exceeded their goals (Deloitte, 2019). Journal of Business Research, 62(7), 673-679. Leaders need to be able to operate within and upon an organization's culture.

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