LSA Global

JANUARY 1, 2024

Yet, the traditional approach to strategy typically assumes modest shifts in markets, competitors, partners, strategies, cultures, and talent. We also know from leadership simulation assessment data that leaders struggle to adjust strategies fast enough. The significance of culture in strategy execution cannot be overestimated.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Because of this, properly assessing executive capabilities of the CEO and the entire leadership team is an important, yet underutilized, leverage point to directly improve organizational performance. Combined, these leadership skills collectively define an executive’s capacity to lead effectively – especially when the stakes are high.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

We know from change management simulation data that change resistance manifests in various forms, ranging from entrenched habits and routines to cultural inertia and structural barriers. New strategies and changes must go through your culture and your people to be successfully implemented. When things are farther away from us (e.g.,

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Brimstone Consulting

APRIL 15, 2020

The CIO sought to build a self-sustaining cultural dynamic that would enable the organization to become a preferred provider of IT services to its agency partners, one of the top IT employers in the state, and a recognized expert in the field. The solutions were tailored to incorporate Agile principles, methods, and tools.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

We know from our organizational alignment research that strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing companies in terms of revenue growth, profitability, customer loyalty, leadership effectiveness, and employee engagement. That is why strategies for executive teams to stay aligned are paramount.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Strategic Leadership Competencies – Strategic vs. Operational Leadership. Does your organization foster the kind of strategic leadership required to thrive during chaos? Perilous times require daring, innovative leaders and organizational cultures that allow employees to thrive.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Challenging Times Often Require a More Proactive Corporate Strategy Does your leadership team tend to focus on the immediate issues in front of them (a reactive corporate strategy) or do they pause and look for new opportunities (a proactive corporate strategy)? Our leadership simulation assessment data tells us that leaders need to do both.

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LSA Global

MAY 2, 2024

Understanding the cultural nuances of these approaches is important during both strategy design and strategy execution. Rigidity in processes can hinder organizational agility , making it challenging to respond swiftly to evolving market dynamics or capitalize on emergent opportunities. What is the Right Balance?

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

But a lucky few react with a degree of strategic clarity and mental agility that allows them to adapt with relative ease. According to recent McKinsey research, successful agile transformations deliver almost 30% improvements in efficiency, customer satisfaction, employee engagement, and operational performance.

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LSA Global

MAY 11, 2023

Why an Organizational Structure Designed to Promote Employee Engagement Matters Findings from our organizational culture assessment tell us that most employees feel like their companies are in a constant state of organizational flux driven by the accelerating pace of organizational change and never-ending industry disruption.

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LSA Global

MARCH 11, 2023

Effective change leadership translates into effective change. Underestimating Cultural Resistance to Change Any workplace change, regardless of how big or small, must go through your people and your workplace culture to be successfully implemented. Healthy corporate cultures that are open to change have the agility to persevere.

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LSA Global

JUNE 8, 2022

And our organizational alignment research found that talent accounts for 29% of the difference between high and low performing companies in terms of revenue, profits, customer loyalty, leadership effectiveness, and employee engagement. The question is how?

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LSA Global

AUGUST 2, 2022

No longer can leaders coast along the same old paths; you need to reimagine the journey forward and invest in the leadership capabilities required to create more innovative, agile , and resilient teams and organizations. The post Steps to Upgrade Your Strategy appeared first on LSA Global.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 28, 2022

When we ask participants in our new manager training workshops to list the attributes of great leaders, the most common are: self-awareness, learning agility , communication , and influence. Being a compassionate leader may not be separately listed, but compassion is certainly part of all four foundational aspects of great leadership.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 6, 2021

Lack of Agility Not even the most well researched and well-designed strategies can predict all the events that could hinder strategy execution. Make sure that your workplace culture is aligned and allows for a reasonable amount of flexibility in decision-making at appropriate levels within the organization.

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LSA Global

APRIL 15, 2024

And sales leadership simulation assessment data tells us that too many sales leaders struggle with the ability to select strategic sales priorities that add significant value and create a competitive advantage. Stay agile and proactive, regularly reassess your approach, and incorporate feedback to maintain a competitive edge.

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LSA Global

APRIL 15, 2024

And sales leadership simulation assessment data tells us that too many sales leaders struggle with the ability to select strategic sales priorities that add significant value and create a competitive advantage. Stay agile and proactive, regularly reassess your approach, and incorporate feedback to maintain a competitive edge.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Top Team Leader Mistakes to Avoid at All Costs We know from our action learning leadership development programs that all leaders make mistakes. Even the most subtle leadership behaviors (e.g., Insular leaders lack humility, inclusiveness, openness, agility. We also know that what matters is how they handle them.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 1, 2020

In hindsight, change sponsors report making unrealistic assessments of employee morale, cultural barriers, people’s ability to change, leadership’s commitment, and internal politics. Where Are Your Change Blind Spots. Organizational communication, transparency , empowerment, and involvement.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Here are some tips on how to coalesce your leadership team so that everyone is pulling in the same direction: Keep Everyone’s Eye on the Prize. Explicitly measure commitment levels and do what it takes to align your leadership team. The caveat is that there must be some agility as you execute the plan. Consider the Context.

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LSA Global

APRIL 4, 2022

Done right, mapping the current customer experience assesses your current organizational culture and allows for a comparison between the experiences people have and the underlying operational processes and systems that substantiate those experiences. This is where the leadership plays an absolutely fundamental role.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Distraction and bandwidth may be the most underestimated strategic growth obstacles for most leadership teams. Misaligned and Underestimated Cultural Norms. Growth strategies must go through your culture to be successfully implemented. Culture norms represent how work truly gets done on a day-to-day basis.

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Brimstone Consulting

MARCH 29, 2022

Agile strategy leads to 220% increase in revenue. Further, the organization had not invested in leadership development nor was there a common leadership language. Following the assessment, Brimstone began by working with the leadership team to develop a comprehensive strategy. CASE STUDY.

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LSA Global

JULY 1, 2017

Lack of agility. When it comes to strategy execution, change agility. Lack of distributed leadership. When strategy implementation resides in a more distributed leadership model, execution is more likely to succeed for the long-term. Lack of encouragement for worthy cultural behaviors beyond financial performance.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 17, 2018

But there is a lot of evidence that success can cause unwanted leadership complacency and strategic vulnerability. Beware of leadership and strategic complacency. Keep your strategy agile enough to address unexpected challenges. When Business Is Good. Many leaders are tempted to take growth for granted when business is good.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

All too often, policies, rules and processes that were initially created with good intentions, impede the agility that high performers need to succeed. If all workers are not held responsible for maintaining performance and cultural standards, higher performers will eventually lose their motivation to get results. #6.

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LSA Global

JULY 1, 2017

Lack of agility. When it comes to strategy execution, change agility. Lack of distributed leadership. When strategy implementation resides in a more distributed leadership model, execution is more likely to succeed for the long-term. Lack of encouragement for worthy cultural behaviors beyond financial performance.

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LSA Global

JUNE 16, 2017

Our organizational alignment research found that strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing organizations in terms of revenue growth, profitability, customer satisfaction, leadership effectiveness and employee engagement. Effective performance measurement is the heart of a high performance culture.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 31, 2023

In addition to the “technical side” of project management, the author shares his ideas regarding effective stakeholder management, trust-based leadership, and effective decision-making as well as gives a variety of tools and techniques that can add value to your daily project management activities.

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LSA Global

MARCH 17, 2022

Savvy and agile leaders know corporate perceptions and reputations –– fair or unfair, accurate or not–– and how to consciously craft a plan to alter negative perceptions. To learn more about strategic influence to ethically and competently get results with others, download How to Build the Competency of Organizational Savvy.

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LSA Global

JULY 14, 2020

Agile Change Management – What Is It? Agile change management is an approach to managing the people side of change that works in concert with the agile project management methodology. Done right, the agile approach to project management enables teams to adapt to change quickly and deliver work faster.

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Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 7, 2022

Strategy and Leadership Team Alignment energizes an organization and increases the stock price by 170%. The CEO immediately recognized the need to improve the culture and reenergize the organization. The CEO immediately recognized the need to improve the culture and reenergize the organization. CASE STUDY.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

I’ve spent years thinking and writing about one of the great mysteries of leadership and change: Why is it that the people and organizations with the most experience, knowledge, and resources in a particular field are often the last ones to see and seize opportunities for something dramatically new?

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Cheryl Cran

JANUARY 18, 2016

One of the infographic statistics states that 68% of employees feel their company doesn’t create a culture in which employees have a sense of purpose and meaningful impact. In a number of exit interviews I have conducted many employees cite lack of leadership, doing soulless work and feeling undervalued as the reason they left.

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