Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2017

Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. At Bain & Company, we do not believe that companies should try to use agile methods everywhere. This takes time.

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Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2018

Study after study puts the failure rate closer to 70-90%. Organizations, processes, and cultures will be integrated for weeks and months after the organizations come together, causing disruption and uncertainty. In this environment, change agility needs to be part of the new organization’s and leaders’ DNA.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

AUGUST 1, 2022

In an extensive quantitative study by Stanley Black & Decker, the Sasha Corporation found that executives receiving coaching increased goal performance by 15% compared to executives not receiving coaching. Coaching helps leaders shift assumptions and perceptions and adopt positive cross-cultural motivation, vision, and cultural agility.

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Emotional Intelligence Leadership Ethics Study 52

Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2017

Employee burnout is a common phenomenon, but it is one that companies tend to treat as a talent management or personal issue rather than a broader organizational challenge. The true cost to business can be far greater, thanks to low productivity across organizations, high turnover, and the loss of the most capable talent.

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Company Energy Tools Talent 53

Brimstone Consulting

MARCH 29, 2022

CASE STUDY. Agile strategy leads to 220% increase in revenue. The outcome of the engagement was a strategy that included investment in leadership development and upscaling talent to support and accelerate growth. Download Case Study. Additionally, Brimstone partnered with the CEO to hold an annual leadership summit.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 26, 2016

She also used them to scout for talent, keeping an eye out for young managers ready to move into more-senior positions and perhaps transfer to headquarters. Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. “He hates change.”

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 13, 2016

The new role required the former CEO of Sodexo India On-Site Services to work with a team of 15 executives from different nationalities and cultures, demanding a shift to a more inclusive leadership style. How talent management is changing. ” Insight Center. Sponsored by Korn Ferry. Project Credibility.

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Emotional Intelligence Talent Culture Leadership 28

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 12, 2019

Using Laloux’s colour categorisations: Red, Amber, Orange, Green and Teal to describe the shifts in time, we looked at how these organisations are structured, what inspired their transition to the next evolution as well as what the general culture is like. You can read more about those points here.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 5, 2019

Using Laloux’s colour categorisations: Red, Amber, Orange, Green and Teal to describe the shifts in time, we looked at how these organisations are structured, what inspired their transition to the next evolution as well as what the general culture is like. You can read more about those points here.

Management 60

Management Guidelines Change Management Study 60

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2016

It takes a major cultural shift in the company. Embrace Agile Methods for Responding to Customers. The key to this transformation was an innovation approach common in the software industry: agile invention methodology. Not all corporations need an agile methodology or this approach to metrics.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 21, 2017

When Amazon announced last week that it will acquire Whole Foods Market, a grocery chain with over 450 retail stores and deep industry talent, for $13.7 That means retailers must learn to compete head-on with Amazon in two fundamental capabilities: agile innovation and expense management. Agile innovation teams are small.

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Retail Agile Sales Engineering 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 8, 2017

And what we found in our interviews was an interesting reinforcement of our prior work on employer branding and agile talent. Research led by our Agile Talent Collaborative points out that project leads who manage freelancers don’t give enough specific feedback. Check in and offer feedback.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 27, 2016

” Many of us now work in constantly connected, always-on, highly demanding work cultures where stress and the risk of burnout are widespread. Since the pace and intensity of contemporary work culture are not likely to change, it’s more important than ever to build resilience skills to effectively navigate your worklife.

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Energy Agile Survey Training 49

Kates Kesler

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

As we look across the companies we have studied and worked with we see a common set of symptoms that indicate incomplete activation: Excess layers and duplicated work make the organization slow and internally focused. They have grown up moving through jobs that take them across regions, cultures, functions, and business models.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Through team-building exercises and the careful establishment of norms and processes, leaders aim to create a culture of trust, psychological safety, and good feeling. As he told us, “Creating a culture of performance and results is pivotal. As he told us, “Creating a culture of performance and results is pivotal.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

A company-wide or team view of 360-degree feedback provides talent management insights into organizational performance and culture. This way, the company can get additional organizational benefits from aggregating feedback data to identify systemic opportunities and feedback on the organization's culture. References: Baker, A.,

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Leadership Tools Education Journal 72

Harvard Business

AUGUST 15, 2017

When freelancing is your primary source of income, you have to be meticulous and organized about keeping your books, according to Jon Younger, the founder of the Agile Talent Collaborative , a non-profit research organization and the coauthor of Agile Talent. “Ask about the corporate culture,” she says.

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Cash Flow Case Study Case Studies Talent 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2016

As a manager, you’re always on the lookout for the next generation of talent in your organization. “What you’re looking for is behavioral evidence that this person has the potential and talents to manage.” If you believe the candidate has the potential and talent to lead, help her develop. Don’t.

Management 28

Management Engineering Leadership Case Study 28

Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 7, 2022

CASE STUDY. 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. Download Case Study. The organization was emerging from a crisis involving the safety of a recently released drug.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Forum participants will have an opportunity to learn from inspirational project management leaders as well as attend masterclasses revealing the aspects of delivering sustainable projects, Agile transformation, application of technologies, and more. is the largest Agile conference in Central Europe.

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Industry Automotive Pharmaceuticals Management 52

Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

We recently completed a study for the CEO of a very well known, global sports-apparel brand company. He wanted to challenge his team, as part of the strategic talent review process, to think about whether or not the company’s organizational architecture was suited to its growth plan to double in size. Learning from Big Companies.

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Apparel Healthcare Enterprise Chemicals 82

Harvard Business

JUNE 23, 2017

Nurtured correctly, it can help a company achieve scale insurgency — a company with the benefits of both size and agility. Some 55% of executives cite the problem of revenue growing faster than talent: The company grows so quickly that it has trouble attracting the quality and amount of talent that it needs.

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Talent Company Culture Bain 40

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

More recently, however, companies have widened their aperture, recognizing that success with AI and analytics requires not just data scientists but entire cross-functional, agile teams that include data engineers, data architects, data-visualization experts, and—perhaps most important—translators. Why are translators so important?

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Data Engineering Agile McKinsey 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2017

How to Find and Hire the Right Digital Talent for Your Organization. And because digital demands new skills, aptitudes, and ways of working, it requires a greater investment in employee support and culture change. Read More from DXC Technology: The Questions IT Should Be Asking to Empower Employees.

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Company Survey Operations Productivity 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Participants are taken out of their day-to-day workplaces to be inspired by expert faculty, work on case studies, receive personal feedback, and take away the latest leadership thinking (and badges for their résumés). How talent management is changing. Insight Center. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders.

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Development Leadership Emotional Intelligence System 28

Harvard Business

MAY 7, 2018

Do we have the right talent to analyze and act on that information? In our study, we highlight a great example of how Keurig analyzed purchase patterns based on two years of historical data to identify four customer segments. How can we create relevant experiences while respecting their privacy? Beaudin: No. Size doesn’t matter.

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Data Marketing Bain Media 28

Brimstone Consulting

JANUARY 19, 2021

The ultimate playbook for developing brave leaders and courageous cultures. In this longtime management bestseller, Gallup presents the remarkable findings of its massive in-depth study of great managers. How do we combat all of this by unleashing the full measure of our creativity, talent, and energy in the midst of this pressure?

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