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The Central versus Decentral Dilemma: How the HR Practitioner can Facilitate a “Center-Led” Solution

Kates Kesler

Agility” is the management word of the decade for sure. But to move with agility in a complex organization requires leaders to be confident that important decisions are being made at the right level and location across the enterprise. It typically is a set of roles at the center and dedicated or aligned roles in the operating units.

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Embracing Healthy Tensions in a Matrixed Organization

Kates Kesler

long term vs short term investments, M&A activity, enterprise vs operating unit accountability). And it will mean getting comfortable with influence derived from sources other than positional power, such as a decision right that is tipped one way or another for key operating issues or budget control that is granted to a new unit/function.2

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Start Slow, Finish Fast: Rightsizing Your Organization the Right Way

Kates Kesler

Consider these five factors: Customers Strategy and Organization Capabilities Operating Model Organization Shape Talent. Operating Model. Where does it make sense to duplicate work in order to drive differentiation and agility? When making cuts, take the appropriate time necessary to make sound decisions. Customers.

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What is the Professional Services Industry All About?

Progressus

They provide customized, knowledge-based services to their clients. Gartner describes this concept as a platform-based system that supports an “internal gig economy.” This will increase digital agility, make them better able to respond to the changes in customer demands and remain competitive.

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Is Strategy still Relevant to Organization Design?

Kates Kesler

When we asked about strategy during our diagnostic, interviewees were enthusiastic about the $3B revenue goal and the 16% operating margin target. Even though the external context may shift, and strategy cycle times may shorten, the discipline and practice of strategy making sets the frame for organization agility. Jaclyn Kates.