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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. Production performance. Level of knowledge of local assets required to make optimal decisions.

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Is Strategy still Relevant to Organization Design?

Kates Kesler

For example, the lack of project prioritization and ineffective allocation of engineering and product development resources resulted in late and over-budget products, which were now in high demand. Given our ideal customer mix, where should we be a product-centric innovator, a me-too fast follower, and customer-centric?

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What is the Professional Services Industry All About?

Progressus

They provide customized, knowledge-based services to their clients. And —rather than selling physical products, they deal in less tangible resources like time, insights, and expertise – billed either by hour or by project. Gartner describes this concept as a platform-based system that supports an “internal gig economy.”

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Embracing Healthy Tensions in a Matrixed Organization

Kates Kesler

When a large automotive company shifted its organization model from a product center-of-gravity to a customer-centric model, its leaders initially believed the matrixed tensions were unnecessary complexity and associated tension with “failure.” 1 Networked, Scaled, and Agile. Amy Kates, Greg Kesler, Michele DiMartino.

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To Little, Too Late: Why many Diversity and Inclusion efforts fall short

Kates Kesler

They need to consider the strategic implications or opportunities of diversity relative to customers, products, brand, geographic footprint. Many organizations have a diversity strategy as part of an overall talent strategy but fail to incorporate diversity considerations into their other strategies. Capabilities.

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To Little, Too Late: Why many Diversity and Inclusion efforts fall short

Kates Kesler

They need to consider the strategic implications or opportunities of diversity relative to customers, products, brand, geographic footprint. Many organizations have a diversity strategy as part of an overall talent strategy but fail to incorporate diversity considerations into their other strategies. Capabilities.

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