Organizational Talent Consulting

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Great leaders dream of a better future – from business sustainability to growing future leaders, increasing speed to market, or operating with greater purpose. Unfortunately, many organizations keep strategic plans a secret and don't involve leaders outside the executive leadership team.

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Business Consulting Agency

APRIL 11, 2024

Whether navigating challenges, optimizing operations, or seizing growth opportunities, consulting services offer a myriad of benefits that contribute to client success. Operational Efficiency and Process Optimization Consultants help clients streamline operations, optimize processes, and improve efficiency across departments.

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Business Consulting Agency

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Strategic planning ensures that the business remains agile and responsive to changing market conditions. Market Research and Analysis Consultants conduct comprehensive market research to provide insights into industry trends, consumer behavior, and competitor strategies. This leads to increased productivity and profitability.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Agile software development is a set of principles and practices that aim to improve the effectiveness of software development. Although agile software development promises to reduce costs and boost creativity, the reliability and consistency of a consulting service could be negatively affected.

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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.

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Harmonious Workplaces

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

2021), referencing Tajfel & Turner’s (2004) diversity research, note that multigenerational groups may have a lower inclination to engage in open knowledge sharing due to the salience of age as a factor, which triggers automatic social categorization processes. Maxwell Leadership. Gerpott et al. Gerpott et al. Edmondson, A.

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Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

Its hierarchical authority, specialized division of labor, and standard operating procedures enabled companies to grow far larger than they had ever been. I know it is critical for the leadership to embrace agile, but the sad reality is that I’m not sure our leadership team will start before it’s too late.

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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 2, 2024

By reducing variability in operations, they cultivate an environment conducive to delivering consistent outcomes, fostering customer satisfaction, and bolstering reputation. Rigidity in processes can hinder organizational agility , making it challenging to respond swiftly to evolving market dynamics or capitalize on emergent opportunities.

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LSA Global

APRIL 15, 2024

5 Steps to Crafting an Effective Sales Strategy We know from our own organizational alignment research that strategic sales clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing sales teams. Research by McKinsey found that more than 5 initiatives or new projects increased the risk of delay and value leakage.

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LSA Global

APRIL 15, 2024

5 Steps to Crafting an Effective Sales Strategy We know from our own organizational alignment research that strategic sales clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing sales teams. Research by McKinsey found that more than 5 initiatives or new projects increased the risk of delay and value leakage.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 27, 2023

For example, McKinsey explicitly looks for people with leadership ability, problem solving skills, and initiative. Any research, data analysis, problem-solving, or other work you do will be incorporated into a slide deck. It is important to be open-minded and agile. Every deliverable is produced with quality and value in mind.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 6, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans. This requires effective communication and collaboration across all levels of the organization, from your senior leadership team to front-line workers.

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LSA Global

MAY 11, 2023

Sadly, most research points to less than 25 percent of organizational restructurings producing the desired results. To us, it feels like leadership malpractice to create an organizational structure that negatively impacts the loyalty, discretionary effort, or intent to stay of your top talent.

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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. And unless you have created the next iPhone, tactics will not win in today’s marketplace.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 21, 2021

This should be fact based according to either mutual understanding or reliable data and research. Industry research has shown…”. A = “We need to build a more robust M&A pipeline that evaluates potential targets and moves to the execution phase with more agility. Conflict (C). This can be achieved by…”.

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Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2018

Repeatedly, research cites the human factor as the leading reason why mergers and acquisitions fail. In this environment, change agility needs to be part of the new organization’s and leaders’ DNA. Change-agile leaders demonstrate five integrated behaviors that, together, create a competitive advantage for the organization.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 12, 2018

In my research and consultancy with companies, I observe that, oftentimes, no individual or group is functionally responsible for overseeing the arrangement of their company from end to end. If that’s the case, you urgently need to address this gap in leadership focus and capability. What Do Enterprise Leaders Do?

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

But should enterprise leadership teams also pursue cohesion? To explore this question, over the course of six years, we surveyed senior-most leadership teams 99 times at companies representing a variety of industries, including financial services, food and beverage, energy, technology, healthcare, and retail. Team processes.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2017

Innovation demands new behaviors from leaders and employees that are often antithetical to corporate cultures, which are historically focused on operational excellence and efficiency. His leadership team began with a search for purpose. Projects were selected across channels to highlight agility, innovation, and customer centricity.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 28, 2017

Organizations can now engage with customers and employees like never before, and the virtual environment holds the potential to drive operational efficiencies, save time and money, and open the exploration of new commercial avenues. Agile organizations are connected organizations. This age is ripe with opportunity. Connectivity.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In research for our book, Time, Talent and Energy, my co-author Michael Mankins and I found that such investments do indeed pay off: The top-quartile companies in our study unlocked 40% more productive power in their workforce through better practices in time, talent and energy management. For knowledge workers, time is incredibly scarce.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Coca-Cola recently reshuffled its leadership team to focus on growth, innovation, and digital. One of Rochet’s first tasks was to create a leadership development program that equipped executives with the knowledge, mindset, and ways of working the company would need to grow in the digital age. Help Employees Embrace Agility.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

We built on this research by going beyond the lens of the individual leader to investigate how the most successful teams bridge the gap. To do this, we examined how 49 enterprise leadership teams spend their time and also looked at their perceived effectiveness on critical behaviors of a senior team. Insight center.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

One of us (Paul) is a strategy scholar and economist; the other (Amy) studies organizational behavior and operations management. Bob Lutz, who held leadership roles at General Motors, BMW, Ford, and Chrysler, describes a “reign of terror” that had long prevailed at VW.

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Harvard Business

MAY 12, 2017

Few would argue with that, and even if they did, there is evidence to support the idea that resisting distraction and staying present have benefits: practicing mindfulness for 10 minutes a day , for example, can enhance leadership effectiveness by helping you become more able to regulate your emotions and make sense of past experiences.

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Harvard Business

JULY 24, 2018

How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. But as we have observed in our research, consulting work, and partnerships with dozens of Fortune 500 companies and top professional services firms, the transition to new and different ways of managing talent is often filled with challenges and unexpected hurdles.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Over the last few years we’ve been increasingly interested in the impact of a leader’s preference for speed versus a “slow and steady” mode of operation. Many organizations are looking for ways to become more agile. We computed statistical tests on 49 leadership behaviors. Is this really possible?

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Since early 2015, when he began working with Sodexo’s executive committee as the global services firm’s chief transformation officer, Sunil Nayak has undergone his own leadership transformation. These four competencies are the basis for global leadership. ” Insight Center. Project Credibility.

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Cheryl Cran

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

With the increase on focus on technology there is an increased need for extraordinary leadership. Leaders who can skillfully maneuver the fast paced change of technology AND have increased agility in leading change and influencing teams to greater results is increasingly hard to find.

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Cheryl Cran

JULY 20, 2013

The old leadership skills set no longer apply, and neither do the old ways of growing leaders. They shift away from the old school leadership mentality of ‘people must be loyal’ and towards the evolutionary mindset that ‘people will stick around when they are treated with high value’. Article Blog CEO Solutions Leadership Strategies'

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Cheryl Cran

JULY 9, 2013

The old leadership skills set no longer apply, and neither do the old ways of growing leaders. The most successful organizations realize this and rather than have the departments operate as silos they bring together all departments on a regular basis to share information, to provide input on strategy and to network with each other.

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Cheryl Cran

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

With the increase on focus on technology there is an increased need for extraordinary leadership. Leaders who can skillfully maneuver the fast paced change of technology AND have increased agility in leading change and influencing teams to greater results is increasingly hard to find.

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Cheryl Cran

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

With the increase on focus on technology there is an increased need for extraordinary leadership. Leaders who can skillfully maneuver the fast paced change of technology AND have increased agility in leading change and influencing teams to greater results is increasingly hard to find.

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Cheryl Cran

MARCH 22, 2015

The future of work research I have done over the past years has confirmed the reality that companies will cater to employees technology choices. The new workplace requires flexibility, agility, speed of adaptability and the upgrading of the leadership/human operating system.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Spending on corporate learning, particularly leadership development, continues to increase at a staggering pace. According to one piece of research , spending on frontline leadership development alone increased by over 310% in a three-year period. Pat Canova/Getty Images. Learning departments are frequently part of the problem.

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Cheryl Cran

MARCH 22, 2015

The future of work research I have done over the past years has confirmed the reality that companies will cater to employees technology choices. The new workplace requires flexibility, agility, speed of adaptability and the upgrading of the leadership/human operating system.

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