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4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

Yes, the “old fashioned” bookstores all struggle to compete with online book sales but Borders had additional challenges they failed to meet. They were not agile enough. The company failed on multiple fronts. For one, instead of establishing their own online sales site, they partnered with Amazon, a formidable rival.

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Corporate Learning Programs Need to Consider Context, Not Just Skills

Harvard Business

They aspire to teach abstract concepts to their employees, such as “agility,” “collaboration,” and “coaching.” In one pharmaceutical R&D company, we identified three critical populations that needed to change to enable the execution of the organization’s strategy. Insight center.

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To Succeed as a First-Time Leader, Relax

Harvard Business

When individual contributors are tapped to manage large-scale projects, oversee direct reports, or participate in strategic planning, they need to develop new skill sets on the fly — skills such as interpersonal dexterity, emotional agility, and communication savvy.

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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

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. PMO London 2024 June, 18-19.

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What to Know Before You Sign a Payment-by-Results Contract

Harvard Business

Cigna is the first insurance company to get pharmaceutical companies to agree to value pricing based on results for certain cholesterol-lowering drugs. ” Health care. And the Health Care Transformation Task Force , a newly formed coalition of private insurers and provider organizations in the U.S.,

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Changing Company Culture Requires a Movement, Not a Mandate

Harvard Business

Prasad, CEO of Dr. Reddy’s, a 33-year-old global pharmaceutical company headquartered in India that produces affordable generic medication. ” But instead of plastering this new slogan on motivational posters and repeating it in all-hands meetings, the leadership team began by quietly using it to start guiding their own decisions.

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Top 11 Must-Read Project Management Books

Epicflow

The book will also tell you how not to annoy your people during meetings, how to generate and manage creative ideas, and how office politics can be a kind of problem-solving. They’re under pressure to meet deadlines that sometimes overlap, juggle all these projects’ shared resources, set priorities, and ensure team members’ productivity.