LSA Global

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

We know from our organizational alignment research that strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing companies in terms of revenue growth, profitability, customer loyalty, leadership effectiveness, and employee engagement. Do You Need to Implement Strategies for Executive Teams to Stay Aligned?

Strategy 36

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Leadership 36

Progressus

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Customers expect digital experiences to meet a certain standard — it doesn’t matter if you’re Amazon, Netflix, an IT provider, or a small accounting firm. Digital agility. Technology enables greater agility. Empowering talent. Businesses are increasingly embracing tools that allow them to adapt to changing conditions.

Data 52

Data Agile Tools Talent 52

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.

Agile 28

Agile How To Enterprise Metrics 28

Progressus

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Client Trends and Factors Disrupting the Professional Services Industry For professional services firms, it’s getting harder to meet client expectations and win new business – even though demand remains strong as clients rely more on experts to help them navigate their post-COVID comeback. That way, clients know what to expect from a firm.

Industry 52

Industry SMB Software Talent 52

LSA Global

AUGUST 2, 2022

Technology disruption, the war for talent, inflation, and recessionary pressures are creating the perfect storm for many businesses. To succeed, we believe that it’s time to rethink and upgrade your strategy to meet the current and future challenges. Do You Need to Upgrade Your Strategy? 3 Steps to Upgrade Your Strategy.

Strategy 36

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Talent 36

Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 28, 2022

From being vulnerable to saying what others don't want to hear to endless Zoom meetings. Surprisingly, evidence from research suggests that proximity is not the critical determinant of communication effectiveness. The next time you find yourself in a meeting, and you don't know why you are there. Cultivate Your Cultural Agility.

Leadership 52

Leadership Emotional Intelligence Agile Culture 52

LSA Global

JUNE 9, 2023

Unfortunately, Leadership Succession Planning Often Fails to Meet Expectations While most leaders know that they should develop a leadership pipeline, leadership succession planning often fails to make a measurable impact. Does your talent management strategy make it clear who is ultimately responsible for leadership succession planning?

Leadership 36

Leadership Deloitte Development Research 36

Harvard Business

JANUARY 11, 2017

We call this subset of freelancers who do strategic work in companies or nonprofit organizations agile talent. Many of the benefits of agile talent have been widely reported. And, it turns out, agile talent in stages 3 and 4 is often eager to provide coaching and mentorship to junior professionals working with them.

Agile 28

Agile Talent Development Nonprofit 28

LSA Global

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

But often, people leaders don’t have the skills to be the agile, adaptive leaders they need to be and struggle building meaningful connections with their people to drive consistent results. Research has shown that most leaders use one leadership style — so they don’t know how to unleash the potential of the individuals on their team.

Survey 36

Survey Leadership Training Training 36

LSA Global

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Insular leaders lack humility, inclusiveness, openness, agility. Neglecting the Long-term Leaders face enormous pressure to meet short-term goals. Lacking Clarity in Direction Our organizational alignment research found that strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing teams.

Agile 36

Agile Productivity Training Training 36

LSA Global

JANUARY 6, 2023

Organizational Agility — Do You Have an Adaptable Enough Corporate Culture? Our organizational alignment research found that corporate culture — how work truly gets done — accounts for 40% of the difference between high and low performing companies. Do you have an adaptable enough corporate culture to thrive during times of change?

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Culture Methodologies Change Management Agile 36

Comatch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Using the area of digitization as an example, organizations can use Flash Organizations to take on complex and data-based projects in a more resilient and agile way. . Now, people can work with professionals based on talent alone with fewer constraints due to region, time zone, etc. Additionally, the war for talent is increasing.

Consulting 52

Consulting Management How To Benchmarking 52

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.

Agile 44

Agile Efficiency Culture Trends 44

LSA Global

DECEMBER 10, 2019

According to CEB research, a whopping 60% of new managers under perform during their first two years, and not surprisingly, 85% of new managers still receive no formal training prior to switching into the role of manager. Do you know the role and responsibility of a new manager at your company? The Challenge for New Managers Today.

Management 36

Management Training Training Agile 36

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.

Company 53

Company Energy Tools Talent 53

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.

Agile 40

Agile Energy Productivity Talent 40

Harvard Business

MARCH 28, 2017

Preparing for the Future of Talent Acquisition. To understand what digital leaders do differently, Korn Ferry not only drew on broad research into business change but also interviewed leaders who are driving transformation at some of the world’s most successful organizations. Agile organizations are connected organizations.

Agile 28

Agile Talent Data Efficiency 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Our research shows that a company’s ability to gain strategic clarity on its path to business model transformation is crucial to its success. But whatever the extent of an organization’s digital ambition, our research shows most corporate strategists tend to play it safe, favoring incremental investments.

Enterprise 28

Enterprise Agile Sales Operations 28

Cheryl Cran

APRIL 11, 2018

Research by Cloverpop states that decisions are 87% more successful when made by teams. Teams that follow an inclusive process of diverse generational input along with diverse gender/personality/cultural input make decisions two times faster and cut meeting times in half. The days of the lone wolf are long gone.

Agile 26

Agile Leadership Efficiency Research 26

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. I like to have control over my work schedule and actually find I work better at home with intermittent meetings. The Research We’ve Ignored About Happiness at Work. Dan Pontefract.

Advertising 28

Advertising Agile Talent Interviews 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

New and emerging tools such as social media listening, user research, and journey mapping can be powerful enablers to guide CPGs digital transformation. The team was structured to operate like a startup, with a particular focus on user research, feedback, and a commitment to lean operations. Help Employees Embrace Agility.

Media 32

Media Fashion Agile Sales 32

LSA Global

JANUARY 3, 2023

To meet its long-term objectives, this fast growing Biotech client needed senior executives to better align overall strategies with individual and team priorities as measured by their ability to progress the R&D pipeline efficiently and consistently towards regulatory approvals and reimbursement for key therapies. Job Relevance.

Emotional Intelligence 7

Emotional Intelligence Efficiency Agile Talent 7

Epicflow

MAY 31, 2022

It’s important for aerospace engineering, as it can introduce agile engineering to a company. Finally, it gives aerospace organizations a competitive advantage and allows them to meet their customers’ needs to the full. . Challenge 2: Lack of digital talent . Let’s explore them in the next section. .

Engineering 19

Engineering Talent Data Productivity 19

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. They are also agile in course-correcting when the needs of the business change, and are more easily prepared to shift organizational resources to ensure that the strategy is executed.

Strategy 34

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Enterprise 34

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

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. How talent management is changing. Insight Center.

Leadership 28

Leadership Pharmaceuticals Agile Management 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 27, 2016

More than five decades of research point to the fact that resilience is built by attitudes, behaviors and social supports that can be adopted and cultivated by anyone. Here are some tips, based on some of the latest neuroscience, behavioral and organizational research: Exercise mindfulness.

Energy 34

Energy Agile Survey Training 34

Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2018

Nearly every business leader I meet fears being overcome by tech-savvy upstarts. Scalers iteratively experiment and tweak new ideas until they find product-market fit using methods like agile or lean. D-BASE/Getty Images. That fear drives their companies to invest millions into coming up with breakthrough innovations.

How To 28

How To Film Productivity Development 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2016

At a global chemical manufacturer, the IT function has a highly educated team of fewer than 20 statisticians, operations research professionals, and PhDs to develop advanced demand forecasting models, supply chain operational optimization, and raw materials for purchasing-decision support. Data and analytics embedded in IT.

Operations 28

Operations Chemicals Data Agile 28

Cheryl Cran

JULY 20, 2013

When we talk about leading change it means that leaders need to evolve new skills that include intuitive adaptability to situations and people, creative and evolutionary solutions and intense self-development to meet the ongoing demands of relentless change. Article Blog CEO Solutions Leadership Strategies'

Leadership 20

Leadership Agile Development Research 20

Cheryl Cran

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

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. In my research and focus groups on what makes a great leader it seems that the skills of what USED to constitute a great leader have not been upgraded.

Automotive 20

Automotive Leadership Fashion Survey 20

Cheryl Cran

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

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. In my research and focus groups on what makes a great leader it seems that the skills of what USED to constitute a great leader have not been upgraded.

Automotive 20

Automotive Leadership Fashion Survey 20

Harvard Business

APRIL 18, 2017

The ones that persisted are incredibly well-positioned today, having transformed their business processes and enabled a level of agility that competitors cannot easily mimic. Examples of these projects might be a voice interface to help pharmacists look up substitute drugs, or a tool to schedule internal meetings. Insight Center.

Insurance 29

Insurance Insurance Video Training 29

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. The best performing companies are often the best aligned. The answer should not be “the CEO” or “the Chairman” or the equivalent.

Company 28

Company Enterprise System Leadership 28

Cheryl Cran

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

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. In my research and focus groups on what makes a great leader it seems that the skills of what USED to constitute a great leader have not been upgraded.

Leadership 20

Leadership Automotive Fashion Survey 20

Cheryl Cran

JULY 9, 2013

When we talk about leading change it means that leaders need to evolve new skills that include intuitive adaptability to situations and people, creative and evolutionary solutions and intense self-development to meet the ongoing demands of relentless change.

Leadership 20

Leadership Development Agile Strategy 20

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 4, 2018

. “We live in a hyper-connected world, which means we are more at risk for negative social contagion than at any point in history,” says Shawn Achor, lecturer, researcher, and author of The Happiness Advantage. “People often go on about their ‘have-to’ goals — as in ‘I have to go to this meeting.’

How To 31

How To Construction Case Study Case Studies 31

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.

Industry 52

Industry Automotive Pharmaceuticals Management 52