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Why Your Employees Aren't Committed to Your Company Strategy

Organizational Talent Consulting

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality” — William Bennis In this short video, Gary Hamel discusses why leaders must shift their roles from authors to editors and why traditional strategic planning must die. The following video breaks down the difference between strategic planning and strategic thinking. Hughes, R.

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How HR Can Become Agile (and Why It Needs To)

Harvard Business

If software has eaten the world, then agile has eaten the software world. And there is no shortage of information and advice on how agile should be implemented in your tech organization. For example, a Google search for “agile software development” returns over 14 million results. Related Video.

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4 Ways to Improve Your Leadership Communication Effectiveness

Organizational Talent Consulting

Cultivate Your Cultural Agility. Cultural agility is vital because, with over 60 global society cultures identified and numerous variations in regions within the national cultures, it is virtually impossible to be experienced in every situation. I experienced the importance of cultural agility early in my career. Tell Stories.

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The Amazon–Whole Foods Deal Means Every Other Retailer’s Three-Year Plan Is Obsolete

Harvard Business

When Amazon announced last week that it will acquire Whole Foods Market, a grocery chain with over 450 retail stores and deep industry talent, for $13.7 That means retailers must learn to compete head-on with Amazon in two fundamental capabilities: agile innovation and expense management. Agile innovation teams are small.

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5 Ways to Help Employees Keep Up with Digital Transformation

Harvard Business

“I’m constantly using and testing new platforms — live video, posts on Facebook, Instagram stories, and more. Help Employees Embrace Agility. Agility is key to success when undertaking digital transformations. “Personal experience makes me a more effective marketer.”

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The First Wave of Corporate AI Is Doomed to Fail

Harvard Business

A few years later they were caught napping when online upstarts disrupted industries such as music, travel, news, and video, while transforming scores of others. 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.

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How My Company Created an Apprenticeship Program to Help Diversify Tech

Harvard Business

To address some of these issues, my company decided to create a pilot apprenticeship program to create and grow a sustainable diverse talent pipeline separate from that of college graduates. However, if you invest in creating talent, these same costs would only amount to $723k.

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