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Leaders Who Get Change Right Know How to Listen

Harvard Business

What she learned informed her strategy for the turnaround, which she then communicated through a series of town halls, roundtables, and memos. ” And she restored the company’s profitability — the turnaround was a success. “The response was overwhelming,” Mulcahy said. “Defection slowed to a trickle.

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Organizations Can’t Change If Leaders Can’t Change with Them

Harvard Business

The pattern is clear, and diligent leaders often devote countless resources to planning out the perfect change management initiative. ” This reflects an endemic lack of self-awareness in leadership, and the costs are significant. We later discovered that her impatience was symptomatic of deeper issues.

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Your Organization Wastes Time. Here’s How to Fix It.

Harvard Business

Recent analysis by Bain found that the biggest biopharma value creators are category leaders, and those that combine their category leadership with portfolio focus within their categories deliver annual total shareholder returns more than twice those of companies that are diversified followers. But that drags down shareholder returns.

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A Transformation Is Underway at U.S. Veterans Affairs. We Got an Inside Look.

Harvard Business

Obama nominated Robert McDonald , an Army veteran and experienced executive who had honed his leadership skills during a 33-year career at Proctor and Gamble, to attempt the difficult turnaround. “I’ve changed 14 of the top 17 leaders of VA in two and a half years. Could the organization turn itself around?

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Research: How the Best School Leaders Create Enduring Change

Harvard Business

As a school leader sets off on this journey, how do they know what to do, when to do it, who to listen to, and how to manage critics along the way? Our study of the actions and impact of 411 leaders of UK academies found that only 62 of them managed their turnaround successfully and sustainably transformed their school.