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Change Management Is Becoming Increasingly Data-Driven. Companies Aren’t Ready

Harvard Business

Data science is becoming a reality for change management, and although it may not have arrived yet, it is time for organizations to get ready. The companies best positioned to change in the next decade will be the ones that set themselves up well now, by collecting the right kind of data and investing in their analytics capacity.

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Mergers & Acquisitions: The Importance of Creating a Shared Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

This article explains the role of culture in M&As, cross-cultural issues, and the proven practices of creating a shared culture intentionally. UNDERSTANDING THE LOCAL CULTURAL CONTEXT Today many industries and organizations operate on a global scale. HOW TO READ THIS WHITE PAPER This white paper has five sections.

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Are You A Future-Ready Leader?

Organizational Talent Consulting

It is when leaders use facts extracted from data and metrics to guide business decisions that support business goals rather than relying on experience, intuition, and stories alone. Using data enables organizations to optimize operations leading to reduced costs and increased revenue.

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4 Steps to Sustaining Improvement in Health Care

Harvard Business

Many leaders think “frontline manager” and turn to the administrative manager, the patient care director, or unit supervisor. Charge nurses and others in similar roles are the leaders responsible for immediate process management before, during, and after shifts.

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What You Can Do to Improve Ethics at Your Company

Harvard Business

Based on this study and our collective experience of working with thousands of business leaders, there are a number of obstacles and contradictions we see most often impact the ability to act ethically: Business transformation programs and change management initiatives. Cross-cultural differences. Creating an Ethical Workplace.

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How Cloud Computing Is Changing Management

Harvard Business

Theories and practices of management often spring from the opportunities created by new technologies. The complex calculations of the field known as Operations Research were enabled by mainframe computing. What does it allow us to do differently, and how will that change the way we do things in the future?

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How Women of Color Get to Senior Management

Harvard Business

They were employed in midlevel to upper-midlevel management positions in strategy, finance, marketing, legal, operations, and technology functions. Each had been employed for at least two years and had aspirations to move into executive management or senior leadership.