Organizational Talent Consulting

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Studies show that 85% of executive leadership teams spend less than one hour a month discussing strategy, and up to 95% of employees are unaware of or do not understand their organization's strategy. In reality, some leaders don't know how to lead strategically, and some company cultures reward leaders for saving the day.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 26, 2016

She also used them to scout for talent, keeping an eye out for young managers ready to move into more-senior positions and perhaps transfer to headquarters. Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. “So what?

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Organizational Talent Consulting

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Several clients have been surprised to learn that I hated reading and writing at the beginning of my strategic leadership doctorate. Also, being exclusive can reinforce a toxic culture that values certain groups or organizational levels within a company over others. Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.”

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 31, 2018

Developing a diverse leadership pipeline can benefit companies in all sectors. And yet black women’s advancement into leadership roles has remained stagnant , even as the number of them in professional and managerial roles has increased. What made their ascent possible? How did (or didn’t) managers play a role?

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 16, 2018

While the group liked getting together and engaging in some joint activities — such as goal setting, best-practice sharing, and talent development — people often wondered why they were in the room. In Nicolas’s case, it was the former. Talent Developers: attract, assess, develop, and retain talent.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

You’ve done your research and know the ins and outs of the company’s public profile, but how can you assess cultural fit — and if you’d actually be happy working there? “If you identify talented, motivated people who have been there a long time, that is a very good signal.” What the Experts Say.

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BCG

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Bush had to make do with a leadership team in the Department of the Treasury that was missing many key players, including assistant secretaries, under secretaries, and the chief legal counsel. Fourth, design a sound strategy for managing change and forming the right culture. Article Monday, September 26, 2016.

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LSA Global

JUNE 18, 2020

Combine that with the sobering fact that buyers report that over three-quarters of solution sellers do not clearly understand their key issues, are unclear how they can add meaningful value, and are not well prepared to answer questions or to share relevant case studies to substantiate what sets them apart.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Innovative companies have innovative cultures. Think of Google, or of how GE has sustained an innovation culture that goes back to its founding father, Thomas Edison. As mysterious as it can sound, creating a culture of innovation isn’t rocket science. Create Customer Sightlines. Provide “Worthless” Rewards.

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Brimstone Consulting

MARCH 29, 2022

CASE STUDY. Further, the organization had not invested in leadership development nor was there a common leadership language. Following the assessment, Brimstone began by working with the leadership team to develop a comprehensive strategy. Agile strategy leads to 220% increase in revenue.

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Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 7, 2022

CASE STUDY. Strategy and Leadership Team Alignment energizes an organization and increases the stock price by 170%. The CEO immediately recognized the need to improve the culture and reenergize the organization. The CEO immediately recognized the need to improve the culture and reenergize the organization.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2016

As a manager, you’re always on the lookout for the next generation of talent in your organization. “What you’re looking for is behavioral evidence that this person has the potential and talents to manage.” How do you judge his skills and experience? What’s the best way to measure his potential?

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Harvard Business

MARCH 29, 2017

For example, deluded leaders may come across as charismatic and talented, but their overconfidence puts their followers at risk in the long run. Create a Culture Where Difficult Conversations Aren’t So Hard. Although leadership talent is normally distributed, 80% of people think they are better-than-average leaders.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 10, 2017

In my experience — consulting on gender with hundreds of companies — this is rarely the case. Leadership teams are usually not aligned on gender issues and objectives. It takes deft leadership skilled at understanding both the rational and emotional issues involved — for everyone. This is a key leadership task.

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Harvard Business

MAY 20, 2016

An office environment reflects and reinforces a business’s core values, through the placement of different teams and functions and design elements that reflect culture, brand, and values. To illustrate how this all plays out on a larger scale in real companies, here are two mini case studies from businesses we’ve worked with.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 30, 2017

Having a supremely talented employee on your team is a boss’s dream. The antidote to this problem is “ classic talent development ,” Shapiro says. ” If a formal promotion is not possible, or your employee is not quite ready for one , think creatively about ways to sharpen her leadership skills.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 28, 2017

Through a study of AI that included a survey of 3,073 executives and 160 case studies across 14 sectors and 10 countries, and through a separate digital research program , we have identified 10 key insights CEOs need to know to embark on a successful AI journey.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 15, 2017

When freelancing is your primary source of income, you have to be meticulous and organized about keeping your books, according to Jon Younger, the founder of the Agile Talent Collaborative , a non-profit research organization and the coauthor of Agile Talent. “Ask about the corporate culture,” she says.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2016

In some ways, managing managers is similar to managing anyone else — you need to align their goals with yours, provide feedback, and help them advance their careers, says Sydney Finkelstein, professor at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business and author of Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Manage the Flow of Talent.

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Harvard Business

JULY 15, 2016

When a bright, talented employee is eager to move up but isn’t quite equipped to do so, one of the most powerful things you can say is, “‘I believe in you’ — if you genuinely mean it, of course,” Weintraub says. Be frank that the person lacks certain leadership qualities, for example.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 24, 2017

Reporting to an indecisive boss is an unquestionably “challenging and frustrating situation,” says Sydney Finkelstein, the Director of the Leadership Center at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and author of the book, Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Manage the Flow of Talent.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Research by Alexander Czopp, the director of the Center for Cross-Cultural Research at Western Washington University, and his colleagues show that there is a “discrepancy between what people predict they would do and what they actually do.” Case Study #1: Focus on your reaction. Case Study #2: Don’t accuse.

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Harvard Business

JULY 29, 2016

If, for instance, you want to assess the candidate’s leadership skills, talk to former subordinates; for questions about the candidate’s strategic orientation, talk to former bosses. But what you learn will help you get a sense for whether the candidate is “a cultural fit” for your organization.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Edelman estimates that one in three employees doesn’t trust their employer — despite the fact that billions are spent every year on leadership development. Part of the problem: Our primary method of developing leaders is antithetical to the type of leadership we need. How talent management is changing.

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Harvard Business

JULY 21, 2017

Fostering corporate cultures which make half your employees feel somewhere between unengaged and unsafe is becoming risky and unsustainable. Most companies now have more gender-balanced talent pools, especially at the early-to-mid-career levels, and are looking for ways to make sure progress continues at the mid-to-upper levels.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Many are investing heavily in hiring talent with data skills and building out data proficiency across the organization. Since this is first and foremost the responsibility of leadership, early executive buy-in on becoming a more data-driven company is paramount. Insight Center. Scaling Your Team’s Data Skills.

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Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

We recently completed a study for the CEO of a very well known, global sports-apparel brand company. He wanted to challenge his team, as part of the strategic talent review process, to think about whether or not the company’s organizational architecture was suited to its growth plan to double in size. Learning from Big Companies.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

The conference’s agenda involves keynotes, presentations, case studies, and interviews with leading pharma experts dealing with project portfolio management. The program of the symposium includes case studies, lessons learned, academic research, actionable tips, and more.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 23, 2018

But that’s more a leadership challenge than a technical issue. The harder question is: Who’s going to “own” this digital coevolution of talent and technology, and sustainably steer it to success? But as data and smarter algorithms proliferate enterprise-wide, how sustainable will that be?

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