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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. Leaders should take notes, spot trends, correct course.

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

Harvard Business

By attacking the root causes of organizational drag, companies can eliminate unnecessary work, reenergize the workforce and, at the same time, put the business on a better course. While the former approach is friendlier from a change management perspective, we usually find that it leads to only incremental change.

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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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