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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. And that starts with identifying and “re-scripting” those operative narratives that might provoke unproductive behavior. Leaders should take notes, spot trends, correct course.

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

Harvard Business

Companies wind up in trouble and squander the time, talent, and energy of their workforce when they lose focus, spend money on things that don’t make a difference to employees or the future of the business, and use operating models that are out of whack. redesign the operating model. redesign the operating model.

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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. On July 30, 2014, exactly 13 months after retiring as P&G’s Chairman and CEO, McDonald was sworn in as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

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