LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Strategic Leadership Competencies – Strategic vs. Operational Leadership. Strategic leaders need a different set of skills from those of operational leaders. Do your leaders encourage collaboration, constructive debate, alternative viewpoints , and delight in examining and testing different scenarios ?

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Rick Conlow

MAY 31, 2023

Our assessment identified a silo mentality throughout the organization and minimal leadership development or training. We addressed the issues with new communication channels, customer service and quality initiatives, on-going quality leadership training for all leaders (executives, too), and team development applications.

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Rick Conlow

JUNE 19, 2023

Bottom-line, companies with people-first culture led by Servant Leadership principles outperform their competitors. They need to adapt their leadership styles, communication strategies, and performance evaluation methods to accommodate remote work. And, of course, management commitment and skills in supporting remote work.

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Halo Psych

MARCH 23, 2023

Contextual resilience – understanding the overall framework in which the resilient organisation must operate. For example, local government operates in a wider framework involving others, such as Central Government. An empowering leadership style is one where trust is placed in the team members. Why is resilience so important?

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Harvard Business

MAY 6, 2016

Although the core ingredients of leadership are universal (good judgment, integrity, and people skills), the full recipe for successful leadership requires culture-specific condiments. Depending on the cultural context, your typical style and behavioral tendencies may be an asset or a weakness. What makes a great leader?

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. Dispute, litigation and investigations services for construction industry. They did much of the work piecing together Mr. Madoff’s money trail and just recently flew over to Puerto Rico for the Puerto Rico Government, who hired FTI to improve operations of utilities and highway units (2014).

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The two companies may have seen value in capitalizing on each other’s strengths, but they failed to investigate their cultural compatibility beforehand. When tight and loose cultures merge, there is a good chance that they will clash. Tight company cultures value consistency and routine. Loose cultures are much more fluid.

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Kates Kesler

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

long term vs short term investments, M&A activity, enterprise vs operating unit accountability). Alternatively, the large automotive company previously referenced needed a different construct. The matrix is designed to bring forth the voices that need to influence key enterprise trade-off decisions (e.g.,

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Consulting Matters

DECEMBER 16, 2022

One thing I have learned over my almost 30-plus years of consulting – while there are executive unicorns who will share your idealistic visions of a balanced approach to leadership, like Mark Johnson (in episode 42) or former Disney COO Jim MacPhee (in episode 40), the majority won't. All three create the culture and work environment.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 14, 2022

The truth is, there are many reasons employees become less likely to provide constructive feedback as you move up in an organization. Developing good habits for getting constructive feedback improves your ability to grow your career and business. When Leaders Overestimate Leadership Effectiveness. Ken Blanchard.

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LSA Global

MAY 11, 2023

Why an Organizational Structure Designed to Promote Employee Engagement Matters Findings from our organizational culture assessment tell us that most employees feel like their companies are in a constant state of organizational flux driven by the accelerating pace of organizational change and never-ending industry disruption.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 6, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans. This requires effective communication and collaboration across all levels of the organization, from your senior leadership team to front-line workers.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2017

Culture is like the wind. For organizations seeking to become more adaptive and innovative, culture change is often the most challenging part of the transformation. But culture change can’t be achieved through top-down mandate. His leadership team began with a search for purpose.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Many organizations today are wondering how to get into machine learning, and what it means for their existing analytics operation. I view machine learning as any data-driven approach to explanations, classifications, and predictions that uses automation to construct a model.

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Harvard Business

MAY 1, 2018

The consequences can be farther reaching than most leadership teams realize. At their best, leadership teams synchronize their organizations into cohesive powerhouses. In my 30 years of working with leadership teams, these are three habits that I’ve seen have the most negative influence over a company.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

.” But did you know that this idea can be your key to establishing the thriving organizational culture you desire? While corporate culture is often defined as the shared values and beliefs of the people who make up an organization, leaders sometimes overlook how that culture is effectively communicated through behavior and actions.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 2, 2017

McKinsey is still well-networked in the region, and doing substantial work in sectors including: banking, industrials, telecoms, energy, real estate, construction, health care, and diversified conglomerates. McKinsey works relentlessly towards promoting gender diversity in the Gulf, and empowers their women in leadership. Deloitte M.E

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 15, 2022

For example, after my team created the 5-year strategy, which involved downsizing certain business units and investing in certain others, we hired a managed consulting firm to validate our findings, pressure-test our thinking, and communicate this to the executive leadership team to avoid any political blowback. Profit and Loss Ownership.

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Effective Managers

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

When managing remote staff, it is important to engage the team and maintain a sense of wellbeing by creating an accountability culture. We need to learn new strategies for ensuring transparency and building trust through remote communication, to which an accountability culture is key. Communication is Vital. Lead With Accountability.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Redwood Shores, CA – LSA Global, the leading business consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps fast growth life science, technology, and service companies by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with strategy, today announced results for a Biotech Leadership Influence Workshop. Job Relevance 96.3% Job Relevance 96.3%

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LSA Global

APRIL 15, 2024

And sales leadership simulation assessment data tells us that too many sales leaders struggle with the ability to select strategic sales priorities that add significant value and create a competitive advantage. Developing an effective sales strategy requires a deep understanding of market dynamics and the ability to adapt to evolving trends.

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LSA Global

APRIL 15, 2024

And sales leadership simulation assessment data tells us that too many sales leaders struggle with the ability to select strategic sales priorities that add significant value and create a competitive advantage. Developing an effective sales strategy requires a deep understanding of market dynamics and the ability to adapt to evolving trends.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

If you want to really improve manager competence and confidence, we recommend you take a highly customized action learning leadership development approach. They create the psychological team safety required for trust, constructive debate, and accountability. Because we measured over 800 successful (e.g.,

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Because whether it’s coming from one person or many, it is probably an issue with your organization’s culture. Read More from Disney Institute: Disney Defines Its Corporate Culture by the Actions of its Leaders. How Disney Creates a Culture of Collaboration and Constructive Conflict. About Disney Institute.

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Harvard Business

JULY 30, 2018

But there are thorny cultural, strategic, political, and budget issues that must be confronted by CEOs and other leaders if they want to ensure that their organizations can be hospitable to — rather than hostile to — new ideas. To be constructive, we also asked about the things that foster innovation.)

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 30, 2016

In addition, Economics degrees are highly theoretical – which often doesn’t equate to the very specific, actionable and data-driven consulting culture. You’ll need a sexy minor, some unique leadership experience or a great summer internship to stand out. Now granted, not all engineering degrees are created equal.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Our organizational alignment research found that strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performance in terms of revenue growth, profitability, customer loyalty, leadership effectiveness, and employee engagement. Only then can you create an accountable culture and push for higher levels of performance.

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Martinka Consulting

JANUARY 18, 2019

Tom and Kevin shared their experiences and feelings as part of Tom selling off ownership and giving up control and Kevin investing in the company and taking over its leadership. The industries most conducive to a management buy-out (construction and professional services top the list. They were incredibly open.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Disney Defines Its Corporate Culture by the Actions of its Leaders. How Disney Creates a Culture of Collaboration and Constructive Conflict. In fact, Walt Disney once said, “You can dream, create, design, and build the most wonderful place in the world … but it requires people to make the dream a reality.”

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Since early 2015, when he began working with Sodexo’s executive committee as the global services firm’s chief transformation officer, Sunil Nayak has undergone his own leadership transformation. These four competencies are the basis for global leadership. ” Insight Center. Project Credibility.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JUNE 28, 2010

Development is hard pressed to interface with operations. Yet it is extremely important that this interface be workable because developments are not relevant until they find their way into operations. An operation is charted to preserve the status quo, the current thinking and methods. Operations are based in control.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Services include architecture, building engineering, construction services, design + planning, economics, energy and environmental services. Through its economics and planning service Arup focuses on creating sustainable, efficient and culturally-appropriate businesses and places. and has operations in more than 20 countries.

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Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2017

Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. Senior leadership teams that embrace agile do a few things differently. This takes time. Systematic Inc.,

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Read More from Disney Institute: Disney Defines Its Corporate Culture by the Actions of its Leaders. How Disney Creates a Culture of Collaboration and Constructive Conflict. How Disney Encourages Employees to Deliver Exceptional Customer Service.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

It’s tempting to think leadership also follows a continuum, one anchored by bad and great, with good somewhere in between. This deeply rooted belief reassures us that leadership follows a predictable pattern, and that through hard work and experience one can progress along the drawn line. Leadership is not one-dimensional.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Read More from Disney Institute: Disney Defines Its Corporate Culture by the Actions of its Leaders. How Disney Creates a Culture of Collaboration and Constructive Conflict. There’s a lot that goes into creating a positive workplace culture that inspires your employees to provide incredible customer service.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

And being the last to learn about key decisions can set your team back, and bring your leadership into question. Send the host of the meeting an email, saying you wanted to check in about the meeting in question (let’s call it the Operations Update meeting). I should have been invited!”

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