Organizational Talent Consulting

APRIL 11, 2022

A lot of businesses are experiencing a leadership shortage. CEOs need a strong leadership pipeline to thrive, but it's not easy to build. In fact, perceptions of leadership effectiveness and readiness often differ between executives and the frontline. Leadership development investments don't have to be a big gamble.

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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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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 11, 2016

SIMON-KUCHER & PARTNERS INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. Though the firm’s background is exclusively in pricing, in more recent years it has been breaking into other practice areas such as strategy, marketing, and sales. Simon-Kucher is not a publicly traded company, and has a very unique leadership structure. Construction.

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Brimstone Consulting

MARCH 29, 2022

The CEO of a family-owned construction company recognized that an outside, objective perspective would be valuable to the future and growth of the company. Further, the organization had not invested in leadership development nor was there a common leadership language. CASE STUDY. Agile strategy leads to 220% increase in revenue.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

No leader or company culture is perfect, but when do you take action or walk away? Solution vs. Problem: Next, you want to ensure a constructive solution. Battle #1: Toxic Culture Company culture is the one thing that influences every aspect of a business. Sadly, the effects of a toxic culture extend beyond the workplace.

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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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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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Rick Conlow

JANUARY 31, 2022

Leadership worldwide is in crisis mode and trust is broken. In all areas of life, leadership distrust has hit rock bottom. In the business arena leadership failures abound. Unengaged employees are less productive and lose companies billions of dollars in lost sales, poor customer service and inferior quality.

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Rick Conlow

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

However, these comments are also a wakeup call for a manager to improve his or her team leadership skills. I learned a valuable lesson about the lack of team leadership. A few people were hurt, team cooperation suffered and so did sales. We worked through it by applyinng constructive confrontations skills. Guess what?

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Sometimes Small Culture Changes Can Deliver Big Results. For many leaders, changing culture can be a confusing and daunting task. Smart culture change agents understand that identifying the few critical behaviors that will have the greatest impact on moving the business forward is often the most effective place to start.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. Dispute, litigation and investigations services for construction industry. Construction. However, US-based clients still account for the vast majority (around 75%) of sales. Leadership Forums. FTI CONSULTING CULTURE. Litigation technology. Intellectual property.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 6, 2023

Our strategic planning services offer guidance on how a strategic planning facilitator can provide support in constructing an effective strategic plan that ensures your strategy is communicated and implemented across your entire organization. When it comes to tracking your strategic goals, it's crucial to focus on the data that matters.

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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

OCTOBER 2, 2018

and scale up after its recent declines in sales and market share. 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.

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Nash Consulting

MAY 21, 2024

It not only reflects a significant loss in ROI from training investments but creates a “flavor of the year” culture, where people learn to hold their breath and wait for the new change to eventually and inevitably go away. And we become a culture of resistance. This all starts with a clear vision.

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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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Rick Conlow

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As a result performance, sales, customer service and quality suffers. Too many company cultures are toxic. When you do the actions described above collaboratively and constructive, you send a powerfully positive message. In summary, coaching is the secret sauce of leadership success. Can you relate to this?

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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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Harvard Business

MARCH 2, 2018

But our recent research found that this style of leadership works best in motivating certain types of performance and certain types of employees. But we found that when empowering leadership is also about mentoring and supporting employee development, this can create a trusting relationship.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 2, 2016

I view machine learning as any data-driven approach to explanations, classifications, and predictions that uses automation to construct a model. The computer constructing the model “learns” during the construction process what model best fits the data. Modern Analytics uses fewer than 2.5

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Martinka Consulting

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

A common component in constructing a better life is increased personal income. It is common for IBA clients to receive 6, 7, & 8 figure sale prices for their privately held companies and family owned businesses, a great nest egg for estate planning or retirement. Investment. Lack of Alternatives.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Uniform sales tax? Steen Jakobsen on 3rd Plenum Growth 3rd Plenum historically means SIGNIFICANTLY lower growth. They are increasing security and control at all levels. Do not forget the simple math of China. The local governments have 80% of all expenditure & expenses, but only 40% of tax receipts.

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Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Self-described “recovering consultant” Blair Enns is the CEO of Win Without Pitching, a sales training organization for creative professionals in the design, advertising, and public relations fields. It’s a sales training organization to creative professionals. Thank you, Michael. It’s a pleasure to be here. I love being a consultant.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 23, 2017

” People in industries as different as commercial real estate, pharma, biotech startups, hedge funds, and public school districts worried about how to transform a competitive, star-driven culture into a collaborative one when they had no power to juggle financial rewards and no influence over promotion decisions.

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Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

The company grew through brilliant marketing, brand acquisitions, innovation and a decentralized geographic set of business units that helped create an entrepreneurial culture out in the markets. As senior leadership peeled back the organizational onion, a clear case for change emerged in 2013. 4: Build Capabilities for the Future.

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Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2017

In many functional areas, such as plant maintenance, purchasing, sales calls, or accounting, more traditional structures and processes likely will deliver lower cost, more repeatable outcomes and more scalable organizations. Senior leadership teams that embrace agile do a few things differently. Systematic Inc.,

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JUNE 28, 2010

Development, on the other hand is a constructive conspiracy. Boundary management means the protection and support of a differentiated development culture and the managed change of this culture when appropriate. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Leadership. Business Communications. Business Planning.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MAY 27, 2010

This joint inquiry results in a vision, a sense of what the leadership feels it needs to do. As the leadership group starts to involve others, the focus shifts to: Evolving the Intervention Strategy. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Leadership. Learning It By Doing It. There is no going back from that.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 5, 2012

Guest post from John Scherer, Co-Director of Scherer Leadership International , and Billie Alban, President of Alban & Williams, Ltd. See Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs and Steel for a fascinating exploration of the rise of civilization and the changing role of leadership.). Introduction to this Blog Series. Organization Development.

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Confessions of a Consultant

OCTOBER 1, 2017

To survive, they require significant support including rewards that reinforce teamwork, an effective meeting/communications structure and a supportive culture. 6th Commandment: People will embrace change if they construct it. In the USA, Dwight Eisenhower used to demonstrate the art of leadership with a piece of string.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

I’ve spent years thinking and writing about one of the great mysteries of leadership and change: Why is it that the people and organizations with the most experience, knowledge, and resources in a particular field are often the last ones to see and seize opportunities for something dramatically new?

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Seth Godin Blog

JULY 10, 2014

Lucky for me, the world cooperated and our entire culture shifted from one based on long-term affilitations (you know, ''jobs'') to projects. Followed by 900 rejections in a row, 30 projects dead, including The Fortune Cookie Construction Set and How to Hypnotize Your Friends and Make Them Act Like Chickens. I''m glad Mark filmed it.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2016

How do they stand up to pressure from peers or the expectations of outmoded organizational cultures? Generally, we saw that “male champions” have learned that gender inclusiveness means involving both men and women in advancing women’s leadership. practicing other-focused leadership, not self-focused leadership.

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Harvard Business

MAY 3, 2016

An outside-in perspective means that companies aim to creatively deliver something of value to customers, rather than focus simply on products and sales. To learn more about how Harvard Business School can help you prepare for the challenges of global leadership, visit the program website. “It doesn’t happen overnight.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2017

However, for medium complexity jobs, such as trainers or first line sales managers, that difference grows to 85-100%, and for highly complex jobs, such as senior leadership roles, the contribution of top performers is more than double that of the average performer.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 29, 2017

In a business setting, you might ask a prospective mentee to prepare a presentation in their area of expertise, or join you on a sales call or at a strategy offsite and write up their observations. They should expect and welcome constructive criticism.

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