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PE Firms Are Creating a New Role: Leadership Capital Partner

Harvard Business

Making these shifts requires increased attention to organizational governance around three domains: talent, capability , and leadership. To focus that attention and transform the companies in their portfolios, PE firms are establishing a new role that we call a leadership capital partner (LCP).

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7 Critical Success Factors for Project Based Firms to Consider in 2024

Progressus

Does your culture enable problem-solving/exploration? Leadership Alignment Executive sponsorship ensures that the entire firm stays aligned and works together to achieve high-level goals. How long does it take to bring those solutions to market? Do process improvements support strategic objectives?

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How to Turn Around a Failing School

Harvard Business

This provided us with the rare opportunity to look at a large number of organizations which all: Are regulated, documented, and measured in the same way. Like any turnaround, there is no magic bullet — a series of remedial steps need to be taken. Do improve governance, leadership, and structures first. So what did we find?

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What to Do When You’re Returning to a Company You Used to Work For

Harvard Business

You might have “realized the culture was wonderful and you miss it.” “There will be aspects of the culture and processes that are familiar, but don’t be disappointed if what you come back to is different from what you remember.” Here are some ideas. Reintroduce yourself. ” Onboard.

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A Transformation Is Underway at U.S. Veterans Affairs. We Got an Inside Look.

Harvard Business

In the end, a combination of unattainable objectives, an environment that lacked transparency, and a culture where failure was not perceived to be a viable option, led some VA administrators and clinic staff to manipulate data to make it appear as though the wait time goal was being achieved. Could the organization turn itself around?

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