LSA Global

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Going From Colleague to Boss Creates Common New Manager Challenges Not surprisingly, most new managers struggle to make the transition from the role of individual contributor to the role of people leader. 98% of new people managers feel they would benefit from new manager training. Sadly, many are inadequately prepared.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 25, 2022

The Impact of Great Sales Managers Companies that focus simply on the skills of their sales reps and neglect to provide targeted sales management training for sales leaders overlook a critical leverage point to increase sales performance. So, What Makes a Great Sales Manager?

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 29, 2020

In the past you operated in a compensation model where you do work and then get paid. Now you're operating in a return on investment model where you invest your money, time and talents in your business with the expectation of a return. Sure they may ask for a training program to develop their leadership talent.

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LSA Global

MARCH 22, 2017

The research around talent management has uncovered some surprises. We had thought that the best performing companies had the most star talent. Instead of spreading them equally across the organization, Bain found they focused them in the most critical business operations…the functions most crucial to business success.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 30, 2019

The Manager Employee Retention Myth about Managers’ Importance. We’ve all heard it – the claim that disengaged employees leave managers, not organizations. Our Best Places to Work research points to two other factors that have a greater influence on employees’ leaving than the influence of poor managers.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

“Change” Has Changed Over three-quarters of CEOs acknowledge that their organizations need reinvention to compete for customers and talent. In a business context, change now must involve all facets of the business, be well coordinated, happen fast, and effectively manage the human side of change.

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Brimstone Consulting

MARCH 12, 2020

Brimstone worked side-by-side with an early-stage consumer goods organization to pursue its vision, build a strategic plan, develop roles and operating mechanisms, and to drive sustainable growth at a challenging inflection point. Revenue increased by 34 times. During the engagement, the organization increased revenue by 34 times.

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Brimstone Consulting

MARCH 27, 2023

One of the leaders, the head of the organization’s US-based Operations Group, had been identified as a candidate for coaching by his manager. To support the leader and show he was a valuable member of the organization, the manager asked if he would be interested in a six-month coaching engagement.

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Nash Consulting

MAY 21, 2024

We have to facilitate acceptance of the change by managing with mind and heart. Whether it’s how you evaluate performance, reward effort, or promote talent, every system should reinforce the change. By the way, you should download our free e-book on having effective meetings.) This all starts with a clear vision.

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LSA Global

MARCH 7, 2024

Smart acquisitions can provide immediate access to valuable new products, technologies, talent, intellectual property, clients, and geographies. Successful culture integration requires the same thoughtful due diligence that is applied to the legal, financial, technological, and operational aspects of the deal.

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LSA Global

APRIL 15, 2019

What Are the Manager Roles to Master? For almost three decades we have asked employees to describe their best and worst bosses to help determine what sets a great manager apart from the pack. In short, the best managers create the right environment – the strategy and the culture – to set their team up for success.

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Brimstone Consulting

APRIL 4, 2023

Recently, Bob had hit a ‘slump,’ a period of several months where he had missed some significant deadlines and had shared with his manager that he was feeling a ‘bit lost’ in his most recent role. Operating out of fear of being fired or on sheer adrenaline is unsustainable.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

While you may not directly use the 7 S Model in the consulting case interview, it will give you a deeper understanding of how to examine the inner workings of an organisation, identify strengths and sources of competitive advantage, as well as weaknesses and reasons why an organisation may not be operating effectively.

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LSA Global

JUNE 2, 2023

Whether you face an unexpected threat from competition, a disruption in technology, economic headwinds, or talent drain, your strategy needs to be regularly evaluated. To succeed, leadership teams need to test their strategy to ensure it makes sense within the overall market, culture, competitor, and talent realities.

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LSA Global

APRIL 20, 2023

But data from our change management simulation combined with over forty years of change management consulting has revealed four key culture levers that organizations can use to powerfully affect, support, and anchor real culture change. Are you explicitly linking your talent management strategy with your business strategy and culture?

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LSA Global

MARCH 20, 2020

Although the practice is mostly extinct in sports, many companies today expect their managers – especially their first-level managers – to be an effective player-coach at work. The Top Challenge for People Managers. Over the decades, we have asked thousands of people managers to list their biggest challenges.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 2, 2017

Consultants can provide management with the expertise needed to address specific business problems. Consultants can assist management by providing independent advice. Consultants can assist management by supporting organisational change. Below we outline five (5) reasons why organisations engage consulting firms. Turnarounds.

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LSA Global

JULY 30, 2022

When leaders build a more effective work team, they harness the talent, enthusiasm, and commitment of their people and enable everyone to row in the same direction in a way that makes sense. The Talent – The Right People in the Right Seats In the final analysis, a well-functioning team is made up of individuals.

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LSA Global

JUNE 15, 2017

New manager training focuses primarily on helping new managers navigate their own careers successfully. But we maintain that it is critical that new managers also pay close and regular attention to the careers of their individual team members. Why Employee Engagement Matters to New Managers. Here is why…. The Bottom Line.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 14, 2020

Finding top talent, even when the job market is not tight, is not easy. Even though companies count on new hires to make their growth plans happen, there never seems to be a deep enough or wide enough talent pipeline. And leadership teams may not be operating in an easily detectable aligned or healthy manner.

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LSA Global

JULY 5, 2023

Having an aligned risk culture means that your organization consistently and explicitly: Recognizes and Discusses Risk In an aligned risk culture, everyone understands the desired approach to risk, takes personal responsibility to manage risk accordingly, and encourages others to do the same in terms of actions, behaviors, attitudes, and decisions.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 24, 2017

Organizations that strive to stay successful and competitive into the future must carefully consider how they manage top talent in a world that is increasingly dependent on technology. Companies need to recognize that their competitive edge will depend on the quality of their human talent. Leaders and Managers Are in Sync.

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LSA Global

MARCH 8, 2023

If your employees work on multiple teams and report to multiple managers (directly or indirectly), you are working in a matrixed work environment. workers, Gallup reported that almost two-thirds of employees operate on matrixed teams. How is your organization structured? In a recent study of over 14,000 U.S.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Most companies take it for granted that their top leaders can operationally handle the day-to-day leadership pressures required to meet short-term targets, establish a high performance culture to engage and retain top talent, and simultaneously be masters of their area of expertise. But the key is that they don’t do all this on their own.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

companies can’t fill their open positions, according to a McKinsey Global Institute study that found that analytical, engineering, and management roles are the hardest to fill. But making the most of flexible talent-access platforms is not as simple as adding a solution into an existing organization.

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LSA Global

JUNE 15, 2017

In our twenty-five years of culture change and change management consulting we have learned that a clear business strategy must come first. But your workforce growth strategy will likely not survive or succeed if you do not have your talent and your corporate culture aligned with your overall talent management plan for the future.

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LSA Global

APRIL 9, 2021

Do Not Underestimate the Power of Simulation-Based Learning Simulation-based learning operates on the principle that you cannot learn to swim by just reading a book. Victims, passengers, and patients are protected from unnecessary risks while learners build the knowledge, skills, and attitudes they will need to operate successfully.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

While it can be helpful in certain situations to take immediate and concrete action, double-loop learning strives to address the underlying causes by incorporating feedback and thinking about actions and operating assumptions. In general, the more complex or systemic the problem, the more valuable experiential learning becomes.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

These questions plague all of us who are in talent management. HR/People Operations employees are 37% more likely to leave than average. Do what you can to engage your employees so you can retain your top talent. Who Is Leaving? We need answers to who is leaving and why. What Does This Mean?

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LSA Global

MARCH 16, 2018

During change, operational approaches, decision making boundaries, social norms, risk tolerance levels, go-to-market approaches and beliefs about customer and employee centricity can weaken or become misaligned. Employee attrition of top talent increases. Top companies know that different talent contributes different levels of value.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2017

Organizations waste too much time - see how Bain helps them manage it like money in this 10-minute video slide deck. To download a customizable version, visit the Visual Library. redesign the operating model. Redesign the Operating Model. Related Video. Your Scarcest Resource. reset the budgets.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Whether it is learning new sales skills faster to sell new solutions to executive buyers or learning new management skills to lead a team for the first time, the ability to learn and apply new skills quickly can make or break a strategy. How You Practice Matters. The Bottom Line.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 21, 2018

High growth helps set the stage to dominate market segments, to win big clients, to make strategic investments and to provide opportunities to attract and retain top talent. How can we keep our top talent engaged and reduce the stress as greater demands are made of them? Most companies want to rapidly grow revenues and profits.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 8, 2019

Their abilities are a near perfect match for their job function; they are a seamless fit for the culture in which they operate; and they are in a position to make a significant positive difference. Your mission to build a high performing team requires that you develop your talent in the best way to meet your short- and long-term goals.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 8, 2019

Their abilities are a near perfect match for their job function; they are a seamless fit for the culture in which they operate; and they are in a position to make a significant positive difference. Your mission to build a high performing team requires that you develop your talent in the best way to meet your short- and long-term goals.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 20, 2018

An organization must be healthy enough to set the stage for high performance; but health alone will not set you apart from your peers in terms of business results or talent management. Performance Management – The next ingredient in creating a high performance culture is your performance environment. The Bottom Line.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Our advice is to do what you can that makes sense for your unique workplace culture and talent management strategy. Here are eight ideas from a recent client who asked their employees to identify “free employee engagement activities” to help make their company a great place to work without negatively impacting operating income.

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