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Love your Organizational Problems, not Just your Solutions

Kates Kesler

The late Elliott Jaques (1989) 2 created a useful framework for designing leadership work in large organizations.?One His belief was that the top leadership level of the company should have a decision horizon in years. One aspect of this multifaceted framework is managerial focus across time.

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Deep Dive into Customer Segmentation (Part 1 of 2)

Tom Spencer

Attitudes toward the brand, the way they use it, and their knowledge base are all examples of behavioral segmentation. For example, the leadership team might decide to focus on targeting segments with the best revenue retention. Collecting this type of data is similar to the way you would collect psychographic data.

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How To Get The Attention Of Top Executives: The “Sidestep” Method

Tsavo Neal

This post is a guest post written and submitted by Carl Friesen, founder of Thought Leadership Resources. Instead, they rely on a small army of advisors who provide specialized knowledge based on their qualifications, experience, and skills.

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Embracing Healthy Tensions in a Matrixed Organization

Kates Kesler

While Netflix relies heavily on leadership behavioral expectations, the automotive company relies on documented protocols owned and overseen by a person or committee. What is most important is thoughtful, intentional, and consistent management routines that make new leadership behaviors and outcomes possible.

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Have you designed your change and project management capabilities?

Kates Kesler

Where do we need leadership and management? . F lexible talent pool s, including contingent la bor and external partnerships , are used to quickly ramp up/down based on demand. . Leaders complete a change management leadership learning experience to build knowledge and advocacy skills on this new capability. . . .

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Chief Ecosystem Officer – Taking Customer Centricity to the Next Level

Kates Kesler

While such a role solves an integration challenge, it also creates potential complexity regarding boundaries and decision rights with existing, more traditional roles on the leadership team. We are closely following this story and other clients that are introducing new c-suite integrators. Jaclyn Kates. Kates Kesler, part of Accenture.

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Gallup Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

SRI’s expertise plays an important role in what is now Gallup Consulting because the merger actually expanded Gallup’s knowledge base and expertise, increasing its value to worldwide corporations and other organizations. . Leadership & Succession. Strengths-Based Development. Strengths-Based Selection.