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Embracing Healthy Tensions in a Matrixed Organization

Kates Kesler

long term vs short term investments, M&A activity, enterprise vs operating unit accountability). While Netflix relies heavily on leadership behavioral expectations, the automotive company relies on documented protocols owned and overseen by a person or committee. 1 Networked, Scaled, and Agile.

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Chief Ecosystem Officer – Taking Customer Centricity to the Next Level

Kates Kesler

The company was structured around fully loaded product business units, each with its own Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, and Product Marketing. 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.

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Have you designed your change and project management capabilities?

Kates Kesler

Where do we need leadership and management? . Local (business unit and operational function) teams have embedded practitioners that know the work of the unit and can build local relationships. . How should we organize project and change management practitioners? . Performance is managed b y local leader s. .

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Using the Right Performance Metrics: Watch out for P&Ls

Kates Kesler

For example, one LOB is best suited to acquire a broad customer base, even if this means operating at a loss. Although the leadership team of this company is aligned on the new strategy, the P&L construct is serving as a powerful organization derailer.

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Could Your Business Use an Advisory Board?

IMC USA

Do you need a fresh perspective to help expand your operations? Advisory boards focus on "big picture” issues--such as compensation, market strategy, and succession planning--rather than day-to-day operational difficulties. As usual, the answer seems to lie in your company’s unique needs. Use the Pluses.

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Tele-Mentoring Is Creating Global Communities of Practice in Health Care

Harvard Business

Leadership begins with sharing a vision with many people in numerous communities from diverse walks of life. In fact, ECHO can be used to teach any nonphysical or knowledge-based skill, using its tele-mentoring, case-based method. I like to think of Project ECHO as an operating system, akin to Apple’s.

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Scaling Customer Service as Your Startup Grows

Harvard Business

Start a knowledge base. It’s time to dedicate a full-time person to building your knowledge base and providing customer education support. Consider hiring a “customer operations” person to focus on automation full-time. At this stage, you too will spend lots of time talking about operations.

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