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To Little, Too Late: Why many Diversity and Inclusion efforts fall short

Kates Kesler

JULY 24, 2020

When thinking about diversity and inclusion, organizations need to take a more holistic view of the organization; many organizations focus their efforts too narrowly on talent practices and do not consider the broader organization design. The focus on “fixing” a talent problem comes too late. Capabilities. Metrics and Rewards.

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To Little, Too Late: Why many Diversity and Inclusion efforts fall short

Kates Kesler

JULY 22, 2020

When thinking about diversity and inclusion, organizations need to take a more holistic view of the organization; many organizations focus their efforts too narrowly on talent practices and do not consider the broader organization design. The focus on “fixing” a talent problem comes too late. Capabilities. Metrics and Rewards.

Talent

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What is the Professional Services Industry All About?

Progressus

OCTOBER 27, 2023

They provide customized, knowledge-based services to their clients. And it’s those common links that inform tech investments, transformation strategies, and how firms respond to the disruptive forces that define the modern business landscape. That said, professional services firms have some important things in common.

Industry

Industry SMB Software Talent

So, you’ve built a new capability, but no one uses it! What gives?

Kates Kesler

JANUARY 18, 2022

She had hired top talent, built assets, and delivered high quality demonstration projects. Cari faces a common problem: An executive leadership team decides to build a capability critical to the company’s strategy and future success. But a year later they have little to show for it. Keep the complexity away from the client.

Enterprise

Enterprise Talent Accenture Energy

Organization Design for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Kates Kesler

JULY 6, 2020

And, the best way we have found to change an organizational system is to make the change a strategic objective, and then holistically consider how structures, management and decision processes, and talent and rewards practices reinforce behaviors. Does the strategy adequately represent employees, customers, and communities?

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Talent System Culture Meeting

Have you designed your change and project management capabilities?

Kates Kesler

MARCH 7, 2021

How do we acquire project and change management talent? . Talent is sourced centrally through a mix of external hiring and internal transfers. F lexible talent pool s, including contingent la bor and external partnerships , are used to quickly ramp up/down based on demand. . PEOPLE PRACTICES . .

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Management Enterprise Metrics Change Management

Start Slow, Finish Fast: Rightsizing Your Organization the Right Way

Kates Kesler

JULY 6, 2020

Consider these five factors: Customers Strategy and Organization Capabilities Operating Model Organization Shape Talent. Strategy and Capabilities. Many organizations have a compelling, inspirational strategy supported by organizational capabilities. However, once decisions are made, execute quickly to limit disruption.

Enterprise

Enterprise Talent Agile Exercises

The Central versus Decentral Dilemma: How the HR Practitioner can Facilitate a “Center-Led” Solution

Kates Kesler

APRIL 7, 2022

Work and decisions often become centralized at a corporate level for a variety of good reasons – to drive common strategy and policy, to consolidate work for efficiency and scale, to leverage scarce talent through centers of expertise. A common strategy is created by representatives of the network and is broadly communicated.

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Embracing Healthy Tensions in a Matrixed Organization

Kates Kesler

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

As a company strategy becomes more dynamic and ambitious, leaders will often shift to a matrixed organization model to help the business excel at doing more than one thing simultaneously. The matrix is designed to bring forth the voices that need to influence key enterprise trade-off decisions (e.g.,

Automotive

Automotive Enterprise Operations Agile

Tecchies vs Business minds - managing people in different departments

freshminds

JANUARY 20, 2016

Appreciate the differences between tech and strategy - What might seem like an easy thing to change from an aesthetic point of view on a website might not be so simple to change from the coding point of view. They need to take bold risks and their specific talents and knowledge bases must be given autonomy for the ideas to become reality.

Management

Management Talent Media Knowledge Base

Fireside Chat – Consulting Recruiting at Target and Non-Target Universities

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

However, you’ll grow your knowledge base much faster than most industry jobs. To stand out, some of my friends started clubs or side businesses; others spent time strengthening their musical or artistic talents. Jeff Zhang is an Associate at PwC working with the Deals Strategy / Strategy Consulting team.

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Chief Ecosystem Officer – Taking Customer Centricity to the Next Level

Kates Kesler

MAY 7, 2020

Customer centricity is defined here as creating unique product value propositions and strategies to deliver against unmet customer needs. Many of our clients are asking how to utilize organization design mechanisms to take customer centricity to the next level.

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The Startups Most Likely to Succeed Have Technical Founders Who Quickly Hire Businesspeople

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The importance of talented employees for a young firm’s success is undisputed, yet we know relatively little about how exactly employees contribute to a startup’s success. We suspect the costs of skill diversity are higher within the founding team, which has to agree on a joint strategy, than between founders and employees.

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Can African Tech Startups Succeed in a World Dominated by Facebook and Google?

Harvard Business

MARCH 6, 2018

The impact has been consequential: ICT is rapidly moving Africa toward knowledge-based economic structures and information societies, comprising networks of individuals, firms, and states that are linked electronically and in interdependent relationships. Major investors, typically from outside the U.S.,

Telecommunications

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The 5 Skills That Innovative Leaders Have in Common

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2016

This is a key talent challenge for most organizations, and a talent gap that needs to be closed, starting at the top – with the role of the CEO. Develop a multi-year strategy that includes steps for you and your staff to take in order to grow the business. Insight Center. The 21st-Century CEO. Sponsored by Cognizant.

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Development Leadership Trends Study

Why Should Business Leaders Worry about Health and Education?

Henman Performance Executive

JULY 11, 2011

Benjamin Freakly, “Our nation faces critical challenges that threaten our ability to produce the healthy, highly educated and skilled workforce essential to remain competitive in a knowledge-based global economy.”. Talent Management. Coaching and Mentoring. Communication. Corporate Boards. Corporate Governance. Customer Service.

Education

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Business Spotlight: Stanford GBS grad launches Returnships

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Linda’s company, Talent Reconnect, offers returnships that are aimed mostly at women who have graduated from top business schools but who had 2 to 5 years of post-MBA experience before opting out. When I left the University of Utah, I went to go consult with Medalia, which is one of the fastest growing companies in the Bay area.

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To Little, Too Late: Why many Diversity and Inclusion efforts fall short

To Little, Too Late: Why many Diversity and Inclusion efforts fall short

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So, you’ve built a new capability, but no one uses it! What gives?

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Have you designed your change and project management capabilities?

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Embracing Healthy Tensions in a Matrixed Organization

Tecchies vs Business minds - managing people in different departments

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Chief Ecosystem Officer – Taking Customer Centricity to the Next Level

The Startups Most Likely to Succeed Have Technical Founders Who Quickly Hire Businesspeople

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