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How to Be an Effective Player-Coach at Work

LSA Global

The origin of the term player-coach refers to a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. 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. Talent – Build Skills.

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Growth by Acquisition Isn’t for Everybody

Martinka Consulting

Acquire great talent. Leadership, or the lack thereof, is the top reason management people switch jobs (not money). More customers over your expanded revenue base, more employees, deeper management, less product concentration, and most importantly, there’s more talent to take a load off the owner. The icing – the top three.

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People Favor Naturals Over Strivers — Even Though They Say Otherwise

Harvard Business

Although people stated that training was more important than talent, their ratings showed that they preferred the natural over the striver. The only difference was whether participants were led to believe that the entrepreneur’s background consisted of innate talent or hard work. Each profile differed on five attributes.

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Is Your Company Actually Set Up to Support Your Strategy?

Harvard Business

A new operating model also requires a governance structure and leadership model so leaders know how they will exercise operational control and inspire employees—and hold themselves accountable for doing both. For individuals, they make sure that difference-making talent is in mission critical positions. Yet change they must.

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There Are Two Types of Performance — but Most Organizations Only Focus on One

Harvard Business

Every step of the process was measured, and real-time metrics were easily accessible. Metrics emphasized speed. We asked the management team if we could eliminate the narrow metrics and bonuses, which rewarded only tactical performance, and focus more on the adaptive. Previously, working in the call center was a solo sport.

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Organizational Fitness for Growth: Five Insights for CEOs

Kates Kesler

We recently completed a study for the CEO of a very well known, global sports-apparel brand company. He wanted to challenge his team, as part of the strategic talent review process, to think about whether or not the company’s organizational architecture was suited to its growth plan to double in size. Learning from Big Companies.

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Top Consulting Firms

CaseInterview.com

Semi-annual evaluations focus on areas likethought leadership, client leadership, and people leadership. It was founded in 1963 and was one of the first enterprises to focus on thought leadership. Career progression is linear, with a focus on developing young talent. BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP. women and 49.6%