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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. Our sports-apparel CEO had the right idea in challenging his team to think about the organization and ask: are we fit for growth, given our strategies going forward? Learning from Big Companies.

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How to Support Employees’ Learning Goals While Getting Day-to-Day Stuff Done

Harvard Business

But those same managers have come to recognize that the ROI for enabling this development is enormous. Perhaps they’ve spotted an edge skill that could transform how your unit operates. I see this analogy in sports all the time. Hire to train. The best way to handle all of this is through open communication.

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