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Hot Seat: Jeff Immelt at GE

Leading Blog

I N SEPTEMBER 2001, Jack Welch was a tough act to follow. In the wake of 9/11, GE’s people needed to hear, and to believe, that we had a plan and that, working together, they could help us execute it. Transparency is an admirable goal. But the real goal is to solve problems. That’s baptism by fire.

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Determining Your Top 5 Priorities for 2014

Michael Lee Stallard

For example, within a matter of hours following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, aircraft carriers, Aegis destroyers and cruisers were in position to protect America’s shores. and planning for America’s response began while the embers of the fire from the terrorist attack still smoldered a short distance away.

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Accelerate Your Growth through Agile HR Practices

HR Digest

IBM is one of the leaders in agile adoption and has multiple articles that encourage the early inclusion of agile HR project planning and enterprise agility at all levels of the business. Agile HR can be defined by its principles of responsiveness that encourage restructuring of work to facilitate immediate feedback, planning, and action.

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Preview Thursday: No Ego by Cy Wakeman

Lead Change Blog

Can you imagine what would happen if I went to the CEO and said, “I plan to spend 10 hours a day in a series of 45-minute one-on-one meetings talking about stuff that doesn’t add one whit of value to the company. In 2001, she founded Reality-Based Leadership. Where was the return on the investment I had made in that door stop?

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Can You See What I See?

Lead Change Blog

Before the event, the artist goes into a type of design session where the final scene is planned out. If you remember the eras of 1987 or 2001-2002 or 2007-2008 your experience might be similar. Enlists enthusiastic engagement in the strategy and required goals to achieve the vision.

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What Can Hedgehogs Teach Us About Strategy?

LDRLB

Short answer: it’s about learning, not planning. The very word strategy offers up connotations of planning and images of executives in suits and ties sitting around a large table at on off-site meeting facility laying down quarterly objects. Strategy collins hughes and beatty learning planning strategy' Collins, J.

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Why Is Strategy Execution So Hard? The Odds Are Against Us

Six Disciplines

Effective execution of strategy seems to be an elusive goal. Only 27% of a typical company’s employees have access to its strategic plan. [3]. Norton, Harvard Business School Press, The Strategy-Focused Organization, 2001). [2] Norton, Harvard Business School Press, The Strategy-Focused Organization, 2001). [3]

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