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Rookie Talent: Avoiding a Kodak Moment

Leading Blog

The Kodak name became synonymous with a resistance to change, but it’s not just innovation the company lacked. This generation is the first to be raised in a post-industrial era driven by technology. They will expect telecommuting, virtual teams, access to the latest technology, and work flexibility.

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How to Build ROPE Teams in Sales Organizations

Leading Blog

Teams have also played a central role in my life by ensuring that I received the support needed to achieve two cherished goals: leading sales organizations at several of the nation’s largest technology firms and climbing the Seven Summits, the highest peaks on each of the seven continents. Inside ROPE teams provide another important benefit.

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Behaviors of Collaborative Leaders

Great Leadership By Dan

The more transparent the envi­ronment the more willing leaders will be to share resources in support of the shared goals of the entire business, and the harder it will be for resisters to hoard them. Ultimately, it's as much a mindset as it is a process. For more information please visit [link] and Amazon.

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How to Create Remarkable Teams PART 2 – Collaboration

Ask Atma

You may find it necessary to bring in professional facilitation if you are running into excessive resistance or acrimony. 2010), and even looking into the impact of facial features (DeBruine, Lisa, 2002). Morey, Daryl; Maybury, Mark; Thuraisingham, Bhavani (2002). Rigorously (with honesty and diligence). Mayer, James H.

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How Capitec Became South Africa’s Biggest Bank

Harvard Business Review

After breaking even in 2002, net profits continued to rise, to 3.8 Resisting revenue temptations. Companies, and certainly new entrants looking for growth, often find it difficult to resist jumping onto various new sources of revenue. It has now become the largest bank in the country. Importantly, profits kept pace.

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How Software Is Helping Big Companies Dominate

Harvard Business Review

And academic research has found that rising industry concentration correlates with the patent-intensity of an industry, suggesting “that the industries becoming more concentrated are those with faster technological progress.” ” Carr distinguished between proprietary technologies and “infrastructural” ones.

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IBM Focuses HR on Change

Harvard Business Review

Prior to 2002, when Sam Palmisano became CEO, IBM had a series of feuding fiefdoms — 170 country units — each with its own policies, procedures, and processes. There was lots of resistance. Growth market leaders learn from major markets, and equally important, vice versa.". Fostered global teamwork.