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13 Things that Make Organizations Extraordinary

Mark Sanborn

Over two decades of research and observations have revealed the key factors that enable the best organizations to succeed and dominate. Adaptability and Agility The 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have tested organizations’ resilience. Few organizations need more communication.

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T.O.I.L.E.T. Training™ -- a breakthrough system to improve workplace learning

Great Leadership By Dan

Training System™ -- a new platform that promises to reshape how training is delivered in modern organizations. Today’s workers and organizations are under unprecedented pressure to maintain high productivity,” said RLI Research Director Walter P. And yet without ongoing training, organizations fall behind.

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Sustainable Leadership and Organizations: The Ideas of Martin Seligman

Michael Lee Stallard

In this second post on thought leaders affecting the evolution of organizations, I highlight the work of Martin Seligman. Political, social and economic cultures that have been sustained for long periods of time have these values and systems that don’t (i.e. why is everyone smiling?

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How The Financial Crisis Saw Support For Populists Rise

The Horizons Tracker

The financial crisis of 2008 had global implications, but perhaps one of the most considerable was its impact in bolstering support for populist politicians. Indeed, by 2008, 60% of all household debt was in Swiss francs. A lending boom.

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5 Key Lessons From Learning Organizations

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer 5 Key Lessons From Learning Organizations Problems, challenges and inefficiencies (in one way or the other) are a part of any organization. How organizations deal with them makes all the difference. In my career so far, I have (broadly) seen two kinds of organizations.

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Change is a Double-Edged Sword

Lead Change Blog

As one significant example, in 2008, while personally leading substantial organizational change that ultimately resulted in 14 staff redundancies, my practice of Fullan’s approach enabled a breakthrough in service delivery configuration way different to any previous models.

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Efficient vs. Effective | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

This is more than a semantical issue – it’s become a systemic problem with many individuals and organizations. A great example of this would be carving out time in your already too busy schedule to mentor someone in your organization with great potential. Thanks for sharing Tom.