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Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) Business

Coaching Tip

In the volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) business landscape expected to continue for 2015, leaders face many challenges , requiring aggressive, sustained talent management strategies to prepare them for success. Four times more likely to have built a strong pipeline of ready-now leaders to fill available critical roles.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Success Checklist

Strategy Driven

Most successful businesses have planned responses to most scenarios because they took the time to think “What If”. It is important to identify swings and trends so that innovation can remain a strength of your business. Development of core business supplier relationships. Running the business. Instill discipline.

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The Case for Investing More in People

Harvard Business Review

In the decade between 2005 and 2015, labor productivity in the US as measured by GDP per labor hour was less than 1% for 7 of the 10 years, according to the OECD. We know that great ideas that drive breakthroughs in productivity come from human beings with the time, talent and energy to innovate. And wages are stagnant.

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Your Leadership Development Program Needs an Overhaul

Harvard Business Review

We find that the most forward-thinking companies are identifying and growing leaders in the midst of pursuing critical business objectives, as opposed to sending them off to far-flung educational programs and hoping they return with “big” insights about themselves and the world. What works instead?

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What to Do When Your Future Strategy Clashes with Your Present

Harvard Business Review

Drawing on a powerful tool from the finance world, they conceived of those collections operating as portfolios — each with a specific business objective and time horizon. Those three business portfolios are: The future state portfolio. The innovation portfolio. The investment portfolio.

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Connecting Unemployed Youth with Organizations That Need Talent

Harvard Business Review

A study conducted by Innovate + Educate , which uses research-based strategies to address the U.S. A 2015 study that we conducted with the U.S. Of the 600 young people who participated, 83% scored at or above the level of the company’s average performers on aptitudes required for succeeding at one or more roles.

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What It Was Like to Be a Manager in Ukraine

Harvard Business Review

In my former position as Managing Director of Philip Morris Ukraine where I was based from January 2012 until February 2015, I was forced to see it as a business crisis that threatened our people, operations, and bottom line. The cohesion of our team made it safer to discuss difficult issues, innovate solutions, and take risks.

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