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Don’t Let STEMM Leadership Be an Oxymoron

The Practical Leader

Many poorly rated participants are quite surprised — even shocked — by this feedback. ” Since participation in this career/leadership program for “high potentials” is voluntary, defensiveness is usually low, and interest in learning and developing is high.

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Strategic planning must change with the times

N2Growth Blog

Engagement: In the old strategy paradigm participation is limited to the involvement of the senior team, a few staff functions and an external consultant that facilitate the process. For most organizations, cross silo cooperation is an unnatural act. In the new paradigm it is a core capability.

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Beyond Management

Coaching Tip

Organizing is collective work, which is why knowledge workers participate in networks, establish groups, and form teams. Even when everyone is doing it with the best of intentions, organizing can be a tricky process, requiring persistence and agility. Knowledge work is social. They are not ends, but some means of doing good work.

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How to Leverage Organizational Silos to Implement Change

Change Starts Here

Getting divisive groups to cooperate to implement change is a challenge. For example, manufacturing operations groups often insist on long production runs to reduce downtime and scrap, while supply chain groups strive to reduce inventory and increase agility by scheduling short production runs. Uncover Resistance. Foster Competition.

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For Better or Worse: Meetings Are a Hologram of Organizational Culture

The Practical Leader

Participants text/e-mail, take phone calls, and wander in and out of meetings. Participants cut each other off and engage in side conversations. Change management processes create more rigidity and less agility. How do your meeting participants feel? Meeting Expectations: What’s Your Learning Agility?

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Forge An Ecosystem…And, Secure Your Fit in The New Economy

N2Growth Blog

The global marketplace requires businesses to establish highly integrated and cooperative relationships with one another. New strategies will need to be created that can leverage the opportunities that ecosystem participation offers. The game has changed. The days of the self-sufficient and self-sustaining businesses are long gone.

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How to Create Remarkable Teams PART 2 – Collaboration

Ask Atma

So the designer teaches everyone about UX/AI, the coders teach about their development methodology, the project managers teach about agile protocols, and the sales people describe what it is like in the field. Cooperation – willingness to collaborate. Improves participation and the quality of decision making.

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