The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

Leadership is joined at the hip with achievement (goals; tasks; desired outcomes; targeted results). Leadership is never over (Organizations change, jobs change and so do people.). Because those organizations have come to realize it is an operational imperative. By its very nature, leadership is all about goal achievement.

Situational Leadership 52

Situational Leadership Leadership Hersey Learning-by-Doing 52

Experience to Lead

APRIL 24, 2023

The issue is particularly pronounced in male-dominated fields such as finance, technology and engineering. Women in leadership can help make your entire organization better while also creating a more equitable workplace culture. The benefits of having more women in leadership positions are numerous.

Training 52

Training Leadership Diversity Long-term 52

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Impact, growth, and performance of the organizations they lead. First, they must know how to effectively scale people—helping key individuals make a massive impact across the entire organization. He is someone who understands the power of talent and team in leading an organization into the future. Many things actually.

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Human Resources Globalization Diversity Resources 469

HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

How do you ensure that these values are embedded within the organization’s talent management practices, and what strategies do you employ to promote a diverse and inclusive workplace culture? We’re also working to build equitable frameworks and values that our entire organization can stand on.

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Diversity Career Globalization Learning-by-Doing 52

Change Starts Here

MARCH 5, 2015

A non-profit organization developed a new way to engage volunteers. The change impacted how the organization worked with outside partners and with the community. Internally, they worked to adopt and integrate the new service into the organization. Agile software development would be another example of a process framework.).

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Six Sigma Agility Franchising Airlines 60

HR Digest

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Most organizations don’t have a playbook to pull through the ongoing public health crisis. Buzzwords such as “agile,” “resilience,” and “flexibility” have become almost banal to describe the grim reality of our daily lives and the decisions we must take, as the full effects of the coronavirus pandemic now unfold. Spanish flu).

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Short-term Committee Incentives Long-term 59

HR Digest

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Most organizations don’t have a playbook to pull through the ongoing public health crisis. Buzzwords such as “agile,” “resilience,” and “flexibility” have become almost banal to describe the grim reality of our daily lives and the decisions we must take, as the full effects of the coronavirus pandemic now unfold. Spanish flu).

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Short-term Committee Incentives Long-term 52

Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

They imply authority (or lack thereof) within an organization. Leader, on the other hand, implies someone who’s out in front setting the direction for a group or an an organization. The leader focuses on moving towards a higher, more valuable goal. They give outsiders a feel for who we are and what we do.

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Management Godin Marketing Blog 169

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2013

With increasing industry disruption, efficiency is fast becoming of secondary importance to innovation and agility. Many large organizations have too little capacity for external sensing, strategic reflection, and business transformation. Company leaders communicate and educate their people on the need for change.

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Agility Process Long-term Short-term 8

Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Other key events we hosted included an in-person networking event with the HKU SPACE GMBA students and alumni, and four webinars on different topics: “Future Leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, “Deep Dives into STEM and Finance” as well as “Skills for New Employment Landscape” with the UNESCO HK Glocal Peace Centre.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Talent can move into and out of an organization, through a growing array of options such as freelance platforms , crowdsourcing efforts, and temporary, contract, or part-time work. Their goal is to attract, engage, develop and retain employees – moving talent into, through and out of the organization.

Strategy 8

Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

HR Digest

JULY 29, 2020

If you analyze functions like finance, IT, and marketing you will find common drivers of success. They include: people, data-driven analytical decision-making, and showing how their actions directly impact strategic goals at the end of the day. Quality Hires. Adaptability.

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Attrition Talent Management Agility Innovation 98

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2018

Recently, a financial services organization found $5 million in opportunities to optimize its finance processes. In their race to become faster and smarter with automation, these organizations do little more than digitally enable the status quo. Instead, some will make the shift to think in products that tackle business goals.

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Strategy Content Enterprise Architecture Agility 8

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The answer to that depends on your goals, budget, etc., Their content marketing service is among the best due to its use of strategic longform content which drives significant organic traffic from Google and turns those into leads to be nurtured by email marketing automation. Another piece of advice is to set measurable goals.

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Marketing Content Audience Brand 105

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2016

Many IT organizations, having achieved this original mission, now are turning to the next thing, which is innovation. The goals of this data and analytics unit are to serve as the business owner of all corporate data assets and to enhance analytics capabilities by delivering analytical models across the company.

Operations 8

Operations Agility Chemicals Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2016

And this is the perfect time of year to set personal development goals and start making progress on them. You might also take this assessment on emotional agility — the ability to manage your thoughts and feelings. Finance skills. This 10-question finance quiz comes from the HBR Guide to Finance Basics for Managers.

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Emotional Intelligence Self-aware Meyer Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

Those conditions elevated the work of the finance function to the point that, today, the CFO helps to set the course of business, advancing an organization’s growth and improving its competitive position by identifying and resolving key financial constraints. Finance Human resources'

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CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

Advice: Work with the executive’s sponsor to ensure the new job has measurable goals and accountability. If a concern can not be addressed, you may just have to help the reluctant executive understand how the new assignment is critical to the organization’s long range success and will help them achieve their longer range career goals.

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Development Advice Learning Curve Execution 120

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2018

The goal was to get feedback and strengthen the thinking to maximize the potential impact on growth. As an example, the CEO had been discussing the importance of driving more agile decision making. Soon afterward, the CMO held an offsite for direct reports where each person talked about their primary priority.

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CFO CEO Agility Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Yet, because HR strategy typically reacts to organization strategy , SWP often assumes a single future as its goal. In finance, the “fox” strategy is similar to using real options , and it can help you make talent decisions just as it helps in your decisions about R&D, manufacturing and finance.

Human Resources 8

Human Resources Information Technology Uncertainty Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2012

When it comes to operational improvement, organizations today are light years ahead of where they were two decades ago, but there's no time to celebrate yesterday's wins. They won't immunize your organization against this decade's march of ongoing progress. I see three big opportunities: 1. Knowledge work redesign.

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Process Strategy Offshoring Information Technology 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

The concept is fairly straightforward: The parties define the result up front, agree on a baseline, work out how confident the organization is in delivering the result, and then specify the expectation and payment in the contract. There are management tools and incentives in place to encourage a focus on results and the end goals.

Incentives 8

Incentives Health Care Education Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

tools inside the organization, but the list is short for companies that are using them for increased business results. Here's how they did it, and how they're using social media tools to become more agile, to share knowledge, and to increase the speed of innovation. Unisys CEO Ed Coleman addressed this through leading by example.

Media 15

Media Productivity Products Company 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

Determined to get closer to their customers and become more agile and innovative, global organizations like IBM and GE are embracing the matrix organizational model. The challenge organizations now face is finding leaders who have them. But, the transition to this new model has not been all smooth sailing.

Management 14

Management Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Influence 14

HR Digest

JANUARY 7, 2020

It requires employers, educators, government administrators, and not-for-profit organizations to come together to develop plans to help people become more resilient, capable, and agile. Upskilling, in the end, should be a team sport, one even where employees support one another in their mutual goals to advance their skills.

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Diversity Education Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing 111

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

In this context, "corporate catalysts" — entrepreneurially-minded people inside corporates — are working with corporations' resources, scale, and growing agility to develop innovative solutions to global challenges. It worked with a local partner to create India's first financing plan for medical devices.

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Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

Organic growth depends on discovering breakthrough ideas, leveraging technology, and getting closer to customers. The Lean Startup approach is enabling GE to take “ Agile ” and “ Lean ” methods, which they had been using to improve operations, and apply them to starting businesses. They have branded it “FastWorks.”

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Incubator Payback Period Ries 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

It''s not about price, or code, or agile development. Perhaps the greatest of these misconceptions: The notion that, particularly in big organizations, the lean methodology alone will be enough to allow innovation to flourish. But to simply assume that these are present inside a large organization would be a mistake.

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Company Ries Maturity Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

But Rogier thought it was the key to boosting engagement and performance, and he had hinted that he might use Contect’s 2017 annual all-employee meeting—his chance to announce new goals and celebrate the previous year’s accomplishments—to roll out the change. It hits our collective reputation and our finances.”

Case Study 8

Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Yet, because HR strategy typically reacts to organization strategy , SWP often assumes a single future as its goal. In finance, the “fox” strategy is similar to using real options , and it can help you make talent decisions just as it helps in your decisions about R&D, manufacturing and finance.

Uncertainty 8

Uncertainty Finance Agility Strategy 8