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Organizational Health and Performance: Beyond Performance 2.0

Leading Blog

The authors define performance as “what an enterprise does to deliver improved results for its stakeholders in financial and operational terms. Gary Hamel put it well in his forward to our first addition, “ Beyond Performance is far more than a guide to leading a successful change program. Health is about the how.

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Peter Skarzynski and David Crosswhite: An interview by Bob Morris, Part Two

First Friday Book Synopsis

Bob''s blog entries Albert Einstein Apple Berkeley Booth School of Business Brilliant Mistakes Brooke Manville C.K. Special Operations Command UChicago University of Chicago USSOC Voltaire Western Union The Wall Street Journal Whirlpool Corporation'

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Peter Skarzynski and David Crosswhite: An interview by Bob Morris, Part One

First Friday Book Synopsis

Bob''s blog entries Apple Brilliant Mistakes C.K. Special Operations Command University of Chicago USSOC Western Union Whirlpool Corporation' His experience cuts across industries and includes technology, consumer products & retail, healthcare, energy, financial services and transportation companies.

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What All Great Leaders Have In Common | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I will often read a book in one sitting, have more than a dozen books presently underway on my Kindle, subscribe to online clipping services, use RSS feeds to scour news groups & forums, I devour social content on blogs, podcasts, Twitter, Facebook, various iPhone apps, etc., What All Great Leaders Have In Common | N2Growth Blog [.]

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June 2021 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Hamel and Zanini’s book Humanocracy shows the power of paradox as part of organization culture. Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog shared How to Become Your Boss’s Favorite Employee. Laura Schroeder of Working Girl provided Resilience Starts with Operational Excellence. How can you have both freedom and control?

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The Timeless Strategic Value of Unrealistic Goals

Harvard Business Review

Gary Hamel and C.K. Strategic intent takes the long view: the act of such intent is to operate from the future backward, disregarding the resource scarcity of the present. Strategic intent takes the long view: the act of such intent is to operate from the future backward, disregarding the resource scarcity of the present.

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The Metamorphosis of the CIO

Harvard Business Review

This is the result of the rapid shifts that have been occurring in the business world over the last few years--the commoditization of goods and services, the individuation of value, the transformation of the workforce--which I discussed in my previous blog post. This is very different from the way large businesses have operated for decades.

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