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Build Your Team Like an Executive

Harvard Business Review

Virtually all leaders espouse the benefits of a strong management team. These differences in philosophy and approach frequently differentiate those who advance to and succeed at the executive level — and those who stay in the ranks of middle management. However, they use starkly different levers to build one.

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Cutting Costs Without Cutting Corners: Lessons from Banner Health

Harvard Business Review

With these rules in place, 8 cross-functional teams—each composed of middle managers, a consultant guide, and a sponsor from the leadership team—were formed. Follow the Leading Health Care Innovation insight center on Twitter @HBRhealth. Leading Health Care Innovation.

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How Royal DSM Is Improving Its Geographic and Gender Diversity

Harvard Business Review

These leaders are recognizing that this balance drives the innovation and market understanding they need for other key business transformations. This makes it near-impossible to invest the time and management focus needed to effectively adapt to a gender balanced workforce and customer base. How did he do it?

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Where Have All the Process Owners Gone?

Harvard Business Review

The gurus have written detailed descriptions of how companies should establish the process owners, process councils, and other pieces of a formal process governance structure to manage their six to 10 core, cross-functional processes. These companies kept top-management attention on critical processes and KPIs. from 2004 to 2007.

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