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How to Seize Opportunity in a World of Disruption

Skip Prichard

It is a new, more advanced way of studying environments, making decisions, building cultures, and operating on a day-to-day basis. Thus, this mindset must be deliberately developed and nurtured by senior leaders – and exemplified in their own behaviors. Risk management is now a fully-developed rich scientific discipline.

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0501 | Andrew King: Full Transcript

LDRLB

She was looking at these leaders, these middle managers in large companies that were in stagnant industries, but these managers were still able to have double-digit annual growth even though their industries were stagnating. I joined Jeanne Liedtka and her research project in the Growth Leaders.

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What U2 and the US Navy Have in Common: Connecting with Core Employees

Michael Lee Stallard

Leaders build the Vision bridge by developing and communicating a mission, set of values, and reputation that connect with employees. Leaders build the Voice bridge by developing processes and practices that keep employees “in the loop” and give them regular opportunities to express their views. Connecting the U.S.

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More Insiders Are Becoming CEOs, and That’s a Good Thing

Harvard Business Review

” They had developed inside the company and therefore knew the organization and its norms as well as the people and their capabilities — but they had also retained a strong streak of objectivity. The world of activist investors has made the task of developing insider-outsiders that much more difficult.

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Who’s Running Your Business in China?

Harvard Business Review

Today, as chairman of APCO Worldwide’s China operations , I have a deep view into the China operations of dozens of multinationals, and through that I can see that management in China is going through yet another phase. The days when Goldman Sachs and McKinsey threw piles of money at overseas-educated returnees are long gone.

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?How to Make Diversity and Inclusion Real?

Harvard Business Review

I am a big believer in "being the change you want to see" in your organization, no matter whether you are a middle manager or a CEO. Educate the organization. ? We developed a suite of courses, such as "Micro-Inequities" where people learned about common behaviors that could undermine our efforts.

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To Radically Redesign Health Care, Start with One Unit

Harvard Business Review

For example, before performing every operation the surgical team should conduct a “time-out” 100% of the time to ensure that everyone agrees that they are operating on the correct patient and are performing the correct procedure on the right site and that any questions or concerns that any team member might have are addressed.