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Annual Board Evaluations: A Gateway to Sustained Board Effectiveness

N2Growth Blog

This involves conducting thorough research and gathering information about the organization’s industry, market, and internal dynamics. This can be done through individual interviews or focus group discussions, where the facilitator encourages open and honest conversations.

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Is Your Leadership Creating an Energy Crisis?

The Practical Leader

” These are a bit extreme, but we’ve heard variations of these thoughts over the years in focus groups to survey a Client’s organizational culture. One morning, I asked a group of very quiet participants a series of questions about their organization’s climate and leadership effectiveness.

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Don’t Be a Leader of Stupid Rules

Lead Change Blog

But, when the time comes for the cows to be transported to market, herding can become a challenge. Create an on-going virtual customer focus group focused on policies, procedures and practices. Clearly there are circumstances where rules are crucial to safety, ethics and fairness. This is not a plea for revolt.

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Knowledge Is Power. Data Isn’t.

In the CEO Afterlife

One of the best sources of understanding is experience, such as in-market know-how, familiarity with competitors and customers, or expertise in leading during turbulent times. To be fair, the ‘act early’ ethic prevails in corporate cultures that worship entrepreneurial thinking. Information doesn’t necessarily mean understanding.

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How to Ignite and Sustain Organizational Growth

Skip Prichard

Companies with a healthy culture gain a positive reputation, not only among employees, but also with customers and the market. The culture required to drive a strategy of innovation is different from the culture required to develop efficiency or operational excellence. The right culture attracts and retains better talent.

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You Need a Community, Not a Network

Harvard Business Review

Consider Ashoka , which provides start-up funding and support for social innovators worldwide. Network members readily participated in focus groups and collaborated with Gilbert’s group to develop new programs and store designs.

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