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Are These Systems Serving or Subverting Organization Results?

The Practical Leader

As engineer and co-founder of the Center for Systems Awareness, Peter Senge, said in The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of The Learning Organization , “Structure influences behavior. ” Many organizations induce learned helplessness.

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Speed Of Learning As The New Competitive Advantage

The Horizons Tracker

It’s created a world in which the speed of learning is a competitive advantage, both for individuals and organizations. Of course, learning organizations are not necessarily a new thing, but their nature has changed. Netflix, for instance, shifted from DVD rental to streaming.

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What we seeā€¦

Deming Institute

Maintaining an investment in such a dedicated learning environment for 15+ years is no small feat, especially with the challenges of the idiosyncrasies of the partner nations. I also continue to refine my thinking about continuous improvement, including how Toyota operates. Yet, what can be said of the limits to standardization?

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How the Navy SEALs Train for Leadership Excellence

Harvard Business Review

Almost every world-class, high-performance organization takes training and education seriously. Their dedication to relentless training and intensive preparation, however, is utterly alien to the overwhelming majority of businesses and professional enterprises worldwide. That’s why we train so hard.”

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Value-Added Leadership

Strategy Driven

This ladder holds true for managers and employees within the organization, as well as outside consultants brought in. At whatever level one enters the ladder, he-she is trained, measured for performance and fits into the organization’s overall Big Picture. Operations are sound, professional and productive.

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Transforming a Management System ā€“ A Case Study From the Madison Wisconsin Police Department

Curious Cat

Step 1: Educate and inform everyone in the organization about the vision, the goals, and Quality Leadership. Begin discussion with top management team and train them. Appoint a top-level, full-time coordinator to train, coach, and assist in the transformation. Train all organizational leaders in Quality Leadership.

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Ask, Learn, Follow Up and Grow

Marshall Goldsmith

Many organizations have historically operated on the “there is one best way” school of management. AT&T is a great example of an organization that has realized that success in the past does not guarantee success in the future. A classic example was the old Bell System.

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