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How Pragmatic Leaders Can Transform Stuck Organizations

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Bacharach : A stuck organization is one that might meet conventional measures of success but it is not necessarily thriving. There are two primary reasons why organizations get stuck. There is so much going on that these organizations have a difficult time setting a path and moving forward in a coherent, organized fashion.

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Multiplying the Effective Intelligence of Your Organization

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Guest post from Robert (Dusty) Staub : “Perhaps the only sustainable competitive advantage is increasing your ability to learn faster than your competition.” - Arie de Geus, former head of Strategic Planning, Shell Oil Company Are you getting the best results from the people–the embedded collective intelligence–in your organization?

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Fast Change: The co-organization of Business

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Yes, certainly, there are more than a handful of organizations that manage not only to change, but to set the pace for everyone else. So why is it that when we are lumped together in something called an organization, we can’t react fast enough (remember Blackberry, Blockbuster, Circuit City, Borders, or even Twinkies or JCPenney)?

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How to Create a Rising Tide of Talent Within Your Organization

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Nurturing your organization’s team members has many payoffs. Staff member stay dedicated to the company and its mission; employee retention remains high; and in time, the organization gains its next generation of leaders. You can solve this problem by creating a rising tide of talent available to your organization.

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Why Being an Ethical Leader Can Help Your Organization

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Ethical Leadership suggests ways in which leaders and managers can improve and manage the ethical culture in their organizations. Andrew Leigh is a co-founder of Maynard Leigh Associates ( www.maynardleigh.com ) and author of numerous books on management and leadership, including Ethical Leadership ( Kogan Page 2013).

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Why Every Organization Should Focus on Making Managers More Coach-Like

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Another avenue organizations might take involves training people within the organization to take on the role of executive coach. By making it an everyday conversation and developing coach-like tendencies, you’ll create teams that are happier and more effective, leading to results that help the organization as a whole.

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Using Humor to Fuel the Success of Your Organization

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And it is not just that these senior executives are able to deliver a flawless punchline at a cocktail reception or town hall event – they are able to leverage humor as a strategic tool to build a sense of community within their organizations. May the farce be with you. About the authors: This post is by Jamie Anderson and Gabor George Burt.