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Should We “Defund” Leadership?

Lead Change Blog

.” One of the General Magic engineers immediately responded, “Thanks, but we don’t need a manager. We get overall leadership from Marc, which is all we need. It got me rethinking the true role of leadership. . Service leadership is about realness, not about roleness. Keep in Touch.

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Your Organization Wastes Time. Here’s How to Fix It.

Harvard Business Review

” Within business units, executives should eliminate any sources of profitless volume. But it is not easy to make the tough decisions to defund. We recommend zero-based budgeting and planning to make the choices clearer. This is why we find a zero-based approach preferable. But that drags down shareholder returns.

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Why So Many High-Profile Digital Transformations Fail

Harvard Business Review

Lego recently defunded its Digital Designer virtual building program. What can we learn from these examples of digital dreams deferred? We think there’s something more here than executive over-exuberance or slowing markets. At P&G, then-CEO Bob McDonald was asked to leave by his board, as was Ford CEO Mark Fields.