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How to Ensure Your Organization’s Digital Transformation Succeeds

Leading Blog

I N THE AGE of digitization, businesses face a critical imperative: to adapt and embrace innovation or risk being left behind in a rapidly evolving world. This force is called creative destruction, which is the process where innovation and technology advancements are reshaping industries and business models.

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LEARN to be that Somebody

General Leadership

Today, almost 500 hundred years later, this innovative, people-centric organization known as the Jesuits is flourishing. The majority of individuals in leadership positions chose to wield fear as a tool to institute compliance and reinforce conformity. Some reading this may be familiar with the Jesuit order, many may not.

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Leadership Matters

N2Growth Blog

In 1994 having ostensibly completed this successfully I was transferred to the mining side of the business, in iron ore, then aluminium – running the Aluminium Product Group, back to Iron Ore to run this Product Group and then in early 2013 I was promoted to Global CEO. I have been extremely fortunate to have had a very varied career.

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McDonald’s Already Knows How to Manage Its Franchisee Labor Practices

Harvard Business Review

The National Labor Relations Board ruling on Tuesday that McDonald’s could be held responsible for labor conditions in its franchisees’ operations has business groups and lawyers crying foul. A combination of internal staff and independent auditors ensures compliance and supports these efforts. It should do the same for franchisees.

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One Reason Mergers Fail: The Two Cultures Aren’t Compatible

Harvard Business Review

Scorecards measuring compliance with a new inventory system are used to punish and sometimes terminate workers. Employees operate within a hierarchy and are well aware of the guidelines that dictate their behavior. provided the founders with considerable latitude in introducing innovative and unorthodox management methods.

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Uber Can’t Be Fixed — It’s Time for Regulators to Shut It Down

Harvard Business Review

Uber publicists presented the company as the epitome of innovation, styling critics as incumbent puppets stuck in the past. Indeed, employees at every turn faced personal and professional risks in defying the law; two European executives were indicted and arrested for operating without required permits. Take the case of Napster.

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Weak Environmental Regulations Show Little Faith in U.S. Business

Harvard Business Review

Choosing weaker environmental regulations actually makes our country less competitive and shows amazingly little faith in our business community to innovate. At the time, industry claimed compliance would cost up to $1,500 per ton of SO2 reduced. Just because something may be difficult doesn't mean it will be expensive as well.

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