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Agile leadership: what it is and how to get it

Persuasive Powerhouse

At one point, my manager told me that if I wanted to go into management, I would need to stay in a position for longer than a few years. Agile leaders are exactly what we need in our organizations that are getting bigger, flatter, and more complex. Take a class, learn a language. Take on unusual assignments.

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What is Synchronized Leadership?

General Leadership

In fact, our leadership classes were called “managementclasses–which brings me to my point. Twentieth Century management theory and practice has it’s place, but management is no substitute for leadership. We manage things and processes, but we lead people. … Read the rest.

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Expecting the Unexpected: Meet Unpredictability with Agility and Adaptability

The Practical Leader

presidents, and author of over four dozen books and one thousand papers summed it up well, “There are two classes of people who tell what is going to happen in the future: Those who don’t know, and those who don’t know they don’t know.”. Includes six key findings from “The Agile C-Suite” drawn from a study of hundreds of organizations.

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CPG Hiring Trends

N2Growth Blog

We see some of the best candidates coming from startups and thinking first about mobile technology, automated supply chain management, and data analytics. Agility is key. That culture must welcome agility, stripped as much as possible of the bureaucracy that is no longer an asset to any enterprise. Why or why not?

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Essential HR Strategies for Managing Gig Workers Effectively

HR Digest

This shift highlights the critical role of Human Resource (HR) strategies in managing gig workers effectively, considering their increasing prevalence across industries. This includes the adoption of new talent acquisition strategies, onboarding processes, and performance management systems tailored for short-term and flexible roles.

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First Look: Leadership Books for November 2023

Leading Blog

With his usual elan, Morgan Housel presents a master class on optimizing risk, seizing opportunity, and living your best life. Lead Through Anything provides simple, tested and actionable strategies to help you continually level-up your impact as an individual, manager, and leader. Why does the geek way work so much better?

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Bigger is Not Always Better When Selecting a Search Firm to Partner With

N2Growth Blog

“I would caution that size is not always an indicator of success, and more importantly, not a risk mitigator,” said Kelli Vukelic, CEO of N2Growth, a Philadelphia-based management consulting and executive search firm. “A An agile process allows time for listening, connecting, coaching, and advising. Vukelic said.

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