The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In his article on “Crafting Strategy,” McGill University professor and management author, Henry Mintzberg, provides a good example of innovation and organizational learning in high-performing, agile organizations: “Out in the field, a salesman visits a customer. There seem to be two key reasons.

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Niagara Institute

JULY 24, 2023

What if, instead, you developed emotional agility? It means choosing how you’ll respond to your emotional warning system.” What if you didn’t respond this way, though? According to one of the world’s leading thought leaders on the topic, Susan David, this means “loosening up, calming down, and living with more intention.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The importance of digital leadership in the modern business landscape cannot be overstated, as it catalyzes strategic decision-making, organizational agility, and long-term success. They need to have the vision to identify new opportunities and the agility to adapt to rapidly changing market conditions.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

There is friction between globalization and regional autonomy, a conflict between the desire for sustainability and the lure of rapid development, ongoing political uncertainties, and the ever-increasing impact of digital technology. These factors are redefining the shape of the global economic terrain.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

by @artpetty Leaders Love Puzzles (for Better and for Worse) by @edbatista No Time for Career Development? You’re The Boss or Client: Here’s How You Should Respond to Creative Work by @philCooke See more on Twitter. * * * Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for additional leadership and personal development ideas.

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Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 2, 2024

Enhance Feedback Systems: Create a more robust feedback system for stakeholders to let you and peers know what’s working and what needs improvement. Done right, they also bolster leadership development. Implement Mentoring Program: Develop a mentoring program for the company. It’s the new year and you need new goals.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 12, 2023

” Digital Healthcare System Integrations Implementing digital solutions in healthcare is challenging due to the lack of integration between various software applications, databases, and devices used by various health providers. Some of these have occurred rapidly, forcing executives to adapt or be left behind quickly.”

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 15, 2024

Digital platforms and tools such as applicant tracking systems, AI-driven assessments, and online job portals have revolutionized the way companies source and assess candidates. To retain top talent, it’s essential to foster a culture of continuous learning and development.

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 24, 2021

Team issues and challenges are overlooked, factions are forming, and trust issues are developing. Partial and Piecemeal Programs — leadership development, succession planning, customer service, agile, safety, talent/performance management, IT systems, executive coaching are separate programs not strategically linked together.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 22, 2023

Developing an effective employee engagement program is essential to foster a positive work environment and maximize employee satisfaction. In this article, we will explore strategies and best practices to develop such a program that can boost employee engagement and contribute to overall organizational success.

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QAspire

APRIL 6, 2015

Last week, I was invited to speak as a panelist at Agile Carnival, Chandigarh where I expressed my thoughts on Agile as a method and as a mindset. Agility in our approaches is one of the most potent ways to deal with the challenges of a constantly changing world. Their discretionary effort is so vital for your success.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 2, 2019

This means that companies are poised for even greater success when they scale their leadership, that is, when they grow leaders throughout the organization and align them into a collectively effective leadership system. These new organizational designs simply cannot boot up on the Reactive Operating System most leaders are running.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2024

At the same time, these meetings are the core of a direct report's experience and development at work, including how well they engage and attach to their role, perceive the effectiveness of their manager, and envision their future at the organization. Systems perspective. Mental agility. Pattern recognition. Political savvy.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

In the words of Robert Anderson and William Adams, authors of Scaling Leadership , “We are running an Internal Operating System that is not complex enough for the complexity we face. This is our Development Gap.” Their research indicates areas that all leaders need to consider and develop where necessary.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The fast-paced expansion of FinTech companies into long-distance geographies has increased the Penrose effect , thus escalating the managerial constraints affecting organizational growth and development. A company with a robust value system that resonates with all employees and customers will draw more people to its product.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Features such as easy-to-use interfaces, video conferencing tools, and real-time feedback systems greatly enhance the coaching experience. AI can analyze vast amounts of data in real-time to provide insights into employee behavior, skills, performance, and potential areas for development.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 29, 2019

Scaling Leadership provides a proven framework for magnifying agile and scalable leadership in your organization by multiplying high-achieving leaders at scale. The leading adaptations to VUCA are systemic and cultural transformations to make the organization more agile, adaptive, resilient, innovative, engaging, etc.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Agile methodology has taken the IT industry by the storm, and now it’s spreading to other sectors. Scaling Agile in enterprise-level environments is a daunting task. The systems are sophisticated and project environments bigger and more distributed than ever before. Adopt an Agile Mindset. Choose Your Scaling Path.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 16, 2024

Understanding the nuances of digital payments, including ACH and EFT systems, is essential for individuals and businesses who seek to participate in the modern economy. What sets EFT apart is its capacity to handle intricate transactions, including international money transfers, with ease and agility.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 29, 2019

It’s been a vital focus for many of our leadership team retreats and culture development work. Ask frontline service providers what systems and processes would better help them serve internal partners or external customers. To get partnering behavior, treat everyone like partners. Do the same for things you can influence.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

They begin to cope with their size by cementing in systems, structures and policies, that inadvertently kill speed, agility and innovation. Add to that a network-like system that spans silos and layers of hierarchy. They are learning. But once success comes they nearly always move into the upper right quadrant.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

AUGUST 28, 2023

The paragraphs below summarize how leadership has been impacted by each of these organizational realities, and provide perspective on the implications for leadership development moving forward. That system commenced with performance objectives. Alignment is key, agility is imperative and multidirectional feedforward rules the day!

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Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Adaptability and Agility The 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have tested organizations’ resilience. Apple’s and Amazon’s ability to pivot and adapt rapidly in the face of adversity underscores the necessity of agility in today’s business landscape. Leadership doesn’t make “a difference.”

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Like the weather, many leaders talk about agility and innovation, but few managers do much about it. Unlike the weather, there’s a great deal managers can do about building agile and innovative cultures. Stages three and four lean heavily on disciplined management systems and processes. It’s a big competitive edge.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 12, 2024

You must execute with agility and learn along the way to a sustainable, successful, high-growth path. Where you want to spend the most time is Thrive, and you perform there by continuing to execute with agility and learning – being open to changes in the strategic situation and bringing those into your adaptable strategy.

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 23, 2024

Out of Sync: More Lip Service Than Leadership Here are examples of leader’s lips not synced to their actions: Managers with low learning agility set goals to build a culture of innovation and organizational learning. Inflexible Technomanagers oversee rigid systems and processes while trying to encourage risk-taking and innovation.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 12, 2023

” The pandemic also saw growth in the use of open data, which helped to promote better exchange of information, while numerous publicly-facing websites were developed to inform the public about the spread of the virus and reduce misinformation. The researchers were also pleased with the use of scientific evidence in policy making.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reports that nearly 80% of development costs are generated by the process of identifying and correcting software defects during the development process. Read this article to find out how continuous testing can transform the development process and bring value to your team.

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Deming Institute

JULY 17, 2017

Poorani explains how the management system drives behavior that is not useful to the organization. The business team asks for estimates for software development. The management system creates a punishment mechanism for missing estimates by over 10%. The system itself was actively discouraging cooperation and teamwork.

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Curious Cat

AUGUST 23, 2016

A point made in the presentation that is very simple but still constantly the source of failure is that the current system isn’t supporting improvement. Faster iteration (of smaller tasks) and going to the gemba are other important points made in the presentation.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 28, 2023

By preparing for these eventualities, business owners can navigate these complexities with greater confidence and agility. It can involve studying consumer behavior, monitoring competitors, and staying informed about industry developments. Equally important is training and development.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 3, 2017

Organizational Flexibility: Agile and quick or sluggish and deliberate? Distribution Costs: How do the distribution and service delivery systems work? New Product Development Capabilities: How fast can new products and services be developed and delivered to the marketplace? Can they anticipate shifts? Competitive.

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Ask Atma

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Setting up an Agile based environment for any work group or business. Overview: An agile environment organizes the resources of an organization in a more adaptive and disciplined way. Through new roles and a few rules any organization or group can become more agile. This is why agile is such an important part of management 3.0.

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HR Digest

MARCH 14, 2022

Focusing on the basics of people strategy, companies and organizations can boost their strength, agility and innovation to better prepare for an ever-changing environment. . It is important to have a system and process in place that can provide each employee a positive experience at the same time ensuring the structure and governance.

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Deming Institute

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Deming Institute podcast with TJ Gokcen, CEO of Acquate on “Joy in Software Development” ( download the podcast ). Describing the importance of creating software using Deming’s ideas as expressed in agile software development , TJ says. so it is a set of methods and practices that is more catered to change.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 19, 2019

B EFORE YOU BEGIN your next leadership development program, read this. It is not uncommon to hear leaders complain that leadership development programs are not delivering the effective leaders necessary to execute their strategies and purpose. Leaders must develop the right mindsets based on introspection and self-awareness. “We

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 26, 2021

Misaligned reward systems. Recognize that people in transition have multiple needs including clarity; opportunities to be included in the planning; skills development to execute against new requirements, and appropriate incentives to behave in new ways. Change means uncertainty, which is an uncomfortable state for many. Job insecurity.

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