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Never Enough … Excellence, Agility, and Meaning

Leading Blog

Bush and Barack Obama, Mike Hayes, says Never Enough is about aiming for excellence, agility, and meaning in everything we do. Never excellent enough begins with knowing yourself and then having the will and the drive to do the work and stretch yourself. Never Agile Enough. Always be ready to do what you can do.

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Borderless jobs and agile structures: How to build a future-proof organisation

Chartered Management Institute

What they do not do well is identify the most important hazards and opportunities early enough, formulate creative strategic initiatives nimbly enough, and implement them fast enough.” – John Kotter, Harvard Business School Business disruption, societal upheaval and rapid technological shifts bring constant pressure for organisations to innovate.

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How to Ensure Your Organization’s Digital Transformation Succeeds

Leading Blog

First, why do these programs fail? The second and more important question remains: How do organizations achieve success? That same year, Apple introduced the iPhone, which revolutionized the industry with its superior touchscreen interface and robust app ecosystem. Nokia just couldn’t keep up.

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Agile leadership: what it is and how to get it

Persuasive Powerhouse

I loved learning new things, and my curiosity led me into some unusual jobs; I learned what I needed to, completed what I started, and moved on. I was willing to risk a career for the ability to continue learning in far-ranging business arenas. Make lateral moves in order to learn something new.

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How To Survive And Then Reset To Ultimately Thrive

Eric Jacobson

Reset, or how to change, is the heart of SRT. You must execute with agility and learn along the way to a sustainable, successful, high-growth path. Growth is a learning cycle with constant loops of testing, gaining insights, implementing, sharing, and iterating for improvement.

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How to Use Intelligent Failure and Controlled Chaos to Strengthen Agility Ability

The Practical Leader

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. The company has changed strategic course.”

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How Startups Can Revamp Their Executive Leadership Talent for Growth

N2Growth Blog

The Swedish audio streaming service went on an executive hiring spree to remain agile at scale, allowing the $2-billion music tech company to maintain its capacity and drive to innovate. . First, learning agility. Great startup executives should also know how to listen actively. Third, excellent listening skills.

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