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You Need a Transformational Business Coach

Lead Change Blog

Today, as cycles of technology, market conditions, and competitive environments continue to accelerate, responding in an agile and flexible fashion to that world requires clarity, more than ever before. However, how do you get better in the face of increasing complexity? We live in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world.

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4 Ways to Become a Better Learner

Harvard Business Review

The CEO sitting across from me is explaining how he and the other executives of a telecommunications firm were caught off guard by a new technology that disrupted the firm’s business. ” To sustain success, you must develop learning agility. What is Learning Agility? How Do You Develop Learning Agility?

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A Brief History of the Ways Companies Compete

Harvard Business Review

Scale drove consolidation and globalization of industries throughout the mid-twentieth century and it still does today, such as in steel, airlines, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunications. The basis of competition through time will always be marked by phases of heightened, even fashionable views on how to compete in certain situations.

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How eBay and Facebook are Cleaning Up Data Centers

Harvard Business Review

Data centers are quickly becoming a pressing issue for many executives as companies consider how to keep costs down and environmental impact to a minimum. According to a report put out by Greenpeace in April , the electricity demand of data centers and the telecommunications network is rivaling that of most nations.

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