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Making Teams Work: What’s Your Type and Decision Vision?

The Practical Leader

” Good managers foster teamwork. Managers are often confused by teamwork, team building, or team spirit. Improvement or project management teams are usually cross-functional. They might be process management teams or temporary project teams formed to solve a specific process problem.

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How To Lead In The Digital Economy

The Horizons Tracker

Yet, our study suggests that digitalisation, upstart competitors, the need for breakneck speed and agility, and an increasingly diverse and demanding workforce demand more from leaders than what most can offer. The sobering data underscores the urgent need for a fully reimagined playbook for leaders in the coming digital age.”.

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Yes, Managing IT Is Your Job

Harvard Business Review

ERP systems, RFID , knowledge management, business intelligence) have washed over organizations. The only competitive advantage comes though agility, keeping ahead of the competition, moving on to the next technology wave. So, where is managing IT for competitive advantage going next?

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“Competitive Intelligence” Shouldn’t Just Be About Your Competitors

Harvard Business Review

She brought her on-the-ground experiences to life through a “game” that was played with the business unit’s top management team, pressure-testing some closely held beliefs. The insights and the workshops have since influenced how Mars assesses risks and opportunities and develops strategy.

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Is Your Company Actually Set Up to Support Your Strategy?

Harvard Business Review

Why is one insurance company deep into an agile transformation while another is experimenting with it only at the edges of its business? For every company wrestling with evolutions in its strategy, success depends as much on matching the operating model to those evolutions as it does on the soundness of the strategy itself.

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Tackle Conflicts with Conversation

Harvard Business Review

For example, “You seem to be suggesting that we really need to focus on elevating our gross revenue before we invest in a new IT strategy. Chief among these are courage, resilience and agility in the face of change. There’s no question that an ability to manage conflict is part and parcel of all three. Is that right?”

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GE’s Culture Challenge After Welch and Immelt

Harvard Business Review

For an organization to endeavor to change its culture, it needs to take its cue from what changes in its strategy. They told us they were ready for a more horizontal, agile, “connect and inspire” model as compared to the “command and control” model the boomers are used to. Employee engagement.

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