Terry Starbucker

MAY 17, 2015

We can’t change personalities that were locked in long before they arrived at the interview. But it’s essential for long-term success to develop those skills, and quickly. Even with people you’ve known professionally for many years. Even with friends. And yes, it takes time away from the regular course of business.

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Decentralization Leadership Core Competence Long-term 150

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The researchers highlight how the decentralization encouraged by the pandemic has meant that many companies have deployed tools such as HighMatch to measure for cultural fit. These employees were so disenfranchised that they would seldom last long.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

The only downside is that some people might worry about you wasting resources but as long as you’re using recycled materials, it shouldn’t be a problem. Decentralize Shipping. It cuts down on any long journeys which means you can get products out quicker and you won’t be spending as much money on fuel costs.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Byrne’s list of Drucker’s major accomplishments included: Introducing the idea of decentralization, a concept that became basic to every large organization in the world. However, for a long time he seemed to acknowledge its importance, but ignored the concept of leadership. This was an idea he thought up 70 years ago.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 22, 2014

And, they must constantly reevaluate critical decisions to meet long-term, strategic objectives. Leaders today must contend with high levels of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity across their changing competitive landscapes.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. The long-term success of both new and existing companies requires abandoning the old Alpha leadership and structural model and adopting the Beta paradigm,” argues Ardi. One, more traditional and common, is centralized and hierarchical. I call it Alpha.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 20, 2022

How can leaders positively steer company culture, especially if there is a long way to go? The two terms differ in that empathy is an emotion, and compassion is an intention. They have the courage to have conversations often considered taboo or too difficult.”

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 22, 2014

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. The long-term success of both new and existing companies requires abandoning the old Alpha leadership and structural model and adopting the Beta paradigm,” argues Ardi. One, more traditional and common, is centralized and hierarchical. I call it Alpha.

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Venture Capitalist Decentralization Idea Generation Books 61

Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

There are certainly limits to any case study but as long as you read with a critical mind you can learn from what others have tried. A second long term trend I see is that the use of quality tools has decreased, especially as part of a concerted management improvement effort.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 21, 2014

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. The long-term success of both new and existing companies requires abandoning the old Alpha leadership and structural model and adopting the Beta paradigm,” argues Ardi. One, more traditional and common, is centralized and hierarchical. I call it Alpha.

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Venture Capitalist Decentralization Books Idea Generation 56

Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 25, 2011

Here are 3 reasons I personally prefer a team approach for this function of our church: Decentralized control - With one person in charge, if that person gets sick, moves, or decides he or she gets tired and quits, the whole church would suffer. I thought so!)

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Teamwork Edmondson Decentralization Maturity 53

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2017

But it wasn’t that long ago that Germany was derided as “the sick man of Europe.” For a long time researchers have attributed the transformation to federal labor market and welfare reforms enacted, starting in 2003. Did the 2003 Hartz reforms contribute to the recent decline in Germany long-term unemployment?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

When such partnerships are done well, they lead to more equitable and inclusive solutions where leaders can consider, and calculate, the impact of their decisions for society over the long run. Like value investing, Social Value Investing employs a long-term investment strategy that unlocks hidden or intrinsic value.

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Lead from Within

MAY 28, 2020

Times of crisis show us the value of decentralized leadership, and the ability to create a network of talented experts with access to good data is fast becoming an essential leadership skill. They are building long-term strategies and navigating a course with a leadership team whose diverse perspectives strengthen the enterprise.

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Crisis Leadership Decentralization Crisis Management 218

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2018

Note, for example, the spirited defense by Paul Polman of Unilever of his long-term, sustainable business philosophy in the wake of a takeover attempt. In it, he points to the growing threat posed by activist investors who push for short-term share-boosting tactics without regard for firms’ long-term viability.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Alli Polin of Break the Frame observes that teams are increasingly decentralized and leaders are challenged to create connection when face to face interaction is infrequent at best. A bowling event or a trust fall exercise won’t have long term benefits unless the experience can be quickly tied to daily challenges the team faces.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Berkshire Hathaway is known for its extreme decentralization. A long-term investment horizon improves operating performance. Reasons for this vary, although respondents referred to the financial strength of the company, independent operation, brand value, and Buffett’s long-term investment horizon.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Sustainability programs are decentralized, so social and environmental initiatives are not viewed as top-down directives but are embedded in the routine activities of other functions. They leverage their discretion to successfully collaborate with internal (i.e., colleagues in other functional areas) and external (i.e.,

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Since the mid-2000s, however, this model has been under threat from a new, decentralized model, in which electricity is generated on a much smaller scale near or at the point of use, often through a combination of rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, batteries, and the digital management of the electricity grid.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2011

After persistent and deft questioning, CEO's will identify, sometimes to their surprise, judgmental heuristics — ROTs — that go a long way towards explaining their major decisions. Decentralize operations. Decentralize strategy. But what is it? Promote only from within. Partner with your customer.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

To tackle the challenge, companies should emphasize cross-functional collaboration, evaluate and prioritize data product opportunities with an eye to the long-term, and start simple. Too much focus on near-term performance can yield underinvestment in promising medium- or long-term opportunities.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Schools can’t continue to deliver an expensive credential that is not seen as delivering a viable path to a career—no matter what the long-term value. But any strategy to counter the public’s negative perceptions with long-term data and rational arguments is doomed to fail.

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Skills Education Long-term Career 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2018

” Such decentralization and lack of structure, however, might have ultimately contributed to company-wide inefficiencies that drove up prices. In addition to negotiating price and other financial terms, organizations discussing a merger need to negotiate culture. “It should be within the very DNA of the organization.”

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Still, they could not fully come to terms with their ambition. One thing we've heard again and again is that collaboration can be a double-edged sword in terms of being perceived as powerful. It's acceptable to be the dissenter or to play the devil's advocate as long as you have the ammunition to make a good case.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2018

The all-day breakfast had deep appeal and by upgrading and reorganizing the kitchens, McDonald’s could satisfy this long-standing customer request without slowing overall service. You need to understand trade-offs, and resist seemingly attractive moves that have undesirable long-term consequences.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Hence, when (re-)designing the organization structure, they tend to decentralize decision-making, so that decision rights are as close as possible to the people who deal with customers, competitors, front-line employees, and other stakeholders. ” And that is a pretty long time, at least since 400 B.C., It is an age-old question.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Multinational corporations long have looked for growth opportunities in emerging markets. Forgoing Short-Term Profits in Favor of Long-Term Reputation. To preserve that reputation, they advise taking a long-term view of their investments in emerging markets — forgoing, in some case, quick and easy profits.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2013

I have long been influenced by Drucker''s work. Power laws with spiky heads and very long tails progressively crowd out the familiar bell curves that made life seem predictable. Witness the grassroots political movements that are increasingly shaking up "stable" political regimes around the world.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

This approach was credible as long as economic inequality was kept within reasonable bounds. Our research shows that many companies are increasingly geared toward the short term. Such companies tend to generate less growth and value in the long run. Take long-term and youth unemployment as an example.

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Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

The company is a €36 billion decentralized collection of valuable brands — which they call houses (or maisons ) — covering fashion, wine and spirits, cosmetics, and jewelry. As usual, short-term pressures on financial performance are a concern, and change takes time. These companies can’t ignore sustainability.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2014

In fact, only 50 percent of carriers have budgeted for long-term digital goals, and just 30 percent have a multi-year investment plan to support digital. As the organization’s digital maturity increases, many digital functions become decentralized and are integrated into broader business unit activities.

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Insurance Company Maturity Decentralization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Incentivize for long-term viability. Sloan created a central R&D unit to develop platform technologies for GM, protected the decentralized operations of his brands, and invested heavily during World War II on the hypothesis that capacity needs would pick up. Pursuing innovation inside a big company is a balancing act.

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Innovation Company ROI Disruptive Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2013

You''ll often find this top-down problem in decentralized matrix organizations where business unit heads have different and sometimes competing agendas. One unit may be less discriminating and chase any revenue, whereas another might focus on higher-value, relationship-based business.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Organizations that thrive over the long run, in good times and bad, pay explicit attention to all these issues. Is it possible for an organization to be highly decentralized and precisely synchronized? Can we reduce the performance drag of our top-heavy management structures without giving anything up in terms of focus and efficiency?

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Organization Supply Chain Decentralization Bureaucracy 9

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 28, 2014

Instead, it is a long drive across the entire country that requires a look at the roadmap to avoid the roadblocks while understanding the routes and the detours along the way, long before the drive begins. They must be willing to decentralize their decision?making

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2013

Recognizing that the new conditions called for more reliance on "mission command" than "detailed command," it learned that officers should default to more decentralization, spontaneity, informality, loose rein. They should capitalize more on soldiers'' self-discipline and initiative and draw on ability from all echelons.

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Management Bureaucracy Self-aware Agility 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2011

China ended its long civil war, and transformed into the Communist People's Republic of China. X'ers in these areas tend not to rely on institutions for long-term financial security. For many, the defining event was World War II, which had consequences that haunted this generation's formative years in the countries affected.

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