Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

There I observed a wide array of Abbott executives, scientists and managers. I was struck not only by their disciplined approach but also by their freedom to discover, develop and design within broad operating parameters—conditions I did not typically associate with large, for-profit corporations.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 19, 2019

Blockchain technology – the decentralized tech that was famously introduced to supports bitcoin – is now be leveraged to remedy the many disparities that exist in today’s online content landscape. operate using for-profit, centralized business models that are wholly dependent on third parties. It levels the playing field.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 30, 2023

Managers often hire consultants to help them solve major organizational problems. Many ideas are sifted through, and the most relevant one presented to management along with the consultant’s recommended action plan. Managers are hearing them for the first time. These have mostly failed. .”

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The Practical Leader

MAY 13, 2020

These leaders operate from core values of partnership and participation. Many research reports showed that layoffs sometimes provided short-term relief but hurt most companies in the long-term: A study in the Academy of Management Journal , found that big layoffs often create even bigger turnover spikes soon after.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 9, 2013

What process will transform managers into leaders ready for strategic action? Who will design, manage, and deliver world-class leadership programs? What process will transform managers into leaders? Leadership development is becoming closely aligned with and used to support corporate strategy.

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LDRLB

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Morgan (2005) uses a great image of a spider-plant to describe the decentralization trend. Handy’s (1998) shamrock organization might provide the right blend of centralization and decentralization to make it worthwhile for for-profit companies. A company could be centralized on one-leaf and decentralized on another.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 22, 2014

Or, if you are responsible for managing Solopreneur projects, how can you be sure that the work will increase impact and productivity? Design the campaign plan with compressed timeframes (Parallel Operations). Achieve Flawless Execution: Operation Arizona – the Mop-up: Plan-Brief-Execute-Debrief (Grand Strategy).

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

In emergency management, Hurricane Sandy stands out. It is a new, more advanced way of studying environments, making decisions, building cultures, and operating on a day-to-day basis. For example, they many fail to detect or assess profound changes in operating landscapes, like Bear Stearns or Blockbuster did.

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Curious Cat

MARCH 10, 2015

Begin discussion with top management team and train them. Share feedback with the chief and his management team. Get buy-in from top department managers. This begins at the top with the chief and the chief’s management team. An elected, rank-and-file police officer, is added to the chief’s management team.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2020

There are no managers, no strict job roles, and no vacation limits at Satalia, a London-based company that delivers AI solutions. How does it work?

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

If you are a manager you know that challenges can be overcome by solid people and systems. Endless reference back and forth and up and down the Management Structure. Excessive ‘decentralization’ or ‘centralization’. This can happen in the information based meetings that Sue ( Mark’s manager) has with the other managers.

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Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Total Quality Management in Logistics: a case study from the trucking industry by Harry Lehman, Jr. (a As with any stated aim or goal what matters is how it manifests in real decisions but it is a good start to acknowledge how important that is to a successful management improvement effort. a thesis at the Naval Postgraduate School).

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Between surging demand, labor shortages, outdated air traffic management, and travel reservation I.T. That’s a shame because the aviation industry as a whole still continues to be an industry model for how to operate with extremely high reliability despite having a highly fragmented set of organizational entities. In the U.S.,

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

These low-cost solutions can reduce failed delivery attempts by up to 10%, including in dense urban areas and developing countries.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Their extensive research shows that there are four skill sets needed for a leader to operate with wise compassion when doing hard things. Wondering how to unlearn management and relearn being human? This means knowing what you stand for and what is important to you and learning to manage your own inner limitations.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. Drawing on her vast experience as a venture capitalist, organizational design expert, and management consultant, Ardi argues that the future belongs to the Betas. I call it Alpha.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 9, 2019

But is there are a way to still drive innovation with an increasingly decentralized lifeforce? For instance, MobileIron employs over 900 people from all over the world and operates from more than 100 locations. We’ve also been told that silos can stifle innovation and should be avoided at all costs. The answer is yes. They won’t.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. Rather than striving to be content experts on every aspect of their operation, they need to be able to collect, sort, analyze data, and edit all communication and collaborative streams of information that could potentially influence their business.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 22, 2014

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. Drawing on her vast experience as a venture capitalist, organizational design expert, and management consultant, Ardi argues that the future belongs to the Betas. I call it Alpha.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Operation: Starting Gun in Moore, OK, Summer 2013 Photo By: Kirk Jackson, Team Rubicon 1. Weak leaders and unhealthy organizations fear decentralized power and intellectually empowered small-unit leaders because they''re difficult to "control." And, how to be prepared -- physically, mentally and emotionally.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 21, 2014

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. Drawing on her vast experience as a venture capitalist, organizational design expert, and management consultant, Ardi argues that the future belongs to the Betas. I call it Alpha.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

How does one successfully manage a company with a dozen diverse, decentralized businesses of varying sizes that employ over 100,000 people in 130 countries, especially in an uncertain economic environment? The answer is to make things simple, says Bill Allen, head of Group Human Resources at Copenhagen-based A.P. Moller-Maersk.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

operating rooms, recovery floors, emergency department), and ancillary departments (e.g., Consider, for example, a surgical patient who starts in the pre-operative area, then moves to the operating room, the post-anesthesia care unit, and the inpatient floor, with occasional side trips for imaging, testing, and physical therapy.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2017

At the same time, we’re also seeing the decentralization of power production. Countries that manage to transition effectively to low-carbon generation technologies will be home to competitive energy solutions and manufacturing firms that are more resilient to energy shocks and weather disruptions. Each brings its own challenges.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2017

Every company’s cybersecurity program will have unique attributes, but there are several fundamentals to this decentralized architecture that can help companies shift the balance of power away from the attackers. Such practices need to become standard operating procedure across all industries. Harm Reduction. Secure-by-Design.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2015

A “value management office” can greatly enhance an institution’s ability to improve outcomes and costs across the enterprise. It makes much more economic and operational sense to create and leverage a central cadre of professionals than to ask each clinical unit, on its own, to acquire such expertise.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2016

However, overspending is often the result of decentralized and siloed decision making over the utility budget. For example, the finance department approves what to buy, facilities maintains equipment, HR tells employees how to conserve energy, and marketing manages the company’s corporate sustainability reporting.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

In 2016, socially responsible investing made up more than one out of every four invested dollars under professional management. “To prosper over time,” he argued, “companies must benefit all of their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers, and the communities in which they operate.”

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In the traditional model of electricity generation, large power plants produce power at a centralized location, which operates at a considerable distance from the points of consumption. For our study, we collected data on 512 strategic initiatives, both centralized and decentralized, launched by 48 leading U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

More than 80% of our work is done by teams of consultants and staff who operate out of their home offices. Once clear, consistent outcomes are set, management conversations shift from exercises in delegation to problem-solving sessions. The advisory firm we work for is one such company.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The consultant has a solution: decentralize. We’re too decentralized. This same phenomenon operates not just individually, but also organizationally. Learning to embrace our own complexity is what makes it possible to manage more complexity. Empower more people to make decisions. You can guess the solution.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2018

In China look at the unique organization of entrepreneurial cells Zhang Ruimin has created at Haier, and in France look at Vinci Group’s success, under Xavier Huillard, with a radically decentralized model designed to foster entrepreneurial creativity in its three thousand constituent companies.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

They hire technical specialists, local experts, and country managers from emerging markets but rarely promote them to corporate positions. In order to adapt to local cultures and market needs, companies must shift to decentralized, collaborative decision-making. That requires developing many leaders capable of working anywhere.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2016

” In other words, they practice an entirely new model of management. Our research, which we call the “digital DNA,” identified 23 new management practices CEOs should consider, focusing on empowerment, experimentation, collaboration, data, and speed. We call this operating structure the “network of teams.”

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Much less attention is paid, however, to the manner in which Buffett manages the company itself. This is somewhat surprising, given that his management system is very different from those of other publicly traded companies. Berkshire Hathaway is known for its extreme decentralization.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

I recently discussed the issue of managing through uncertainty with retired U.S. Petraeus has managed uncertainty of global scope and with the highest stakes. Our conversation left me with three recommendations for managing uncertainty that we all can use: Learn faster than your opponent. So how should leaders adapt?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Employees operate within a hierarchy and are well aware of the guidelines that dictate their behavior. The unique blend of idealism, high profit margins, and rapid growth that came with operating the first certified organic national supermarket in the U.S. Amazon’s culture is a tight one, characterized by structure and precision.

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