Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2021

Strategy #4: Engineer an Ecosystem. Strategy #8: Thrive with Talent. They’re also becoming more selective about which markets to enter and paradoxically deepening their reengagement in their chosen markets. Operating Beyond: Rethink How Their Companies Operate.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 27, 2019

In August 2018, Apple assigned the leadership of the Titan team to Tesla engineering vice president and Apple veteran, Doug Field, alongside Bob Mansfield. It is meanwhile believed internally that the dismissals from the group this week is a restructuring anticipated under every new leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Tactical performance is how effectively your organization sticks to its strategy. Similarly, when Starbucks baristas make your latte the same way across cafés, or when a software engineer delivers the expected features each sprint, you are witnessing tactical performance. But there are two types that are important for success.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2015

While large consulting firms push expensive “war games” at the leadership level, Jessica ran cheap and quick local games based on local market dynamics. She then fed the results as market intelligence input into a senior leadership competitive game. Simply and clearly put, CI is a perspective on changing market conditions.

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Competitive Intelligence Agility Workshop Definition 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2016

As United Rentals, the largest equipment rentals company, shifted its strategy to focus more on national customer accounts, it faced a huge forgetting challenge; branch managers needed to forget the fiefdom mentality. .” Create win-win incentives. Incentives are a powerful lever to convince people they need to forget the old ways.

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Company Licensing Incentives Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

The company better aligned the workforce mix to its strategy, by optimizing different talent acquisition channels, manager spans of control (number of workers reporting to them), and worker mobility. Educate leaders on how and why to optimize a blended workforce. That requires better integrating your HR and Procurement systems.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

The term it used to describe its strategy was "retailtainment" — making it fun for customers to do business in an industry that was devoid of personality. The world didn't need another bank on the corner, and then we came along," said Dennis DiFlorio, who spent nearly twenty years in leadership positions, including chairman. "We

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