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How to Seize Opportunity in a World of Disruption

Skip Prichard

“Agile organizations treat disruption and adversity as opportunities.” Today’s organizations face the unknown on a weekly basis. and is an expert on risk, strategy, and finance. We demonstrate that agile organizations possess both strategic and tactical agility. Navigate through Change. Northern Command.

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How to Innovate When You're Not the Big Boss

Harvard Business Review

Among other skills, he wanted to find executives who had the wisdom to know when the organization needed to be fundamentally changed and shaken up — and when the organization needed time to incorporate prior changes. Senior management doesn't really encourage innovation, you'll hear. They won't let me take risks."

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Digital Transformation Doesn’t Have to Leave Employees Behind

Harvard Business Review

Becoming a true digital organization is not just about becoming tech-savvy. It means embracing a new culture and mindset, where hierarchy fades and innovation happens through networks. Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. The first step managers need to take is to assess their organization’s purpose and vision.

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Build Your Team Like an Executive

Harvard Business Review

These differences in philosophy and approach frequently differentiate those who advance to and succeed at the executive level — and those who stay in the ranks of middle management. When you ask leaders how they build a strong management team, the answers are revealing.

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To Lead a Digital Transformation, CEOs Must Prioritize

Harvard Business Review

Given the pace at which digital innovation is disrupting industries globally, it’s not surprising that most CEOs feel pressure to find and deploy the right technology as fast as their budgets will allow. Many are discovering, however, that becoming a digital leader isn’t simply a matter of technological savvy.

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4 Forces that Shape an Organization’s Success

Skip Prichard

Corporate anthropologists Mario Moussa, Derek Newberry, and Greg Urban have a combined 75 years of experience in the field, and I had the opportunity to talk with them about their new book, THE CULTURE PUZZLE ; the four forces that shape culture; and how leaders can harness these forces so that their organizations can thrive. It’s dynamic.

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What 11 CEOs Have Learned About Championing Diversity

Harvard Business Review

Diversity can boost innovation and employee engagement , and companies with greater gender and racial diversity financially outperform their peers. My interviews with the CEOs highlighted four key lessons that other leaders should keep in mind when trying to make their organizations more diverse and inclusive.