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How to Seize Opportunity in a World of Disruption

Skip Prichard

and is an expert on risk, strategy, and finance. Agile, risk-intelligence organizations aggressively look for opportunities and view risk as a powerful lever to be pulled to achieve their objectives. . What if you are in middle management and the top management isn’t fully there. Northern Command.

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Your Strategic Plans Probably Aren’t Strategic, or Even Plans

Harvard Business Review

At the start of my public seminars on strategic planning I ask attendees, who rank from board members and CEOs to middle management, to write down an example of a strategy on a sheet of paper. The problem starts with the word itself — a scarily misunderstood concept in management and board circles.

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CMI Highlights

Chartered Management Institute

Investing in management and leadership skills also has knock-on effects for productivity, says Anthony Painter in FE News and The Paradise in response to Keir Starmer’s speech at UK Finance at the end of February. You’ll need confidence to succeed in the year ahead.

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Making Matrix Organizations Actually Work

Harvard Business Review

A matrix structure is an example of hard-wiring, because the two bosses of a manager in a matrixed position have the joint responsibility to set his objectives, supervise his work, do his appraisal, and ensure his development. This can be achieved through hard-wiring or soft-wiring. The matrix should not be the default design option.

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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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Shape Strategy With Simple Rules, Not Complex Frameworks

Harvard Business Review

Managers in these organizations translate corporate objectives into a few straightforward guidelines that help employees make on-the-spot decisions and adapt to constantly shifting environments, while keeping the big picture in mind. Aligning activities with corporate objectives. reuse existing resources.

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How to Make Sustainability Every Employee’s Responsibility

Harvard Business Review

I have interviewed over 100 CEOs, C-suite executives, middle managers, and shop floor workers in more than 25 companies across the world to understand why most companies fail to embed sustainability in their business models and, also, what drives success among the handful that do. billion, prompting them to revisit the goal.