The Practical Leader

MAY 8, 2024

” Five years earlier, we’d conducted introductory service/quality improvement workshops for senior management and head office staff of a large company. We showed how that could significantly boost the performance of the organization. The senior management team declined. He urged everyone to work together better.

Learning-by-Doing 52

Learning-by-Doing Workshop Survey Rogers 52

The Practical Leader

MARCH 13, 2024

Harvard Business School Professor Ted Levitt, a leading research and author in management, marketing, and former editor of Harvard Business Review, said “Early decline and certain death are the fate of companies whose policies are geared totally and obsessively to their own convenience at the total expense of the customer.”

System 52

System Organization Levitt Root Cause Analysis 52

The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Leaders need more speed with changing internal systems, launching new products, and responding to rapidly changing markets. The fastest, most nimble organizations have a ratio of 11:2 — eleven employees pulling the organization forward for every two, dragging on growth and agility. Work is transformed from a job to a joy.

IAS 59

IAS Innovation Agility Learning-by-Doing 59

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

This ladder holds true for managers and employees within the organization, as well as outside consultants brought in. At whatever level one enters the ladder, he-she is trained, measured for performance and fits into the organization’s overall Big Picture. Values, customs, beliefs, goals, objectives, benchmarking.

Leadership 50

Leadership Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Ethics 50

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

How are you planning to manage these challenges? Inclusivity means different things in different geographies and as a leader in a global organization, addressing issues in the U.S. We must ensure that we drive to a workforce that is reflective of the markets in which we live, work, and serve globally.

Diversity 52

Diversity Commitment CPO Globalization 52

Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

A few years ago when I was managing a high energy, informal, friendly, and fun team, I could count on everyone to work well together–with one exception. Recently some organizations like Zappos and HolocracyOne have made headlines with their managerless structures and intentions of adapting quickly to environmental changes.

Diversity 309

Diversity Teamwork Bottom-up Learning-by-Doing 309

Strategy Driven

JUNE 17, 2011

You will learn to: Assess and analyze your current situation. Build a learning organization that thrives on change. Win the hearts and minds of individuals, so they share and work toward your organization’s goals. What trends do you see in the market, and how does your competition relate to them?

Learning-by-Doing 62

Learning-by-Doing Industry Follow-up Skills 62