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Leaders As Control Freaks

Joseph Lalonde

I understand you’ve been juggling three to five things at a time, such as answering texts in the middle of a business meeting, or you’re managing volumes of data while dealing with people problems. but research suggests, especially as it relates to prioritized projects, you focus. Conclusion.

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This is Critical to Building an Agile, Change Adaptive Organization

The Practical Leader

” That’s a key conclusion of a major study by Harvard Business School’s Project on Managing the Future of Work and the Boston Consulting Group’s Henderson Institute. Find ways to manage chronic uncertainty. They found “the two groups perceived the future in significantly different ways.”

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Are you stuck in a never ending project spin cycle?

Roundtable Talk

← Leadership lessons they don’t teach in school Fast Friday with Murray Kane, SVP HR, LCBO → Are you stuck in a never ending project spin cycle? She reported on her research into how organization’s chose, manage and succeed/or not, with projects. Dr. Henderson kept playfully referring to Project #26.

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4 Things For Profits Can Learn From Non-profits

Ron Edmondson

I had over 20 years in management and leadership positions in secular (for profit) work prior to ministry. Recently I heard a great talk from Jeff Henderson (read my notes HERE ), on what non-profits can learn from for profits. Big projects. What Non-profits Can Learn from For Profits…Jeff Henderson. Big profit.

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Global Workers Are Ready for Retraining

Harvard Business Review

In surveying 11,000 people in lower-income and middle-skills jobs and 6,500 managers across 11 countries, Fuller discovered that, contrary to what bosses believe, many employees are excited about new technologies and willing to be trained in new skills. But they don’t always know what they need to learn or how to access and pay for it.

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The Future Economy Project

Harvard Business Review

Managing Climate Change: Lessons from the U.S. To do so, we have created the Future Economy Project. Global Managing Partner, McKinsey & Co. Our advisers: Rebecca Henderson. According to the Risky Business Project , the cost of the damage done to property and infrastructure by storms along the U.S.’s

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The Future Economy Project: Advice from Sustainability Experts

Harvard Business Review

Learn about the future economy project. Harvard Business Review interviewed the CEOs and other business leaders who signed up to the Future Economy Project, our initiative spotlighting businesses’ sustainability agendas. We need tools to assess progress for external stakeholders, consumers, and managers.