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How To Lead In The Digital Economy

The Horizons Tracker

They rely on outdated and ineffective leadership styles that diminish the performance of the companies they lead. “We We are on the precipice of an exciting new world of work, one that gives executives an opportunity to chart a new course for what their leadership should look like, feel like, and be like,” the authors say.

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The Case for Improving Work for People with Disabilities Goes Way Beyond Compliance

Harvard Business Review

A new study from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) found that, according to the 2015 US government’s definition of disability , a significant portion of the white-collar workforce has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity: 30% of a nationally representative survey of 3,570 white-collar employees.

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Leaders Can No Longer Afford to Downplay Procurement

Harvard Business Review

Many lack the training and skills to thoughtfully analyze a sourcing request and their aforementioned isolation makes it nearly impossible to truly understand business priorities. Or does it focus on customer service and helping the business achieve its strategy? Cutting costs Global business Leadership Organizational culture'

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A Playbook for Making America More Entrepreneurial

Harvard Business Review

We see ourselves as risk-takers and innovators. Over the last six years the federal government funded more than 50 new regional innovation “clusters,” and across America new accelerators and entrepreneurship boot camps are proliferating. In fact, we know a lot about what works from observing this recent experimentation.

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Let Go of What Made Your Company Great

Harvard Business Review

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. Above all, don’t ignore this challenge as you try to innovate your way to a new model.

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Tinkering with Strategy Can Derail Midsize Companies

Harvard Business Review

During those nine months, Cellairis’ leadership had been distracted from their core business. Unlike a startup company, which is supposed to play with alternative strategies until the right one emerges, a midsize firm already has a strategy that is working. After nine months, AMP’d filed for bankruptcy. But they must learn it.

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There Are Two Types of Performance — but Most Organizations Only Focus on One

Harvard Business Review

Workers were carefully trained to follow processes exactly as they were laid out. Tactical performance is how effectively your organization sticks to its strategy. The second type, known as adaptive performance , is how effectively your organization diverges from its strategy. Every spot on every line was visible to managers.