Strategy Driven

AUGUST 11, 2023

A study by the Harvard Business Review reveals that prioritizing effective communication amplifies collaboration and innovation, propelling companies 50% ahead of competitors. McKinsey & Company’s report underscores that robust client communication strategies breed customer retention and positive referrals.

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Training Active Listening Bond McKinsey 114

Leading Blog

JUNE 30, 2018

10 Business Strategies From Self-Made Millionaires by Martin Zwilling @StartupPro. Learning About Innovation from Mr. Edison by from @wallybock via @leadchangegroup. Englishmen Can’t Shoot Straight: Lessons in Innovation by @wallybock. Why Innovation Can Be Taught by @adigaskell. Leading with inner agility via @McKinsey.

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McKinsey Agility Learning-by-Doing Innovation 157

First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 7, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article featured by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company, in which Olivier Leclerc and Mihnea Moldoveanu explain how and why tricky problems must be shaped before they can be solved. To start that process, and stimulate novel thinking, leaders should look through multiple lenses.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 9, 2019

Authors Acha Leke, Mutsa Chironga and Georges Desvaux of McKinsey and Company, take a different view in Africa’s Business Revolution. This young continent, with a median age of around twenty, is an eager adopter and innovator in all things digital and mobile.” Determining a strategy is the real trick.

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How To Long-term Short-term Business Model 254

CO2

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Leaders who can adapt their style and strategy to these changing conditions are the ones who will reach new heights. A McKinsey report emphasizes the importance of adaptability in leaders, noting that the ability to pivot and embrace change is a key driver of success in today’s fast-paced business environment.

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Leadership McKinsey Innovation Learning-by-Doing 78

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

is the Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer at Hyperoptic, a fiber-to-the-building Internet service provider based in London. Step 3: Strategy alignment. It is essential to have someone with a bird’s-eye view of the whole process to orchestrate it successfully. Boris Dragovi? Step 2: Culture alignment. And why is that?

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Experience to Lead

JANUARY 29, 2024

To help you find the best resources amidst the endless maze of information, here are our top podcasts focusing on leadership strategy and development. Whether you’re an experienced leader or an aspiring one, there’s always room for growth and development by embracing more innovative management styles.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

But a study by McKinsey revealed that in today’s business landscape, employees also want to feel valued by their organization. One study from Catalyst of nearly 900 employees found that empathetic leadership was “an important driver of employee outcomes such as innovation, engagement, and inclusion—especially in times of crisis.”

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 17, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from another outstanding article, co-authored by Arne Gast and Michele Zanini and featured online by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. Source: Organization Practice and Strategy Practice [.].

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Rumelt (PublicAffairs, 2022) What passes for strategy in too many businesses, government agencies, and military operations is a toxic mix of wishful thinking and a jumble of incoherent policies. How can you design a successful, sustainable innovation process?—his Blog Post ). The Crux : How Leaders Become Strategists by Richard P.

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Books Leadership P&L Blog 368

Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

Remember, tools and strategies are powerful, but leadership commitment to communicating a destination and sharing updates on progress drives performance! Together, you can build a culture that fuels success, drives innovation, and propels your organization to new heights.

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LDRLB

OCTOBER 4, 2011

I’ve just finished reading another good article about an innovator’s need to open the mind. And as usual, the illustrations come from new product development and business strategy. Articles like these always make me wonder: Doesn’t the other 95% of the business need to innovate, too?

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LDRLB

OCTOBER 4, 2011

I’ve just finished reading another good article about an innovator’s need to open the mind. And as usual, the illustrations come from new product development and business strategy. Articles like these always make me wonder: Doesn’t the other 95% of the business need to innovate, too?

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Wilde Innovation Resistance Leadership 90

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 2, 2023

They also have a 20% higher rate of innovation, according to a Boston Consulting Group study. However, in order to see tangible change, EDI needs to have a targeted strategy. This belief underpinned her use of EDI as a business metric to push the strategy forward at the city council.

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Metrics KPI Diversity Long-term 52

First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 28, 2013

Andreasen Peter Gray (Part 1) Richard Weylman Rutger von Post Stella & Chewy’s Steven Fink strategy+business The Creative Brain The McKinsey Quarterly The New York Times The Power of Why Thought Leader Conversation: Edgar Schein Tim Berners-Lee' Andreasen Crisis Communications: [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 13, 2012

Here is an excerpt from another outstanding article featured by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. It was co-authored by Stephen Hall, Dan Lovallo, and Reinier Musters. Most companies allocate the same resources to the same business units year after year.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 6, 2013

Eccher Peter Gray: Part 2 Rob Goffee Rutger von Post strategy+business talent management The McKinsey Quarterly The Referral Engine These Soft Skills Can Go a Long Way Thomas Williams Zig Zag' Lawler III Gareth Jones HBR How to Use Your Online Network to Test Ideas John Jantsch Keith Sawyer Management Tip of the Day motivation Paul H.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2022

Indeed, McKinsey recently argued that one of the few plus points from the pandemic was it reinforced the importance of building change capabilities within our organizations. The success of the VCUK consortium reflects how innovation can be accelerated through multiple non-traditional strategies,” the researchers explain. “The

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

When departments automated with technology solutions, updating digital skills for your role was a sound strategy for ensuring your future. Turned out to be a great strategy for job relevance. Digital marketing and strategy specialists. The learning landscape is ripe for innovation. AI and machine learning specialists.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

But a problem that’s becoming ever more visible is that some organisations have made authenticity their marketing strategy, rather than a business one. This approach very much links to social innovation and indeed conspicuous altruism. As a result, they come across as manufactured i.e. the very opposite of authentic.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Each year INSEAD and WIPO team up to produce the Global Innovation Index , which aims to rank nations according to their innovative capacity and outputs. At the heart of the rankings are various institutions and institutional factors that the researchers believe underpin good innovation. Starting from a low base. Data colonies.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Badaracco Kai Hammerich Madeleine Albright Maximize Your Potential McKinsey & Company McKinsey Global Institute Meredith Maran Novelis Open data: Unlocking innovation and performance with liquid information Phil Martens Richard D.

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Blog McKinsey Drucker Human Capital 75

ExactHire - Leadership

MAY 5, 2021

In 2015, McKinsey and Company found that companies with a diverse workforce performed 15 to 35 percent better than the national industry median. McKinsey followed up with a 2018 report that echoed the finding of the first: diversity is good for the bottom line. Hiring diverse talent requires intention and strategy.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Establish Effective Recruitment Strategies and Onboarding A big reason for high attrition rates is the hiring of candidates who are not suited for the organization. It takes an active HR department and research team to keep their eyes on shifting trends in order to find innovative ways to retain employees.

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Experience to Lead

JANUARY 25, 2022

To help you cut through the noise, we’ve curated 10 of our favorite leadership blogs and podcasts for 2022 on leadership strategy and development. This robust leadership blog from INSEAD features incisive pieces on strategy, operations and management. The McKinsey Podcast. INSEAD Knowledge. Leadership Next.

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Blog Leadership McKinsey Globalization 52

First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 13, 2013

What’s New in Innovation Education? Bob''s blog entries "How Caterpillar Transforms People Into Butterflies" "It’s a mad "The characteristics of design thinking" "The Corner Office" "What would your life have been like in 1909?"

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Wiseman Porter Blog McKinsey 75

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 24, 2022

Companies have managed to construct an AI strategy and are building an ecosystem around AI that is underpinned by the structures and processes required to make the technology work.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

Bob''s blog entries "The Corner Office" "The Four Components of Creativity" "Today [comma] Company Lifecycle and Culture Change Too Fast" 10 Myths About Creativity You Need to Stop Believing Now Adam Bryant Alexis Ohanian “Questions to Ask Potential Hires” “Richard Feynman: The Pleasure of Finding Things Out” “Shifting the Scales to Enable Innovation” (..)

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Blog McKinsey Creativity Talent Management 75

First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 20, 2013

Badaracco Karen Christensen Lessons from the Sandbox Liquid Brand Agency Marty Neumeier McKinsey Quarterly Michael A. Bob''s blog entries "Brain Food Nuggets (11-20)" "Readers’ Advice for Young Women in the Workplace" "Take the Metaskills Quiz 2.0 Roberto Michael C.

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Blog Christensen Rogers McKinsey 75

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Historically, immigrants have helped America lead the world in technological innovation,” the authors say. This was emphasized clearly by research from McKinsey a few years ago, which highlighted that 35% of the 247 million or so people who live outside their country of birth are highly skilled migrants with at least a tertiary education.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 7, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win Steven Gary Blank Your Survival Instinct Is Killing You: Retrain Your Brain to Conquer Fear, Make Better Decisions, and Thrive in the 21st [.].

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

In fact, it were the L&D teams that were instrumental in bringing about wider acceptance of innovative measures, processes and strategies, including reimagining how employees learn to work in a digitized world. Managers will increasingly need to take up more innovative roles to manage disparate and dispersed teams.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 14, 2013

McKinsey Insights ’ Pankaj Ghemawat references a survey of senior executives where 76% of them feel they need to develop global-leadership capabilities, but only 7% of feel they are doing so effectively. Test your management strategies. Find out if your decisions, plans, and strategies work first before deploying them.

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leaderCommunicator

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Within the last year, I’ve attended dozens of meetings with communicators in which a single, consistent order is dispatched: “We’ve got to incorporate social media in ALL our strategies.”. While I’m a big proponent of innovating with social media strategies, the days of the Wild West are – in a word -- over. Let’s be honest.

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Wilde Media White Paper McKinsey 165

Strategy Driven

MARCH 15, 2019

This approach very much links to social innovation and indeed conspicuous altruism. He is a lecturer at the University of the Arts London, and has written for Dazed, Admap, Brand Strategy, Marketing and Contagious. The report went on to note “society is demanding that companies, both public and private, serve a social purpose”.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 14, 2009

Today’s post is a link to Stewart Rogers ‘ blog the Strategic Product Manager , which contains several great leadership quotes from McKinsey. Take a few minutes and learn about Leadership Lessons from McKinsey. 2 Responses Stewart Rogers , on August 18, 2009 at 6:40 am said: Thanks for the mention! Thanks a million!

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