HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

In 2012, we began to launch Diversity Leadership Councils, starting with our Black Executive Leadership Council (BELC). When our employees have the tools and resources to manage their life and their career, they are able to better deliver for our clients. What do employees really value? Has that changed over time?

Banking 78

Banking Diversity Human Resources Resources 78

Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

29 Leadership Experts Share Their Top 19 Leadership Competencies & Behaviors for Success (Plus Leaderboard) It seems that the world has a lack of leadership these days, doesn’t it? Why does poor leadership seem to be such an epidemic in government, business, and nonprofits?

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Leadership Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Open-book 102

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.

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IAS Innovation Agility Learning-by-Doing 59

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

In Winning the Long Game they write that “In times of crisis and change, when people are confused about what to do, ordinary leadership must rise to the level of strategic leadership.” Especially in uncertain times, “companies must tilt more toward strategic leadership than toward operational excellence.” Chapter 1: Elon Musk).

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Skills Long-term Short-term Learning-by-Doing 150

Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 19, 2013

.” The traditional hierarchical model of leadership will not work effectively for major organizations in tomorrow’s changing world. Then, as a manager, this same person could tell a few people what to do. .” A classic example was the old Bell System. Pretty well! A task force had to be assigned.

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Follow-up Learning-by-Doing Wireless Drucker 147

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

How are you planning to manage these challenges? We must ensure that we drive to a workforce that is reflective of the markets in which we live, work, and serve globally. Although we are taking strides to acknowledge and eliminate bias, it persists within the organization, and our work to eliminate bias must continue.

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Diversity Commitment CPO Globalization 52

Deming Institute

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Now we have added the full presentation to our YouTube channel: Louie provides an informative discussion of the transformation of Hallmark Building Supplies as they adopted Deming’s ideas to manage their organization. It is often useful to learn about the journey of transformation of an organization to a new management system.

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Quality Deming Strategy System 28

Strategy Driven

JUNE 17, 2011

You will learn to: Assess and analyze your current situation. Build a learning organization that thrives on change. In the language of today, they need to take on the mantle of ‘transformational leadership.’ What trends do you see in the market, and how does your competition relate to them?

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Learning-by-Doing Industry Follow-up Skills 62

Strategy Driven

APRIL 28, 2020

The trend towards consolidation in industry has become a threat to any business whose leadership has a desire to maintain its own identity and strategic path. Mergers and acquisitions have been around forever, but there is a new legal form of conquest that is allowing organizations to steal market share from well-established businesses.

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Industry Organization Real Estate Outsourcing 113

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2018

Organizations, processes, and cultures will be integrated for weeks and months after the organizations come together, causing disruption and uncertainty. Leaders in the M&A environment are managing an organization that hasn’t existed before. Their people are no longer part of the organization they joined.

Agility 15

Agility Shaw Learning-by-Doing Efficiency 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Ever since the publication of Peter Senge’s The Fifth Discipline , 25 years ago, companies have sought to become “learning organizations” that continually transform themselves. The problem isn’t learning: it’s unlearning. We need to unlearn the push model of marketing and explore alternative models.

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Porter Competitive Advantage Senge Network Economy 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

A year ago we set out to find the answer, drawing on the collective experience of dozens of collaborative communities and learning organizations. In most organizations, there’s a standard set of tools we use to form, lead, and manage teams. When you want a status update, you go to the project manager.

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Learning-by-Doing Tools Team Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

You may recall that NUMMI was a joint venture of Toyota and GM, where Toyota took over one of GM''s worst plants and turned it around with a new management system — using many of the same people and the same unions. Then at the end of 2007 the housing market crashed. manufacturing, management had to take a big swing.

Insourcing 8

Insourcing Operations Offshoring Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2011

In their new book, Beyond Performance: How Great Organizations Build Ultimate Competitive Advantage , Scott Keller and Colin Price identify nine factors that are critical to organizational health: Direction, Accountability, Motivation, Leadership, Coordination & Control, External Orientation, Culture & Climate, Capabilities, Innovation & Learning.

Organization 9

Organization Supply Chain Decentralization Bureaucracy 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

In today's markets, business leaders face a similar challenge: how to pierce through the "the fog of business.". The traditional tools of management — strategy and planning — are no longer sufficient. The " fog of war " describes the uncertainty faced by soldiers in the field of battle.

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Self-aware Guidelines Objective Operations 8