Learning Organization, Marketing and Skills

6 Skills You Need to Win the Long Game

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

If strategic leaders are to thrive and play the long game they need six elements critical for effective strategic leadership : Anticipate, Challenge, Interpret, Decide, Align and Learn. Mastering just a few of these skills is not enough. How quickly do you spot ambiguous threats and opportunities on the periphery of your business?

Skills

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

How Operational Excellence Attracts and Retains Talents

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Professional Growth and Development : Continuous Learning: Organizations that excel operationally often prioritize continuous learning and development. This commitment to employee growth can be a strong retention tool, as employees value the opportunity to enhance their skills and advance their careers within the organization.

Operations

Operations Loyalty Efficiency Human Capital

5 Steps To Develop A Learning Culture At Work

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

It’s created a world in which the speed of learning is a competitive advantage, both for individuals and organizations. Of course, learning organizations are not necessarily a new thing, but their nature has changed. Netflix, for instance, shifted from DVD rental to streaming.

Osborne

Osborne Development Tacit Knowledge Kaizen

Ways to Boost Innovation and Accelerate Organizational Learning

The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In his article “Building a Learning Organization,” he writes, “Experimentation involves the systematic searching for and testing of new knowledge … A study of more than 150 new products concluded that ‘the knowledge gained from failures (is) often instrumental in achieving subsequent successes.’

Innovation

Innovation Agility Strategic Planning Core Competence

Fostering a Culture of Innovation and Organizational Learning

The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

” Inclusive Innovation Dramatically Boosts Agility “Innovation by All (IA) maximizes a company’s human potential by tapping into the intelligence, skills, and passion of everyone in the organization. In an agile learning organization, problems are resolved quickly and used as opportunities for continuous improvement.

IAS

IAS Innovation Agility Learning-by-Doing

Championing Diversity and Inclusion at Bank of America

HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

In today’s tight labor market, it is imperative for us to stay focused on effective onboarding, career mobility and supporting our managers. This includes a move back to in-person onboarding events in many of our local markets. What talent practices do you plan to keep the future of work in shape?

Banking

Banking Diversity Human Resources Resources

Are These Systems Serving or Subverting Organization Results?

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

System Organization Levitt Root Cause Analysis

Value-Added Leadership

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

At whatever level one enters the ladder, he-she is trained, measured for performance and fits into the organization’s overall Big Picture. One rarely advances more than one rung on the ladder during the course of service to the organization in question: Resource. Skills and Tasks. Executives possess good people skills.

Leadership

Leadership Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Ethics

19 Key Leadership Competencies & Behaviors from 29 Top Experts

Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

Tim Magwood ( Leadership Coach & Musician ) I would say being an “agile learner” Things are moving fast in our VUCA world and we need more leaders who are learning WITH their people and helping to create deliberate learning organizations. Leadership skills are not necessarily innate. Keep your promises.

Leadership

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

The Transformational Leader: Compass to a New World, part 1

Strategy Driven

JUNE 17, 2011

Leaders emerged whose navigational equipment, skills, and personal qualities gave others the courage to follow them across a sea of unknowns in search of a more promising place. Discover how industry leaders get ahead and stay there and apply the same skills and strategies to your business and personal lives. Prepare and Adapt.

Learning-by-Doing

Learning-by-Doing Industry Follow-up Skills

Ask, Learn, Follow Up and Grow

Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 19, 2013

In the “old days,” a person was hired into a position, learned the job, and – usually because of some form of functional proficiency – received a promotion into management. Sincere asking demonstrates a willingness to learn, a desire to serve, and a humility that can be an inspiration for the entire organization.

Follow-up

Follow-up Learning-by-Doing Wireless Drucker

Design How Your Team Thinks

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2016

It’s a brain when we talk about a learning organization. For example, social media has changed the nature of marketing. We select for skills and assign tasks and responsibilities. (The word corporation comes from the Latin corporare , to combine in one body). It’s a machine when we talk about high-performance.

Team

Team Construction Learning-by-Doing Agility

Why the Problem with Learning Is Unlearning

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. When we learn, we add new skills or knowledge to what we already know. Unlearning is not about forgetting.

Porter

Porter Competitive Advantage Senge Network Economy

What Kind of Thinker Are You?

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. These include personality tests, skill profiles, and team roles.

Learning-by-Doing

Learning-by-Doing Tools Team Efficiency

Leadership Digital

6 Skills You Need to Win the Long Game

How Operational Excellence Attracts and Retains Talents

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Value-Added Leadership

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Ask, Learn, Follow Up and Grow

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