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The “Next Practices” of Strategy-Setting

N2Growth Blog

their personal span of control) and the organization’s existing “ways of doing business” These approaches produce plans that have blinders on. Firms need rigor and discipline in their planning methodologies and a way to maintain and adjust the plan long after the consultants have collected their fees and are gone.

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HR Value Delivery: Power of HR to Transform Organizations

HR Digest

The Evolution of HR Value Creation, Delivery, and Capture HR value creation has come a long way from simply trying to secure a seat at the table. Organization: Cultivating the Right Capabilities for Success HR’s role in shaping the organization goes beyond traditional HR demographics such as the number of levels or span of control.

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Does Your Company Have Enough Sales Managers?

Harvard Business Review

This meant that management span of control had more than doubled from an average of 5-6 salespeople per manager up to 12-15 per manager. The average span of control for U.S. The merchandising force operates with an unusually high span of control of 50 merchandisers per manager.

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Coddled Relatives Can Kill a Family Business

Harvard Business Review

During his entire career, he worked in his father''s span of control, reporting directly to his dad within six years of joining the business. Has he reported within his parent''s span of control for most/all of his career? Is the family member paid above the market-based compensation for his position?

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How to Transform a Traditional Giant into a Digital One

Harvard Business Review

The result is the reconstitution or destruction of industries, creation of new market spaces, and reshaping of old industry ecosystems. Balancing the short-term and long-term is a dynamic leadership challenge. Change the mindset from “span of control” to “speed and collaboration.”