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Lead to the future: leadership imperatives for success

Brimstone Consulting

McNulty, associate director of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard, and Leonard Marcus, founding co-director of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard, wrote , “The coronavirus crisis, like every crisis, is unfolding over an arc of time with a beginning, middle, and end. Build Agility.

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Driving Growth and Success: How Medium-Sized Companies Succeed

Business Consulting Agency

Strategic planning ensures that the business remains agile and responsive to changing market conditions. Operational Efficiency Streamlining operations is key to reducing costs and improving efficiency. Consultants assist in recruitment strategies, talent retention, and workforce development.

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How HR Can Become Agile (and Why It Needs To)

Harvard Business

If software has eaten the world, then agile has eaten the software world. And there is no shortage of information and advice on how agile should be implemented in your tech organization. For example, a Google search for “agile software development” returns over 14 million results. Related Video.

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5 Ways to Help Employees Keep Up with Digital Transformation

Harvard Business

Coca-Cola recently reshuffled its leadership team to focus on growth, innovation, and digital. At L’Oréal, CEO Jean-Paul Agon signaled the company’s digital transformation when he recruited Lubomira Rochet to be the chief digital officer and a member of the executive team. Help Employees Embrace Agility.

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Changing Company Culture Requires a Movement, Not a Mandate

Harvard Business

Innovation demands new behaviors from leaders and employees that are often antithetical to corporate cultures, which are historically focused on operational excellence and efficiency. His leadership team began with a search for purpose. Projects were selected across channels to highlight agility, innovation, and customer centricity.

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How Leaders Can Focus on the Big Picture

Harvard Business

For the past 30 years, the literature on leadership and empowerment has advised leaders not to be too prescriptive about these questions, lest they undermine employee empowerment. It also compromises your own leadership bandwidth, reducing your ability to macromanage. Questions to ask them include: “Why will this not work?

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How CEOs Can Make Smart Strategic Trade-Offs

Harvard Business

Pursuing cost leadership versus differentiating for value. Leadership is changing — fast. CEOs must be agile and adaptive, operating from a mindset of continual anticipation and appraisal in order to make timely investment decisions and oversee speedy execution. Manage costs — or add value? Insight Center.