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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business

From day one, Hiesinger began executing a plan for repositioning the declining core of steel manufacturing by divesting less profitable product lines, focusing on higher-margin custom manufacturing, and even opening 3D printing centers to fashion components such as parts for wind turbines. They Use Culture Change to Drive Engagement.

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Tronc vs. the Right Way for Publishers to Compete in the Digital Age

Harvard Business

But it’s really reporting that sets a publication apart, even in seemingly trivial areas like fashion and entertainment. Clearly, these are problems not of technology but of culture, and they can’t be solved through higher conversion rates or glitzy videos.

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How Volvo Reinvented Itself Through Hiring

Harvard Business

” Sallstrom had a second reason for looking outside the company: He and Jacoby believed that only an infusion of fresh talent could transform Volvo’s culture into an entrepreneurial one. Today, there’s a greater need for software engineers because cars are computers more than anything else.”

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A Tool to Map Your Next Digital Initiative

Harvard Business

This would allow it to uniquely identify every product, even distinguishing fashion items by size and color, as well as proving information on its location. A significant cultural change was also going to be needed, especially around information sharing and cross-cultural work.

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The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM HBS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Harvard Business

They shift their culture so that some of these ideas begin to permeate and shape the behaviors and actions of their employees. At best, they are able to respond in a somewhat coordinated fashion when customers come to them. It does to a degree but can be severely limiting in how much firms can achieve. Q: What are you working on now?

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3 Talent Management Traps to Avoid

LSA Global

Culture Can Weigh Heavily Against The Changes We Desire. But these prejudices can severely hamper the best-intentioned efforts to change and improve the talent in our organization. People Discount the Importance of Workplace Culture. If your culture is aligned with your strategy, this is a good thing.

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5 Tips to Better Engage People for Successful Change

LSA Global

With the vision in mind and the employees at the table, put together the steps required to implement the change. Solicit the input of front-line workers so you can consider carefully the effect of each step and prioritize and sequence the work in a coordinated fashion. Establish some principles that will guide you all going forward.

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