LSA Global

JANUARY 6, 2025

Alignment with Ways of Working, Resources, and Capabilities We know from leadership simulation assessment data that too many leaders ignore cultural and operational realities. Strategies that clash with organizational culture or overlook operational constraints are unlikely to gain traction.

Research 67

Research Analysis Strategy Strategy 67

Harvard Business

APRIL 28, 2017

” Survey respondents included Presidents, Chief Information Officers, Chief Analytics Officers, Chief Marketing Officers, and Chief Data Officers representing 50 industry giants, including American Express, Capital One, Disney, Ford Motors, General Electric, JP Morgan, MetLife, Nielsen, Turner Broadcasting, United Parcel Service, and USAA.

Data 133

Data Company Survey Video 133

Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Growing up with a father involved in the space program and an education in marketing, Meg’s roots have significantly influenced her perspective on leadership. She is interested in mentoring roles for executives and consulting projects on change management initiatives.

How To 156

How To Leadership Interviews Change Management 156

Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Growing up with a father involved in the space program and an education in marketing, Meg’s roots have significantly influenced her perspective on leadership. She is interested in mentoring roles for executives and consulting projects on change management initiatives.

Leadership 156

Leadership Interviews Change Management Development 156

Harvard Business

JULY 24, 2017

Change management can be a test for any organization. Several studies by Towers Watson show that just 25% of change management initiatives are successful over the long term. Change management certainly tested us. There’s always a danger in trying to overengineer culture. What made them proud?

Management 131

Management Change Management Culture Leadership 131

LSA Global

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

For example, a company looking to lead in artificial intelligence as part of its go to market strategy must invest in ensuring that its engineers, product managers, marketing, and sales teams possess cutting-edge AI knowledge, skills, and resources. Treating all training requests differently based upon the desired outcomes.

Talent 48

Talent Training Training Culture 48

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

A strong culture is vital for organizational success – as evidenced by the relationship between culture and leadership , employee commitment , customer satisfaction , and innovation. As the organizational goals and strategy change over time, so too should culture intentionally be changed.

Culture 70

Culture Company Resources Financial 70

Successful Independent Consulting

JANUARY 20, 2017

Here is a verbatim snippet from her résumé at the time: PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY AND SERVICES Senior consultant with professional experience in Organization Development and Change, Leadership and Organizational Communications and Coaching , as well as internal and external Corporate Communications, including global marketing initiatives.

Consulting 150

Consulting Turnaround Exercises Technology Implementation 150

Epicflow

JUNE 10, 2024

A Chief Project Officer can have a significant impact on organizational success: they help organizations achieve their business objectives, drive innovation, and remain competitive in the market. Read more: Resource Optimization In a Multi-Project Environment: Main Challenges and Ways to Tackle Them With Resource Management Software 3.

Resources 157

Resources Methodologies Efficiency Metrics 157

Harvard Business

MAY 3, 2018

In this episode of HBR’s advice podcast, Dear HBR: , cohosts Alison Beard and Dan McGinn answer your questions with the help of Nicholas Pearce, an associate professor at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. ” HBR: Changing Company Culture Requires a Movement, Not a Mandate by Bryan Walker and Sarah A.

Culture 121

Culture Case Interview Analysis Interviews 121

On the Brink Podcast

MAY 9, 2022

Hear how your organization should embrace change to grow. George Swisher is a former marketing entrepreneur and management consultant. He has a 15-year track record of improving company performance and shifting cultures to effective change management.

Company 80

Company Software Interviews Change Management 80

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 29, 2016

More often the dilemmas were the result of competing interests, misaligned incentives, clashing cultures. Companies can warp their own ethical climate by pushing too much change from the top, too quickly and too frequently. Cross-cultural differences. Emotional intelligence can help you here.

Ethics 136

Ethics Company Emotional Intelligence Study 136

Harvard Business

MAY 29, 2017

They reflexively grasp for the culture lever, assuming the act of crafting and publishing a set of values actually has the power to do something. Values hold the power to drive meaningful differences in performance by shaping a culture, and when misused, can undermine performance with toxic force.

Culture 127

Culture Company Study Talent 127

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 5, 2018

And it wasn’t just about new job opportunities or increased market share. Leaders could select from trainings on a range of topics, including how automation and artificial intelligence are changing their business, how to apply Design Thinking to solve business problems, and fundamentals of change management.

Change Management 133

Change Management Company Leadership Training 133

LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

The Most Common Change Management Mistakes Can Be Avoided. Our organizational alignment research found that the highest performing businesses have leaders and employees who are highly responsive to making the changes required to stay competitive in their marketplace. The 6 Most Common Change Management Mistakes.

Change Management 34

Change Management Management McKinsey Resources 34

Harvard Business

AUGUST 31, 2018

They were employed in midlevel to upper-midlevel management positions in strategy, finance, marketing, legal, operations, and technology functions. Each had been employed for at least two years and had aspirations to move into executive management or senior leadership. They confidently seize opportunities.

Management 132

Management Leadership Culture Development 132

Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2018

Part of the issue is how organizations view the human aspect of the closing date, which is usually treated as the end of the transaction, when it’s really just the start of change. Organizations, processes, and cultures will be integrated for weeks and months after the organizations come together, causing disruption and uncertainty.

Agile 136

Agile Efficiency Culture Trends 136

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Some people also call consulting a ‘talk-job’ – you go to the clients, you talk about what the ideal world scenario would be for a particular project, product or market, and your billable hours are sorted. Sales, Marketing, Production) and secondary functions (e.g. Finance, HR, Supply Chain, ICT, Legal).

Consulting 135

Consulting Operations Financial Real Estate 135

Organizational Talent Consulting

JULY 17, 2023

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are key growth strategies for many organizations: entering new markets, acquiring new technologies, or leveraging scale and size. Culture is acutely critical during notable changes, such as M&As, which offer an opportunity for a renewed start on culture.

Culture 52

Culture Resources Tools Leadership 52

Successful Independent Consulting

APRIL 14, 2017

Most independent consultants have no budget for marketing or advertising, yet they all wish they had a bigger client list. The second article provides tips for how to market yourself as an independent consultant using the Summary and Background sections. Make sure the three skills that support your go-to-market positioning are on top.

Consulting 150

Consulting Examples Marketing System 150

Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2017

In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most successful transformations, creating new offerings and business models to push into new growth markets, share common characteristics and strategies. They Use Culture Change to Drive Engagement. The result was the Booking.com platform.

Methodologies 134

Methodologies Culture Company Metrics 134

LSA Global

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The Challenge of Culture Change Organizational change is always challenging, but culture change is especially difficult because it requires changing employee mindsets and behaviors as to how work gets done. It requires changing business practices to change culture.

Culture 36

Culture Deloitte Bain Sales 36

LSA Global

JANUARY 6, 2023

Organizational Agility — Do You Have an Adaptable Enough Corporate Culture? But if that organization does not also have a healthy degree of cultural flexibility, they may not survive. Do you have an adaptable enough corporate culture to thrive during times of change? What Constitutes an Adaptable Enough Corporate Culture?

Culture 36

Culture Methodologies Change Management Agile 36

LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

When to Change Business Strategies: The Top 5 Reasons We know from organizational culture assessment data that the way work gets done must change when strategies change. When to Change Business Strategies? Strategy retreats and new business models take precious time, effort, and resources to get right.

Strategy 63

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Trends 63

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Company founders would seem to be a natural fit for change management programs. When channeled successfully, these attributes represent the lifeblood of entrepreneurship and market disruption. He scheduled discussions regularly and consistently communicated how much he cared about employee culture and well-being.

Company 71

Company Change Management Construction Industry 71

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Today’s emphasis is on ZS Associates (pronounced Zee S in the USA) – a premier boutique firm focused on sales force and marketing optimization. Founded in 1983 by Kellogg School of Management marketing professors Andris A. Where did ZS Associates begin, and what are they known for? sales force teams.

Case Interview 100

Case Interview Interviews Sales Pharmaceuticals 100

Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 6, 2022

If Tim wanted to keep them, he had to pay them what the market thought they were worth. Could they even change someone's salary three months after a normal salary change? Managers face these choices all the time, because of the very tight box they use for salary-based decisions (one time per year, when, and amount).

Leadership 98

Leadership Engineering Culture Management 98

Cheryl Cran

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Change management isn’t new – it has been around for a long time and there are fantastic experts that have guided many leaders and organizations to implement phenomenal changes. Experts including John Kotter the guru on change have provided ideas and strategies for companies to manage change in a successful way.

Change Management 20

Change Management Management Leadership Culture 20

Asamby Consulting

JULY 25, 2022

How do people collaborate, what's our culture like? new markets) or building new processes (new channels, products or services). Do we have an effective meeting culture ? How do we manage projects or track progress on strategic initiatives? Think of communicating your strategy as a change management process.

Strategy 98

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Tools 98

Harmonious Workplaces

JANUARY 11, 2024

I attended a meeting led by the VP of construction for a company for which I was the VP of marketing. Here’s the link: [link] I could not help but to reflect on my personal experience in my last executive role where I needed to stand up to a bully boss. I joined the meeting virtually from another part of the building via Microsoft Teams.

Ethics 98

Ethics Conference Meeting Leadership 98

Tom Spencer

MARCH 21, 2021

During the recruiting process, firms screen candidates for potential to succeed given the firm’s business portfolio and culture. If all of your peers are marketing people and the business has a shortage of operations people, it makes sense for you to differentiate yourself by highlighting your operations experience.

Consulting 88

Consulting Recruiting Recruitment Government 88

LSA Global

JUNE 17, 2024

The real challenge lies in fundamentally changing and reinforcing the key sales mindsets, behaviors, and skills required to consistently deliver higher sales performance. Do not underestimate the impact of sales culture. Reinforce Learning with Coaching Training should not be a one-time event but an ongoing change management process.

ROI 64

ROI Training Training Sales 64

LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Market Internal Corporate Training More Effectively How well do you market internal corporate training strategies, value propositions, offerings, and learning journeys to your target participants? We make this distinction because customized training programs designed for intact teams within companies do not usually require marketing.

Training 36

Training Training Marketing How To 36

Harvard Business

AUGUST 28, 2017

Thirty percent of early AI adopters in our survey — those using AI at scale or in core processes — say they’ve achieved revenue increases, leveraging AI in efforts to gain market share or expand their products and services. Furthermore, early AI adopters are 3.5 The biggest challenges are people and processes.

Survey 137

Survey Tools Industry Automotive 137

Epicflow

AUGUST 19, 2022

It’s usually based on the analysis of one or several factors: market demand, customer request, organizational need, social need, legal requirement, environmental impacts, or technological advance. . Enterprise environmental factors: government and industry standards, organizational culture, marketplace conditions. .

Management 130

Management Data Resources System 130

Epicflow

AUGUST 12, 2024

One of the effective solutions is digital transformation — the implementation of innovative technologies into every manufacturing aspect helps production companies enhance their capabilities, shorten products’ time to market, and satisfy customers’ demands. What are the other benefits of digital transformation for manufacturing?

Examples 130

Examples Efficiency Data Automotive 130

Harvard Business

JUNE 16, 2016

In July 2015, Novartis launched its new heart failure drug, Entresto, which Forbes in 2014 predicted would be a blockbuster — with expected sales of $10 billion annually — as the potential market in the US exceeds 5 million people with a heart failure condition. What builds management perspectives? billion sales in India.

Pharmaceuticals 70

Pharmaceuticals Sales Insurance Insurance 70