Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Great corporate cultures are not just good for performance, but for the flourishing and engagement of the people who work in them and to deliver greater meaning and purpose. But oft overlooked is the central role that curiosity plays in crafting an organizational culture.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 28, 2025

For product leaders , large language models (LLMs) arent just another shiny tech trend, theyre reshaping how businesses interact with customers, automate workflows, and make decisions. Implementation Challenges While the potential of LLMs is vast, product leaders must approach their adoption strategically.

Productivity 88

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Effective Managers

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Building High-Performance Cultures with the Effective Point of Accountability As consultants, we don’t have much authority within our client’s organization; we only have the authority that our clients give us. Even more so, how do we help our clients create a culture of accountability? But what about within the organization?

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Clarity Consultants

DECEMBER 3, 2024

As a result, organizations benefit from increased productivity, reduced turnover, and a robust talent pipeline to meet future leadership needs. Regular Feedback and Recognition Establishing a culture of constructive feedback ensures employees understand their strengths and areas for improvement.

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Clarity Consultants

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Our latest eBook, Empowering Future Leaders: Bridging Generational Gaps for Success, provides actionable strategies to leverage generational diversity for enhanced teamwork, productivity, and sustainable business growth. Work-Life Balance: Older generations separate work and personal life; younger employees seek flexibility and integration.

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Effective Managers

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

However, challenges such as maintaining team cohesion and managing productivity remotely will need to be addressed. Building a culturally competent workforce is becoming more important as businesses operate in an increasingly globalized world. Digital collaboration tools are also becoming indispensable in this new environment.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2023

But they also foster a reactive culture. The headwinds of false urgency can be intense. If everything is urgent, there’s little opportunity for creative and deep work, which tends to flourish only when there’s time and space.

Culture 254

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 12, 2024

Meetings can either be a powerful catalyst for collaboration and decision-making or a drain on time and productivity. Whether you are in consulting, strategy, operations, or product management, the ability to manage meetings effectively is a crucial skill that can significantly impact the success of your endeavors.

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Harvard Business

MAY 11, 2018

“We have a great culture.” Culture is often referred to as “the way things are done around here.” A great culture is what you get when all three of these are aligned, and line up with the organization’s espoused values. How, then, do we repair a flagging culture? We have all said it.

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LSA Global

MARCH 10, 2025

They wanted a highly customized action learning leadership development workshop to prepare key team leaders to effectively lead, manage, and coach diverse teams to higher performance. When teams embrace these core interaction skills, they enhance both individual and team productivity. Job Value 98.4% Satisfaction 96.4%

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Harvard Business

APRIL 23, 2018

This type of top-down leadership is outdated, and, more importantly, counterproductive. This is how servant leaders create a culture of learning, and an atmosphere that encourages followers to become the very best they can. Customer satisfaction increased by 54 percent during the two-year period of Jungkiu’s humble leadership.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 3, 2024

When companies leverage the diverse talents of their Asian workforce, they can evolve into more global, agile, and powerful hubs of innovation and growth.

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Effective Managers

JANUARY 14, 2021

With that in mind, we wanted to talk more about accountability and how you can create a culture of accountability at your organization. The Importance of Having a Culture of Accountability at Work. A culture of accountability can create positivity, engagement, and productivity among the workforce. But how do you build it?

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Effective Managers

JUNE 19, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented changes to the business world, challenging traditional leadership models and pushing leaders to adapt in ways previously unimaginable. As we navigate this post-pandemic landscape, it’s clear that the future of leadership hinges on embracing change and evolving to meet new demands.

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Effective Managers

MARCH 30, 2021

The culture in your organization matters. The concept of organization culture is popular right now. ASs a result, many owners are thinking about a high-performance culture, and how to go about it. First, let’s see what it really is: What Is a High-Performance Culture? Some believe it would make a difference; some do not.

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Effective Managers

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Building High-Performance Cultures with the Effective Point of Accountability As consultants, we don’t have much authority within our client’s organization; we only have the authority that our clients give us. Even more so, how do we help our clients create a culture of accountability? But what about within the organization?

Culture 133

Culture Finance Resources Energy 133

Epicflow

JULY 27, 2022

Increasing employee productivity is a hot topic in every business environment today. What Affects Employee Productivity? There are plenty of factors impacting people’s productivity – from proper workflow organization to employees’ lifestyle and health condition. Company culture . Let’s figure it out in the article. .

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The two companies may have seen value in capitalizing on each other’s strengths, but they failed to investigate their cultural compatibility beforehand. When tight and loose cultures merge, there is a good chance that they will clash. Tight company cultures value consistency and routine. Loose cultures are much more fluid.

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Effective Managers

APRIL 8, 2021

And there is a lot to learn, especially regarding managerial leadership, thanks to their Project Oxygen. Organizations today need efficient managers to nurture a culture where there are precise models for accountability and authority. But what does the concept of managerial leadership mean in organizations?

Leadership 130

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Peter Stark

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Whether you believe in resolutions or not, it is a good time to look back on the year and start some new leadership habits. Below, we have put together some tips for possible resolutions or for taking your leadership to the next level. Your customers and clients continually raise their expectations for your products and/or services.

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Clarity Consultants

JULY 28, 2023

That’s where leadership development programs come in. Through courses, coaching sessions, and training modules, they can improve their leadership skills and become the manager they need to be for their business. Why is Leadership Development Important? However, knowing where to begin can feel overwhelming.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 20, 2021

And managers don't realize inspect-and-adapt is a necessary part of an agile culture.). Agile Approaches Require Management Cultural Change. Deployment theater: When the deployment team tests what the product teams created and sends the product back to the teams because the deployment team doesn't understand.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 23, 2024

We know from organizational culture assessment data that employee engagement and employee experience (EX) are pivotal to organizational success. Misalignment between these people strategies can lead to decreased productivity, higher turnover, and a misaligned company culture.

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Rick Conlow

MAY 17, 2023

Grasp Servant Leadership principles, popularity, and payoff to begin to excel as a leader. With employee engagement and retention on a decline this leadership approach is long overdue. Robert Greenleaf first introduced the Servant leadership style in his 1970 essay, “The Servant as Leader.”

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

I believe it is impossible to have complete transparency with patients without first developing a strong culture of internal transparency — among all team members, at all levels, on all issues — throughout the health care organization itself. A culture of internal transparency does not come about overnight.

Culture 131

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 30, 2021

” Or your manager asks, “How does this specific architecture work for our product?” We can't know everything about everything that occurs in the products, with the people, with anything. That answer might depend on your culture. Assess Your Culture. ” I happen to like reality-based cultures.

Leadership 112

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Rick Conlow

OCTOBER 2, 2021

The greatest leadership myth is not just about the American culture. Unfortunately, it’s a phenomenon that has infiltrated leadership thought globally. ” The Greatest Leadership Myth Busted. The greatest leadership myth says it is all about the leader. A Proven Option to the Greatest Leadership Myth.

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Rick Conlow

JANUARY 24, 2023

Servant Leadership is the antidote to toxic workplaces. Managers of the future will have the people skills to lead highly productive and engaging hybrid work teams. Managers of the future will have the people skills to lead highly productive and engaging hybrid work teams. Now, it helps if a company elevates its culture.

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Harvard Business

MAY 1, 2018

The consequences can be farther reaching than most leadership teams realize. At their best, leadership teams synchronize their organizations into cohesive powerhouses. In my 30 years of working with leadership teams, these are three habits that I’ve seen have the most negative influence over a company. Sabina Nawaz.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 22, 2021

Product strategy, to define the value the products offer to the product's users/customers. In addition, you might need these product strategies too: Product architecture, to shepherd the technical value of a product. Division 1 and Division require different product strategies. Your ideal users.).

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Effective Managers

JULY 26, 2024

This iterative process ensures that the final product or service is aligned with customer needs and market dynamics. Implementing Agile in Your Organization The transition to an agile framework requires a cultural shift. It involves roles such as the Product Owner, Scrum Master, and the development team.

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Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2018

As a Bersin report pointed out: “The single biggest driver of business impact is the strength of an organization’s learning culture.” Here are four science-based recommendations to help you create a learning culture on your team or in your organization: Reward continuous learning. ” You and Your Team Series.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 29, 2018

When you join an organization, you have a short window of time to adapt to its culture. And we know too many talented individuals who have stumbled in their new company because they failed to read the cultural tea leaves. In our work, we have noticed five dimensions of culture that require your attention.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

With a culture that prioritizes training and development, MBB consultants are empowered to reliably generate innovative solutions aided by the unparalleled resources at their disposal in a structured, fast-paced, and supportive environment. How is the MBB experience different?

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Our organizational culture assessment data found that a lack of feedback at work is a company-wide problem for most organizations. Our situational approach to leadership experts believe that all people leaders need to invest the time to be more explicit about their expectations and better about giving both positive and negative feedback.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

I started this series with many specific concerns about a particular interview question: “The product owner and dev team cannot decide on a sprint goal, even after hours of discussion. Instead, I see assumptions that reveal a divide-and-conquer, and possibly a command-and-control culture, not an agile culture.

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Rick Conlow

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Employee productivity is critical to a manager’s success. Make their story of your leadership positive and encouraging. Increasing Employee Productivity, Motivation, and Engagement. Most notably, companies foster toxic workplaces that derail employee productivity. Or at the kitchen table with their family?

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