Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Medicine involves leadership. Nearly all physicians take on significant leadership responsibilities over the course of their career, but unlike any other occupation where management skills are important, physicians are neither taught how to lead nor are they typically rewarded for good leadership. STOCK4B-RF/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Investments in traditional leadership development are often misguided and a waste of money. In a Deloitte study of 7,000 organizations this year, 89% of executives rated “ strengthening the leadership pipeline ” an urgent issue. The culture at GE, for example, centers on execution, simplicity, and innovation.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Recently the Chief HR Officer for a healthcare firm asked us to identify the best new framework for leadership that she could use to train and develop a cadre of high potentials. Explicit in our HR officer’s question was her assumption that the newest thinking on leadership development must contain something essential.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 23, 2016

That, in brief, is the concept of a leadership circle. While a natural inclination, this group is (by design) representative of current operating units and functions, which often have a status quo to defend. Creating a leadership circle is a step toward addressing these shortfalls.

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Steve Shu Consulting

JULY 25, 2014

For example, Opower tapped into a great market using software-as-a-service and a behavioral efficiency model for saving energy. As another example, when I was working with Allscripts we had more of a strategic, business unit approach. Operating Model Development. Each of these routes is suited for different situations.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 25, 2024

This article delves into the rising importance of ESG metrics, how companies are integrating them into their operations, provides leading examples, and highlights the evolving regulatory landscape. Governance Metrics: These assess the quality of a company’s leadership, executive compensation, and adherence to ethical standards.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

My career path has taken me through consulting, joining a startup and becoming an operator, and then returning to consulting at an MBB firm. Innovation and Thought Leadership Contrary to the perception that consulting firms are old and slow to adapt, MBB firms are often at the forefront of innovation across industries.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Use concrete metrics to demonstrate your contributions, such as cost savings, revenue growth, or operational improvements. For example, some of my peers at my MBB firm took on internal rotations as Chiefs of Staff for senior leadership, gaining unique insights into global consulting operations.

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Makarios Consulting

APRIL 12, 2023

If you think you can operate out of two different sets of core values, the truth is that you do not have any set of core values. Posner explain the nature of values in their classic work The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations. The post Leadership Challenge: Are You Anchored or Adrift?

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Epicflow

JUNE 10, 2024

In addition, their focus on effective resource allocation, stakeholder engagement, and change management contributes to enhanced operational efficiency, increased agility, and improved project outcomes. Soft skills A CPO requires similar skills as a project manager but with a strong focus on leadership and strategic thinking.

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Successful Independent Consulting

AUGUST 28, 2024

Here are some thought-starters: strategic planning, estate planning, merger integration, process reengineering, org design, diversity, digital marketing, college financing, change strategy, performance management, leadership development, executive coaching, financial planning. The 4th and 5th examples were invented by me.) [2]

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 15, 2017

And they receive little on-the-job training to develop skills such as how to allocate short- and long-term resources, how to provide developmental feedback, or how to effectively handle conflict – leadership skills needed to run a vibrant business. The Dyad Model and Its Limitations. The CMO should not be part of the dyad model.

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Halo Psych

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Example: Grab a key stakeholder’s attention, “Just got this information today. Example: Use peer power to get people on board. Example: Get people to sign up to an initiative in writing, sharing the commitments publicly. Example: Don’t assume your expertise is self-evident. Praise: Charm and disarm. People make it so.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 22, 2025

For example, the performance of swim, track, golf, and gymnastics teams is a function of what its members do as individuals. Examples include basketball, football, and soccer teams. Teams operate best when they understand, believe in , and commit to a meaningful and shared purpose.

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Markovitz Consulting

JANUARY 7, 2019

But when it comes to internal operations at least, disruption is often both bad for business and for employees, because it causes unevenness in work. For example, the spike in toy demand at Christmas puts enormous pressure on factories, warehouses, and logistics providers, to say nothing of front-line retail staff.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

In this article, I’d like to share the insights we’ve gleaned from the model’s first full year of operation, which hopefully organizations in health care and many other industries will find useful. The reporting lets executive leadership know precisely what is happening and unlocks frontline wisdom.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MAY 8, 2023

Have you ever wondered what servant leadership is? Maybe you already understand the basic concepts but have questions about how servant leadership differs from other leadership styles or if a servant leadership approach is appropriate for your team. For example, consider two employees walking down a hall.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 17, 2020

The need for effective leadership is especially acute during a major crisis. I’ve also led mass casualty training exercises as a field operations leader and incident commander. In a crisis, good leadership requires four things: Provide Accurate, Frequently-Updated Information. Let me give you an example.

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The Management Centre

JUNE 29, 2022

Leadership is shifting focus (again). We listened in on a conversation between one of our leadership experts, Yvette Gyles (=mc Learning Director) and Cassie Edmiston (Head of Fundraising and Communications, Prisoners’ Education Trust ), d iscussing the challenges of leadership in 2022. Cassie: Yes, that’s right.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

It can be highly useful if you need to, for example, defend a budget request or a strategic plan to company leadership. For example, you could use CARVER to compare two business opportunities; whichever has the higher score is probably the better option to pursue. Here’s an example.

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Markovitz Consulting

APRIL 11, 2018

As you can see in the chart below (copied from the magazine), fully 44% of responders said that ROI justifications are a key operational challenge in making improvements. Paul Akers, for example, has kept his company on a remarkable growth trajectory by focusing on 2 Second Lean. These complaints are aired at all lean conferences.

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People Business Psychology

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Trust the values Organisations list their values because they feel it is important to distinguish themselves and describe themselves; values may give direction to how organisations operate and how they are guided by these principles. Effective leaders set powerful examples for employees to follow. Linking values to specific behaviours.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 4, 2018

As an organizational psychologist and executive coach, I’ve had a ringside seat to the power of leadership self-awareness for nearly 15 years. For example, some see it as the ability to monitor our inner world , whereas others label it as a temporary state of self-consciousness. I’ve also seen how attainable this skill is.

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LSA Global

APRIL 10, 2025

When the internal operating model supports the changes you seek, people are far more likely to adopt and sustain new behaviors. Embed Change into Leadership Routines We know from change management consulting experts that change has a better chance of sticking when leaders consistently and visibly model the new ways.

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Consulting Matters

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Great examples of the pair of hands trap are: When you're in a discovery meeting with a client asking you for a specific solution, you just say "yes.". When clients choose fast band-aids, it hurts their leadership brand and reputation. The Surrogate Leadership Trap. Now, let's get into the positioning pitfalls.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 22, 2021

When I was an organizational development consultant for Disney, I worked with the Imagineers and Operators. The Operators viewed Imagineers as people who had their heads in the sky, and Imagineers viewed Operators as so focused on day to day that they couldn't see the big picture. Be clear about who you are trying to develop.

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Effective Managers

JANUARY 18, 2021

Egocentric leadership and confrontation versus cooperative behaviours at work often lead to toxic organizations. As the number of disgruntled employees grows in relation to workplace stress, it is important for managers and decision makers to lead by example to avoid reinforcing dysfunctional work practices which foster a toxic environment.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 28, 2025

And its transforming how businesses operate. LLMs can support revenue growth by, for example, enabling businesses to rapidly analyze vast quantities of data, and quickly extract the most meaningful insights to make important strategic decisions about market entry, product development, and pricing. AI isnt coming, its already here.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 1, 2016

What does digital leadership look like in this sense? Leadership is changing — fast. Here’s an example to put this into context. One large media organization faces large incumbent players and operates in a market that is growing quickly. What’s unique about this company’s leadership?

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Harvard Business

APRIL 25, 2017

Effective leadership isn’t generic. To achieve great performance, companies need a leadership profile that reflects their unique context, strategy, business model, and culture—the company’s unique behavioral signature. These are real moments of leadership and truth.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2018

We base this claim about HR’s digital skills gap on the results of our latest global leadership survey. Co-produced by our three organizations, the survey gauged nearly 28,000 business leaders across industries about the state and trajectory of leadership. Implement leadership planning models.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2017

These centers should be “owned and operated” by highly competent individual contributors with relevant expertise. For example: Why do we analyze data? Create a leadership and development portal. Competency centers can be established by any type of focus area and require a lead, members, and a sponsor.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

hospitals and health systems experienced an average 39% reduction in their operating margins from 2015 to 2017. Cost reduction requires an honest and thorough reassessment of everything the health system does and ultimately, a change in the organization’s operating culture. PM Images/Getty Images. ” Clearly, more is needed.

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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. At their worst, they set an example that some of the worst habits will be tolerated — and perhaps even rewarded. Here’s my advice for how to fix them.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

That’s why Alibaba and Amazon, for example, create and sprinkle autonomous cross-functional teams across their respective companies to invent and deliver products in new ways. By incorporating these disruptors into its own operations, a retailer can more easily pose challenging questions and embrace change more quickly.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Regardless of approach, all groups operate in a context about their shared fate based upon how necessary, willing, able, and dependable they believe those around them to be. Examples include basketball, rugby, soccer, and football teams. Examples of working groups include swim, golf, wrestling, and gymnastic teams.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 30, 2018

To show how it works, we’ll walk you through an example. In 2016 the leadership team of a national retail organization asked us to help boost their frontline performance. Prior to this pilot, the operating model of the stores was focused on creating emotional and economic pressure to drive performance.

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