Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Middle Manager: The traditional hierarchical management structure is giving way to more agile, decentralized models. By understanding this shift in business you can proactively assess your skills, adapt your career trajectory, and position yourself for success in the jobs of the future.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 24, 2020

I started my career in executive search right out of college over 13 years ago, so recruiting is work that I’ve always done and always loved. Now 13 years into my career, all of us will have to re-learn how to navigate recruiting during a severe global pandemic that is unprecedented in magnitude.

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Crisis Management Zimbardo Decentralization 207

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Indeed, a few years ago research from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) found that a poor cultural fit can cost somewhere between 50-60% of that employee’s annual salary. It’s perhaps understandable, therefore, that managers would strive to achieve a degree of cultural fit when they recruit.

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Nathan Magnuson

OCTOBER 19, 2015

I’ve been privileged to help develop several leadership development programs (LDPs) in my career and I can tell you no two are identical for the simple fact that people and organizations are inherently unique – different cultures, different missions, different situations. Some LDPs use a majority of computer-based training (CBT).

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

How does one successfully manage a company with a dozen diverse, decentralized businesses of varying sizes that employ over 100,000 people in 130 countries, especially in an uncertain economic environment? The answer is to make things simple, says Bill Allen, head of Group Human Resources at Copenhagen-based A.P. Moller-Maersk.

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Management Decentralization Report Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2012

"Leadership" has changed when a decentralized group of people can take down a government. Human Resources" have changed when most of the people who create value for your organization are neither hired nor paid by you. The Value Chain" has changed when the customer is no longer just the "buyer" but also a co-creator.

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