thoughtLEADERS, LLC

MAY 10, 2021

As customers’ needs become more diverse, the managers of the future must adapt to meet their demands. Managing at the right level is the most important element in effective management in the Age of Diverse Markets. This requires a much more decentralized set of management structures and.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Middle Manager: The traditional hierarchical management structure is giving way to more agile, decentralized models. Advances in communication technology and the growing emphasis on employee empowerment are reducing the need for middle management roles. They are poised to become obsolete in the coming years.

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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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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. Drawing on her vast experience as a venture capitalist, organizational design expert, and management consultant, Ardi argues that the future belongs to the Betas. Earlier in her career, she was an operating executive at R. I call it Alpha.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

It’s perhaps understandable, therefore, that managers would strive to achieve a degree of cultural fit when they recruit. 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.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

General Charles Jacoby is a military leader whose career culminated as four-star Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. In emergency management, Hurricane Sandy stands out. Risk management is now a fully-developed rich scientific discipline. Leo Tilman is the founder of Tilman & Company, Inc.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 20, 2022

It was a tough choice, so for 2022, I'm picking two books: Both books are timely, highly relevant, full of great teachings and well worth reading for leaders at any stage of their careers. Wondering how to unlearn management and relearn being human? They have the courage to have conversations often considered taboo or too difficult.”

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 22, 2014

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. Drawing on her vast experience as a venture capitalist, organizational design expert, and management consultant, Ardi argues that the future belongs to the Betas. Earlier in her career, she was an operating executive at R. I call it Alpha.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. The increased communication and collaboration required of Beta organizations demand a new style of leadership and career planning. She has served as a Partner/Managing Director at CCMP Capital and JPMorgan Partners and was a Partner at Flatiron Partners.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 21, 2014

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. Drawing on her vast experience as a venture capitalist, organizational design expert, and management consultant, Ardi argues that the future belongs to the Betas. Earlier in her career, she was an operating executive at R. I call it Alpha.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Rising Together is for readers at every stage and level in their careers who recognize that building a broad range of relationships is essential to their advancement, now and in the future. Believe they are valued for their potential as well as their contributions. Perceive that how they matter is not strictly tied to their positional power.

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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 20, 2020

This crisis will bring along both organizational restructuring and changes in most career paths, asking each individual to take responsibility for their own development. Yes, off-sites are still done there; yes, they emphasize the importance of taking ownership of your own career. The Power Of You. Here is the key point.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 15, 2018

The book covers these topics and more: Trust Leading by example Listening Asking powerful questions Coaching Culture At the end of book, Nathan shares valuable links for recommended reading on leadership, career and life topics. That class was where I realized I wanted to pursue leadership as a career.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 18, 2014

Decentralization reality vs. having one ABC Company strategy, are in conflict. Personal Performance Improvement Practices for Professionals The Advisor''s Corner advisor''s corner business leadership business management prioritization productivity Roxi Hewertson strategydriven workload'

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 23, 2019

This is likely to require decentralizing the structure of our organizations, with smaller teams given greater autonomy to act, experiment and learn. The insights from these teams should then be allowed to flow up and around the organization to spread learning throughout.

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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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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Just imagine the noise level when that many smart and engaged female managers debated the pros and cons of wielding power. It's easy to make the case that collaborative leadership is the wave of the future: Technology makes decentralized decision-making and flat organizations more feasible than ever.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

Most Western executives have limited exposure to a frontier market until they are relatively senior in their careers. For example, I once helped survey US global money managers. Spending time early in your career in a frontier market has a lasting impact on all your subsequent management decisions.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

You might say that a radically decentralized, p2p financial system spontaneously arose. You might say that a radically decentralized, p2p financial system spontaneously arose. And thats exactly the role that pubs began to play. And thats exactly the role that pubs began to play.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2012

"Leadership" has changed when a decentralized group of people can take down a government. Communities of practice, where they share a common career or field of business, will extend your offer because it extends their expertise (like McAfee mavens ). What could you do together? What would be one way to try it out?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

But there are also implications for organizational design and talent management for firms of all sizes. The seven full time employees form a nucleus, or core group to handle program management, operations, and communications. But they will need an extremely clear purpose, and shared, decentralized power throughout.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Rogier hadn’t once mentioned holacracy or self-managed teams, even though the executive team and the board had been talking for months about transitioning to just such a system at the global construction company. But the decentralization debate was different. Listening, Derek Melis, his friend and CFO, was relieved.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

I recently discussed the issue of managing through uncertainty with retired U.S. Petraeus has managed uncertainty of global scope and with the highest stakes. Our conversation left me with three recommendations for managing uncertainty that we all can use: Learn faster than your opponent. So how should leaders adapt?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Product managers, user researchers, and business leaders traditionally have the strong intuition and domain expertise to identify key unsolved user and business needs. Data products are a team sport. Identifying the best data-product opportunities demands marrying the product-and-business perspective with the tech-and-data perspective.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Broadly, EDM seemed to reverse the trend of a decentralized company and office. ” Middle management wasn’t free from trouble, either. ” As a result, top talent left rather than risk stalling their careers. . ” As a result, top talent left rather than risk stalling their careers.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Leading energy companies are investing in decentralized energy grids, demonstrating the broad feasibility of such approaches. Finding effective and affordable ways to help people acquire transferable skills during their careers, not just before they start out, is a large social challenge. The New Science of Human Capital.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 7, 2020

Chamber of Commerce Foundation, the biggest challenges employers and HR faced in 2019 is helping people adjust to AI, robotics, and other forms of automation through retraining and career changes. In the last few years especially we have seen this through our Talent Pipeline Management (TPM) initiative.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Obama nominated Robert McDonald , an Army veteran and experienced executive who had honed his leadership skills during a 33-year career at Proctor and Gamble, to attempt the difficult turnaround. Measure performance carefully and manage with an eye on what’s most important to customers. Could the organization turn itself around?

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Lead from Within

MARCH 13, 2024

It’s a realm where trust is decentralized, and innovation knows no bounds. This digital frontier is dismantling traditional business models and placing power back in the hands of individuals. From DeFi to NFTs, Web3 is rewriting the rules of commerce, democratizing access, and redefining ownership in the digital realm.

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Innovation Excellence

JUNE 15, 2020

When computers and machinery became more practical for industry starting in the 1960s, “lights out” management practices started to creep into business and factories. International management and business consultant and author Hans Peter Bech put it best when he said, “It’s always people first…then the rest will follow.”

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

with the only outcomes being failed initiatives and splintered management teams. Lastly, don’t decentralize marketing…consistent messaging across markets, mediums and constituencies is critical. Good consultants build consensus and unify management focus, they do not splinter opinion.

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