Lead Change Blog

MARCH 27, 2020

Due to the current concerns and widespread COVID-19 pandemic, companies are in the midst preparing for business disruptions that can last for at least a few weeks—if not longer. Your company will need to make major changes to remain operational.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

When you own and operate a business you need to have certain procedures for an efficient and seamless function. Sometimes the difficulty of managing your time makes for a haphazard operation. An inefficient operation results in unproductive activities which often miss the point and worse yet, result in wasted time and wasted resources.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2024

They do not usually move the cargo themselves but act as intermediaries between the shipper and various transportation services, including shipping lines, trucking companies, and airlines. Conclusion The critical work of freight forwarders is integral to the smooth operation of the global supply chain.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 8, 2019

Modern businesses need cybercrime deterrent solutions to maintain the security of operations. Some of the biggest threats to your company are going to develop internally. Working with MSPs or internal security groups to develop best-practices can be key here. Contingency plans are necessary to sidestep such issues.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Like they have for extreme weather and natural disasters, companies can begin to establish international protocols and standards to govern AI not just within their own walls, but also to put in place processes to work with other companies, insurers, and policymakers. Intelligent Device Recovery Plans. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2015

However, many companies are not making the most of the Sub-Saharan Africa opportunity because of misconceptions about what it takes to succeed in the region. Many companies separate their Sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa operations because of strong cultural, economic, and linguistic differences between the two regions.).

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

We have reviewed hundreds of corporate announcements and websites, interviewed numerous leadership experts, and conducted an analysis of CEO changes and successions over the past five years at S&P 500 and Global 100 companies. Attuned to the times, he or she has a stronger chance to uncover and release a company’s latent potential.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2015

In my former position as Managing Director of Philip Morris Ukraine where I was based from January 2012 until February 2015, I was forced to see it as a business crisis that threatened our people, operations, and bottom line. Our Director of Operations led our special situations management team to respond to threats and constant changes.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

How can leaders develop a specific view of the industry- and firm-level implications? Industries and individual companies vary widely in terms of the impact on the uncertainties outlined above, due to their differential dependence on UK and EU production, demand and trade, global trade, regulation, and integration into EU structures (e.g.,

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Strategy Driven

MAY 29, 2020

While you can’t completely insulate yourself from every single eventuality, there are steps you can take to ensure that you have the right insight and contingency plans in place should the worst happen. This allows you to plan resources better, and potentially redirect employees onto more urgently needed tasks.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

While developing an understanding of great communication skills is easier than one might think, being able to appropriately draw upon said skills when the chips are down is not always as easy as one might hope for. Communicate more effectively. Classic business theory tells leaders to stay at arms length.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

In our experience at Bain & Company, however, this strategy-to-performance gap is rarely the result of shortcomings in implementation; it is because the plans are flawed from the start. Leadership then specifies a plan that it believes will position the company to win in this predicted future.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2015

Very few organizations have “a standard operating procedure” for employees taking parental time off, says Joan C. She says that some people worry that they will be “written off” once they announce their family plans. “Think about [your leave] as an opportunity to help other people develop,” she says.

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Rapid BI

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Internal communications Plan. Increasingly Human Resources (HR) or Organizational Development (OD) teams are being asked to drive and deliver internal communications, but what is an internal communications plan and how do you go about writing and applying one? Why have internal communications plans? Where are you now?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2017

strong opposition to the Iran nuclear deal; a ban on travelers from several Muslim-majority countries), many companies are still looking to invest in the region. Many companies are assessing their exposure to specific policy decisions (e.g., Since Trump was elected, Dunkin Donuts has opened its first outlet in South Africa; U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2017

Multinational companies operating in Mexico are facing a great deal of uncertainty. For example, a key source of concern for some companies is more-restrictive rules of origin, which would reduce the amount of materials allowed to be used tariff-free for products traded to and from NAFTA member countries. Renegotiating NAFTA.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 4, 2017

While there might be plenty of directions you want to take your company in, you’ll also be subject to the whims and plans of your fellow humans, who all too often (it can feel like) have plans that are out of sync with your own. You’re probably more wrapped up in the well-being of other companies than you think.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Top leaders tend to focus more on status updates than on contingency planning. They did not spend as much time thinking about local events that have implications for their emerging market operations. miragec/Getty Images. This means that many emerging market risks get cut from the senior leadership agenda.

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