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What’s Your Leadership AQ?

Lead Change Blog

AQ is defined as “the ability to adjust course, product, service, and strategy in response to unanticipated changes in the market”— and indeed, the Harvard Business Review characterised it as “the new competitive advantage.” They study the “underdogs,” the new market entrants, and quickly learn from them.

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Forging an Ironclad Brand – Your North Star

Leading Blog

A BRAND properly conceived is more than a marketing activity. An Ironclad brand is one that unleashes your competitive advantage. Creating an ironclad brand is not just the function of the marketing department. What is your asymmetrical, lopsided, disproportionate strength that far exceeds the rest of the market?

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Leadership Development Carnival: June 2014 Edition

QAspire

Bill Bliss of Bills Blog breaks down the art of delegation into its value-added parts. Readers will never question the benefits (and bottom line impact) of delegation again after reading this post. Find more in the post “ Delegation is the Killer App for Leaders ” ( @coachwmbliss ). Dr. Dean Schroeder of Dean M.

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How to Ignite and Sustain Organizational Growth

Skip Prichard

There is no doubt that strong culture translates into a powerful competitive advantage. In fact, there is a huge risk in undervaluing the advantage the right culture plays. Companies with a healthy culture gain a positive reputation, not only among employees, but also with customers and the market. Jason Richmond.

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The Three Decisions You Need to Own

Harvard Business Review

The best executives understand which ones they need to focus on and which ones they can delegate. While the obvious decisions that CEOs need to get right involve strategy and competitive advantage, too many executives delegate away three critical decisions that they need to own: decisions about goals, resource allocation, and people.

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The Big Picture of Business- Professional Education Necessary for Company Success

Strategy Driven

Today's workforce will need three times the amount of training that it now gets if the organization intends to stay in business, remain competitive and tackle the future successfully. It is usually technical or sales/marketing in nature. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. About the Author.

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4 Models for Using AI to Make Decisions

Harvard Business Review

Charismatic CEOs enjoy leading and inspiring people, so they don’t like delegating critical business decisions to smart algorithms. Computational autonomy requires that C-suites revisit the hows and whys of delegation. ” Firms look to leverage, amplify, and network autonomy into self-sustaining competitive advantage.