Lead Change Blog

JUNE 14, 2016

In the global economy, each company is constantly adjusting its strategies to enable it to stay ahead of its competition. My point for this post is that there is a gap in leadership where poor performance cannot be rewarded, because it is done at the expense of the shareholders and the employees at large.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 31, 2017

Core, transaction-driven systems within the company should be designed to create the management information needed by leadership. This management information environment must be part of future IT strategy plans to ensure its ongoing refinement and evolution. Management information should not be an afterthought.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Traditionally, the board-level search has been led internally by members of the existing board leadership who have relied on who they or the corporate secretary know individually. Board Chairs need to be able to cultivate long-term board strategies and ensure their execution.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 24, 2017

Farsightedness is essential to effective leadership. The glue that binds leadership, strategy, and execution is people—at every level of the organization. This is a transparent way to reiterate the organization’s purpose, its strategy, and culture. Clear, compelling visions establish the foundation for exciting growth.

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Six Disciplines

MARCH 21, 2011

The cumulative effects of misalignment are a significant constraint on the ability of an organization to execute its strategy. Strategic misalignment occurs suddenly, when the leadership sets a strategic VFO (vital few objective) -- but the systems and resources of the organization are not deployed to support it.

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Six Disciplines

AUGUST 1, 2011

BOTTOMLINE: Building an organization that executes its strategy is the greatest core competence an organization can have -- and doing so is the greatest challenge in business. complete strategy execution coaching program. It's what we refer to as the "Growth Paradox": the better you execute, the bigger the challenges you'll face.

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Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 17, 2014

The critical question for every business leader is, “ How do I build an organization that consistently executes its strategy?”. New leadership by itself is not the answer. The answer: it takes a complete program. The reasons other approaches do not last is that they are missing key elements. Technology (i.e.,

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The Empowered Buisness

JANUARY 2, 2014

Overt aspects of culture often utilize the reasoning, intellectual parts of our brain — the dominant focus of today’s leadership teams. The same is true in the world of leadership and culture. The leadership team is no longer involved lower levels and often becomes oblivious to the atrophy now monopolizing its culture.

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Six Disciplines

AUGUST 1, 2011

BOTTOMLINE: Building an organization that executes its strategy is the greatest core competence an organization can have -- and doing so is the greatest challenge in business. complete strategy execution coaching program. It's what we refer to as the "Growth Paradox": the better you execute, the bigger the challenges you'll face.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 7, 2015

While addressing the sacred cow, the company failed miserably to articulate its strategy and gain support for its direction. Employ some leadership fundamentals. You need to practice some leadership fundamentals. You just finished reading How to Employ Leadership Fundamentals.or Confusion reigned. Here's the deal, Steve.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 23, 2020

They rely on outdated and ineffective leadership styles that diminish the performance of the companies they lead. “We We are on the precipice of an exciting new world of work, one that gives executives an opportunity to chart a new course for what their leadership should look like, feel like, and be like,” the authors say.

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CO2

APRIL 30, 2013

In both of the cases I’ve outlined here, the organization’s culture usually dictates its strategy. When it doesn’t (when strategy isn’t shaped by culture), customers and employees tend to get thrown by the bull. So, what is your culture?

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Six Disciplines

MARCH 15, 2013

The critical question for every business leader is, “How do I build an organization that consistently executes its strategy?” New leadership by itself is not the answer. The answer: it takes a complete program. The reasons other approaches do not last is that they are missing key elements. Technology alone is not enough.

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Tim Milburn

AUGUST 14, 2012

Our prescription for rapid realignment has the following steps: Align the leadership team. Align the Leadership Team. The first step toward rapid realignment is to get leadership team members aligned with The Main Thing of the enterprise and its strategy. Create an online alignment portal. © 2012 Dr. George H.

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Six Disciplines

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

The cumulative effects of misalignment are a significant constraint on the ability of an organization to execute its strategy. Strategic misalignment occurs suddenly, when the leadership sets a strategic VFO (vital few objective) -- but the systems and resources of the organization are not deployed to support it.

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Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

The critical question for every business leader is, “How do I build an organization that consistently executes its strategy?” New leadership by itself is not the answer. The answer: it takes a complete program. The reasons other approaches do not last is that they are missing key elements. Technology alone is not enough.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Instead, take the time to think about all of the implications and likely actions that you would want them and their people to tackle in helping the organization execute its strategies. Craft a template for them to use to deliver the message.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Panhandle developed its strategy around dealing with this uncertainty. Another theme for small business was how to think about strategy when competing against larger companies -- we called it "Battling the Big Boys." Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Leadership Leadership Books'

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Panhandle developed its strategy around dealing with this uncertainty. Another theme for small business was how to think about strategy when competing against larger companies -- we called it "Battling the Big Boys." Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Leadership Leadership Books Road Side MBA'

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Chartered Management Institute

APRIL 19, 2023

Making a difference to society through every transaction it makes, the climate emergency is prioritised at the centre of its strategy. Listicle Looking for top tips, checklists or listed ways to help you along with your management and leadership journey? Please login to the left to confirm your registration and access the article.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 26, 2019

If the overall experience doesn’t please and excite the customer, a company is hard-pressed to outsize its strategy. I have sat through many strategy meetings listening to bright leaders dream up bold plans without vetting their financial feasibility. Other companies turn strategy into a big annual leadership retreat.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2017

Walmart has held a low-price leadership position from its start. The company’s obsession with competing with Amazon also seems to have taken Walmart’s focus off its brand identity in everyday low prices. In its announcements and ads about the new free shipping service, product prices have not been mentioned.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 29, 2024

In Working with Emotional Intelligence , Daniel Goleman reports on a study by the Center for Creative Leadership of top American and European leaders whose careers derailed, “the inability to build and lead a team was one of the most common reasons for failure.”

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HR Digest

JANUARY 27, 2019

In August 2018, Apple assigned the leadership of the Titan team to Tesla engineering vice president and Apple veteran, Doug Field, alongside Bob Mansfield. It is meanwhile believed internally that the dismissals from the group this week is a restructuring anticipated under every new leadership.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

And Its Execution Gap Closer Round-Up Execution Gap Closer #1: Netflix Netflix received considerable media attention this year as it demonstrated its ability to successfully execute its strategy to provide video over the Internet.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

A crucial element of its strategy to win over consumers to its advanced smartphones was to persuade third-party developers to create a vast array of apps for its phones. But its strategy of customizing hardware for telcos had the unintended effect of imposing high customization costs on would-be developers (i.e.,

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

The term it used to describe its strategy was "retailtainment" — making it fun for customers to do business in an industry that was devoid of personality. The world didn't need another bank on the corner, and then we came along," said Dennis DiFlorio, who spent nearly twenty years in leadership positions, including chairman. "We

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Effective leadership, like a good marriage, hinges on how you deal with the tough stuff. For example, “You seem to be suggesting that we really need to focus on elevating our gross revenue before we invest in a new IT strategy. Communication Conflict Leadership Managing yourself' “Let’s sit down and have a conversation.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

Recognizing that the company's command-and-control culture wouldn't work in the 21st century, he defined leadership as leading by values and created a unique collaborative organizational structure. Never confuse charisma with leadership. They listen as well as they speak. The key to that is to build a sustainable culture.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

Using the same 1 – 100 scale ask yourself: How well does our organization support the achievement of our strategy? If your organization is incapable of delivering its strategy, the strategy is effectively worthless and your company’s purpose will go more or less unfulfilled.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2018

Likewise, inspirational leadership, the repetition of value statements, and letting people be themselves are important, but they are by-products of a healthy culture, not the drivers of one. Before we realize it, the organization becomes known for late meetings, face-time, or reactive and apathetic leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2014

The ostensible objective would be to reflect on interpersonal relationships, work practices, leadership styles, and the organizational culture, guided by an experienced group coach. The underlying agenda, however, was to create alignment and make the team more effective in implementing its strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2017

Recent analysis by Bain found that the biggest biopharma value creators are category leaders, and those that combine their category leadership with portfolio focus within their categories deliver annual total shareholder returns more than twice those of companies that are diversified followers. But that drags down shareholder returns.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

He talked with HBR about why a company’s culture is more important than its strategy — and some of the innovative tactics that CEOs have used to help create a high-performing culture. Leadership' Excerpts: Why did you focus on culture? The Relationship Between Anxiety and Performance. Use Language to Shape a Creative Culture.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2013

The CIO paradox is a set of contradictions that lies at the heart of IT leadership. High-performing IT organizations appoint executives to sit at the intersection of business areas and the IT function, helping business leaders to shape their IT strategies and marshaling a technology team to deliver against that demand.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2012

At a Global 50 consumer products company, management has developed a governance structure that allows it think about risk proactively, and has aligned its risk profile and exposures more closely with its strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Nokia was so immersed in executing its strategy that it lost sight of its purpose. Personal leadership is indispensable to operationalizing your purpose. Few imagined that this juggernaut, brandishing vast resources with such steely determination, could be quickly brought down. In retrospect, it seems inevitable.

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