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Rethinking What’s Next: Lessons Learned from the SVB Collapse 

Kotter Inc.

Yet, many continue to operate the same way they have for the last decade if not longer. The modern organizational framework with its traditional hierarchical structure was designed to allow organizations to scale dramatically and to deal with global complexity.

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What is the Deming Cycle (PDCA) in change management?

Walk Me

Such an approach aims to enhance processes gradually while causing minimal disruption to the overall operation. Conducting this test on a smaller scale, ideally in a controlled environment, allows for an adequate evaluation of the results without impacting the broader operational workflow.

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Ukraine War Provides Leadership Lessons From The Battlefront

Chief Executive

Rice also is president of Thayer Leadership, a leader-development shop that operates on the grounds of West Point, and he has come to know the general, his team, and the methods of Zaluzhny and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky like no one else in the world. The scale of the war is hard to get on TV,” Rice said.

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Volunteer Time Off (VTO): All You Need To Know

AIHR

Volunteers can sign up to teach English or coding or to be a part of Paper Airplanes’ operational team. According to a 2014 study , volunteering can help lower high blood pressure risk in older adults by 40%! Everything is done online, so your employees can volunteer from home! Voluntary Time Off vs. Volunteer Time Off.

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27 Best Leadership Books for HR Leaders [2024 Edition]

AIHR

Topics covered Information about what the product management approach means for HR, its benefits, and how to execute it effectively The importance of testing and iteration How to define metrics for success Tools, case studies, exercises, and advice from those who already see the benefits of a product-management approach for their people operations.

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Change Initiation: A fresh look at the Middle Manager role

Wendy Hirsch

As such, middle managers may have a nuanced understanding of operational and cultural challenges (and opportunities) that supports them to undertake effective change initiation. For instance, employees may see middle managers as having greater insight into operational realities. Experiment with new types of cross-level partnerships.

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Hard Problems in Soft Cultures

Ed Batista

My client had deep expertise in their particular function, and they were hired into their role with the understanding that they would serve as a change agent, helping the company adopt new ways of operating in order to improve performance. Brené Brown, Vulnerability, Empathy and Leadership (2014). He is by nature resistant to change.