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Stakeholder Scorecard

Stakeholders are integral to the operations and growth of an organization.  Stakeholders are all those individuals or organizations that are impacted by the events and activities taking place at a business. Stakeholders ensure that everything that’s undertaken or created by the organization is flawless.  In return, the enterprise strives to make the stakeholders content.  The […]

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Organizational Elements Model

Organizational Analysis is critical for improved Performance and growth. The Organizational Elements Model provides a systematic approach to Organizational Analysis.  It is a potent tool to evaluate an organization, comprehend its competitors and their strengths, and track problems. The Organizational Elements Model provides a way to view an organization holistically.  The model facilitates in examining […]

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10 Principles of Cost Transformation

Cost Transformation is a reality that every organization has to face, several times, in its period of existence.  Proper and enduring Cost Transformation provides an opportunity to reformulate an organization’s complete course.  It may result in divestiture of established businesses, even profitable ones, if they do not match the Strategy or the enterprise’s most distinguishing […]

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Change Management in Times of Uncertainty

Organizations during good times enjoy lenient and thriving economic conditions.  The confidence interval for tolerance of errors is relatively high.  There isn’t a pressing requirement for overhauling operations or Business Models, compelled by external factors.  There is a rare feeling of sense of urgency and people tend to take time to ponder over and carefully […]

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5 Stages of Management Evolution

Organizational Development has matured hand in hand with the stages of human societal development.  Anthropological investigations have identified at least 5 distinct organizational structures throughout human history. This development has been described in several ways by different experts.  Frederic Laloux, in 2014, started analyzing emerging organizations that were setting themselves apart from the established organizations […]

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Teal Management

Organizational Development has matured hand in hand with the stages of human societal development.  Anthropological studies have observed a minimum of 5 clear organizational models in human history. This development has been described in several ways by different experts.  Frederic Laloux, in 2014, started analyzing emerging organizations that were setting themselves apart from the established […]

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Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Improvement

Diversity pertains to representation of races, ethnicities, and other minority groups in an entity or in other words the make-up of an organization.  Inclusion, on the other hand, represents the degree of value given to inputs, existence, and viewpoints of various groups of people and the extent of their integration in a setting. Analysis of […]

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Core Indicators of Inclusion

When looking at Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) superficially at an organizational aggregate level, organizations may appear to have strong Diversity representation.  However, if we look more closely, we see issues of Inclusion. For instance, there are a lot of organizations where there are women employees, but none or extremely few of them are managers.  In […]

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Diversity and Inclusion: Leaders vs. Laggards

Diversity pertains to representation of races, ethnicities, and other minority groups in an entity, or in other words the make-up of an organization.  Inclusion on the other hand, represents the degree of value given to inputs, existence, and viewpoints of various groups of people and the extent of their integration in a setting. A study […]

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Are You Ready to Launch a Transformation? Take the Readiness Survey

Editor’s Note: The author, Dr. Robert H. Miles, is the world’s foremost expert on Corporate Transformation, having led 30+ of the most iconic Transformations, including Apple, General Electric, IBM Global Services, Symantec, National Semiconductor, Office Depot, PricewaterhouseCoopers, PGA Tour, among others.  He also has a Flevy Executive Learning (FEL) program on Corporate Transformation (more info here). […]

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Business Case for Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity and Inclusion are 2 interlocked ideas.  However, they are anything, but interchangeable.  Managing Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) involves actions beyond policies, programs, or headcounts. Diversity pertains to representation of races, ethnicities, and other minority groups in an entity or in other words the make-up of an organization. Inclusion represents the degree of value given […]

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The New CEO’s Challenge: Readiness for Rapid Corporate Transformation

Editor’s Note: The author, Dr. Robert H. Miles, is the world’s foremost expert on Corporate Transformation, having led 30+ of the most iconic Transformations, including Apple, General Electric, IBM Global Services, Symantec, National Semiconductor, Office Depot, PricewaterhouseCoopers, PGA Tour, among others.  He also has a Flevy Executive Learning (FEL) program on Corporate Transformation (more info […]

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