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Dalio’s 5 Forces

In today’s rapidly changing world, management faces multitude of challenges. From navigating economic uncertainties to ensuring long-term sustainability, the complexities of modern markets can often feel overwhelming. Ray Dalio’s 5 Forces Framework emerged as a structured model to framing these pressing issues. Designed specifically for management professionals, this framework equips you with the tools to […]

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Levers of Control (LoC)

Finding ways to protect organizations from control lapses caused by a creative and empowered workforce has always remained a critical concern for executives. These changing times require ingenuity and adaptability to manage employees.  In highly competitive industries with diverse clientele, companies are heavily dependent on employee imagination and creativity to seize opportunities and meet customer […]

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Cultural Web Model

Organizations that do not define an organizational culture leave the door open for the culture to define itself—which is often fraught with dissatisfaction, toxicity, and misalignment. Corporate Culture, Organizational Culture, or Workplace Culture all share the same meaning.  The term represents the shared beliefs, values, attitudes, and behaviors that describe an organization and its employees. […]

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The Cynefin Framework

Decision Making in challenging situations isn’t easy.  The decision on how to approach and respond to a problem varies depending on the circumstances. Decisions necessitate a tailored approach, which should help avoid making a fatal decision with irreparable consequences. The Cynefin Framework is a model to assist in making effective decisions in dynamic contexts.  It […]

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The Viable System Model

Traditional organizational structures and management practices are characterized by a hierarchical model in which control and direction come from the top.  These structures and practices have become obsolete and cannot adapt in response to volatile market conditions.  Another issue with this traditional hierarchy is inadequate and sporadic communication between the various tiers of the organization. […]

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Change Transition Management

Every organization has to face radical Change in its lifetime.  In this Digital Age and with increasing macroeconomic disruptions, Constant Change seems to be the norm these days.  Managing the complete change process in times of uncertainty is crucial in getting through the Change successfully. Although continuous Change is the norm now and the most […]

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GAP-ACT Model

Performance in the workplace depends on two key factors: Behaviors and outcomes of Behaviors. According to the Handbook of Human Performance Technology, Behaviors and their outcomes are the foundation of superior Human Performance. Typically, the impact of our activities reaches other individuals, information, objects, and “systems” (e.g., work flows, processes, practices, etc.). Developed by Keith […]

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3 Drivers for Implementing an Innovation Culture

Achieving the status of the Most Innovative Company of the Year is what most businesses aspire to. Innovation-centric research by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in 2014—comprising of over 750 businesses in 17 different markets—brought to light some striking insights, in addition to rating the most innovative companies of the year. The organizations that grabbed top […]

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How Do the Subject Matter Experts (Porter, Mintzberg, & More) Define Strategy?

Strategy is about the methods used to attain goals.  It’s the “how” of achieving goals—desired future conditions and circumstances towards which effort and resources are spent until their achievement. If Strategy has any meaning at all, it is in relation to some aim or end in view. Strategy is 1 of the 4 dimensions of […]

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4 Leadership Mindsets Imperative to Win in the New Economy

Technology, Internet, growth, and globalization have metamorphosed the way we work, play, and live.  They have even changed the fundamental laws of economics.  We are living in an economy that is quite different from the old manufacturing-based economy of the 1980s.  Fewer people are now employed in the manufacturing sector, who are anxious about the […]

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Why FlevyPro is a Must Have for Independent Consultants and Boutique Firms

FlevyPro is our subscription service for consulting frameworks and business templates. We recently surveyed our subscribers and learned our biggest fans are essentially all independent consultants or owners of boutique consulting firms. We wondered, Why is this the case? The reason, we found, is simple. A core competitive advantage of global consulting firms is they have access […]

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Success Secrets of Centuries-old Companies

Companies are dying faster than they used to, according to a BCG study. In 1970, the average public company lasted over 55 years. By 2010, this had dropped to just over 30 years. The risk of a company exiting the market in five years is now 32 percent, compared to 5 percent 50 years ago. […]

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