The document discusses the changing nature of leadership from a "conductor" model to a "conductor of electricity" model. Today's leaders must connect internally and externally, attracting others to their cause. Key skills for collaborative leadership include redefining organizations to source talent broadly, understanding different perspectives, addressing potential concerns upfront, engaging others with clarity of purpose and meaning, and leveraging social networks. Collaborative strategies will depend on distributed "conduits" throughout organizations leading together.
What keeps CEOs up at night?
“Leadership”, answered the President of one of India’s largest business conglomerates recently. “Do we have the right skills and capabilities to pull our strategy off,” reported a Global 500 CEO. “I worry that the current management team will not be able to take us where we need to go to next,” answered a third corporate leader.
Most CEO’s are satisfied with their strategies. Many are less satisfied with their performance. This Executive Insight Thought Leader centers on the imperative of leadership capability development as a business priority.
What keeps CEOs up at night?
“Leadership”, answered the President of one of India’s largest business conglomerates recently. “Do we have the right skills and capabilities to pull our strategy off,” reported a Global 500 CEO. “I worry that the current management team will not be able to take us where we need to go to next,” answered a third corporate leader.
Most CEO’s are satisfied with their strategies. Many are less satisfied with their performance. This Executive Insight Thought Leader centers on the imperative of leadership capability development as a business priority.
• Matrix structures combine the benefits of traditional functional & product / service based structures. In a matrix reporting channels form a grid, and employees typically report to both a functional leader as well as a product or service based leader.
• Prior to adoption, an organization should understand the advantages and challenges associated with the matrix structure, as well as how such structure would address the specific needs of the current and future business. Matrix structures have several advantages over conventional one, such as flexible allocation of resources, increase information flow & increase employee autonomy. However, in addition to being extremely difficult to implement and sustain, matrix structures can incur greater overhead costs and increase internal competition for limited resources.
• If an organization decides to adopt a matrix , then it should be aware that, to succeed, the transition will require significant investment of both time and effort. Simply adopting a matrix structure is no guarantee for success, and such fundamental changes to an organization are not made swiftly. Organizations should acknowledge that changing cultural attitudes and norms, increasing levels of emotional intelligence and awareness, and developing effective training for employees and leaders are all critical components in maximising a matrix structure’s potential success.
• Organizations also should give thought to how they will navigate the unique challenges associated with successfully adopting a matrix structure, such as the increased potential for misaligned goals, unclear roles, responsibilities , ambiguous authority, the lack of matrix guardianship and silo- focused employees.
Talent Wins” by Dr.Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, Dennis Carey
Most executives today recognize the competitive advantage of human capital, and yet the talent practices their organizations use are stuck in the twentieth century.
Typical talent-planning and HR processes are designed for predictable environments, traditional ways of getting work done, and organizations where "lines and boxes" still define how people are managed. As work and organizations have become more fluid--and business strategy is no longer about planning years ahead but about sensing and seizing new opportunities and adapting to a constantly changing environment--companies must deploy talent in new ways to remain competitive.
Turning conventional views on their heads, talent and leadership experts Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, and Dennis Carey provide leaders with a new and different playbook for acquiring, managing, and deploying talent--for today's agile, digital, analytical, technologically driven strategic environment--and for creating the HR function that business needs. Filled with examples of forward-thinking companies that have adopted radical new approaches to talent (such as ADP, Amgen, BlackRock, Blackstone, Haier, ING, Marsh, Tata Communications, Telenor, and Volvo), as well as the juggernauts and the startups of Silicon Valley, this book shows leaders how to bring the rigor that they apply to financial capital to their human capital--elevating HR to the same level as finance in their organizations.
Providing deep, expert insight and advice for what needs to change and how to change it, this is the definitive book for reimagining and creating a talent-driven organization that wins.
Happy reading & Learning
Great People. Great Organizations. Great Results.
GO provides the information, inspiration, and perspective HR leaders, managers, and practitioners—as well as those from outside of HR—need to make their leaders more effective, make their organizations more successful, and make themselves proud of the work they do.
Whether corporate governance is a burden meant to report compliance on companies’ performance, or can it be used as a competitive advantage in view of the changing laws, awareness and scenario is the important question which is present in the minds of those at the top of the company affairs including the CEO, Directors and Boards.
The book under reference, “Boards that Deliver”, by Ram Charan attempts to answer this question in a certain and prudent manner. The author believes that with the right set of practices, any group of directors can become a board that delivers value to the management and to the investors and goes ahead to demonstrate his points giving directions on various steps to be taken to make this happen.
In the year 2002, Warren Buffett made an admission that he had not been as vigilant as he should have been in his role as Director of the various subsidiaries of his holding company, Berkshire Hathaway. In a letter to the shareholders he wrote “ Too often I was silent when management made proposals that I judged to be counter to the interest of the shareholders. In those cases, collegiality trumped independence and a certain social atmosphere presides in boardrooms where it becomes impolitic to challenge the Chief Executive.
Kevin Sharer, Chairman of Amgen, the US biotech company, portrayed a very different relationship between board and chief executive. “ Working with the board is vital, complex, and beyond your prior experience. It is among the most complex human relationships, especially if you are the chairman, when you are their boss, and they are your boss. Get the relationship right or it will hurt you.
These two very different experiences open a new book, Boards that Lead- When to take charge, When to Partner and When to stay out of the way. The central premise of the books is a plea. “ Governing boards should take more active leadership of the enterprises, not just monitor its management?
The growing complexity of markets and strategy, the authors say, is one of the biggest challenges for board members. It also means that they cannot afford to sit back and rubber stamp executive’s plans.
Boards often fail to do their job, they point out, for example failing to do their due diligence. They cite the example of Yahoo’s Chief Executive Scott Thompson. After a few months in the post, it was discovered that he had listed a degree in both accounting and computer science, but had actually earned only the first.
A good book to read move from Delivering to Leading.
Happy Reading
How knowledge flow links goals with desired outcomes and what gets in the way of thie. Design your strategy to leverage what you ahve and fills the gaps you need.
Holacracy The Next Generation Leadership in a VUCA Worldijtsrd
The Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous world is posing innumerable challenges upon all the organizational stalwarts. The purpose of the undertaking this study is more than one. 'Leaders are born not made' had always been an oft cited dubious question to the uncanny minds of many. Thus, an attempt had been made to strike an answer to the recurring question that occurs at multi tier level that is, does market leadership drives leadership in organizations or leadership capabilities of employees exercise influence on employees Methodology An empirical research had been carried out, which was both explorative and descriptive in nature, to identify the leadership style followed in organization and bring out the gap between the existing and desired leadership styles for implementation of holacracy in the organization. Variables such as task and result orientation, work delegation are taken to find out characteristics of an effective leader. Variables such as democratic, autocratic, bureaucratic, participative are examined to find out preferred style of leadership. The effectiveness of the leadership style was survived through variables of penalty, rewards, motivation and respect. Out of 340 questionnaire circulated, 317 responses were received out of which 305 were found to be usable for study. Statistical test such as description statistics using SPSS is applied to study the outcomes and presented in the form of graphs. Findings The research yielded various interesting aspects of key leadership principles. Technology is a friend and a foe, a powerful threat if underexplored poor communication skills and lack of discipline can make leaders ineffective. When asked about whether emotional intelligence is appreciated in a leader, the majority of the respondents could not give decisive answer. Holacracy brings the new era of leadership style with organizations becoming lean and employees adaptable. Implications The sample was drawn from Generation Z who is soon going to be a part of youth leadership in both corporate and governance. The questionnaire had been inclusive of asking personal traits of them to the actions. Jyoti Kukreja "Holacracy: The Next Generation Leadership in a VUCA World" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-6 , October 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd28029.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/hrm-and-retail-business/28029/holacracy-the-next-generation-leadership-in-a-vuca-world/jyoti-kukreja
For the last two years, our colleagues from different countries have come to Barcelona for our DesignThinkers Group annual global meeting. It is a great feeling to get together with very talented people that share your values, ideas and dreams and who are also are willing to share their experiences during the year to bring to life new collaborations and projects.
How-can-purpose-reveal-a-path-through-uncertainty. By EY. 2017Gemma Alcalá
El propósito y la empresa en el siglo XXI. El concepto de
propósito empresarial adquiere un significado cada vez más relevante en la estrategia de crecimiento de las compañías.
Una de las conclusiones de este informe es que la mayoría de las empresas y marcas confían actualmente en el poder del propósito, pero encuentran dificultades para completar su integración en la estrategia y en el funcionamiento diario de la compañía.
El propósito de una empresa, más allá del beneficio económico, se producen en respuesta a las demandas de los trabajadores, a la necesidad de que haya marcas inspiradoras o compañías socialmente más responsables.
En el informe se habla de las empresas 'Capital P.'. Ser una empresa con “Capital P” son aquellas que tienen un propósito bien integrado y que es clave para sobrevivir en un entorno muy volatil, repleto de incertidumbres, complejo y ambiguo.
Las empresas líderes afirman que su propósito está integrado en todas sus actividades, con un enfoque tanto a corto como a largo plazo, lo que genera valor a todo lo que hacen.
La Cuarta Revolución Industrial incrementa las necesidades de las empresas y pone en peligro a aquellas que no tienen un propósito bien integrado. Resulta necesario aportar valor a todos los stakeholders (grupos de interés), aspirar a mejorar la sociedad, tener una visión más amplia de la actividad y afrontar las oportunidades que se presenten de
forma inesperada.
• Matrix structures combine the benefits of traditional functional & product / service based structures. In a matrix reporting channels form a grid, and employees typically report to both a functional leader as well as a product or service based leader.
• Prior to adoption, an organization should understand the advantages and challenges associated with the matrix structure, as well as how such structure would address the specific needs of the current and future business. Matrix structures have several advantages over conventional one, such as flexible allocation of resources, increase information flow & increase employee autonomy. However, in addition to being extremely difficult to implement and sustain, matrix structures can incur greater overhead costs and increase internal competition for limited resources.
• If an organization decides to adopt a matrix , then it should be aware that, to succeed, the transition will require significant investment of both time and effort. Simply adopting a matrix structure is no guarantee for success, and such fundamental changes to an organization are not made swiftly. Organizations should acknowledge that changing cultural attitudes and norms, increasing levels of emotional intelligence and awareness, and developing effective training for employees and leaders are all critical components in maximising a matrix structure’s potential success.
• Organizations also should give thought to how they will navigate the unique challenges associated with successfully adopting a matrix structure, such as the increased potential for misaligned goals, unclear roles, responsibilities , ambiguous authority, the lack of matrix guardianship and silo- focused employees.
Talent Wins” by Dr.Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, Dennis Carey
Most executives today recognize the competitive advantage of human capital, and yet the talent practices their organizations use are stuck in the twentieth century.
Typical talent-planning and HR processes are designed for predictable environments, traditional ways of getting work done, and organizations where "lines and boxes" still define how people are managed. As work and organizations have become more fluid--and business strategy is no longer about planning years ahead but about sensing and seizing new opportunities and adapting to a constantly changing environment--companies must deploy talent in new ways to remain competitive.
Turning conventional views on their heads, talent and leadership experts Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, and Dennis Carey provide leaders with a new and different playbook for acquiring, managing, and deploying talent--for today's agile, digital, analytical, technologically driven strategic environment--and for creating the HR function that business needs. Filled with examples of forward-thinking companies that have adopted radical new approaches to talent (such as ADP, Amgen, BlackRock, Blackstone, Haier, ING, Marsh, Tata Communications, Telenor, and Volvo), as well as the juggernauts and the startups of Silicon Valley, this book shows leaders how to bring the rigor that they apply to financial capital to their human capital--elevating HR to the same level as finance in their organizations.
Providing deep, expert insight and advice for what needs to change and how to change it, this is the definitive book for reimagining and creating a talent-driven organization that wins.
Happy reading & Learning
Great People. Great Organizations. Great Results.
GO provides the information, inspiration, and perspective HR leaders, managers, and practitioners—as well as those from outside of HR—need to make their leaders more effective, make their organizations more successful, and make themselves proud of the work they do.
Whether corporate governance is a burden meant to report compliance on companies’ performance, or can it be used as a competitive advantage in view of the changing laws, awareness and scenario is the important question which is present in the minds of those at the top of the company affairs including the CEO, Directors and Boards.
The book under reference, “Boards that Deliver”, by Ram Charan attempts to answer this question in a certain and prudent manner. The author believes that with the right set of practices, any group of directors can become a board that delivers value to the management and to the investors and goes ahead to demonstrate his points giving directions on various steps to be taken to make this happen.
In the year 2002, Warren Buffett made an admission that he had not been as vigilant as he should have been in his role as Director of the various subsidiaries of his holding company, Berkshire Hathaway. In a letter to the shareholders he wrote “ Too often I was silent when management made proposals that I judged to be counter to the interest of the shareholders. In those cases, collegiality trumped independence and a certain social atmosphere presides in boardrooms where it becomes impolitic to challenge the Chief Executive.
Kevin Sharer, Chairman of Amgen, the US biotech company, portrayed a very different relationship between board and chief executive. “ Working with the board is vital, complex, and beyond your prior experience. It is among the most complex human relationships, especially if you are the chairman, when you are their boss, and they are your boss. Get the relationship right or it will hurt you.
These two very different experiences open a new book, Boards that Lead- When to take charge, When to Partner and When to stay out of the way. The central premise of the books is a plea. “ Governing boards should take more active leadership of the enterprises, not just monitor its management?
The growing complexity of markets and strategy, the authors say, is one of the biggest challenges for board members. It also means that they cannot afford to sit back and rubber stamp executive’s plans.
Boards often fail to do their job, they point out, for example failing to do their due diligence. They cite the example of Yahoo’s Chief Executive Scott Thompson. After a few months in the post, it was discovered that he had listed a degree in both accounting and computer science, but had actually earned only the first.
A good book to read move from Delivering to Leading.
Happy Reading
How knowledge flow links goals with desired outcomes and what gets in the way of thie. Design your strategy to leverage what you ahve and fills the gaps you need.
Holacracy The Next Generation Leadership in a VUCA Worldijtsrd
The Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous world is posing innumerable challenges upon all the organizational stalwarts. The purpose of the undertaking this study is more than one. 'Leaders are born not made' had always been an oft cited dubious question to the uncanny minds of many. Thus, an attempt had been made to strike an answer to the recurring question that occurs at multi tier level that is, does market leadership drives leadership in organizations or leadership capabilities of employees exercise influence on employees Methodology An empirical research had been carried out, which was both explorative and descriptive in nature, to identify the leadership style followed in organization and bring out the gap between the existing and desired leadership styles for implementation of holacracy in the organization. Variables such as task and result orientation, work delegation are taken to find out characteristics of an effective leader. Variables such as democratic, autocratic, bureaucratic, participative are examined to find out preferred style of leadership. The effectiveness of the leadership style was survived through variables of penalty, rewards, motivation and respect. Out of 340 questionnaire circulated, 317 responses were received out of which 305 were found to be usable for study. Statistical test such as description statistics using SPSS is applied to study the outcomes and presented in the form of graphs. Findings The research yielded various interesting aspects of key leadership principles. Technology is a friend and a foe, a powerful threat if underexplored poor communication skills and lack of discipline can make leaders ineffective. When asked about whether emotional intelligence is appreciated in a leader, the majority of the respondents could not give decisive answer. Holacracy brings the new era of leadership style with organizations becoming lean and employees adaptable. Implications The sample was drawn from Generation Z who is soon going to be a part of youth leadership in both corporate and governance. The questionnaire had been inclusive of asking personal traits of them to the actions. Jyoti Kukreja "Holacracy: The Next Generation Leadership in a VUCA World" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-6 , October 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd28029.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/hrm-and-retail-business/28029/holacracy-the-next-generation-leadership-in-a-vuca-world/jyoti-kukreja
For the last two years, our colleagues from different countries have come to Barcelona for our DesignThinkers Group annual global meeting. It is a great feeling to get together with very talented people that share your values, ideas and dreams and who are also are willing to share their experiences during the year to bring to life new collaborations and projects.
How-can-purpose-reveal-a-path-through-uncertainty. By EY. 2017Gemma Alcalá
El propósito y la empresa en el siglo XXI. El concepto de
propósito empresarial adquiere un significado cada vez más relevante en la estrategia de crecimiento de las compañías.
Una de las conclusiones de este informe es que la mayoría de las empresas y marcas confían actualmente en el poder del propósito, pero encuentran dificultades para completar su integración en la estrategia y en el funcionamiento diario de la compañía.
El propósito de una empresa, más allá del beneficio económico, se producen en respuesta a las demandas de los trabajadores, a la necesidad de que haya marcas inspiradoras o compañías socialmente más responsables.
En el informe se habla de las empresas 'Capital P.'. Ser una empresa con “Capital P” son aquellas que tienen un propósito bien integrado y que es clave para sobrevivir en un entorno muy volatil, repleto de incertidumbres, complejo y ambiguo.
Las empresas líderes afirman que su propósito está integrado en todas sus actividades, con un enfoque tanto a corto como a largo plazo, lo que genera valor a todo lo que hacen.
La Cuarta Revolución Industrial incrementa las necesidades de las empresas y pone en peligro a aquellas que no tienen un propósito bien integrado. Resulta necesario aportar valor a todos los stakeholders (grupos de interés), aspirar a mejorar la sociedad, tener una visión más amplia de la actividad y afrontar las oportunidades que se presenten de
forma inesperada.
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By Judith H. Katz and
Frederick A. Miller
“Far from incremental change in leadership approaches, the new marketplace requires an entirely new
paradigm: nothing less than admitting that the concept of the all-knowing, all- powerful leader is obsolete
and that our entire image of leadership itself must change. While some teams and organizations have
made this shift, many have not—at a great cost to both the organizations and their people.”
Leaders Getting Different
Collaboration, the New Inclusive Workplace, and OD’s Role
There is a leadership change in the air;
an urgency, not only for organizations to
be different, but for “titled” leaders to be
different: to join people, to connect work
to the organization’s purpose, to inspire, to
move away from silos and toward a flow of
ideas and information across the work-
place, to create a sense of safety so that peo-
ple can bring their best selves to work—all
to foster an inclusive workplace in which
collaboration can flourish. This urgency
stems from a variety of trends. Consumers
are demanding more. Markets are moving
faster and growing more complex. Millen-
nials are demanding a new workplace.
This means that the “adapt or fail”
tipping point for organizations, long
rumored, is here with a vengeance
(Devereaux, 2004; Laloux, 2014; Stack,
2014). Far from incremental change in
leadership approaches, the new market-
place requires an entirely new paradigm:
nothing less than admitting that the
concept of the all-knowing, all- powerful
leader is obsolete and that our entire image
of leadership itself must change. While
some teams and organizations have made
this shift, many have not—at a great cost
to both the organizations and their people.
This article examines the convergence of
trends, describes several keys to the new
leadership paradigm, and explores the
role that OD practitioners need to play in
supporting leadership for a collaborative,
inclusive workplace.
A Convergence of Trends
Many elements of the traditional organi-
zation and leadership model have come
under scrutiny in recent years:
» Leaders know best (or leaders as
all-knowing).
» Leaders as “super doers” who were
promoted from individual contributor
roles to managerial ranks, not because
of their skill with people but because of
their technical ability.
» Leaders as “fixers” who provide answers
and solutions to every problem under
their purview.
» Leaders seeing it as their role to accept
the status quo and not challenge the
opinions or ideas of their leaders.
» People of the organization seen as
hands and feet: filling specific roles in
the organization, required to “just do
their job” and “do as they are told.”
This model has been giving way to a
greater emphasis on collaboration—and
an inclusive workplace as the ideal envi-
ronment for fostering that collaboration
(Baker, 2014). We have now reached
the point where the inclusive workplace
is a must for organ ...
A practical guide to the key global trends and practices that are transforming HR, talent acquisition and management.
Building on the success of The Employer Brand, a conceptual introduction to what has now become a well-established concept; this is a practical guide to implementation, drawing on a much wider range of cases and examples.
Richard Mosley draws on the significant advances in employer brand practice among leading companies to give managers hands-on advice. He will demonstrate how employer brand thinking can strengthen organisational HR strategy and reinforce HR’s value to the business.
Digital Culture
Digital technologies have the potential to revolutionise entire businesses, but without the right strategy, approach and leadership, transformation initiatives will fail. This infographic explores the elements of a strong digital culture and the common obstacles standing in the way of true transformation
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chapter 3
The Organizing Function
Chapter Goals
After completing this chapter, you should be able to
• Connect the organizing function with company success.
• Explain the basic principles of job design.
• Employ the best form of departmentalization for a specific company.
• Finalize the structure of a company.
• Describe various types of organizational configuration.
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CHAPTER 3Section 3.1 Introduction
3.1 Introduction
Learning Objective #1: What role does organizing play in company success?
One key part of a manager’s job is to identify the best way to organize and run a company or organization. Well-organized companies are often recognized as being the most efficient, effective, and productive within an industry group. A
well-organized company is critical to success. Having a manager who can work with and
implement the structures and plans of a company is vital.
Organizing is a normal process that flows naturally from the human tendency for coopera-
tion. People are predisposed to cooperate with one another. Early humans used cooperation
behaviors and organizational skills, familiar to us today, initially as survival techniques. As
humanity progressed, cultural technologies were developed to enhance success in life.
While some cooperative human behaviors are likely instinctual, the majority are learned
through various interactions with the environment, family, school, and culture. Many
people learn early in life to keep their bedroom clean and orderly. They later learn to keep
a school locker orderly, and eventually how to organize computer files and MP3 music
files on portable music devices. The progression of organizational abilities throughout
history indicates that humans have a natural understanding that everything has its place.
Organizing complex structures, however, such as a large-scale manufacturing plant or a
500-guest-room resort requires sophistication beyond basic socialization.
Organizing may be defined as the process of efficiently and effectively bringing people
and resources together to create products and services. Organizing establishes task and
authority relationships that allow people to work together to achieve the organization’s
goals. Organizing consists of three primary activities: (a) job design, (b) departmentaliza-
tion, and (c) completion of the organizational structure.
In a business organization, the focus should be on creating a structure within the orga-
nization as a social institution. The structure of the organization is made up of the func-
tional jobs within an organization, and they represent “the skeleton of the organizational
system” (Steers, Ungson, & Mowday, 1985). This structural “skeleton” holds up the entire
organization and allows it to move forward to achieve its plan for success. An organiza-
tional structure is a formal system of task and reporting relationships that coordinates the
acti.
Building a Workforce Where Belonging Is the Rule — Not the ExceptionCognizant
Diversity has moved from a human resource challenge to a business opportunity. Companies with a diverse workforce and an inclusive work environment are better equipped to meet the demands of an increasingly competitive digital world. These organizations foster an atmosphere of trust; give employees a say in decision making; involve them in work processes; and provide the information, resources, and tools they need to succeed. By embracing different perspectives, they can anticipate challenges before they become problems, and tend to post superior financial results.
“The fact is, culture eats strategy for lunch. You can have a good strategy in place, but if you don’t have the culture and the enabling systems that allow you to successfully implement that strategy, the culture of the organization will defeat the strategy.” Richard Clark, CEO of Merck (2005 – 2010)
In a study conducted by Bain Consulting in 2008, 91% of the 1200 senior executives at global companies agreed that “culture is as important as strategy for business success”. It further revealed that 81% of executives agreed that “a company without a winning culture was doomed to mediocrity.” In a more recent study by Booz and Company in 2013 , 96% of the 2200 respondents agreed that “culture change is needed in their organisation” while 51% agree “that their culture needs a major overhaul”.
These are startling numbers. If organisational culture is so important, why is it not one of the top items on the agenda?
In the second of this 6 part Change Management series, we outlined the importance of communicating your change and actively engaging your stakeholders.
In this article, we discuss the importance of designing and building a culture that supports your vision.
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Benchmark - Case Study Potential Resolutions
In the current age of revolutionary change, an organization is as healthy as its sustainability prowess. Today’s company’s unlike past generations, operate in complicated and fast-paced regulated environment. There is an increased need to satisfy current stakeholders, safeguard future generations, and optimally use natural resources. It is in this breadth the Purple Cloud Company thirsts to speed up their product development, widen its market share, and seize new opportunities. The company’s sustainability strategy is acquisition and expansion as they aim to increase value above $100 million and increase the organizations stock price above $71.
Acquisition is a strategic measure implemented by the Purple Cloud Company as a corporate sustainability resolution. The company purchased ABC-Tech, and the acquisition allowed the parent company to intertwine its services with the acquired developed organization. The purchase yielded goodwill for the company’s stakeholders, provided a competitive edge, and reflected positively on the organizations financial bottom line. By acquiring ABC-Tech, which is a company that offers a simple technology platform, allows the organization to reduce customer support costs from $7,000 to $6,000, increase ABC-Tech revenue from $24 million to $48 million, increase revenue from $70 million to $100 million, and increases the profitability index from 17.2% to 18.7% market share, this will attract talent, and drive innovation. (Spears, 2012).
Additionally, the Purple Cloud organization should deploy an expansion strategy. This step will expand their market share, especially if the home market is saturated by their products. This is an inevitable venture given the prospect of it promoting access to new territories that will boost sales volume, allow diversification thus reducing risk exposure, facilitate access to better talent pools, build strong public relations, bring forth a competitive advantage, and most importantly provide opportunities for direct foreign investment.
Management Theories
Today’s organizations are comprised of individuals who manage the employee pool based on the science of humanistic approaches, which has evolved from the authoritarian mindset of the past generation. Purple Cloud has benefited from various visionary methods of operating sustainable companies commonly referred to as, management theories. A primary management theory is classical theory. The use of data and measurements allows the Purple Cloud management team to observe and evaluate business functions in numerical terms. The quantitative focus on the operations, and the production of services allows the company to achieve informed decision-making, and effective profitability.
Domestically, the company has a larger market share, and this motivates the organization to locate emerg.
MSLGROUP Reputation Impact Indicator Study 2015 (China Edition)MSL
In the Age of Earned Trust, companies need a holistic approach to build a strong reputation that can facilitate success over time. The MSLGROUP Reputation Impact Indicator Study China edition highlights the China findings and provides insight into what drives the views held by the general public of some of the world’s best-known global corporate brands.
We hope you enjoy reading it and invite you to share your feedback and tips with us on Twitter @msl_group.
Follow #ReputationImpact on Twitter for insights from the report.
Keeping it real - How authentic is your Corporate Purpose? Burson-Marsteller
Burson-Marsteller and Swiss-based IMD have been working together to research corporate purpose since 2008. This year’s study is presented in the context of the findings of Burson-Marsteller’s Corporate Perception Indicator, a global survey of public hopes and expectations of companies and their leaders.
How Great Leaders Drive Results via Accountability and Employee EngagementForum Corporation
A look at the results from our Fall 2014 survey looking at the the relationship between accountability and employee engagement in the workplace. You can view the webinar here: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/137288832
Building a Winning Sales Management Team: The Force Behind the ForceForum Corporation
Would you weather have excellent salepeople with an average sales manager, or average salespeople with an excellent sales manager? Watch a replay of this webinar with Forum and ZS Associates to find out: http://www.forum.com/register.aspx?id=d9ff62c2-eafe-401c-b32b-f70d7c98c025&edocid=939
Using Measurement to Drive the Impact and Effectiveness of Your Leadership De...Forum Corporation
It has been estimated that up to 50% of training is wasted.* You can avoid this by monitoring how leaders are applying and benefitting from what they learn. What the webinar replay here: http://go.forum.com/NAMeasurementWebinarReplay
Presentation deck from a March 22nd, 2012 webinar in which Fifth Third Bank shared their story of how they worked with Forum to implement a customer focused sales strategy.
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What type of conductor are you
1. field notes
What Type of Conductor Are You?
The musical conductor is a powerful metaphor for leadership: majestically sweeping a baton to coordinate the
orchestra’s playing of a transcendent symphony. Drucker, Covey, and many others have long described
leadership as a conductor’s work. However, leadership often means more than simply putting one person up in
front, coordinating others’ work toward achieving a vision. Is the “conductor as leader” paradigm still relevant
today? Let’s break down the definition of the word conduct. Con- means “with” and -duct means “to lead.”
To lead with.
This definition is particularly resonant today, as companies are increasingly seeking collaborative strategies to
enter new markets and compete on a global scale, while also managing the inherent risks of such strategies.
According to one study, the amount of organizational value that alliances contribute is expected to rise from the
current 19 percent to 47 percent in the next 5 years.1 According to another, 69 percent of companies will
increase the number of their collaborative relationships with third parties over the next 3 years.2
Today’s business environment demands a shift in mind-set about leadership. Today’s leaders are not
conductors of orchestras, but conductors of electricity. They connect easily with others inside and outside the
organization, and attract them to their own cause. Today’s leaders act as conduits for ideas, passions, and
focus points, harnessing the energy and innovative abilities of internal and external players to drive alignment
and change.
How Can You Become a Conductor of Electricity?
Excellent interpersonal skills go a long way toward connecting diverse groups of people working to achieve a
common goal, but they are by no means the only leadership competencies needed. Several skills lie at the
heart of the ability to lead collaboratively:
Redefine Your Organization and Cast a Wider Net
Successful leaders look far beyond the boundaries of their work groups to find the talent and resources
they need. In fact, senior leaders in many businesses are adopting a market mentality in order to find talent.
You may be able to call upon the skills not only of direct reports but also of people up, down, across, and
outside the organization, such as customers, competitors, and members of professional associations.
Consider the case of the small gold-mining firm that put its geological data online and invited the public to
hypothesize about where it would locate the richest lode of gold. Doing this was unheard of in the mining
industry, in which geological data has always been a closely guarded secret. The firm received 77
hypotheses, not only from geologists, but also from computer scientists, mathematicians, and computer
graphic artists. These hypotheses were more creative and more accurate than those of the firm’s own staff.
Undertaking an investment of $500,000 U.S., the firm went on to find more than $3 billion worth of gold.
The market value of the firm skyrocketed from $90 million to $10 billion. It accomplished this tremendous
growth by redefining its R&D organization to include a multitude of people around the world whose
education and skills matched those of the firm’s own employees.3
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Grow. Change. Perform.
2. Understand That Your Perspective Is Not the Perspective
The people you encounter come from groups with different purposes, perspectives, and rules. Perform a
gap analysis by conversing with them, to help determine:
– Differences in decision-making and planning styles, work routines, work pace, and attitudes toward risk
– Differences in the type, detail, and amount of data they have access to
– Differences in expectations of results
Consider differences in perspectives as you develop relationships with people from different geographies or
cultures.
Determine and Address the “Won’t Work Factors” Up Front
Before communicating with potential internal or external constituencies who can make or break your
initiative, imagine what circumstances would make it unworkable, unrealistic, or unattainable for them.
Proactively address realistic concerns and inoculate against irrational fears, in order to clear the way for
constructive dialogue.
Engage with Purpose, Meaning, and Clarity
Make a clear link to an overarching goal, be it organizational or intra-organizational, from which everyone’s
individual goals derive.
Ask yourself, “What does it really mean?” Determine the higher order, purpose, or meaning behind what
you are trying to achieve collectively, and communicate it often.
Do not underestimate the importance of clarity. Leaders usually understand an inspiring goal, but they
often forget that people must see the goal as clear and attainable.
Pay Attention to Social Network Dynamics
An organization’s culture can be controlled by as few as 5 percent of its people.4
By observing interactions, you can identify the critical few “connectors” or “hubs”—the people who know
everyone (and everything).
Focus your time and energy on the connectors or hubs to make the greatest impact with your initiative.
These tips reflect Forum’s research into the collaborative practices of top performers.5
By using these skills, leaders can share information efficiently with a broad new set of stakeholders, align them
on goals, engage them purposefully, and begin to make complex decisions with them.
Collaboration is playing a bigger role in companies’ strategies today. Executing the strategies will not depend
on one or two maestros at the top, but rather on a distributed set of “conduits” throughout the organization—
conduits leading with each other.
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Grow. Change. Perform.
3. Endnotes
1
Study commissioned by the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals and conducted by United Nations University, 2007.
2
“Companies Without Borders: Collaborating to Compete.” An Economist intelligence report, sponsored by BT, November 2006.
3
Tapscott, D., and Williams, A. D. Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything. New York: Portfolio, 2006.
4
According to research by network expert Karen Stephenson, presented at the Leading Organizational Change and Transition Summit,
Chicago, May 2007.
5
“Leading Across Boundaries Research Summary,” The Forum Corporation, 2007.
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Steve Barry, Consultant, Thought Leadership
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