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Differentiation through corporate strategy.

Differentiation Through Corporate Strategy

Corporate strategy can be a point of differentiation. Look at your business as you would an investment portfolio and determine how to allocate resources in ways that create the greatest returns.

In business, use these key phrases to drive change conversations during a transformation

Three Key Phrases That Can Drive Change

For Alignment Leaders and Change Partners who want to be more effective in leading their change initiatives, here are a few key phrases to help start conversations.

A word of caution when adjusting spans and layers.

Spans and Layers: A Word of Caution

These three steps can help leaders get the most out of spans and layers adjustments. and make sure a span and layer analysis doesn’t lead to unintended consequences.

Successful business relationships are built on these 5 values

Organization Culture & Business Relationships, Part 2: Five Essential Business Values

These 5 essential business values will increase your organization’s capabilities to deliver an exceptional customer experience.

Optimizing the customer experience in business relationships

Organization Culture & Business Relationships-5 Ways to Optimize Customer Experiences, Part 1

The right organization design and structure, combined with a company-wide commitment to deliver differentiated customer experiences, will enable your business to build and maintain long-term customer loyalty.

Matrix Organization

Architecting Your Matrix Organization for Marketplace Success

So, you’ve determined that a matrix organization aligns with and will drive your strategic objectives.  Now what? How do you design the best matrix organization for you? Setting up a matrix may seem simple—determine where the solid and dotted reporting lines go and send out an email.  If our recent

Recipe for Success: How 3 Organization Design Principles Helped a Business in Crisis

Recipe for Success: How 3 Organization Design Principles Helped a Business in Crisis

The last few months have been difficult for all organizations. In this environment, the value of understanding how to align strategy, capabilities and tradeoffs/choices is more important than ever.

Executives can lead teams to success with effective change management.

Effective Change Management: 4 Ways Executives Can Lead Teams to Success

Executives that can look beyond their own self-interest to prioritize the needs of the organization as a whole will achieve greater success.

Do you use consistent leadership or Agile leadership?

Consistent Leadership vs. Agile Leadership: What Kind of Leader Are You?

Is your leadership style more agile or consistent? Understanding your personal tendencies will help you to select the right people for your team and to work with them in the most effective ways.

Eliminate anti-metrics that disrupt organizational performance and focus on the "metrics that matter".

Metrics that Matter: Eliminating “Anti-Metrics” That Disrupt Organizational Performance

Aligning metrics with organizational strategy and desired behaviors helps you achieve optimal results. Make sure “anti-metrics” are not interfering with organizational success.