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Agile Transformation Offices: Unlocking the Door to Lasting Impact

Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) Agile transformation offices (ATOs) play a crucial role in the ongoing journey towards agility for many organisations. These entities help in transitioning from traditional, hierarchical structures to more flexible and efficient decision-making models. The COVID-19 pandemic intensified the urgency of this transformation, highlighting the necessity for adaptability… Continue reading Agile Transformation Offices: Unlocking the Door to Lasting Impact

Data analysis: Starting Tips and Key Examples

Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) Data analysis can sound intimidating, even for professionals with years of experience working with data. However, when you’re just getting started, it’s important to understand that panic is unnecessary. While it’s true that serious data analysis for a business will eventually involve data scientists, you can start… Continue reading Data analysis: Starting Tips and Key Examples

Four Critical Questions for Managers to Reflect On

Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) Time is one resource that managers consistently lack. Balancing the demands of their roles with supervising others is challenging. Navigating bureaucracies, authorising expenses, handling hiring requests, and solving mini-crises further strain their schedules. Weeks can fly by in a blur, and suddenly it’s September, with autumn nights… Continue reading Four Critical Questions for Managers to Reflect On

How Olympians Can Inspire Executive Success

Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) The pursuit of success is universal, whether on the track or in the boardroom. This universal desire explains the abundance of resources—podcasts, books, and speeches—dedicated to high performance. It also explains why executive leadership courses often draw from examples far beyond the business world, delving into politics,… Continue reading How Olympians Can Inspire Executive Success

The Four Core Disciplines of Successful Strategic Leaders

Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) In a rapidly changing business environment, strategic leadership disciplines are crucial for setting direction and creating a competitive advantage. Strategic fitness is the capacity of strategic leaders to learn from and adapt to their environment, much like a pride of lions adjusting to a lost opportunity during… Continue reading The Four Core Disciplines of Successful Strategic Leaders

Business Process Management (BPM): What It Is and Why It Matters

Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) Business Process Management (BPM) is a structured approach designed to streamline and optimise the various repeatable tasks within an organization to create a more effective and efficient system. The primary objective of BPM is to save time, reduce errors, and maintain smooth business operations.   The Core… Continue reading Business Process Management (BPM): What It Is and Why It Matters

Applying Different Management Styles: A How-To Guide

Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) Management styles dictate how a manager leads and interacts with their team. Are they empathetic or detached? Hands-on or hands-off? Flexible or by-the-book? A manager’s approach influences how they:   – Hire – Develop talent – Delegate tasks – Foster or diminish morale – Manage their own… Continue reading Applying Different Management Styles: A How-To Guide

The Effects of Misaligned Business and Analytics Objectives

Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) Summary: How do companies’ investments in data and analytics contribute to business benefits like profitability and growth? Should investments focus on talent, technology, or culture? Recent research highlights alignment between business and analytics objectives and capabilities as crucial. Even companies early in their analytics journey see value… Continue reading The Effects of Misaligned Business and Analytics Objectives

The Four Types of Business Strategies

Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) Summary The challenge with strategy frameworks lies in their ability to evaluate the attractiveness of opportunities and the viability of strategies. However, they often fall short in aiding the identification of opportunities or the initial creation of strategies. This article presents a new framework, informed by an… Continue reading The Four Types of Business Strategies

Cultural Integration: A Key Factor for Successful Mergers and Acquisitions

Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) Effectively managing culture holds chief importance in the process of successful mergers and acquisitions (M&A). When approached with the right strategies, cultural integration can significantly enhance returns on investment. Many companies view successful M&A as a crucial element of their broader long-term plans, a direct path to… Continue reading Cultural Integration: A Key Factor for Successful Mergers and Acquisitions