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Sustained High Performance and the Role of Agility

Jun 7, 2012 | Agility, Performance Management, Sponsor Content

Tom Williams (Booz & Company), Chris Worley (CEO), Niko Canner (Booz & Company) and Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) explain that “Competitive environments change continuously, and the pace of change continues to increase. Yet some companies in every industry show superior performance relative to their peers over very long periods of time. Does your company have the agility required to keep up?”

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Agility and Organization Design: A Diagnostic Framework

Nov 12, 2009 | Agility, Organization Design, Sponsor Content

This article by Christopher G. Worley (CEO) and Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) describes one comprehensive agility framework called “built to change” and the diagnostic process developed to assess an organization’s agility.

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Fast HR

Oct 1, 2009 | Agility, Sponsor Content

Theresa M. Welbourne (CEO) explains that Fast HR is a growing body of work that spells out ways HR can change to meet the needs of today’s fast-growth and high change organizations.

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Dealing with Rough Times: A Capabilities Development Approach to Surviving and Thriving

Mar 5, 2009 | Agility, Change Management, Sponsor Content

Susan A. Mohrman (CEO) and Christopher G. Worley (CEO) state that during rapid change and extreme threat, steering the ship is not sufficient. Leaders must introduce approaches that tap the energies of employees throughout the organization.

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Leading Change: Do It With Conversation

Mar 4, 2007 | Agility, Change Management, Sponsor Content

Susan A. Mohrman (CEO) explains that few corporations are immune to the forces of the global economy and the sweeping technological advances that require large-scale change and adaptability for survival.

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Collaboration and the Producers of Management Knowledge

Aug 9, 2006 | Agility, Change Management, Innovation, Sponsor Content

Andreas Werr (Stockholm School of Economics) and Larry Greiner (USC) explains that the world of managers is increasingly knowledge intensive. Competition is growing, large organizations are becoming more global and complex, resulting in a proliferation of new management models and tools, making it difficult for managers to keep up with the latest developments (Huczynski, 1993).

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Designing Organizations that are Built to Change

Aug 6, 2006 | Agility, Change Management, Organization Design, Sponsor Content

Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) and Christopher G. Worley (CEO) share that as the pace of globalization and social change quickens, executives are correctly calling for greater agility, flexibility and innovation from their companies.

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Designing Organizations as if Change Matters

Apr 5, 2006 | Agility, Change Management, Organization Design, Sponsor Content

Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) and Christopher G. Worley (CEO) share that more and more executives and management theorists are calling for agility, flexibility, and innovation in the performance of organizations.

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Building an Ambidextrous Organization

Aug 15, 2004 | Agility, Change Management, Sponsor Content

Julian Birkinshaw (London Business School) and Cristina Gibson (UC Irvine) state that the technological downturn, political turmoil and economic uncertainty of the last five years have reaffirmed to managers the importance of adaptability – the ability to move quickly towards new opportunities, to adjust to volatile markets, and to avoid complacency.

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Integrated Speed and Flexibility: Delivering Customer Solutions

May 18, 2003 | Agility, Organization Design, Organizational Effectiveness, Sponsor Content

Jay R. Galbraith states that a challenge for organization designers is to create an organization that can act with speed, flexibility and integration. Up until now, designers could create organizations that are characterized by any two of those features but not all three.

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Coping with Evil: The New Challenge of Crisis Management

Mar 14, 2003 | Agility, Change Management, Sponsor Content

Ian I. Mitroff and Murat Alpaslan recount that 2002 is the twentieth anniversary of the Tylenol poisonings, the single crisis that more than any other event is associated with the beginning of the modern field of Crisis Management (CM).

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Organizing to Deliver Solutions

Jul 14, 2002 | Agility, Change Management, Organization Design, Sponsor Content

Jay R. Galbraith discusses how many companies today are adopting strategies to package products and services into solutions. However, several well-managed companies are experiencing difficulty in transitioning from stand-alone product offerings to solutions.

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