If your company needs to solve big problems or meet major goals, it’s likely you create a strategic team tasked with moving the needle on those key issues. Whether they’re improving processes and systems or seeking growth and development solutions, strategic teams are the engines...
Over time, the nature of the executive suite has evolved in terms of strategic and operational roles along with the work to be done. The design of senior leadership and management teams has become more focused on matching the company’s strategic agenda, talent platforms, and...
What does culture have to do with the latest challenges at Bayer and Monsanto? Since culture goes hand in hand with strategy, quite a lot. But this fact — that strategy and culture are interrelated — has gotten lost in the current zeitgeist where culture...
The work of a strategic team — that is, a team whose mission is to make strategy happen — is crucial to any organization’s survival and growth. However, cultivating the right blend of talent for such a team requires far more than the normal recruiting,...
The picture of a successful company has evolved over the last decade to reflect changes in the business environment as well as changes in the nature of organizations. Going forward, the impact of talent structure and talent readiness will be the difference maker in the...