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The 4 Major Challenges Strategic Teams Face — and How to Overcome Them

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...

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In Creating Strategic Teams, Boards and CEOs Need To Be On The Same Page

By Dewar Sloan

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...

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Latest Bayer Monsanto Trial Reminds Us that Culture and Strategy Must Stay in Sync

By Dewar Sloan

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...

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Talent Blocks and Beams: A Tool for Building Teams That Get Stuff Done

By Dewar Sloan

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,...

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How to Get Talented People Engaged in the Sport of Strategy

By Dewar Sloan

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...

The 4 Major Challenges Strategic Teams Face — and How to Overcome Them

In Creating Strategic Teams, Boards and CEOs Need To Be On The Same Page

Latest Bayer Monsanto Trial Reminds Us that Culture and Strategy Must Stay in Sync

Talent Blocks and Beams: A Tool for Building Teams That Get Stuff Done

How to Get Talented People Engaged in the Sport of Strategy

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