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Teams and Structure

Strategic Teams and Structure Teams of one sort or another are part of an organization’s structure. They help bring order and arrangement to the work to be done for decision-making processes, for risk management and problem solving. Teams provide inter-functional depth and cross-functional reach. They provide...

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Strategic Teams and Perspective

By Dewar Sloan

One of the great advantages of strategic teams is perspective, the ability to think about things differently, and in context. This includes the ability to attend to different points of view, alternatives, and forces of the market; as well as the ability to appreciate different...

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Strategic Teams and Diversity

By Dewar Sloan

There are clear advantages for strategic teams built from Talent Blocks and Beams with at least some expressed diversity. What we have in diverse teams is the blending of perspectives, expertise, principles, and experiences. And while diversity in organizations can be measured and gauged in...

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Strategy and Talent

By Dewar Sloan

Talent is the raw material for making strategy happen. Talent reflects in people whose competence, motivation, relationships and confidence match-up with the organization’s strategic agenda. Individuals have specific talent patterns that reflect background, knowledge, personality, and experience. Teams represent collections of individual talent, blended together...

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Strategic Teams – Culture and Strategy

By Dewar Sloan

At one level or another, corporate culture is a driver of strategic and economic value. In broad organizational terms, this idea of corporate culture brings together principles, belief systems and practices. The expression of organizational culture speaks to the everyday thought and behavior of people...

Teams and Structure

Strategic Teams and Perspective

Strategic Teams and Diversity

Strategy and Talent

Strategic Teams – Culture and Strategy

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