Organizations Can’t Change If Leaders Can’t Change with Them
By Harvard Business Review
When it comes to organizational change, failure continues to be more common than success. In a survey of nearly 3,000 executives about the success of their enterprise transformation efforts, McKinsey discovered the failure rate to be higher than 60%, while Harvard Business Review conducted a study that suggested more than 70% of transformation efforts fail.
Using behavioral science to improve the customer experience
By Mckinsey&Company
By guiding the design of customer interactions, the principles of behavioral science offer a simple, low-cost route to improved customer satisfaction.
The Attributes of an Effective Global Leader
By Harvard Business Review
Since early 2015, when he began working with Sodexo’s executive committee as the global services firm’s chief transformation officer, Sunil Nayak has undergone his own leadership transformation. The new role required the former CEO of Sodexo India On-Site Services to work with a team of 15 executives from different nationalities and cultures, demanding a shift to a more inclusive leadership style. “In today’s world, success for any leader is about being a good influencer,” says Nayak, who has since been promoted to CEO of Sodexo’s Corporate Services Asia-Pacific. “If you impose your method, if you’re not sensitive or aware of the other person’s method, either you won’t come to a decision or you won’t get buy-in.”
The future is now: How to win the resource revolution
By Mckinsey&Company
Although resource strains have lessened, new technology will disrupt the commodities market in myriad ways.
The Dilemma: “Should I relocate?”
By Near East Consulting Group
We, as Executive Search and Recruiting Agency in Lebanon with regional activities, always try to help our candidates solving this dilemma: “Should I relocate”?
I believe there is no perfect answer to this question. But to help you in your decision, we advise you to ask yourself these questions:
Am I still young, free and single?
Am I married and well settled with children in home country in Lebanon?
My children are approaching university? If yes, can I live away from my family and sustain hectic travels?
Am I happy in my current job? Am I constantly learning?
Do I have here a clear career path?
Am I comfortable with my current boss?
Is my job secure? Is my company growing?
Is my profile and skills in demand?
Am I constantly contacted by headhunting firms in Lebanon and the Middle East?
Am I coming across interesting job opportunities matching my profile in Lebanon? That can help me improve my professional and financial status?
Is my package enough? Am I saving money?
Will I have increasing financial commitments on the short to medium term?
Is my role regional already with extensive travel?
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We hope the above questions will help you assess your current professional status and career aspirations and have a clearer view about your decision to relocate or not.
NECG Executive Search
Like It or Not, You Are Always Leading by Example
By Harvard Business Review
Even the most sophisticated psychometrics and people analytics have yet to make leadership development more science than art. Competence, character, creativity, and charisma remain difficult qualities to quantify, let alone cultivate. Growing effective leaders is challenging work.