Category: Vision

Leading Change: 3 Reasons Why Great Leaders Are Reluctant to Compromise

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Aad Boot

The other day I watched a political leader proclaim with great pride what a huge success this compromise was. How they had reached it after long and exhausting negotiations. This was truly a great solution that would change the future…

Category: Change Management, Cross Cultural Teams, Leadership Alignment, Leadership Skills, Vision Tags: Business Transformation, Compromise, Cross-Cultural Communication, Dilemma Reconciliation, Leading Change, Organizational Change

Leading Change: How Focus Creates Sustainable Change

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Aad Boot

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You hear and read about it everywhere: if you want to create successful and sustained change in your company, it is important to be focused and to transfer that focus to your people and teams. In the turbulence of the…

Category: Communication, Leadership Skills, Leading Change, Vision Tags: Business Transformation, Change Management, Cultural Change, Financial services, Focus, Leadership, Multinational Corporation, Organizational Change, People Alignment, Senior Management, Sustainability

Leading Multinational Companies: The Difference between Execution versus Action

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Aad Boot

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Some time ago this executive team contacted me. They were dealing with important market changes that affected their business. There was an urgent need for change in the organization and they had defined a set of strategic objectives that would…

Category: Business Transformation, Change Management, Culture Change, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Leadership Development, Organization Development, Vision Tags: Conference Board, Corporate Change, Gary Hamel, Leadership, Leadership Alignment, LeadershipWatch, Management, Multinational Corporation, Organizational Change, Senior Management

Cross-Cultural Leadership: How Will China Influence The World?

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Aad Boot

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Recently I had the pleasure to travel around in China for a few weeks. Visiting a fair deal of the country, north and south, the big cities and a part of the country side. I came back with a truck…

Category: Business Transformation, Change Management, Cross Cultural Teams, Cultural Integration, Culture Change, Leadership, Leadership Alignment, Leading Change, Vision Tags: Asia, China, Cross-Cultural Leadership, Cross-Cultural Teams, Cultural Alignment, Leadership, Leading Change, Martin Jacques, People Alignment, Western world

Leaders Who Create Alignment: Two Historical Examples

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Aad Boot

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