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Change Always Involves Strategic Conflict. Here’s How You Build Strategies To Win:

Digital Tonto

The biggest misconception about change is that once people understand it, they will embrace it. That’s why we need to think about change as a strategic conflict between the present state and an alternative vision. The truth is that change isn’t about persuasion, but power. That’s almost never true.

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Change Management is strategy and vice versa

Jeffrey Phillips

I was reviewing the website of a strategy consulting firm recently, and their focus on strategy and team alignment felt like the same old, same old. But what struck me about their work is that they also focus on culture and change management. Management focus on culture and change management is sorely lacking.

Strategy 167
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To Overcome Resistance To Change, You Need A Strategy, Not A Slogan

Digital Tonto

That’s why most change management practices focus on persuasion, explaining the need for change and creating a sense of urgency. The simple truth is that change doesn’t fail on its own, it fails because people resist it. If we are to bring about genuine change, our first job is to overcome that resistance.

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Change Can Come From Anywhere

Digital Tonto

Discussions about change tend to gravitate to one of two poles: Either change has to come from the top or it has to be grass roots. The answer doesn’t lie in any specific strategy or initiative, but in how people are able to internalize the need for change and transfer ideas through social bonds.

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How Automation is Driving Efficiency Through the Last Mile of Reporting

Speaker: Jamie Eagan

Overcoming challenges and embracing change: Gain practical strategies and best practices for overcoming common barriers to digital transformation within finance departments and learn how to effectively manage change to maximize the benefits of automation. 📅 April 24, 2024 at 11:00 am PT, 2:00 pm ET, 7:00 pm GMT

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Unlocking Potential: How to Lead Culture Change for Greater Innovation and Business Growth

Leapfrogging

The Imperative of Culture Change Understanding the Stakes: Innovation and Business Growth Culture change within an organization is not just about altering the workplace environment; it is a strategic imperative. Innovation is not simply about new ideas; it’s about transforming those ideas into value-creating strategies.

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What Makes A Strategy “Good?”

Digital Tonto

One of the most frustrating statements I come across is that “we had a good strategy, but just couldn’t execute it.” So how was that a good strategy? This raises an important question: What makes a strategy good? The concept of strategy gets thrown around so much and so incompetently, few stop to define the term.

Strategy 160
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From Whims to Wins: How a Customer-Centric Portfolio Transforms Product Strategy

Speaker: John Mansour - President, Product Management University

You’ve come up with a winning product strategy, everyone’s on board and energized, and you’re halfway down the path to execution only to have it submarined by something someone convinced your leadership was more strategic!

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How to Develop a Recession-Proof Product-Led Strategy

Speaker: Wes Bush, Author of "Product-Led Growth"

As PMs, we all know the importance of building a successful product-led growth strategy. Zoom, Stripe, and Airtable are all examples of software companies with strong PLG strategies. What features do their strategies have that allow them to see continued success in this ever-changing market?

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Business Models Changing the Landscape of Growth and Innovation

Speaker: Cheryl Perkins, Founder and President, Innovationedge

She will lead you on a journey through business model basics and describe how companies are taking innovation strategy to the next level, while tackling the current challenges of talent management and innovation fatigue. January 28, 2020 9:00 AM PST, 12:00 PM EST, 5:00 PM GMT.

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Marketing-Led Post-COVID-19 Growth Strategies

Marketers are uniquely positioned to provide creative solutions to aid their organization in times of change and chart a course for navigating success. In this eBook, we’ll discuss leading strategies to create a marketing-led growth strategy for 2021 and beyond, including: Positioning your organization for automation.

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Encouraging Innovation in an Established Product Culture

Speaker: Richard Cardran, Chief Creative Officer and VP Strategy, HIA Technologies

We'll explore the challenges, solutions, and hands-on techniques for becoming a successful "agent of change" within a well-established product culture. Innovation and Leadership go hand in hand. Join this webinar to learn how to: Turn a stagnant culture into an attention culture with highly collaborative team dynamics.

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Post-Pandemic eCommerce Growth: Leverage Product Data, Market Research & Shopping Trends

Speaker: Phil Irvine, VP & Director of Audience Intelligence

The more personalized an organization can be with growth strategies and communications, the more likely engagement would increase and ultimately sales. When you couple that with fluid data privacy changes, this creates an even fuzzier foundation to develop forward-looking marketing strategies.

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Best Practices for Modern Records Management and Retention

Speaker: Sean Baird, Director of Product Marketing at Nuxeo

Exploding volumes of new documents, growing and changing regulatory requirements, and inconsistencies with manual, labor-intensive classification requirements prevent organizations from consistent retention practices. He will highlight real-world successes and analyze the key strategies and technologies that help organizations find balance.

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Retail Tech: Empower Associates, Optimize CX, and Boost Productivity

Speaker: Andrew Regan, Managing Partner at BlueSeed Retail Ltd.

This exclusive webinar with Andrew Regan will dive into strategies to empower retail associates for success with new technology. With that in mind, how can we empower our store associates to leverage new technology to optimize the customer experience and boost productivity?