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[Read full article...](https://managementkits.com/blog/2017/9/27/defining-leadership) [![](https://managementkits.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Management-Kits-One-Firm-Blog-1.png)](https://managementkits.com/blog/one-firm-initiatives) ## [How (not) to run “one firm” initiatives](https://managementkits.com/blog/one-firm-initiatives) I recently ran a top management team session with the executive board of a trading company. One impo... [Read full article...](https://managementkits.com/blog/one-firm-initiatives) [![](https://managementkits.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Management-Kits-Fragmentation-Blog-2.png)](https://managementkits.com/blog/2017/09/19/how-to-address-org-fragmentation) ## [How to address organizational fragmentation](https://managementkits.com/blog/2017/09/19/how-to-address-org-fragmentation) Highly hierarchical organizations often suffer from organizational fragmentation. Decentralized stru... [Read full article...](https://managementkits.com/blog/2017/09/19/how-to-address-org-fragmentation) [![](https://managementkits.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Management-Kits-_Network-Organization-Blog-2.png)](https://managementkits.com/blog/2017/7/27/five-reasons-why-new-forms-of-organizing-and-digitalization-go-hand-in-hand) ## [Five reasons why new forms of organizing and digitalization go hand in hand](https://managementkits.com/blog/2017/7/27/five-reasons-why-new-forms-of-organizing-and-digitalization-go-hand-in-hand) Without any doubt, we live through a renaissance of organization design as a discipline. Organizatio... [Read full article...](https://managementkits.com/blog/2017/7/27/five-reasons-why-new-forms-of-organizing-and-digitalization-go-hand-in-hand) [![](https://managementkits.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Management-Kits-Tension-Conflict-Blog-2.png)](https://managementkits.com/blog/2017/7/10/team-conflict-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly) ## [Team conflict – the good, the bad and the ugly](https://managementkits.com/blog/2017/7/10/team-conflict-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly) Yes, conflict can positively impact team performance. And yes, some level and some kind of conflict ... 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