To Execute a Unified Strategy, Leaders Need to Shadow Each Other

"Research has shown that companies that adopt a "one-company" operating model instead of one that prioritizes local autonomy are 2.3 times more likely to rank among the top quartile of healthy, high-performing organizations. Global multinationals like Unilever, Siemens, Accenture, Honeywell, and Microsoft have used this approach to achieve scale, streamline processes, and deliver integrated services worldwide. is a Ina Toegel professor of leadership at IMD. She is the program director"

" for IMD's executive program on Leading High-Performing Teams and researches topics such as team dynamics, team composition, and organizational culture change. Named among the "Best 40 Under 40" global business school professors by Poets&Quants in 2021, Professor Toegel also works with top leadership teams globally in the industries of banking and insurance, manufacturing, luxury, and FMCG. Ivy Buche is an associate director of the Business Transformation Initiative at IMD, in Lausanne, Switzerland."

Research indicates companies adopting a one-company operating model, rather than prioritizing local autonomy, are 2.3 times likelier to rank in the top quartile of healthy, high-performing organizations. Global multinationals including Unilever, Siemens, Accenture, Honeywell, and Microsoft have applied this model to achieve scale, streamline processes, and deliver integrated services worldwide. Ina Toegel is a professor of leadership at IMD, program director for IMD's executive program on Leading High-Performing Teams, and researches team dynamics, composition, and organizational culture change. Named among the Best 40 Under 40 global business school professors by Poets&Quants in 2021, she works with top leadership teams across multiple industries. Ivy Buche is an associate director of the Business Transformation Initiative at IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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