Managing the relationship between HQ and local operations is always an area with the potential for problems. HQ and local people have different roles and sometimes competing priorities and perspectives.
In a tough economy there is a tendency for central control to increase which can place the HQ & local relationship under even more pressure and can lead to delay, cost and dissatisfaction.
In this podcast Kevan Hall, CEO of Global Integration and author of the book Speed Lead will discuss why the HQ & Local relationship can cause problems and what to do to build a more positive and successful HQ & Local relationship.
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1 Managing the HQ & Local relationship // Sep 11, 2009 at 10:24 am
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2 Central functions – standard setters or service providers? // Jun 7, 2010 at 7:14 am
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