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The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge.

CO2

They have been studying over the past decade innovation within established organizations. In the process they have compiled perhaps the most extensive library of innovation case studies in the world. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009).

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The Failure of “The Livonia Philosophy” at my GM Plant

Deming Institute

The Livonia Philosophy (as written, not practiced) also sounds like Lean in the goal of utilizing of all people’s skill and creativity, as we practice in the Kaizen model. One of my colleagues gave me a copy of a “Livonia Philosophy” handbook that was gathering dust, and I’ve kept to this day. Mark Graban.

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10 Communication Tips for Leaders

N2Growth Blog

Communication skills are so essential for leaders that it is simply impossible to become a great leader without being a great communicator. Oddly enough, the key to becoming a skillful communicator is rarely found in what has been taught in the world of academia. Communicate more effectively.

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Attitude Reflects Leadership

N2Growth Blog

The impact of her lack of leadership and management skills resulted in a tremendous amount of mistrust, uncertainty and poor moral. The beautiful thing about your story is it makes for a wonderful case study. Any manager or supervisor that showed any leadership or aggressiveness was immediately dismissed.

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How to Ace an Internal Interview

Harvard Business Review

The hiring manager might be looking to bring in a fresh perspective or skills that she assumes no one in the organization has. If people think of you as an excellent operations guy, they may have a hard time imagining you as a strategic thinker. Case study #1: Make your case.

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A Transformation Is Underway at U.S. Veterans Affairs. We Got an Inside Look.

Harvard Business Review

Obama nominated Robert McDonald , an Army veteran and experienced executive who had honed his leadership skills during a 33-year career at Proctor and Gamble, to attempt the difficult turnaround. A Harvard Business School case study that Robert Huckman, Sam Travers, and I wrote earlier this year documents what came next.

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When to Reward Employees with More Responsibility and Money

Harvard Business Review

Many organizations lose some of their best operational people because of creating single pathways to organizational success," says David. Provide him with the tasks and assignments he needs to expand his skills. Case Study #1: A new role for the firm and the employee. Yet, these are not areas of genius for all.