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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

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In recent months I have observed a decent amount of politically correct discourse on the topic of team building and equality. The gist of the argument seems to be that for teams to be productive, employees have to feel “empowered&# by having an equal voice. I can sum-up my feeling on this in one word… ridiculous.

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Guest Post: 10 Secrets of Effective Leaders

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If you are leading a team of product managers, pay special attention to the following: #2: Goals point you and your team to the future. Product management focuses on releasing the right products to the right markets at the right time; set both financial and operational goals for your product line. #4:

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Five championship strategies

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Filed under: Integrity , Leadership , Team Building Tagged: | attitude , behavior , Dr. Paul , effort , Forever Strong , Larry Gelwix , loyalty , success , win « Social media summit Five questions to ask each week » Like Be the first to like this post. As Larry says: “these strategies work!&#

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Learn How to Market Like Google

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The book that is being presented is written by Aaron Goldman entitled Everything I Know about Marketing I learned from Google. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009). I bet the book is great too. Amazing new way to keep your prospect moving through your funnel.

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Trust

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To effectively work with development, sales and other teams in your organization you must gain their trust. Trust is key to understanding your customers and your market. Trust is a two-way street: you need to carry out your tasks in such a way that the team members will trust you. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Five questions to ask each week

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Filed under: Leadership , Knowledge , Learning , Product Management / Marketing Tagged: | learn , opportunity , value , Mark Sanborn , design « Five championship strategies Book Review: Here Comes Everybody » Like Be the first to like this post. As product leaders we need to plan and then move forward with focus and energy.

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Three practices of successful product managers

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They focus on this marketing campaign or that new technology, and lose track of what’s most important. Work with the sales team; understand how they sell your products. Help product marketing set the proper tone for the launch by understanding the new product’s strengths. It’s not impossible, however.