The Recovering Engineer

APRIL 19, 2010

In both situations, the other person and I pretty quickly recognized what was happening, and we managed to get our communications back under control. By understanding the model, we can plan positive steps to back conflicts down after they start. In this post, I will quickly show a model of what often happens during conflict escalation.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

And as odd as it may sound, one of the greatest impediments to building productive teams is practicing management by consensus. A lack of clarity, the presence of ambiguity, obviously flawed business logic, or constantly shifting priorities/positions are the death of many a venture.

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LDRLB

DECEMBER 27, 2010

If you are a manager and you are not paying attention to job satisfaction, you are making a big mistake. A study published in 2010 in the Journal of Vocational Behavior suggests that how people feel about their co-workers affects their job satisfaction. Related Posted on Positive Organizational Behavior: Locus Of Control.

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Building Personal Strength

JANUARY 4, 2011

On COOPERATION - "Individuals score points, but teams win games." On OPTIMISM - “Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.&# Copyright 2010. On CHARACTER - “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.&# Post by Dennis E.

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CEO Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Friday, December 17, 2010 Do and Grow Rich First a holiday coupon for my readers. Has the spirit of my conduct been harmonious and cooperative at all times? Regardless of how great your leader (or CEO or COO) is, I find that the message is misinterpreted between the Execs and senior Managers.

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Building Personal Strength

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I thought, these are the personal strengths that are important right now - acceptance, decisiveness, initiative, composure, patience, and cooperation. Copyright 2010. We just took care of business, one task at a time. She washed and I wiped. Something always happens, right? You never know what its going to be. Some problem.

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Building Personal Strength

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Friday, December 17, 2010 Views from the Top - Wisdom from 15 Past U.S. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.&# - Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) On COOPERATION - “The world must learn to work together, or finally it will not work at all.&# - Dwight D. Copyright 2010. Presidents pol*i*tics (noun) ? Coates, Ph.D.,

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Building Personal Strength

JANUARY 13, 2011

On INTEGRITY - “He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.&# Copyright 2010. .&# On FRIENDSHIP - "We must have infinite faith in each other. If we have not, we must never let it leak out that we have not." On LOYALTY - "Be true to your work, your word, and your friend." Post by Dennis E.

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Building Personal Strength

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

It’s hard to get people to contribute their best work and cooperate as a team. And not just for business owners and top managers. Maybe they don’t believe that to get results, managers have to lead. Copyright 2010. It’s hard to go against the grain and create a new product. Post by Dennis E.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Design by 12GrainStudio Hard Skill, Soft Skill–Team Building Activity Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted by: mike Hard Skill, Soft Skill Purchase the E-Book: How to Lead Awesome Team-Building Programs Did you ever wonder “How does one lead AWESOME team-building programs? All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.

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Your Voice of Encouragement

JULY 27, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar Tuesday, July 27, 2010 Lessons about Life from My Family Reunion I come from a big family. And being flexible about shifting gears or moving in a new direction can lead to an even more positive result than you imagined. Never underestimate the power of positive role models. Great post.

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Your Voice of Encouragement

APRIL 7, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar Wednesday, April 7, 2010 Life Lessons from Duke’s NCAA Championship My favorite sport is college basketball, and Duke is my favorite team, so their win in that amazing game on Monday night was the perfect ending for the season to me. They possess traits I admire and aspire to. I like your analysis.

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Change Starts Here

JANUARY 8, 2013

In December 2010, the project team met for a one-day workshop to take stock of the potential “people issues” created by the move. They worked cross-functionally to improve relationships and enhance cooperation. As news was shared, the team started feeling push back and hearing complaints. It was clear a new approach was required.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Some of the department managers received their mail with good grace, responding with a well-placed thank you and a smile. It was a small gesture but always with a big result and a willingness on my part to do more for those managers who had taken the time to acknowledge my existence despite my lowly placement on the hierarchical ladder.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2011

Let me add another accolade to good teachers — great management skills. Since I like to draw leadership lessons from what I observe, let me share a few things about teaching that apply as well to managers. Good teachers, as well as managers, know you need to be specific and spell things out. I have long admired teachers.

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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

So the designer teaches everyone about UX/AI, the coders teach about their development methodology, the project managers teach about agile protocols, and the sales people describe what it is like in the field. Emotional control – successful anger and/or frustration management. Cooperation – willingness to collaborate.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

What did 2010 look like for you and your company? OnPoint Consulting’s 2010 Execution Gap Maker Round-Up… Execution Gap Maker #1: BP (Need I say more?) Execution Gap Maker #2: Nokia Nokia’s share of the worldwide market for mobile phones continued to slip in 2010. More like a chasm, really.)

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Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

There is a big difference between “knowing that you can” and “deciding that you want to” and at Bettcher we use a toll gate product development process fashioned after Robert Cooper’s StageGate process. So into the “Scoping” stage we go and the learning begins. Million; not big, but interesting.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2016

“I mean everyone — from the secretaries to the top leaders, including telling me that he thought the office manager should be fired,” John recalls now. In the end, John says, Chris “actually helped me avoid some landmines,” but it was a rattling start to the new position.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 13, 2009

Performance assessment is a cooperative thing In order for a performance assessment to be effective, both the leader and the individual must participate. There is a personal accountability there that the manager has given to the employee. So, what to do? Well, probably a lot of things, but here are a few thoughts to begin with.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. Embedded sustainability efforts clearly result in a positive impact on business performance. When firms fail to establish good relationships with their stakeholders, it can lead to increased conflict and reduced stakeholder cooperation. Fostering innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

It initially lost about half of its revenues by divesting its copper and zinc smelting business, but by 2010 it had quadrupled its revenues to €2 billion through a combination of acquisitions and organic growth. During the past two decades it has transformed into a provider of electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical power management solutions.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2016

While I certainly applaud employers that try to provide positive working environments for their employees, my evaluation of this particular proposal is that there are problems with its assessments of its benefits and costs. Several Harvard-affiliated economists argued in a 2010 Health Affairs article that wellness programs produce a 3.27-to-1

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2014

The quote comes from author, tech thinker, and now public-TV personality Steven Johnson: “The history of the Internet suggests that there have been cool Web sites that go in and out of fashion and then there have been open standards that become plumbing,” he told David Carr of The New York Times in January 2010. billion in less than a year.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2013

Between 2000 and 2010, the population of Delhi burgeoned from 15 million to 22 million while Shanghai's population swelled from 14 to 20 million. Having lived outside India for over two decades, I now find myself in a position to revisit the event, intellectually and physically. This is also the first Big Data Kumbh, as I call it.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

It increased R&D spending from 7-8% of revenue before 2009 to 11-12% of revenue starting in 2010, and maximized the return on that increased investment. The result : Its return on assets tripled, from an industry-lagging position below 4% to an industry-leading position above 12%. How did Bally Technologies do it?

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Building Personal Strength

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Friday, December 3, 2010 The Wisdom of Coach Vince Lombardi Not surprisingly, athletic coaches have had a lot to say about personal strength. On COOPERATION - "Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work." Copyright 2010. So is lack of confidence."

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

There is a much more important change in the global distribution of power underway, and the play for leadership of the World Bank signals that emerging markets will be increasingly bold in asserting their views about the management of the global economy. In short, the age of Post-Western globalization is upon us.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2016

Investors also did well: A $100 investment in Ruger in late 2010 was worth $443 in late 2015, while the equivalent investment in the S&P 500 yielded only $163 over that time frame. It’s worth remembering Peter Drucker’s famous distinction: “management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right thing.”

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Building Personal Strength

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

It is still common for most managers to refer to people skills as “soft skills,” because they aren’t specifically about the business of the organization. But he aggregated people skills, managing emotions, personality and character traits into a single area of competence, further confusing the issue. And that's not all.

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Management vs. Leadership Difference 8:20 30:42. So, we began to talk about the idea of moving back to Indianapolis if we could find the right position. What they were looking for was the kind of experiences and skills I had, and so I applied for the position and was hired in the beginning of 1990. Ben : Yeah!

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 23, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. What is the toughest group from which youve had to get cooperation? What was your approach? Did it work?

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Management vs. Leadership Difference 8:20 30:42. So, we began to talk about the idea of moving back to Indianapolis if we could find the right position. What they were looking for was the kind of experiences and skills I had, and so I applied for the position and was hired in the beginning of 1990. Ben : Yeah!

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 21, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. The book is a quick and handy resource for any leader, manager or Human Resource professional. Don't Praise.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

HBS Executive Education brings you these articles about business management courtesy of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. At Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program. What can executives and managers do to motivate employees and ease the transition for the business to become more customer-centric?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Although many upper-level managers don't do these things enough, by far and away the single-most shirked responsibility of executives is holding people accountable. It holds up for C-level executives compared to directors and middle managers. However, groups of cooperative contributors outperform groups of cheating free-riders.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Many rely on HR managers to screen out applicants who aren't qualified for the job or a good fit for the company. The majority of job applications die before the hiring manager ever sees them. Recruiters may not understand all of the technical ins and outs of a specific job, but they know what the hiring manager is looking for.

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