QAspire

JULY 4, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Final Part: 7 Things Managers & Leaders Should Never Do I wrote earlier about “ 11 Things Project Managers & Leaders Should Never Do ” and then continued the chain of thoughts with another post titled “ 7 (More) Things Project Managers & Leaders Should Never Do.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

A mouse running on a mousewheel can perfect their stride and reduce the amount of energy it takes to get "moving." mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. I can use a hand grenade to kill a mosquito. Our Freedom.

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QAspire

AUGUST 17, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer The Pursuit of Getting It “First Time Right” (FTR) Building quality involves cost. You spend efforts and energy on preventing the errors (prevention cost) and then checking your work (appraisal cost). That, to me, is the essence of project management.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Get a feel for the time, energy and capabilities required to do those jobs. Periodically you must create timeouts to review where you are investing your time and energy, to ensure that you remain capable of generating new behaviors to deal with new challenges. The crucial question you need to ask yourself: is it worth the cost?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Ranking third in Popular Science ‘s list of ‘America’s Greenest Cities,’ Boston is putting its recovery money toward clean-energy initiatives. Partner with local R&D brainpower to start your own clean-energy venture. Capture those dollars with an electronic medical records business.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

If opposing views are worth the time and energy to debate, then they are worth a legitimate effort to gain alignment on perspective and resolution on position. I have found that often times dealing with difficult people simply just requires more intense focus on understanding the needs, wants and desires of the other party.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

If you believe the hype, social media will immediately solve all your problems and require no time, energy or effort on your part. I forget who it was, but some researcher determined that a person can really only manage relationships with about 150 people. Well, most people were already around 150 before social media arrived.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 8, 2011

The cost of an iPad, new shoes or a dress? Not just if we are a business owner, Brand, Marketing or Sales Manager, or someone else traditionally responsible for price, but for all of us as leaders, thinking about how people invest of themselves, their time, energy and more. What about The Price of Happiness? The Price of Life?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Do you have boundless energy or mesmerizing charisma? A critical part of the talent management life-cycle is leadership development. Don’t tell me, show me…Don’t talk the talk, but walk the walk. Taking action always begings with one simple act – making a decision. Do you have great vision?

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QAspire

AUGUST 15, 2010

It drains the energy! By Saket Bansal , August 16, 2010 @ 10:08 am good pointers… i am bit unclear about “Ask open ended questions&# … Is this required to know the person only? Best, Tanmay By Tanmay , August 16, 2010 @ 10:31 am @Saket - Thanks Saket. Don’t talk small : You have a goal to achieve as a team.

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QAspire

JANUARY 16, 2011

One thing that really struck me was the simplicity of his life and his messages (like the one below): Photo by Tanmay Vora at Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad Gandhi was a simple leader who used simple language and lived a simple life – yet he was able to concert energies of an entire nation towards achieving Indian Independence. Don’t Kill It!

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Sure, great leaders never lose sight of their core business, they pay attention to managing risk, etc., but they expend far more energy intentionally searching for opportunity, but not just any opportunity – a game changer. In most cases simple can be translated as realistic, cost effective, quick to adopt, and fast to implement.

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Following are a few reviews that stand out and provide significant food for thought: “Trust reduces transaction costs; it reduces the need for litigation and speeds commerce; it actually lubricates organizations and societies. — The Product Management Perspective: Trust is vital for product managers.

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QAspire

JULY 25, 2010

It is about seeing others as human beings, understanding them, their energies and establish a deeper connection. Maxwell Books/Reviews , Improvement & Development , Managing Communication , Managing People , Self Growth | Tanmay July 26, 2010 6 Comments By Jay Chhaya, July 26, 2010 @ 8:21 am Very nice topic brought to scene.

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

I got some great books on Quality, Management, Self-Help and Motivation. Why not now?” – James Allen (Success Coach) “It is important to remember that we are energy. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL The ambience at Crossword is so good for reading, I have to push myself out. Why not me? Don’t Kill It!

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

This consulting resource is none other than your employees – and it won’t cost you an extra cent to take advantage of their expertise and tap their limitless good will, because talk is cheap … All you have to do is ask! Unfortunately, my gesture was rebuffed and the union decided to strike.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2010

If singularly assigned to project specialists, this work detracts from these individuals’ productivity; unnecessarily inflating time and monetary costs. Let’s face, I think communication is a major part of ANY sound (and successful) project management team! Please login using the box in the sidebar. Not registered?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Posted in Uncategorized 13 Responses to “Why You Should Meditate&# Scott Patchin : October 27, 2010 at 1:26 pm Thanks for sharing your thoughts on meditation. jay: October 27, 2010 at 10:41 pm I’ve been told by many people I should try this, but there are many different types. What would be keeping you from trying it?

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QAspire

JULY 1, 2010

This lead to an immediate realization that everything we do is a project, be it loosing your weight, writing a book, painting your home, getting a degree or managing an improvement initiative. For any effort where you have goals, time line, constraints, dependencies, risks and need of resources to be managed - you have a project on your hand.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Another tool, the roles and responsibilities matrix, provides the needed performance assignment clarity for those minute undocumented tasks and group activities; helping eliminate the risk of redundantly performed work that would unnecessarily slow progress and raise costs. Please login using the box in the sidebar.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 28, 2011

Expanding management: The delicate art of sharing control [link] # leadership #. RT @ SmartBrief : Study links warmer indoor temperatures in # winter to # obesity [link] *Also good excuse to cut energy costs. #. The Next Great Extinction Event – excellent post by @ tedcoine [link] # management #socmed #.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Book Review: Lead Well and Prosper by Nick McCormick Being a good manager (self-management and team management) is essential ingredient of success in today’s business environment. Looking at all the bad examples of poor management around, we all know what good management is not.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 9, 2013

Mr. Lynch had been named chief executive in March 2010, having previously run the company''s website. He focused his energies on the emerging digital books business and building a family of dedicated Nook digital devices, including color tablets. Unfortunately, Barnes & Noble Inc.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

This blog was recently nominated for Kevin Eikenberry’s Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 , and I noticed recently that Kevin was taking heat from the gender police for having only one woman on the list of nominees. Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another.

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Your Voice of Encouragement

OCTOBER 15, 2012

I watched her positive energy and enthusiasm evaporate before my eyes as she realized I didn’t approve of what she’d done. Back then, I wasn’t adept at using these essential interpersonal skills, which apply to managers, entrepreneurs and parents alike: Listen without judging. (to

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2015

In 2010, data centers represented 2% of all electricity use in the United States. The good news is that an internet powered entirely by renewable energy is closer than many people realize. Renewable energy costs are already competitive in many states, such as Texas and California.

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Your Voice of Encouragement

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Compliments Are Free.So Ever thought about why we withhold positive words when it would cost us nothing to give them? Every time I give a heartfelt compliment I feel as though the same positive energy is being reflected back at me. :) February 18, 2010 2:31 AM Andy said.

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Building Personal Strength

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Friday, December 17, 2010 Views from the Top - Wisdom from 15 Past U.S. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.&# - John F. Copyright 2010. skip to main | skip to sidebar Building Personal Strength Helping people grow stronger for the challenges of work and life. Coates, Ph.D.,

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

When they are energetic themselves… …and generate energy in people around them. RT @tnvora » Full of Life 35 [link to post] - Posted using Chat Catcher By shahmaulikn (maulik shah) , November 27, 2009 @ 9:29 am Twitter Comment RT @tweetmeme QAspire Blog - Quality, Management, Leadership & Life! When they are “light” from within.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Here's a surprising new fact about energy in the United States: the percentage of our electricity coming from the greenest sources — that is, the non-hydroelectric renewables such as solar, wind, geothermal and biomass — has doubled in just four years to nearly 6 percent. The renewable energy industry is growing very fast.

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

There are all sorts of strategies in today’s business – at the top is corporate strategy, followed by a slew of functional and sub-functional strategies ranging from marketing to waste management. It has not – 2010 profits for Exxon and Shell rose by 57 and 61% respectively. Tactics are often misconstrued as strategies. So are goals.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Before you resign yourself to living in your own not-so-amusing TV show, let me offer some commonsense management advice. If option number two sounds better to you, then read on to learn about the three most common types of challenging performers, and how best to manage them: The Prima Donna Modus Operandi (M.O.): Dustin S.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

We need to decide how to best divide energies—whom to feed first. For example, as a designer/writer, my skills are not well applied to bookkeeping or financial management. Do what has to be done and don’t waste energy on fear that undermines performance— unless the doubt is a nagging hunch of a wrong direction!

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 29, 2011

There are all sorts of strategies in today’s business – at the top is corporate strategy, followed by a slew of functional and sub-functional strategies ranging from marketing to waste management. It has not – 2010 profits for Exxon and Shell rose by 57 and 61% respectively. Tactics are often misconstrued as strategies. So are goals.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2010

A special gift for StrategyDriven readers… We are pleased to announce that Rick has made his ebook, Introduction to Change without Migraines TM , available for download at no cost to our readers. Simply click on the link above to download your copy of this remarkable ebook on effective change management.

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

There are all sorts of strategies in today’s business – at the top is corporate strategy, followed by a slew of functional and sub-functional strategies ranging from marketing to waste management. It has not – 2010 profits for Exxon and Shell rose by 57 and 61% respectively. Tactics are often misconstrued as strategies.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2013

for example, a backlog of baby-boomer retirees is expected to turnover upwards of 40 percent of utilities'' 400,000-strong workforce, according to a study by the Task Force on America''s Future Energy Jobs produced by the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC). In the U.S., The need for digitally savvy technical hires is especially pronounced.

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