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Everybody Loves Bob – Faster Cheaper Better: The 9 Levers for Transforming How Work Gets Done

Strategy Driven

Hershman and Dr. Michael Hammer. How the new job of process owner can tie together the separate silos that characterize the traditional organization to change the way work is done and how people relate to one another. There is an alternative to the fragmented work process, and it allows us to be faster, cheaper, and better.

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Make Civility the Norm on Your Team

Harvard Business Review

In 2011 half said they were treated badly at least once a week — up from a quarter in 1998. This starts in the interview process when you have the opportunity to articulate your values to prospects during the hiring process. And the situation seems to be worsening. Articulate values and set expectations.

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My First, Failed Foray into Venture Investing

Harvard Business Review

But because we failed to hammer out exactly how we would operate (including our respective roles and responsibilities), infighting distracted from operating, cash became a concern, and the business slowly, then quickly, imploded. My husband and I lost a painful lot of money. No, no, no , I cried. Print runs?

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Have You Earned the Right to Lead? Ten Deeply Destructive Mistakes That Suggest the Answer Is No (and How to Stop Making Them)

Strategy Driven

But if your employees take a risk and fail, and you come down on them like a hammer, guess what? There are two basic operating modes for organizations under high-stakes execution pressure. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. .’ Great organizations encourage risk-taking. Because innovation requires it.

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