You're Not the Boss of Me

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

This post, from 2011, explores what it means to care about people and why it’s important to know the difference between caring and care-taking. Liberally share problem solving and resist the temptation to “do it themselves”. In this blog I write a lot about caring in leadership. Provide opportunities for learning and growth.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2010

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 5, 2010

Is it possible you are resisting for the same reasons? Sure, there might be some resistance as you change to incorporating more inquiry into your leadership style. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. Hang in there.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2014

But they don’t think nearly enough about operational meltdowns – technological glitches and other problems that can put them out of business. They are usually quick to recognize operational problems and deal with them before they become disasters. Operational meltdowns at midsized companies can take much longer to notice and resolve.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. It means taking the time to reflect, which often doesn’t feel much like action (which they get rewarded for). Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

DECEMBER 7, 2013

But of course we all know that ‘simple’ does not always equate to ‘easy’ This post, from 2011, takes a look at how we might create a working environment that helps to make collaboration possible…and also productive. =. He describes it as “ co-operation on steroids ”, an apt description, I think.

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Deming Institute

JUNE 30, 2020

Stephen Covey similarly described this concept using the metaphor of a ladder, stating, ”Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall” (Covey, 2011). It is likely that few would argue the importance of focusing efforts on the “right things.” References.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

To help resist an automatic impulse to hit the reply button, consider these three quick tips: Turn off all email notifications, including pop-up windows, alarms, and ring tones. He is the founder of The Potential Project – a leading global provider of corporate based mindfulness solutions operating in 20 countries.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Resist the temptation to give way to emotional decisioning and you’ll see your career and company soar to new heights of success. Great CEOs lead by example…they set the tone for others in the organization by demonstrating proactive, rational, logical and balanced thinking as opposed reactionary emotional thinking.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Their core is the design and the idea, the operating system, plus the network environment such as iTunes. Being questioned by people resistant to change is not out of the ordinary, and nothing to be concerned about. As an example, Look at Apple! AAPL) the iPod, iPad & iPhone are cherished as innovative and beautiful products.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 15, 2010

I believe there is resistance to almost anything that takes some time to learn or do. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. can take their leadership to the next level. Thanks for adding these thoughts!

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CO2

AUGUST 8, 2010

. — David Whyte from Where Many Rivers Meet ©2007 Many Rivers Press We can have faith that tomorrow will come or we can resist that temptation. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant.

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Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

In meat plants, tens of thousands of operators are “whizzing” meat products everyday in over sixty countries around the world. By the end of 2010, we have a prototype adaptation of our Whizard trimmer for tissue processing operating with the original customer, but we know that the tool is unsatisfactory in many ways.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Leadership requires a great deal of reflection in order to improve and change; yet we resist the idea of doing something that feels stagnant. we resist reflecting. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. We move forward.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Even seasoned leaders (and those who operate more from the head) seem to have difficulty with that one. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. I agree that balance is key. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 13, 2011

Resist the temptation to tell the boss every little detail to show you’re ready for all possible glitches that could delay the project. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. It might be a good idea to reference a previous discussion to help the boss connect quickly. Step 2: Report the headlines. Net out what’s important.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 13, 2010

I began to see why clients sometimes resist the question, “What behaviors did your 360 indicate that you need to change?&# (a question often met with silence, avoidance, and then a change of topic to talk about that project or promotion they want). Either way great post. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Here is another of those articles: How Intermountain Trimmed Health Care Costs Through Robust Quality Improvement Efforts by Brent James and Lucy Savitz (2011). However, our payments also fell—often even further than our operating costs. Intermountain thus lost more than $9 million per year in operating margins.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Back in 2011, the McKinsey Global Institute published a report on the transformational potential of big data—and it would take a supercomputer to process all of the articles that have appeared since then urging companies to get on board before some digital disruptor renders them obsolete. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2018

Perhaps the least concerning implication is that there is systemic bias in our information feeds, that we operate in and are informed by tiny echo chambers. It’s a grotesque irony that our experiences of the world wide web today are actually pretty local, despite warnings from the likes of Eli Pariser back in 2011.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

It is very important for leaders wanting to create Self-Starters to articulate a clear vision, values and set of goals for their teams, as this type operates by seeking forgiveness rather than permission. Brown-Nosers constantly check in with their leaders and operate by seeking permission, rather than forgiveness.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2013

Our research (discussed in detail in a 2011 Harvard Business Review article one of us coauthored) distinguished between two basic types of acquisitions. Google''s buyout of Android also fits into this category, adding the licensing of telecom-operating software to its main business model of contextual advertising. That''s a problem.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

The essence of the phenomenon is the fact that each stage in the supply chain plans its capital projects and operations, including inventory levels, based on its future expectations. Macroeconomic data during the 2008 financial crisis show the bullwhip effect operating on a much broader scale. For example , U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Clinical and administrative staff often view their work as a vocation as much as a profession, and they are historically suspicious of senior administrators and resistant to strategic agendas. I talked with clinical, administrative, and operational staff where they worked and asked them to tell me more. Sponsored by Medtronic.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

CEO Jeff Immelt declared in 2011 that GE needed to become a software and analytics company or risk seeing its hardware products become commodities as information-based competitors took over. Bill Ruh was selected in 2011. How would it integrate into the culture of the larger organization? The first step was to hire someone to run it.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2012

The tick-borne illness kept JPMorgan Chase's Ina Drew out of the office for extended periods in 2010 and 2011. That discord in 2010 and 2011 contributed to the chief investment office's losing trades in 2012, the current and former bankers said. So it was Lyme disease that did it!

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2015

For example, before performing every operation the surgical team should conduct a “time-out” 100% of the time to ensure that everyone agrees that they are operating on the correct patient and are performing the correct procedure on the right site and that any questions or concerns that any team member might have are addressed.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2016

Since 2011, General Electric has publicly stated it would spend more than $1 billion on developing sensors, wireless devices, and related software to install on its aircraft engines, power turbines, locomotive trains and other machinery. Operations in a Connected World. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2013

Everyone knows what the monthly operational "nut" is. Yet in a lean month, we have sufficient revenue to cover the core expense "nut" without depleting savings or relying on borrowed operational funds. After a short while on this program, we have found the majority of our employees to be highly resistant to going away from this plan.

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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

You may find it necessary to bring in professional facilitation if you are running into excessive resistance or acrimony. 5) Operational Transparency -. Eoin Whelan, Marian Carcary, (2011) “Integrating talent and knowledge management: where are the benefits?”, Rigorously (with honesty and diligence). 15 Iss: 4, pp.675

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2017

In fact, some companies resist this pressure by refusing to take venture money at all, since venture funders can sometimes put pressure on companies to scale fast. has folded; the other, Catchpool, is still operating. Then there’s software like Mightybell, which launched in 2011 to support many niche, focused social networks.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

We operate in a business landscape driven by an obsession with youth. And federal age discrimination actions filed annually increased 66% between 1999 and 2011. The stereotype of an old person is someone resistant to change, slow to learn, less productive, and who will have fewer years in the organization to recoup any training costs.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

An organization that grew up producing newspapers, for instance, not only lacks key skills to build a digital content company but also might actively resist embracing the new in order to protect the business it knows and loves. That doesn’t work for a host of practical reasons.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

I would also suggest resisting the temptation to have all your communications be self-serving. link] Social Influence Measurement – Tools, Resources & Commentary | Digital Marketing Blog // Digital Operative [.] Do this and you’ll be viewed as just another sales broadcast. Social Media Influence [.]

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

As an ex-ad man and a lifelong aficionado of great creative, whether it is art or copy, I could not resist the urge to check it out. Towards the end of 2011, he was diagnosed with inoperable esophageal cancer. To resist the urge to self-censor. I’m glad I did. And research was the new god. An elaborate hoax.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

I'm so curious it's embarrassing, when I visit a house and I pass a bookcase in the hall I cannot resist scanning their shelves to the point of rudeness to see if there's a good book in there which I haven't read yet. Anthony Rose Thanks for the info, I didn't know that before.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 31, 2011

Welcome to the paradigms that many of us have operated under for some time. Yet, out of fear, they fight, resist and are combative toward change and to those who are change agents. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. For some, these are stark new approaches. When some people hear the term consultant , they run.

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