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The Essence of Strategy (Part 2) | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • October 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. In a strategy seminar I asked the leadership team to tell me what business they were in. Here’s how the Fortis B2B team define themselves: Natural gas is our business. October 31, 2011 at 11:12 am.

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Where Dan lost me was on point #4 – Teams Decide by Consensus. 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.

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096: Bringing the Lean Startup into Your Organization: Leadership in the Age of Uncertainty | with Jeff Dyer

Engaging Leader

Have you or your team ever come up with a big idea that you thought would be very cool, but didn’t take any action because you thought it would be too risky? Engaging Leader™ Tactics' Perhaps it was an idea for a new product or service, or a process change to solve a complex problem. Please submit your comments below!

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7 Steps to High Performance Teams: Workshop in Toronto, Canada

Mike Cardus

September 23 & 24 2011. 7 Steps to High Performance Teams : A system built upon solutions to increase effectiveness of people and great work. Within every organization people are asked to team with others. This team is often placed together with little to no system for effectiveness. michael cardus is create-learning.

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Ready, Set, Enable

Great Leadership By Dan

We all know about the importance of engaging employees through motivational tactics, but engagement only moves employees so far. These are just a few tactics that will help companies unleash the hidden potential in their people. The real answer lies in employee enablement. What other strategies have you used to “do more with less?”.

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8 CEO Actions to Ensure Chief Customer Officer Success

Great Leadership By Dan

Is there a commitment for organizational transformation, not some one-off tactics and silver bullets? Commitment Questions: Is the leadership team in alignment about the role and how they interact as a team? Engage the leadership team to be personally involved in guiding version 1 of the five competencies.

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Salty to Sweet: The Transformation of Mount Franklin Foods

Change Starts Here

For Mount Franklin Foods, a candy and snack manufacturer headquartered in El Paso, Texas, the years leading up to 2011 were tumultuous. When CEO Gary Ricco joined the company in May of 2011, the company had struggled for years to turn a profit. A revolving leadership door had ushered four CEOs in and out in two years. Collaboration.