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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

Leading Blog

In 2014, when the company’s market capitalization was $380 billion, this Microsoft veteran took over as CEO. Nadella proposed that Microsoft move beyond its most profitable product, Windows, in favor of chasing a cloud dream, even though Amazon had a four-year head start. For Microsoft, the future looked bleak.

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Managing for the Unexpected –Understanding Emergence Theory In Business

Great Leadership By Dan

So, as suggested in my most recent book, The Executive Checklist (Palgrave-Macmillan, January 2014), pursuing improvement for the sake of improvement is not a wise move. Quite the opposite, in fact, it proposes that we possess the optimum combination of elements to make our enterprise stand out within the markets in which we compete.

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3 Valuable Insights Leaders Can Learn From Neuroscience

Tanveer Naseer

These are, of course, widely appreciated management methods for raising performance. Perhaps it’s because they feel counter-intuitive to many managers. Because micromanagement, the opposite of autonomy and the default behavior for many managers, puts people in a threatened state. But they’re rarely put into practice.

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Essentials Of Executive Sponsorship (Part One)

Lead Change Blog

In fact, a 2014 Research Study by Prosci indicated that projects with strong, effective executive sponsorship were 3.5 A cardinal rule of gaining effective momentum to implement any project or change management endeavor is organizational alignment. Part one focuses on questions to help win support. Be open to the feedback you receive.

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Top 21 Executives at Toyota Getting a Raise to a Combined US$14.9 Million

Curious Cat

Toyota’s belief in a strong management system contrasts with the self worship many USA executives practice. Even with a proposed 19% pay boost the top 21 executives at Toyota would get a combined US$14.9 million in the proposal for this year. Toyota proposed 1.52 billion yen ($14.9

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Lean Management Journal Articles by Bill Bellows

Deming Institute

Lean Management Journal for several years that discuss how to apply Deming’s ideas (and related management improvement ideas) in organizations. Dr Deming proposed an appreciation of his System of Profound Knowledge as a means to shift our narrow viewpoints from the last straw to boundary-less systems of contributions.

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Is Flexible Work Key To Attracting The Brightest Talents?

The Horizons Tracker

This can be especially so with a more flexible form of part-time work, where employees work with their manager to reduce their work load while still having career progression opportunities open to them. Such an approach inevitably penalizes managers who experiment with reduced workloads as they then struggle to hire additional staff.

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