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Overcoming the Barriers to Corporate Entrepreneurship

Strategy Driven

In this article I explore three barriers to entrepreneurial action: resistance from within the firm, resistance from within the supply chain, and resistance from the customer. Resistance from Within. The most significant hurdle by far is resistance to change from within. Resistance from the Supplier.

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Questioning Questions

Strategy Driven

They encourage resistance, partial/missed answers, and lies. These questions restrict possibility, cause resistance, create distrust, and encourage lying. These narrow the range of possible responses, often creating some form of resistance or defensive lies; they certainly cause defensiveness and distrust.

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How to Think for Yourself When Algorithms Control What You Read

Harvard Business Review

Twitter replaced most-recent with most-important tweets when they introduced their algorithmic timeline in 2016. 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. Fourth, consciously decide how much human influence you want.

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Closing the Strategy-Execution Gap Means Focusing on What Employees Think, Not What They Do

Harvard Business Review

In 2016 we asked 80 senior executives from 20 countries and 25 industries where they focus their attention throughout strategic execution. People resist and become anxious. “Resistance to our plans would surface.” Influence comes through interaction. This would be a mistake. There is also a human cost.

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Younger and Older Executives Need Different Things from Coaching

Harvard Business Review

These ranged from commanding greater influence to building a strategic vision, aligning their team, and refining their interpersonal and communication skills. Our study was published in Consulting Psychology Journal in December 2016. The gender breakdown was 54% male and 46% female.

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Healthy Habits Of Successful Leaders – An Expert Roundup

Joseph Lalonde

Hiring my trainer made all the difference, and pretty soon I was reaping the rewards of resistance training again. Back in January 2016, I had 45 meetings in the month of January. 3) Mental – My role as host of The Ziglar Show requires me to study the messages of today’s top world influencers, and it’s a dramatic gift.

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The Tangled Web of Net Neutrality and Regulation

Harvard Business Review

But since Democrats expected to win the White House in the 2016 election, they showed no interest in the bill, confident that an FCC chaired by someone Hillary Clinton picked would support the 2015 Order. At best, Trump’s position on (and interest in) net neutrality is unclear.