N2Growth Blog

MARCH 13, 2014

Webster’s New World Dictionary gives two definitions of “integrity”: the first is the quality or state of being complete or whole; the second is being of sound moral principle. This introduces a massive blind-spot we have in our lives and organizations: self-deception – as none of us can say we have full integrity.

Argyris 397

Argyris Morale Crisis Management Definition 397

Marshall Goldsmith

APRIL 5, 2011

Former Harvard Professor Chris Argyris pointed out how “upward feedback” often turns into “upward buck-passing”. You are not paid to win arguments on the relative quality of athletic teams. We can become “disempowered” when we focus on what others have done to make things wrong and not what we can do to make things right.

Influence 139

Influence Drucker Guidelines Ethics 139

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2017

To get started, you need to identify what’s limiting your quality thinking time — the habitual, unconscious, and often counterproductive ways that you push harder to get ahead when you feel the pressure of too many demands. Traps like these keep you stuck in triage mode.

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How To Delegation Argyris Micromanagement 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2013

But this can be a dangerous adage to follow because it significantly reduces accountability, the quality of team decisions, and your team's ability to manage itself. So when a team member does something that negatively affects the team, you usually talk to the team member in private.

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Team Argyris Report Learning-by-Doing 18

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2013

But this can be a dangerous adage to follow because it significantly reduces accountability, the quality of team decisions, and your team's ability to manage itself. So when a team member does something that negatively affects the team, you usually talk to the team member in private.

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Team Argyris Report Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

The focus was wholly on execution of mass production, and managerial solutions such as specialization of labor, standardized processes, quality control, workflow planning, and rudimentary accounting were brought to bear. By the early 1900’s, the term “management” was in wide use, and Adam Smith’s ideas came into their own.

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Six Sigma Drucker P&L Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2014

In fact, even after the fact, there is no way to determine that one’s strategy choice was “right,” because there is no way to judge the relative quality of any path against all the paths not actually chosen. The essential qualities for this type of person are flexibility, imagination, and resilience. There isn’t one. Strategy'

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Argyris Strategy Quality Uncertainty 19