article thumbnail

How To Play Politics With Political People.

Rich Gee Group

The best way to combat this is to work efficiently, effectively, and if you do drop the ball, let your boss/client know ASAP before your enemies storm the gates. They thrive and bank their careers on pointing out other's misfortune, and manipulating the facts for their advantage. Extra Credit - Stand up to bullies. Stand your ground.

Politics 195
article thumbnail

The Future Of Work Post-Covid

The Horizons Tracker

As Michael Hammer famously warned back in 1990, it’s no use applying new technologies to old processes, so in order to get the most out of AI and automation, jobs are having to be redesigned so that man and machine can work well together. Redesigning the business.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Know Your History, Purpose and Direction

CoachStation

Let me know how you go. Could you summarise what CoachStation offers and does in a few sentences? CoachStation helps people and businesses to become more effective and efficient in what they do. We do this by developing awareness, skills and capability at an individual, business and organisation level.

article thumbnail

The Right Kind of Stress Can Bond Your Team Together

Harvard Business Review

” During the first half of the documentary, we examined the NFL to see how people create happiness in an organization where the average career is 3.3 In the film, we explored how to create a positive culture in organizations where the culture or conditions make it difficult to talk about “happiness.”

Bond 8
article thumbnail

Specialization is a Journey, Not a Destination

QAspire

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, fight efficiently, die gallantly.

Agility 70
article thumbnail

All Hail the Generalist

Harvard Business Review

The logic is straightforward: learn more about your function, acquire "expert" status, and you'll go further in your career. To advance in one's career, it was most efficient to specialize. In more straightforward language, a man with a hammer is more likely to see nails than one without a hammer. Why's that?

Hammer 20