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The Paradox of Abundance #happiness

Management Craft

The beauty of a well-constructed paragraph. We all have the opportunity to better define how we will define and live consistently with our goals (not the goals we adopt because we feel we should, but the goals that come from our passions - the work, the actions, the contributions that feed and fuel us and that we are driven to do).

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Fixing the Game: What Capitalism Can Learn from the NFL

Leading Blog

Dean of the Rotman School of Management, Roger Martin, states in Fixing the Game , "We haven’t looked deeper into blameworthy CEO behavior to understand what really caused it. That theory, says Roger Martin, “had the unfortunate effect of tightly tying together two markets: the real market and the expectations market.”

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How to Create Remarkable Teams PART 2 – Collaboration

Ask Atma

Promote the importance of vulnerability by both modeling it and encouraging it through constructive contact. Constructive criticism comes from a personal desire on your part to help people do their best. Engages workers more constructively when the organization faces challenges. Involve stakeholders in a participatory way.

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Funders Can Give More than Money

Harvard Business Review

Some seek stricter accounting of ROI based on objectively measurable goals and achievements. Together, we've constructed school libraries, repaired churches, built roads, and, crucially, ensured clean water through new aqueduct systems. Twelve-year-old Roger Ruiz was expelled from his public school in rural Nicaragua.

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How to Get Your Team to Follow Through After a Meeting

Harvard Business Review

Roger Schwarz. An open and honest conversation about keeping the agreed-upon commitments is constructive. Getting to a higher level of completion on action items leads not only to exponential progress toward goals, but also to a tremendous sense of accomplishment — both personally and for the group.

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How to Give Your Team Feedback

Harvard Business Review

What type of constructive criticism is appropriate in a group setting? Your job as manager is to ensure that team members are “providing regular constructive feedback,” says Roger Schwarz, an organizational psychologist and the author of Smart Leaders, Smarter Teams. The goal is not to depress the team,” he says. “I

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Stop Trying to Please Everyone

Harvard Business Review

Many of us are familiar with the concept of Getting to Yes , an iconic negotiation strategy developed by Harvard professor Roger Fisher and others. For many managers, however, the more difficult day-to-day challenge is “getting to no” which is what we call the process for agreeing on what not to do.