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Carefrontation — The Ultimate Leadership Trait

Great Leadership By Dan

HP had a great training program for new managers, but I decided to add carefrontation to my management style and had great results almost immediately. It was clear that we would get a lot more done if we could move the culture toward a higher level of trust and cooperation and away from the zero sum game to which they were accustomed.

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CEOs Need to Get Serious About Sales

Harvard Business Review

A contract manufacturing company that builds products for IT equipment makers, for example, had a dedicated team of speculative market analysts whose active trend monitoring led to a 15 percent return on investment. You also need to push sales organizations to find overlooked pockets of growth in "tapped" markets.

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It’s OK to Move Down (Yes, Down) the Value Chain

Harvard Business Review

Leaders of many companies — in industries ranging from contract manufacturing, and software services to consulting and health care — tell us the same thing: “We want to move up the value chain.” Defense against attacks from below. Where do new competitors come from? Ethical supply chains.

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In Praise of Going it Alone

Harvard Business Review

A lot of business literature advocates teaming up wherever possible to open the doors to new ideas, draw on the unique strengths of others, and speed time to market. The photography market is highly competitive, populated by famous brand names, and dominated by powerful sales channels.

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Don't Like Your Job? Change It (Without Quitting)

Harvard Business Review

He and his wife were having a second child and it wasn't a good time to make a move, especially given the tough job market. He also approached his company's training and development office about developing a course that uses positive psychology to teach innovation and creativity. Case Study #2: Start doing the job you want.