Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

You can’t drive your vehicle on an empty tank, nor can you lead your life or teams with zero energy. Even if it’s walking to the local market for lunch, or parking further away in a parking lot. My energy levels are based on the foods and beverages I consume. I’m not talking about surface level excitement or energy.

Succession 316

Succession Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 316

Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 24, 2010

If not, start prioritizing, delegating, and saying “no&# to some of the things on your list. When this happens they aren’t motivated to update their headshots, create video marketing or present themselves as speakers. Energy levels are also affected. Reflect on the things that really matter in your life.

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Learning-by-Doing Blog Class Open-book 185

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2013

When entrepreneurs first start their businesses, they are usually involved in everything: running operations, keeping the books, and making sales calls. By building a team to handle operational responsibilities, entrepreneurs can find more time to focus on strategic priorities and even bigger goals.

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Delegation Micromanagement Learning-by-Doing 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2015

How do they understand the need to change and create the energy and urgency around it? GE now operates in 175 countries across the globe.) So a constant reengineering of our business portfolio, operating model, and culture has been a key to our evolution. The context demanded operational excellence.

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Welch Six Sigma Agility Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2014

David Packard, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, once observed that “Marketing is too important to be left to the marketing people.” And brand stewardship can no longer be under the exclusive purview of marketing departments and brand managers. A brand can’t just be a promise; it must be a promise delivered.

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Brand Strategy Advertising Brand Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

When a board never engages in open debate over which attributes matter most, not only does it fail to connect succession to what the company most needs; it neglects to give the incoming CEO guidance about where to focus his or her own efforts and in what areas it might be best to delegate.

CEO 15

CEO Six Sigma How To Apparel 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2011

But he believes that too many of his managers still operate in a " command-and-control reflex." When subordinates aren't sure what the boss really wants to accomplish, they don't feel safe, and true delegation is impossible. To discourage the command-and-control reflex, Brennan puts a lot of energy into hiring.

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Delegation Self-aware Drucker Middle Management 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2014

At an energy company that sells to large utilities and industrial organizations, sales teams work with customers to deliver technically complex, custom solutions; sales managers each supervise an average of 6-8 strategic account managers. The merchandising force operates with an unusually high span of control of 50 merchandisers per manager.

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Span of Control Company Merchandising Management 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Your time and your energy are your most valuable resources. And they constantly review the 60 percent to decide if really need to do them or can delegate them to others. The thinkers back at headquarters get about 150 pictures a week, some of which get translated by the marketing staff into new sales initiatives.

CEO 8

CEO Class Chief Executive Officer Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

India love first peaked in July 2008 when India’s government of the time risked its very survival in support of a nuclear energy deal led by Washington. America’s largest insurer, Allstate, announced plans to invest $1 billion in its India operations. But it won’t be “India’s fault,” in our view.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Price Marketing Learning-by-Doing 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The result is the reconstitution or destruction of industries, creation of new market spaces, and reshaping of old industry ecosystems. For example, GE has created a digital platform in the energy sector that its own and third-party software developers can write applications to. Make the tough calls on people.

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Short-term How To Venture Capitalist CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

When a board never engages in open debate over which attributes matter most, not only does it fail to connect succession to what the company most needs; it neglects to give the incoming CEO guidance about where to focus his or her own efforts and in what areas it might be best to delegate.

CEO 8

CEO Six Sigma How To Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Communicating proactively, demonstrating empathy, and getting involved in team members’ goals can’t be delegated to HR. Sometimes the language people use is a sign that there’s unhealthy competition in an organization: billable versus nonbillable time, operators versus overhead, and marketing versus engineers.

Leadership 8

Leadership Loyalty Greenleaf Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2015

“A good manager trains and delegates,” says Dillon, and you can’t do that if you’re taking on everything—regardless of how important the task is—yourself. ” Another way to ease out of micromanaging is to discretely seek feedback from other coworkers about how your team is operating, says Dillon.

Micromanagement 8

Micromanagement Team How To Project 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Even the promise of future help, if and when it's needed, can be enough to convince a mentor to give up his time and energy. Her first thought was of Ewa Ställdal, the CEO of a major medical research foundation that she had met several years previously on a delegation trip to the US with the Swedish Ministry of Industry.

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Mentor Career Long-term Advice 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The largest cryptocurrencies — Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ethereum — require vast amounts of energy consumption to function. But where a single Bitcoin once sold for less than a penny on the open market, it now sells for nearly $7,000 and around 200,000 Bitcoin transactions occur every day. Green Energy Blockchain Mining.

Energy 8

Energy Incentives System Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2018

Experienced operators in the field have better knowledge and more current information than remote dictators or their mercenary agents do. Standard operating procedures fail because the situations are by definition nonstandard. But the organization’s energy and appetite for more cost-cutting was low.

Agility 9

Agility Team Crisis Operations 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2018

And the biggest buyer is China, which sent a sizable delegation. This is part of the toolkit of maintaining their “license to operate.” In addition, total energy use in the sector rose 46%, a more than linear relationship between production expansion and growth of energy use. Let’s start with the risks.

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