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Leading For A Better Tomorrow

Tanveer Naseer

Peter Drucker, who was considered to be the “father of modern management,” did not mince words when he advised managers and leaders about the dangers of complacency and putting off the future. …the Management has no choice but to anticipate the future, to attempt to mold it, and to balance short-term and long-range goals.

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Incorporating 160 Effective Performance Phrases in Your Performance Appraisal Review Templates

HR Digest

It involves assessing an employee’s strengths and weaknesses, setting goals, and providing feedback on their performance. Providing effective performance feedback examples and performance appraisal comments can help managers provide constructive feedback that empowers employees to achieve their goals.

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post. You deserve input – but that done not mean that 100% agreement is the goal. Consensus isn’t the goal. It’s a formal way to help reduce the isolation that it endemic to leaders and leadership.

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Why You Can’t Just Tell a Company “Be More Like a Startup”

Harvard Business Review

As more and more companies face disruption from globalization, new technology, and startups that have more capital than the incumbents, the continuing cry from Wall Street investors is, “Why can’t companies be as innovative as startups?” Yet those very weaknesses give startups an overwhelming advantage in innovation.

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Management’s Three Eras: A Brief History

Harvard Business Review

Organizations still emphasize exploitation of existing advantages , driving a short-term orientation that many bemoan. By the early 1900’s, the term “management” was in wide use, and Adam Smith’s ideas came into their own. The goal was to optimize the outputs that could be generated from a specific set of inputs.

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Memo to Meg Whitman: 4 Tips for Tackling HP

Harvard Business Review

But HP is no longer a values-driven, family-like, innovation-oriented company that inspires commitment. A technology company without strong internal innovation capabilities is a company on the verge of disappearing. Lafley used the late Peter Drucker. Set short-term achievable goals, and keep your promises.

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Making Management as Simple as Frisbee

Harvard Business Review

Drawing on the software development practices known as Agile, Scrum, and XP, the teams work in short, iterative cycles of test-driven development with direct customer feedback as the work proceeds.). Continuous innovation is now a requirement for survival. Work in short cycles. But manage it, and you become the industry leader.