Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Know where to apply your energies and you’ll be working faster and more efficiently. ARMY DRILL SERGEANT CREED “I will lead by example, never requiring a soldier to attempt any task that I would not do myself.&# In fact, a great way to increase productivity in a workplace is to cross-train employees across departments.

Management 150

Management Stage-Gate Ethics Marketing 150

Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 15, 2009

His purpose: “Now, more than ever, we need a different way of thinking, a useful way to focus and the energy to turn the game around.&# They want to engage, to interact and to get you more involved.&# -Seth Godin “Leadership is more than influence. Read Seth’s post about the ebook here.

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Godin eBook Marketing Ethics 133

Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 26, 2010

He groups these as ‘private traits’ of leadership. He dubs these ‘public traits’ of leadership. However, Mr. Stoddard’s experience and frequent metaphors and parables provide readers with much to learn about improving their leadership skills.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 19, 2010

It’s the energy that drives you throughout the day. Filed under: Leadership Tagged: | champions , feedback , listening , process , success « Book Review: Here Comes Everybody Commitment » Like Be the first to like this post. Breakfast: Some say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day; I agree.

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Blanchard Ethics Taylorism Taylor 145

Lead on Purpose

JUNE 6, 2009

Filed under: Innovation , Leadership , Purpose Tagged: | action , choice , focus , Great work , inspire , Michael Bungay Stanier , responsibility « Values or valuables? Doing it once is one time too many. Good work: The familiar, useful, productive work you do and do well. It’s much appreciated.

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 23, 2009

This great book will tell you how.&# – Mark Victor Hansen “Lack of trust within an organization saps its energy, fosters a climate of suspicion and second-guessing, completely devastates teamwork and replaces it with internal politics. The act of trusting others and trusting yourself is vital success.

Succession 154

Succession Covey Trout Godin 154

Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Just remember… Talk may be cheap, but it’s also priceless when it comes to building camaraderie, respect, energy – and yes, even love – throughout your workplace, in both good times and bad. Filed under: Integrity , Leadership , Purpose , Team Building , Trust Tagged: | Albert J.

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Committee Automotive Ethics Productivity 140

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2018

Taylor Callery/Getty Images. For example, I manage the finances for a team that travels very often, and I’ve been grateful for the intelligent guesswork that my expenses software extracts from receipts using machine learning: the merchant’s name, the dollar amount spent, taxes, and likely expense categorization.

Learning-by-Doing 11

Learning-by-Doing Software Technology Travel 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2014

According to Gary Yukl, a researcher on leadership, “Self-awareness makes it easier to understand one’s own needs and likely reactions if certain events occurred, thereby facilitating evaluation of alternative solutions.” Various models suggest that this is key to effective leadership. While its publisher CPP, Inc.,

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Self-aware Human Resources Taylorism Taylor 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

Managing engagement requires new leadership skills. The question of how to motivate people in organizations has been of interest to scholars and practitioners since the time of Frederick Taylor. New leadership skills are required. Senior leadership is also critically important in building workforce engagement in myriad ways.

Management 8

Management Globalization Drucker Uncertainty 8

Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

A good example of a corporate meme expressed during the financial crisis (even as the subprime crisis worsened) by Charles Prince, former CEO of Citigroup: "As long as the music is playing, you've got to get up and dance," he said. Taylor Caldwell. Values often influence people's choices about where to invest their energies.

Ethics 102

Ethics Self-aware Taylorism Taylor 102

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

I studied large-scale change and innovation efforts in 56 randomly selected companies in the high-tech, retail, pharmaceutical, banking, automotive, insurance, energy, non-profit, and health care industries. Paul Taylor was managing a UK-based factory for LF Beauty UK Ltd., Taylor imbued the process with his own urgent pace.

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Middle Management Six Sigma Taylorism Taylor 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

Frederick Taylor's early pig-iron experiments measured and improved factory worker performance. Yet embedded in this tradition is the assumption that improving worker productivity is something done by an outsider observer (manager or consultant like Taylor). Here are a few examples: Experiments to minimize "wasted time."

Organization 12

Organization Self-aware Taylorism Taylor 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

As Amar Bhide said in " Bootstrap Finance: The Art of Start-ups " (a 20-year-old HBR article that is an uncanny precursor to today's "lean startup" meme), traditional business planning processes are less relevant to bootstrappers — where resilience trumps planning and energy trumps experience. Point of Entry and Leadership.

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