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Winning Now, Winning Later: Playing the Infinite Game

Leading Blog

Cote shares in Winning Now, Winning Later , a practical example of playing the infinite game. When he took over, Honeywell was plagued by short-termism. The problem was that he had to deliver something in the short-term to the investors for survival but had to set the company up for tomorrow too. He did both.

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The Cost of Ignoring Employees? 120% Of Annual Income or $0.35 / Share, Southwest Airlines Discovers

Modern Servant Leader

The incident reflects a classic example of focusing too narrowly on one stakeholder group – in this case, shareholders – at the expense of others, notably employees and customers. The company had many examples of supporting and listening to employees over the years, but clearly, left IT out. Per Share Impact : Or $0.35

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Critical Factors To Consider Before Scaling Up Your Business Operations

Strategy Driven

Many factors can make or break your business, including scaling your operations towards growth. Before you scale your operations, you need to plan your growth in that regard and set goals. What are the short and long-term funding requirements you need to execute your strategy? Plan your success. Housekeeping.

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Operations Management: What You Need to Know in 2021

Strategy Driven

Operations managers have a tough and challenging role, particularly in 2021. If you’re working in operations management, or you aspire to become an operations supervisor, take a look at some of the challenges you’ll be facing in 2021: 1. Building a Career in Operations Management.

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Society Needs a Leadership Paradigm Shift

Leading Blog

In terms of psychological safety, how safe do employees feel when their leaders are bullies, abrasive, dogmatic, and toxic? The space for innovation and growth relies on dimensions of character that are often in short supply, like transcendence — being appreciative, inspired, purposive, optimistic, creative, and future-oriented.

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Leadership Lessons in Southwest Airline’s Fall From Grace

Modern Servant Leader

So what went wrong and what can leaders learn from the example? Because Southwest Airlines seems to have the worst, most outdated operating technology in the industry. In servant-leadership terms, this is a failure of the principle, THOROUGHNESS. To be thorough means putting long-term results ahead of short-term gains.

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Dream Adjusters: Why Company Leaders Also Have To Be Chief Calibration Officers

Terry Starbucker

Setting the right targets and goals over the short and long terms is a fine art that requires a delicate blend of unbridled optimism and cold-eyed realism, sometimes bordering on schizophrenia. (I’ve 2) Dream aggressively quantitatively over a long-term horizon, tempered by economic factors at the “macro” level.

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