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Creating Organizations As Amazing As The People Inside Them

Eric Jacobson

The book subtitle in the headline above convinced me to read, Humanocracy , by Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini. Cross-train associates and organize them into small, multifunctional teams. Set ambitious goals and tight timelines to challenge everyone to do more with less. My team is small and super-flexible.

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Humanocracy

Eric Jacobson

The book subtitle in the headline above convinced me to read, Humanocracy , by Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini. Cross-train associates and organize them into small, multifunctional teams. Set ambitious goals and tight timelines to challenge everyone to do more with less. My team is small and super-flexible.

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Creating Organizations As Amazing As The People Inside Them

Eric Jacobson

The book subtitle in the headline above convinced me to read, Humanocracy , by Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini. Cross-train associates and organize them into small, multifunctional teams. Set ambitious goals and tight timelines to challenge everyone to do more with less. My team is small and super-flexible.

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Management 2.0 and Six Disciplines

Six Disciplines

In a recent Wall Street Journal article, " Inventing Management 2.0 ", Professor Gary Hamel talks about leadership development, change, and offers his insights as to what needs to change, in order to progress to Management 2.0. How teams get built. Management 1.0 How activities get coordinated. How power gets exercised.

Hamel 101
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To Understand Strategy, Look At What People Are Doing

Six Disciplines

Here''s a profound observation from management guru, Gary Hamel: "If you want to understand the real strategy, look at what people are doing!”. Indeed, more often than not, there are disconnects or gaps between the strategy that is formulated by the senior leadership team, and how the strategy is executed by the rest of the workforce.

Strategy 102
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Redefining the Essence of #Management

Management Craft

Gary Hamel and Dan Pink remind us that management was created during the dawn of the industrial age to solve very different problems than we have today. It’s the “THIS” that has changed, not the calling, not the broad goal. Management is dead. Long live management. Depending on the guru, you might hear either message. Who is right?

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How to Reward Your Stellar Team

Harvard Business Review

You''ve been told that getting the most from your team depends on rewarding and recognizing them collectively. As a team manager, you can support the right behaviors with things that are in your control. "The The pendulum has swung too far, and now those measures are getting in the way of forming good teams," he explains.

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