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The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

Little Big Things Video Series : War on Systems - Systems are at the heart of any well-run organization and serve to provide structure, guidance, assurance, and even a dose of sanity where it is needed most.  Sadly, as the old saying goes, when a hammer is the only tool in your arsenal, you start to see every problem as a nail.

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Motivating People Starts with Having the Right Attitude

Harvard Business Review

When I ask leadership development clients to describe the type of motivation they’d like to see in their teams, they mention qualities such as persistence, being a self-starter, having a sense of accountability for and commitment to achieving results, and being willing to go the extra mile on projects or to help other team members.

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A Survey of 3,000 Executives Reveals How Businesses Succeed with AI

Harvard Business Review

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Without support from leadership, your AI transformation might not succeed.

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What investment in your business are you REALLY making?

Strategy Driven

The receptionist or telephone operator. Return on leadership. Return on using voice-of-customer in YouTube, blog, and Facebook video posts. Video proof is the new proof. Provide specific and customized empowerment service training for everyone in the company (what is EACH employee allowed to do and say to a customer?).

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Green Police

Chris Brady

Government is like a sledge hammer. if i can share this is one of my favorite videos. It all started with the "I Want You to Want Me" song that I first heard blaring at a gas station in South Carolina while on vacation. It is only good at one thing, and the use of a sledgehammer is obvious.

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Followers Don’t See Their Leaders as Real People

Harvard Business Review

They may be flesh and blood to the senior team and the assistants in the C-suite, but to people in outer orbits, from operational departments to business units, they are imaginary constructs. He instructed employees to take hammers in hand — not to fix the flaws but to destroy the imperfect products.