CEO Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2011

It is a mature person who can sit back and formulate a plan for positively harnessing fear. For me, the first step would be to manage the stress that fear causes. Companies that embrace this as a method for innovation and growth need to have people who are not living in fear.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 10, 2011

They are promoted with the belief that “ they have potential” or “they are smart and will mature into the position” or “she has been here so long, and no-one knows this department as well as her, she will figure it out” plus many other nonsensical reasons. Why do you still continue to believe this? Find the person who is right, right now.

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Leading with Trust

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Losing your temper only shows a lack of maturity and self-control. Avoid conflict – Successful leaders know how to effectively manage conflict in their teams. Good leaders learn how to diagnose the situation at hand and use the appropriate conflict management style. You might be a Frankenboss if you…. Knock it off!

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

A majority of people at workplace today seem to be struggling to cope with severe stress resulting from conflicting work priorities, hyper-connectedness, onslaught of notifications and information overload. How do we cope up with this stress? Thus, our ability to manage our mind becomes critically important.

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Open-book Stress Training Download 70

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” ” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Self-management: Being a PM can be incredibly stressful.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

rubber trees take years to mature.". Eric looked back at the student and said, "Couldn''t you take some of that grant money and haul in some mature trees to test your assumptions?" For that reason, the "Lean" mentality is one of the most powerful tools in the innovator''s arsenal — in startups and mature corporations alike.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

The myth of Silicon Valley is that venture-funded entrepreneurship is a generalizable model that can be applied to every problem, when in actuality it is a model that was built to commercialize mature technologies for certain markets. No innovation strategy fits every problem , so we need to keep expanding the toolbox.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

We surveyed more than 2,500 managers, from 1,000 companies, including over 100 Fortune 500 companies and 70 organizations ranked at the top of Universum’s “World’s Most Attractive Employers” list (a ranking of company preferences among university students in the top 12 economies).

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2016

For example, if you need additional education, there are wide range of programs that welcome and accommodate mature students, including at the degree and professional level. Technical support can become marketing; marketing can turn into human resources; back office managers move to the front office and the other way around.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

When they set out to turn around processes that have become woefully inefficient or ineffective, most companies choose one of four process improvement "religions": Lean , Six Sigma , Business Reengineering or Business Process Management (BPM). In some of these companies, senior managers were dubious about the claims.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

For many employees, a face-to-face performance review is the most stressful work conversation they'll have all year. For managers, the discussion is just as tense. Beinecke Professor of Management at Yale School of Management. Performance management is a process, he says. What the Experts Say. Constructively coach.

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