Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 11, 2020

For other organizations, it has meant temporarily shutting its doors and having to furlough workers or let employees go. There’s another stressor people may not be consciously thinking about. Let’s choose awkward, brave and kind. And let’s choose each other.”. Our family vision has been that we care about people.

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Stress Report Crisis Competitive Advantage 195

RapidStart Leadership

MARCH 28, 2017

There’s something about “new.” Over time we tend to collect things and adopt habits that help us get through the day-to-day. Imagine someone from a major business magazine is coming to write about your leadership “secrets” and what makes your team so successful. • Is there a smarter way to accomplish the same thing?

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Team Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up Process 120

leaderCommunicator

JANUARY 14, 2014

Personally and professionally, it''s a time to start fresh, set goals, make plans and resolve to keep those plans. Join me in resolving to avoid these 12 communication mistakes that typically arise when change is in the air, and to make even smarter choices in the new year to elevate communication''s impact on business.

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eBook Newsletter Planning Audience 136

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 11, 2013

Yet we can be brainwashed by western culture into thinking that struggle is inherently bad, a stigma that gets in the way when we find ourselves facing difficult or challenging times. We let go of old dysfunctional habits and healthier patterns emerge, more adaptive and aligned with our core purpose, values and vision.

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Self-aware Mission Statement CFO Open-book 188

Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 3, 2018

It means I’m probably harder to get to know than some people. I get all that. I’ve written before about the struggles of introversion in ministry before and how I adapted with it as a pastor. You’ll get that only if you are a Moe Howard – Three Stooges fan.) It’s me. That’s not me.

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Maturity Definition Commitment Blog 60

Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

You know you’ll have to work smarter and harder every day to improve your bottom line. Did you let any bad habits slide that need to be addressed? Do they get the expected results? These two important areas usually get overlooked. Or get a discount in purchase for early payment. Are you sure?

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Succession Bottom-up Marketing Operations 240

Skip Prichard

JUNE 28, 2019

Their new book is Cracking Complexity: The Breakthrough Formula for Solving Just About Anything Fast. “Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.” All they know is that some challenges tend to get solved, and some don’t. Let’s talk about questions. ” -John Maeda.

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Sull How To Insourcing Sharpe 71

Skip Prichard

JUNE 14, 2021

ALIEN THINKING is a book about the importance of thinking differently and questioning your assumptions to come up with breakthrough solutions. I talk to its three co-authors – Cyril Bouquet, Mike Wade and Jean-Louis Barsoux – all professors at IMD business school in Lausanne (Switzerland) about their new work. If so, how?

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How To Innovation Creativity Entrepreneur 105

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Have a Medium-Term Goal, and Stick to It. When you drew up your business plan, it’s pretty much a given that you set a range of short and long-term goals, but what about medium-term ones? Set yourself some medium-term goals, and stick to them! Think About Finances. Keep Your Customers Happy.

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Short-term Long-term Stage-Gate Mentor 63

Tim Milburn

OCTOBER 22, 2012

When you spend your influence in the right way, it can help you overcome an obstacle and move a group of people toward a certain goal or objective. Consider the type of example you set for others. There is nothing menial (which means lowly and little) about the way Lewis goes about his business. Inspirational NOT Menial.

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Influence Follow-up Learning-by-Doing Examples 166

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 15, 2014

Question : Can “working smarter, not harder” really be applied to leadership positions? The heart of the question is not: “how hard to squeeze the orange,” but rather, “how, with less effort and time, one can get as much healthy juice from the same orange – and perhaps even have time left to plant a new tree.”.

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Positioning Leadership Delegation Competitive Advantage 50

Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 28, 2018

We love movies with happy endings, but this one teaches us things about life. Let’s look for the small wins and let us lead our teams to celebrate the small victories, as we naturally do the big. Just consider my wife and you get all three of those.). As leaders, let us never forget the contributions of others.

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Leadership Godin Discount Learning-by-Doing 79

Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

  The framing question for my work with executives is what do you pick up and what do you let go of to achieve the different results that are expected of you in a bigger job? One of the first things we talked about is the need to pick up confidence in your presence and let go of doubt in how you contribute in your new executive role. 

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Executive Coaching Execution Blog Letter 165

Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

Think about the power of this maxim. Even seasoned leaders get this wrong, and numerous opportunities to improve trust are lost. Let me give you a quick example of a leader who got it wrong. The event, attended by about fifty people, began with a beautiful prayer delivered by the base chaplain. military base.

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Leadership Crisis Learning-by-Doing Team 132

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Usually, management has not yet articulated their own individual values, let alone those of the organization. Identify strategic objectives and goals. ’ Businesses fail to grow because they get stuck in buzz words and trite phrases that they hear from others. Never let the vision lapse. Clarify management values.

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Mission Statement Benchmarking Tactics Strategic Planning 81

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Let’s use an example of a common problem that most businesses face at some point in their lifecycle (if not at multiple points) which is needing to implement a certain application or toolset to automate an existing manual process. Oh, and what about development methodology?

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Blog Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Innovation 295

Building Personal Strength

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

Today I was thinking about some people I know who I think of as “life-long learners.” Whenever I ask a question about computers or the web, his answer is always swift, confident and correct. Even though I care about him, I know it’s up to him to decide whether to pursue it. That's a bold statement. To a degree, it still does.

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Development Succession Learning-by-Doing Chemicals 102

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

But if you find yourself frequently miscommunicating with your team on deliverables, hearing about issues at the last minute, and misunderstanding how your team set their priorities, it may be a sign you’ve delegated too much, leaving their employees to feel abandoned and unmotivated. Reset with your team.

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Delegation CTO Project Software 14

Ron Edmondson

JULY 17, 2018

And, let me be clear. If we can afford to, and if our children are living within the boundaries set for our home, we should not be afraid to give them gifts they simply want, but may not even need. (I Consider this question: Which gets more attention in your home? The fact that they turned out this way is all grace.

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Learning-by-Doing Long-term Energy System 36

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Have you ever said to yourself, How in the world did [insert name of powerful business executive] get to where he is? He’s not any smarter than I am! These three qualities might not sound extraordinary, but they can truly set you apart. This plan will help you get through the year. Well, chances are you’re right.

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Bottom-up Sharpe Follow-up Retail 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2015

Digital overload helps us sharpen our focus, by challenging us to make constant, systematic choices about where we’ll invest our time and attention. Digital overload forces us to make constant, explicit choices about what will and won’t get our attention: Will I answer that email, or finish my PowerPoint deck?

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Guidelines Efficiency Goleman Core Competence 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

People are also being asked by their bosses or HR to attend conferences, read case studies, watch videos, and try their hand at simulations, all with the goal of picking up new ideas and techniques. They get better at devoting attention and providing support — without micromanaging. Tie goals to concrete results.

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Project Parcell How To Short-term 8

Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 12, 2015

And, let me be clear. If we can afford to, and if our children are living within the boundaries set for our home, we should not be afraid to give them gifts they simply want, but may not even need. (I Consider this question: Which gets more attention in your home? They are far more generous than I was at their age.

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Learning-by-Doing Long-term System Energy 30

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2013

You decide to not say anything to Ted in the meeting, but afterward you privately tell him that how he's letting you and the team down. Here's why criticizing in private undermines your team, and what you can do to build a smarter team starting today. And that will save time and get better team decisions.

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Team Argyris Report Learning-by-Doing 18

Frank Sonnenberg Online

MARCH 31, 2020

Think rationally, keep things in perspective, and remain in control rather than letting your emotions get the better of you. Focus on the best options that address the challenge that you face rather than getting wrapped up in the moment. Set priorities. Even great plans get adjusted when they’re implemented.

Crisis 115

Crisis Short-term Long-term Outsourcing 115

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2014

Trust is often talked about as the bedrock of a company’s success. Most people think about the issue in terms of customers: They have to believe in you and your products and services. Employees are more likely to follow through on goals set by a manager they trust and to be more forthcoming about the challenges they see on their level.

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Survey Case Study Metrics Goal 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2015

We want to get smarter, network better, be connected, balance our lives, and so on. Let’s say an executive we’ll call John lacks empathy in his dealings with people. Let’s first imagine John working on himself. Now, let’s imagine John being playful with his sense of self. We judge ourselves.

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Productivity Products Development Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2013

The bad news is that keeping your meeting on track takes discipline, and few people make the effort to get it right. Organizations are moving faster and faster these days and few managers have time to think through their meetings in advance,” says Roger Schwarz, an organizational psychologist and author of Smart Leaders, Smarter Teams.

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Committee Participative Case Study Productivity 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2017

To pursue this issue, I picked a new research setting where the reward system is highly constrained — and so is the career ladder. Tackling Collaboration in a Constrained Setting. Collaboration is as necessary as it is tricky in this setting. This is how collaboration gets embedded as a normal way of working.

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Payback Period How To Real Estate Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

To get there, we're following three principles based on what we learned from our relocation to Shanghai: 1. Let the local team shine. Our teams back in Stamford still have goals and deadlines to meet. Our culture is set up to make decisions no matter where the senior team is sitting. Engage the entire organization.

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Hotels Globalization Travel Decentralization 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2017

One of the mistakes CEOs often make with their diversity efforts is assuming everyone shares their goals. Gender balance is not a generally accepted goal. Companies (and countries) are going to have to get a lot smarter about gender balance if they hope to achieve it peacefully. Sell the “why.”

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Diversity Goal Engineering Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

To get serious results from a network, you need commitment and a continuity of relationships among the participants. A big goal requires a “thick we” network — a community of people who feel responsible for collaborating toward a shared purpose that they see as superseding their individual needs.

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Gilbert Participative Cooper Network Economy 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2018

“Why don’t we get credit for all the good things we do?” Nearly every major company today operates a broad set of social and environmental activities that parallel its commercial value chain. Let’s consider what it takes to get some love from each of them. Stephen Smith for HBR.

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Company Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Audience 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2018

He had been surprised and annoyed to learn that his company had set up a new AI-based marketing system that was doing most of what he thought was his job as digital marketing manager at Global Consumer Brands: deciding what ads to place where, for which customer segments, and how much to spend. tyler garrison/Getty Images.

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Resistance How To Audience Micromanagement 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

I remember people practicing their presentations far into the night, and the next day we'd sit for hours in uncomfortable chairs in a huge room listening to our leadership talk about the future of the business. Instead, companies need to be much smarter about how they conduct virtual off-sites. Here's what we found.

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Consensus Participative Strategy Brainstorming 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Another day, another set of high-profile worries about how Google is going to persuade its best and brightest people from leaving the company to join newer outfits or launch companies of their own. What if Enron failed not in spite of its talent mind-set but because of it?"

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Tacit Knowledge Long-term McKinsey Venture Funding 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2011

If we all invest in stocks, managers tend to get rewarded (whether or not they've performed). Authentic prosperity's probably more about achieving a balance. What's this never-ending crisis really about? Both Tyler Cowen and I have called it a Great Stagnation — so what's stagnating? I'd say: human potential itself.

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Crisis Bond Depreciation Hedge 20