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Favorites of 2011: Team Building, Leadership & Innovation Blog Articles

Mike Cardus

Here is the schedule it may change; 12/27/11 – Photos of Teams. 12/29/11 – Team Building & Leadership activity (simulation). Favorite Team Building & Leadership Blog Articles 2011. Evidence | Unicorns | Bullshit: 3 Areas Of Team Building & Leadership Effectiveness. 12/30/11 – Blog article.

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“Sometimes I feel Like Team Building is Sweet Frosting on a Shit Cake”

Mike Cardus

Bromides of – team excellence, Good-to-Great, Management By Objectives, etc… That we have all heard and wondered, what the fuck does that mean? When it comes to Team Building there are skeptics out there, and I tend to agree with most of them. Get us no-where.

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Results vs. Process. Achieving Goals While Improving the Work

Mike Cardus

Originally came across this video here ‘ What Management by Objectives Does Wrong & Hoshin Kanri Does Right ’. Its applicability to management and teams is powerful. I’ve watched this video several times. Results without a process is luck. Process without results is waste. What areas need greater clarity?

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Great Quote: On System of Management by Deming

QAspire

On the job people, teams, and divisions are ranked, reward for the top, punishment for the bottom. Management by Objectives, quotas, incentive pay, business plans, put together separately, division by division, cause further loss, unknown and unknowable.

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Management Styles

Strategy Driven

Management by Objectives came into vogue in 1965 and was the prevailing leadership style until 1990. Other important components of business (training, marketing, research, team building and productivity) were all accomplished according to goals, objectives and tactics. They were not just “old school.”

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The Big Picture of Business – Corporate Cultures Reflect Business Progress and Growth.

Strategy Driven

Management by Objectives came into vogue in 1965 and was the prevailing leadership style until 1990. Other important components of business (training, marketing, research, team building and productivity) were all accomplished according to goals, objectives and tactics. They were not just “old school.”