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Are These Systems Serving or Subverting Organization Results?

The Practical Leader

About 85% of the time the fault is caused by the system, processes, structure, or practices of the organization. An organization’s systems are the outcroppings of the organization’s bedrock values and culture. That’s not what happens in most organizations.

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Deming on Management: Appreciation for a System

Deming Institute

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). This is the fourth post in our “Deming on Management” series. Edwards Deming’s ideas on management. The view of an organization as a system by W. Educate New Managers on Their New Responsibilities.

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Looking for Vision? She’s Out Walking the Streets in Stilettos

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

She held so much promise 30 years ago when people like Warren Bennis, Peter Senge, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner first brought her to our attention. By mission statements that are no more than meaningless marketing messages – We have covered her in gaudy makeup and dressed her in stilettos …. Did she get worn out?

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What Makes Six Disciplines for Excellence A Different Kind Of Business Book

Six Disciplines

” (Sam Decker, Decker Marketing). ”Overall, I found this book to be well-organized, yet a slow read because my brain kept exploding with ideas while reading selected units.” Skip Angel, Random Thoughts of a CTO). ” (Gary Whitehair, High Performance Business). “But the book doesn't stop there!

CTO 101
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Ask, Learn, Follow Up and Grow

Marshall Goldsmith

.” The traditional hierarchical model of leadership will not work effectively for major organizations in tomorrow’s changing world. In the “old days,” a person was hired into a position, learned the job, and – usually because of some form of functional proficiency – received a promotion into management.

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Why Businesses Fail | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Decisioning at the information level affords a higher degree of risk management, but are still not as safe as those decisions based upon actionable knowledge. Peter Senge addressed this dilemma in his book The Fifth Discipline and accurately discerned that sound leadership decisions are based on systemic analysis before making a decision.

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StrategyDriven Welcomes Hank Moore | StrategyDriven

Strategy Driven

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. He is a Big Picture strategist, with original, cutting-edge ideas for creating, implementing and sustaining corporate growth throughout every sector of the organization. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

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