Mills Scofield

JANUARY 14, 2014

Matthew Fritz is Director, Commander''s Action Group of NATO''s Air Training Command in Afghanistan. Training a newly formed Afghan Air Force is the epitome in complex continual change management. This is one of most honored posts I''ve ever ever hosted. I drew my standard-issue Gerber?tool

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Emotional Intelligence Participative Short-term Letter 150

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

Companies less frequently offer formal training – a trend that has been on the decline for years. This is a sharp contrast with the investment that senior leaders used to make in employees. And managers aren’t helping. Seek good counsel and mentoring. In time, a mentor relationship may develop organically.

Career 15

Career Development Company Supply Chain 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2014

This preference is in sharp contrast to Gen Y’s as a whole; a recent Deloitte survey found that only 20% of Y’s overall want to be a leader in a large organization, while 70% of respondents want to launch their own organization. Informal, on-the-job mentoring, as well as financial support for formal learning is important.

Company 14

Company Insurance Long-term Sharpe 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

And why does a top hedge fund manager "earn" enough to pay for thousands of teachers? There is indeed a stark, sharp, gigantic trade-off between meaning and money in our so-called brain-dead shell-game Ponzi-scheme of an "economy.". Use your wisdom; mentor, coach, teach, lead. Is there a trade-off between meaning and money?

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Terry Starbucker

APRIL 18, 2010

You get to a point where you believe your skills are so sharp, and so good, that you can actually overcome the Peter Principle, and change a person into something they are clearly not. I see good IT people promoted as IT managers because of their good results in IT, and then others wonder why they are bad managers. Make sense?

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Open-book Blog Core Competence Books 222

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. Over the past two decades, we’ve led dozens of innovation projects and have talked to thousands of managers about the challenge of building a high-performance innovation “engine.”

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

After working with HR to narrow down the list of candidates, she had two finalists, both internal: Molly Ashworth, a brand manager on her team in the cleaning division, and Ed Yu, a rising star from BBI’s beauty division. Sharp, clear answer , Aliyah thought. Aliyah liked Molly and respected her work. ” she asked.

Case Study 10

Case Study White Paper Analysis Brand Management 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

And why does a top hedge fund manager "earn" enough to pay for thousands of teachers? There is indeed a stark, sharp, gigantic trade-off between meaning and money in our so-called brain-dead shell-game Ponzi-scheme of an "economy.". Use your wisdom; mentor, coach, teach, lead. Is there a trade-off between meaning and money?

Sharpe 8

Sharpe Follow-up Short-term Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Set up a simple workflow to manage customer requests. This won’t be a “Chief Customer Officer” or a “Customer Success Manager.” In later stages you’ll want people who think about how to scale through process, training, and systems. What to do. Early Stage (5–20 employees).

Metrics 13

Metrics Engineering Efficiency Learning-by-Doing 13

Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Arriving On Time – Consistent punctuality sends a strong structural message to the rest of the team – it’s a critical part of “ leading by example “, especially when it comes to keeping all the trains running on time, and meeting deadlines. Lee Campbell October 6, 2010 at 2:06 pm Terry, Great tips indeed.

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