Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JULY 1, 2013

Visit the airport in Beijing and ride the train that transports passengers from terminal to terminal. Get off the train and into the city: everywhere you look, you’ll see evidence of seemingly impossible ideas becoming reality. The atmosphere crackles with an optimistic, can-do energy. If we don’t, they will remain invisible.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

AUGUST 13, 2012

For example, when the organization had a vision that involved teamwork, it had also developed systems that rewarded people for team accomplishments and trained people in effective team skills. However, in high performance organizations, systems and structures are supportive. Perpetual learning. High performance organizations account for both.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Their values are central in new employee orientation, leadership training, and reward systems. This was the situation Southern New England Telephone Company faced in 1994 when Connecticut deregulated the local market. Unfortunately, too often organizations articulate values they aspire to but which are not being lived.

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