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Closing Your Company’s “Leadership Gap”

Michael Lee Stallard

Tom Peters and Robert Waterman called it “management by wandering around” or “MBWA” in their classic book In Search of Excellence. Celebrating these leaders and their teams through organizational communications (such as the company intranet, social media, and print publications) sends a powerful message and spreads best practices.

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10 Gifts For You To Succeed In 2011.

Rich Gee Group

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 10 Gifts For You To Succeed In 2011. Some are lining up their teams for that final push. Peters and Waterman — “In Search of Excellence”. It’s December 2011.

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Get Out of Your Office

Steve Farber

Ironically, the very technology that is designed to connect us with one another often separates us from our team and prevents us from enjoying in-person, face-to-face interactions. When was the last time you unplugged from your devices, left your office, and spent time with your team? And there are consequences. The results? •

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Avoid These Traps and LOL for Peak Performance

The Practical Leader

Managers must LOL — lead out loud — if they are going to bring about culture change and shift behavior for higher levels of customer service, quality, safety, productivity, or innovation. Team and organization members no longer believe much of what they hear. notch products or services nobody wanted.

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5 Core Values For The Workplace

Tim Milburn

Bob Waterman has written a penetrating little book, Adhocracy: The Power to Change. ” is a positive, productive question that we should ask ourselves each day. Focused leadership over time implies productive, useful perseverance. 10 Characteristics Of High-Performing Teams. ” ACCOUNTABILITY.

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How GE Applies Lean Startup Practices

Harvard Business Review

As the world becomes more digitized, generating more information surrounding products and services and speeding up processes, large and small companies in every industry, even manufacturing, are starting to compete more like the software industry, with short product lifecycles and rapid decision-making. There will be a very small team.

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Category Creation Is the Ultimate Growth Strategy

Harvard Business Review

So Laird gathered some friends and used jet skis to transform surfing into a team sport. Having grown up in Hawaii, I have the utmost respect for Laird as a waterman. While I've helped many clients grow their products, brands, and overall businesses, there is nothing as exhilarating as helping a company create an entirely new category.

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