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Success and Discomfort

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My latest theory is success involves a bit of discomfort. I am not a believer in discomfort for puritan reasons, but when it is connected to success, I am. Looking at numbers and thinking how success will feel can help me through it. 2 - Make it a habit (or as I say - a success habit ). 3 - Creative team has full power.

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Statistical Success Yes - But Long Term Measurements are Tougher

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Measure everything to figure out the repeatable system that yields success. Most of them already use that for their internet marketing so it is surprising that they would find it new to do this in growing a sales team. Try multiple experiments to see what works best. Test on small samples before spending money on larger ones.

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CEO Blog - Time Leadership

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CEO Blog - Time Leadership Friday, January 28, 2011 5 Leadership Styles that Work A guest post by Art Gould Recipes for Success: 5 Different Leadership Styles That All Work! The best way to find out what makes a company successful is to look at the top. The singular characteristic that they all share is their companys success.

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Leadership Ego

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I hear this message a lot, and try to live by it, but I haven't had much luck finding information on how to make this value actionable, beyond things like valuing ideas over seniority, avoiding a superstar culture, and empowering the people on your team to shine more brightly, even if it means personally being in the background.

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Leadership Ego

CEO Blog

I hear this message a lot, and try to live by it, but I haven't had much luck finding information on how to make this value actionable, beyond things like valuing ideas over seniority, avoiding a superstar culture, and empowering the people on your team to shine more brightly, even if it means personally being in the background.

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Bare Knuckle People Management

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I read Bare Knuckle People Management - Creating Success with the Team your Have - Winners, Losers, Misfits and All by Sean O'Neil and John Kulisek. Things like "team wide rules suck" and "apologize well then move on". Part 2 talks about the different types of players on the team. So for day 3.

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Organizing Syrian Refugees

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We have 8 teams which is a good number for span of control. Each team is lead by a director and an assistant director. These scorecards are used to report back to the other directors and to allow those teams to jump in where needed. The mentor team tries to match the mentor families with similar families.