Lead on Purpose

JUNE 8, 2009

Think in terms of projects: each one has a beginning and an end. You plan what you are going to do, work at it and when it’s finished you move on to the next project. When your project is successful, it’s easier to land the next project. Some employees feel nervous about keeping their jobs.

Learning-by-Doing 118

Learning-by-Doing Ethics Taylorism Taylor 118

Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Seth Godin , marketing guru and thought leader, did a cool project where he brought together more than seventy “big thinkers&# to write the ebook What Matters Now. What matters in 2010?

Godin 133

Godin eBook Marketing Ethics 133

Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 14, 2010

They connect people together and use their influence to find resources and complete projects faster. Making connections and gaining people’s trust is the premise of the book Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust. Leverage means never having to re-invent the wheel; it never goes out of style.

Review 140

Review Books Learning-by-Doing Ethics 140

Lead on Purpose

MAY 18, 2009

Learn to project the image of true success — long before you’ve fully achieved it. If you’re invisible, you can’t become the go-to source. Make yourself, your product, or your company known. Do it impactfully. Do it with the right people. Make the impact worth the effort. It’s only a matter of time before it will occur.

Positioning 124

Positioning Ethics Taylorism Taylor 124

Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 6, 2009

In working and talking with driven leaders it has been shown that the projects that are most difficult to manage are usually related to new product and service launches. Quite often much emphasis is placed on designing and developing products, and the actual launch goes unplanned (or under-planned) until it’s too late.

Productivity 100

Productivity Products Press Release Discount 100

Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 6, 2009

My most recent “do hard things&# project was to run a marathon in 3:30 (three hours thirty minutes). I recommend always having a “do hard things&# project on which you are working. You build self-worth from which the desire for continuous improvement springs. George Marathon last spring. Running the St.

PR 157

PR Learning-by-Doing Ethics Marketing 157

Lead on Purpose

JUNE 25, 2009

Near the end of this school year, my wife asked if I could complete a project with her class. The project was to ask each student, and record the answers to: “What was the most important thing I learned in Kindergarten this year?” Leadership isn’t just about directing a group of people, projects or things.

Class 110

Class Leadership Learning-by-Doing Productivity 110

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Don’t focus on task or project completion. Rather, think what will happen AFTER the project is completed. If the leader is slack, lacks work ethic, or is slow to decide, they have given tacit permission to their team to be and do the same. Great leaders are wide open to new ideas and innovation. Outcome, not task.

360-Degree Feedback 74

360-Degree Feedback Leadership Open-book Customer Loyalty 74

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Santander has also been innovative when it comes to social media and mobile campaigns. To the general public, it has come to epitomize the dysfunction of Wall Street—the greed, risk and lack of ethics that drove profits over the last twenty years, but went relatively ignored until the recent collapse.

Brand 60

Brand Globalization Banking Long-term 60

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Many career-enhancing activities can develop from carefully chosen volunteer-based projects. Connect as many strengths and resources as possible, for innovation lives in fresh combinations. To reinvent the wheel is time-consuming. Even the most successful empire-builders found shoulders to stand on!

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 3, 2010

Study Up – Make sure you take the time to study the details of your business or project plan for the year ahead. Synthesize Goals – Now that you’ve studied the business/project plan (see above), you need to reduce it to “bite sized&# pieces so it can be effectively communicated throughout the organization.

Leadership 418

Leadership Ethics Course Learning-by-Doing 418

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

In 2007 Harvard Business School professor Ethan S. Adaptive performance manifests as creativity, problem solving, grit, innovation, and citizenship. Roughly 80% said they would cut back on spending in areas such as R&D; 55% said they would delay starting a new project, “even if this entails a small sacrifice in value.”

Organization 13

Organization Tactics Call Center Metrics 13

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Project schedules and timelines can be easily transformed into Excel spreadsheets in order to add additional columns and time elements. Employers find this type of response a reflection of one’s work ethic and performance. Lastly, recent graduates and rookie techies can use this application in their job hunt.

Tools 50

Tools Document Restructuring Software 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

How much further should we extend ethics? Sadly, many of the perpetrators did not see lapses in ethics… it was legal and just business to them. By maintaining an awareness of further changing environments, there are further opportunities to be successful, ethical and move ahead of the competition.

Ethics 58

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 58

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 12, 2011

One is concerned with activities, procedures and project fulfillment. These are the visionaries who advise management in refining the organizational purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics and contributions toward the company’s long-term growth. Leadership comes from inner quests, ethical pursuits and professional diligence.

Mentor 56

Mentor Strategic Planning Leadership Benchmarking 56

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Spending time networking or volunteering for projects seems like a good idea at the time. Curiously, that charity has been clouded by public investigations of questionable ethics and dubious fund-raising practices. How Quickly They Forget Some people are creative and innovative. Circuitous Routes to Get What You Think You Want.

Committee 51

Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 51