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4 Steps for Making Change Happen

Great Leadership By Dan

Our clients'' resistance to change was not irrational and it was up to us, not our clients, to manage it. Find some "out of the way" department or project to experiment on where the variables are controllable, the investment is minimal, and results are easily measured. But if it crashed the organization, heads rolled.

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3 People to Share Dreams With Today

Jason Womack

Can you "image-in" experiences you hope are on the way and (perhaps) even plausible surprises that could show up? When I do this, I line up the 24 cards in order of the next year. Then, I "challenge" myself to write down AT LEAST 3 bullet points (ideas, projects, goals, ideas, etc) on EVERY card. This is NOT "wishful" thinking.

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How to Complete an Individual Development Plan | Thoughts for the.

Nathan Magnuson

At the bottom of the post I’ll include a link to an IDP template you can use for yourself or your team. If one of your activities is to work on a special project, that project (or your involvement with it) should have an end date. Great post and can’t wait for the follow up. So what makes the IDP so special?

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The Ideas that Shaped Management in 2013

Harvard Business Review

But then we end up debating what counts as best — important? The result, I think, is a set of ideas that together are important, useful, and original, and that feel like quite an accurate account of the management concerns many of us shared in 2013. The right kind of project management — and project manager — really matters.

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Blurred Lines: Setting Healthy Boundaries at Work

Strategy Driven

Boundaries prevent unhealthy people from taking up too much of your time, energy, or resources – all precious commodities in the workplace. Be warned, toxic people don’t like boundaries because they want to shift responsibilities according to their mood or the project. Bottom line, every relationship you have influences you.

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Where your company is headquartered makes a big difference to your bottom line

Strategy Driven

This time of a year is an important reminder that where your company is headquartered also can have a significant impact on your bottom line. For example, Austin, Dallas, Kansas City and Salt Lake City are among the fastest-growing hubs for high-tech startups in the country, according to a 2013 report by the Kauffman Foundation.

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The Success Delusion

Marshall Goldsmith

The higher we move up the organizational ladder, the more our employees let us know how wonderful we are! The bear was about to clamp on an unsuspecting salmon jumping up stream. They must have us mixed up with someone who truly does need to change. I behave this way. I am successful. It’s an interesting three-part response.