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Leading For A Better Tomorrow

Tanveer Naseer

Peter Drucker, who was considered to be the “father of modern management,” did not mince words when he advised managers and leaders about the dangers of complacency and putting off the future. Management has no choice but to anticipate the future, to attempt to mold it, and to balance short-term and long-range goals.

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Feedback Without Measurement Won’t Do Any Good

Harvard Business Review

Feedback that comes without ways to monitor measurable change is less meaningful feedback than it is well-intentioned advice. Feedback must be explicitly linked to metrics, measures, and mechanisms that track the desired — and desirable — change. In other words, effective feedback requires effective feedback. You and Your Team.

Kaizen 8
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Uniting the Religions of Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

When they set out to turn around processes that have become woefully inefficient or ineffective, most companies choose one of four process improvement "religions": Lean , Six Sigma , Business Reengineering or Business Process Management (BPM). In some of these companies, senior managers were dubious about the claims.