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Why Do So Many Managers Forget They’re Human Beings?

Harvard Business Review

Armstrong/Roberts Classic Stock/Getty Images. He moves it from a tactical domain to an emotional domain, to make sure he is not blindsided by his status and power. In our assessments, surveys, and interviews of over a thousand leaders, many comments stood out, but one in particular was especially powerful and thought-provoking.

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Loud and Clear: Six Tips for Communicating in a Way That Truly.

Strategy Driven

For example, Neil Armstrong used the six hours and forty minutes between his moon landing and first step to craft his historic statement. Make sure you have at least a fifteen- to thirty-second message that is so salient it will be obvious to reporters that it should be featured in the broadcasts. Use catchy words.

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Small Businesses Need Big Data, Too

Harvard Business Review

The tactic improved the events’ productivity. A lot of small-firm owners and managers feel that way, and in many cases they’re justifiably proud of their competitive intangibles—a gut sense of the market and the flexibility to change quickly. But the small firms didn’t abandon their reliance on experience.

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The Big Picture of Business: The Colonel and Me

Strategy Driven

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. The first which I attended was at the Armstrong-Johnson Ford dealership. Business Know-How Comes From Experience – The Value of Life-Long Mentoring. by Hank Moore. Any company or organization is like a tree.

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How to Regain the Lost Art of Reflection

Harvard Business Review

It is fair to assume that a large proportion of even this modest amount of time is likely consumed by reviewing information and dealing with urgent tactical matters, leaving only a tiny fraction for reflective thinking. At AOL, Tim Armstrong has simply instructed executives to spend one-tenth of each working week on reflective thinking.

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