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If You Use Outlook, Why Not Look Into Six Disciplines Outlook Edition?

Six Disciplines

Project management. Measurement (KPIs, balanced scorecard). It's about following a repeatable method (Six Disciplines), continually improving your self leadership (you may call this accountability or perhaps the discipline) to do the right things, becoming more effective - and efficient - over time. Meeting management.

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Performance Measurement

Strategy Driven

For example, a hotel or restaurant chain might measure the average time between remodeling projects as an important driver of health. Pharmaceutical companies have long needed deep scientific-innovation leadership capabilities but relatively few general managers. As with the other measures, what is important varies by industry.

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With Change Agents, One Size Does Not Fit All

Harvard Business Review

He looks at his leadership team as a kind of sales force, each member of which should be developing a pipeline of opportunities to add more value all the time. They manage the journey, providing program and project management, tracking progress against plans, monitoring experiments, and promoting quick wins. The Innovation Manager.

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Your Employees Are Not Mind Readers

Harvard Business Review

When I was CEO of Campbell Soup Company, we used a balanced scorecard to create an explicit understanding of each employee in terms of what they were expected to accomplish, including financial objectives, market share objectives and key project objectives. This scorecard defined the "what."

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Is HR Too Important to Be Left to HR?

Harvard Business Review

Take over responsibility and leadership. Take over responsibility and leadership. But it must be HR that decides how things are done, based on the professional knowledge and insights only HR people will have. To all HR people: be proud about the responsibility you have — or should have. Most companies need a strong HR.

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Artisans Must Balance the Books

Harvard Business Review

Harvard Business Review Cart My Account Downloads Explore Today on HBR Blogs Magazine Books Authors Store Harvard Business School Topics Change Management Competition Innovation Leadership Strategy Skills Emotional Intelligence Managing Yourself Measuring Business Performance Project Management Strategy Execution Industries Finance & Insurance (..)

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The Right CEO Personality for Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

Operations : Approaches problems practically; stands firm on issues, perseveres; maintains a standard of consistency and quality; provides stable leadership and supervision; develops detailed plans and procedures; implements projects in a timely manner; keeps financial records straight. Is the balance right in your organization?

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