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Managing Company Culture Anthropologically

Leading Blog

Despite its perceived importance, for the most part, companies have a miserable track record when it comes to managing their people. Companies consistently get culture wrong because they go about assessing it, and attempting to manage it from the top-down, not the bottom-up. But what does this mean?

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The Strategy Book

Leading Blog

Max McKeown has created a strategy reference work – The Strategy Book – to guide you to the answers. The Strategy Toolkit at the end of the book is not just another nice add-on. It is worth as much as the rest of the book. Second, there are some of the most influential tools from the field of strategy and management.

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Why a Business Coach Is Every Entrepreneur’s Best Friend

Strategy Driven

You may find yourself bouncing between websites, reading multiple business books, or attending multiple conferences. They can take an honest and critical look at your venture and complete a type of SWOT analysis , identifying its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

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Five whats and a how – solution-focused method to make team progress

Mike Cardus

To begin with, this behind me is a frame that originated from a book called Toyota Kata and starts with the following process. A way to identify current conditions, I have my NOISEanalysis , which is an alternative to SWOT to say what the existing strengths of the project are? Where are the needs of the project or team?

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How To Assess Your Business' Risks Using The 5Cs

Eric Jacobson

Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Leadership' Within the first 100 days as a new leader in an organization, you''ll want to assess your organization''s risk. Authors George Bradt, Jayme A.

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Leadership Can Sometimes Come from Where You Least Expect It

Great Leadership By Dan

Within a couple of years of joining us, she was helping us manage events and customer experiences. Through her research and dedication to helping us grow, she helped to formalize our strategic improvement and management processes. Very quickly, Macy’s role within the company began to change. In short, she was inspiring.

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How To Assess Your Organization Using The 5Cs

Eric Jacobson

Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Leadership' Within the first 100 days as a new leader in an organization, you''ll want to assess your organization''s risk. Authors George Bradt, Jayme A.

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