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Management Tools For Leaders: The FADE Cycle

Rich Gee Group

Benefits: In many instances, quick, off-the-cuff 'executive' decisions are made to solve endemic problems (upper management is notorious for doing this — they know better than you). The Fade Cycle is a powerful tool to help you stand back, analyze the issues with data, develop a solid solution, and execute with confidence.

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Ethics Is Serious Business

Great Leadership By Dan

Maintaining our social infrastructure also requires know-how, because we must develop ground rules that make our social practices sustainable. In the 1970s, the Ford Motor Company discovered that its budget car, the Pinto, was prone to burst into flames after low-speed rear-end collisions. This means that ethics is serious business.

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Unlocking Creativity: Are These Creativity-Inhibiting Mindsets Holding You Back?

Leading Blog

I N AN IBM global survey of CEOs, the overwhelming consensus was that more than rigor, management discipline, integrity or even vision, successfully navigating an increasing complex world will require creativity. They expect disciplined execution—on time and under budget. The Linear Mindset. We must learn by doing.

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Using Good Decision Making Procedures can have a Positive Effect on the Team

Mike Cardus

In order for decisions to be made quickly, and the work to be completed on-time, on-budget, within quality, while the team still gets along, a known and agreed upon procedure must be used. Resist the temptation to overuse consensus. Am I relying too much on consensus? CONTACT Create-Learning to make this happen for your team.

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Steps in a Buying Decision

Strategy Driven

These terms define a specific set of sequenced actions buyers take to enable internal consensus and change – change management issues, if you will – rather than define steps that address needs or vendor/solution choice which come later and are the focus of sales. Find budget. meet with CFO (manages the Tech department).

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We Close Only The Low Hanging Fruit

Strategy Driven

Indeed: the time it takes buyers to manage changes they’ll face from bringing in your solution is the length of the sales cycle. And you’re not helping them manage the change. I developed Buying Facilitation® to manage that problem for my own sales team. Should the HR person share budget with L&D?

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What U2 and the US Navy Have in Common: Connecting with Core Employees

Michael Lee Stallard

Leaders consciously or unconsciously lump employees into three categories: the “stars” consisting of those in management as well high potential employees, the much larger “core” made up of solid contributors, and the rest, employees whose contributions and fit with the organization are questionable. Instead, he increased the training budget.

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