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Leadership Lessons from the Titanic | Navigator Newsletter #184

Chart Your Course

Large businesses soon grow into huge bureaucracies where rules, regulations, policies, procedures and “I need permission to make a decision” become the norm. Technology Makes a Poor Substitute for Authentic Leadership — When technology fails, leadership must prevail. They are not leaders, but managers.

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Tangible Recognition of Company Values

Tony Mayo

Top Executive Coaching with Tony Mayo About Tony Mayo Newsletter Sign-up Sections Client Comments For Executive Coaches For Executives For Fun For Salespeople Quotes and Aphorisms Recommended Books Technology Tips Videos & Podcasts Popular Posts Twitter Log IX About Tony Mayo Truth or Consequences? Add it as a comment.

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What Makes a Great Teacher? Leadership

Tony Mayo

Top Executive Coaching with Tony Mayo About Tony Mayo Newsletter Sign-up Sections Client Comments For Executive Coaches For Executives For Fun For Salespeople Quotes and Aphorisms Recommended Books Technology Tips Videos & Podcasts Popular Posts Twitter Log IX About Tony Mayo Truth or Consequences? Add it as a comment.

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Strategies for Success in a Dematerialized World

Strategy Driven

But for old-school bureaucracies, it’s a scary new world that requires managers to rethink the basic principles that govern established businesses. Or, like at most companies, are the senior managers incentivized to do the same thing in their departments that they did last year? Is anybody steering the ship?

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The Big Picture of Business – Achieving the Best by Preparing for the Worst: Lessons Learned from High-Profile Crises, part 2 of 4

Strategy Driven

Current management of both companies were ill-advised on handling the crises. economy spent one trillion dollars fixing and treating the so-called Y2K Bug, which we now know was a manufactured “crisis” by technology consulting companies. Computer activity constitutes less than 1% of the technology picture.

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The Big Picture of Business – The Realities of Branding… Slogans that Mislead

Strategy Driven

My analysis: Productivity software does no good unless one commits to change, alters behavioral traits and commits to time management. Communications is fundamental to maintaining, but technology is only as good as the people using it. Many managers have poor people skills, as well as poor verbal-written communications skills.

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