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7 Roles of an Exceptional Team Leader

Let's Grow Leaders

Your strategy is only as strong as the ability to execute at the frontline. You can have all the great plans, six sigma workouts, and brilliant competitive positioning in the universe, but if the human beings doing the real work lack the competence, confidence, and creativity to pull it off, you’re back to muddling through.

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How to Become a More Effective Manager #WinningWell

Let's Grow Leaders

Your strategy is only as strong as your ability of your people to execute at the front line, and if they’re too scared or tired to think, they won’t. The full (and powerful) story of this woman’s journey to authenticity and the impact on her career is here. ” You need energized, motivated people all working together.

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What's Holding You Back? A Call for Gutsy Leadership

Leading Blog

Herbold says that this is usually due to one or more of the following reasons: Avoid conflict Strive for certainty Avoid a career risk Lack of self-confidence Lack of a sense of urgency Protect their turf Herbold details ten principles that you should review regularly to help you provide gutsy, courageous leadership.

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Losing Heart…and People: Confusing Efficiency and Effectiveness

The Practical Leader

In the strategy session, the CEO declared that technical and analytical skills were the key to career advancement at their company. ” Listening to the team’s strategies and plans, reminded me of the efficiency expert’s report on hearing a symphony at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 2 of 7

Strategy Driven

And a lack of competence around designing and managing moods will seriously limit one’s career prospects – now and in the years to come. Management & Leadership Tactical Execution business management Chris Majer employee engagement employee productivity lean six sigma strategydriven' About the Author.

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Put HR Skills on Your Performance Improvement Team

Harvard Business Review

My team would have people with deep functional knowledge and skills (strategy, sales, marketing, finance, and information technology) to align surrounding processes. We bring everybody together in a work group and create an integrated strategy on how they'll work together.".

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Mind the (Skills) Gap

Harvard Business Review

A bachelor's degree used to provide enough basic training to last a career. And it's not only white-collar, college-driven careers that will suffer rapid skills obsolescence. They'll need practical strategies for re-skilling. Project Management and Lean Six Sigma certifications both center on hands-on learning.

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