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What’s the Secret to Strong Leadership?

Great Leadership By Dan

However, these upfront costs pay dividends on the back end—that of engagement and commitment. They accept obstacles as part and parcel of the process. Demonstrating empathy towards others means being courageous enough to be vulnerable from time to time. Communication When leaders are asked, “What is your biggest challenge at work?”

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Made a Mistake? Here’s How to Apologize in an Email Professionally

HR Digest

The delivery agents have been cautioned about the importance of timely delivery and handling parcels with care and we have additional training lined up to reiterate the same. Relax, process what you are apologizing for and do it with sincerity and genuineness that will leave the readers convinced about your commitment to the cause.

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37 Years Later - The Brooklyn Bridge

Building Personal Strength

He was an unstable alcoholic, and in 1932 he committed suicide at the age of 33. The City's fiery parcels all undone, Already snow submerges an iron year. Ultimately, I focused on 20th century American literature. And I discovered Hart Crane's poetry. Crane isn't considered one of the great American poets.

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How to Design Work Projects for Maximum Learning

Harvard Business Review

The project team must commit to achieving a concrete goal that actually moves the needle on performance and learning. The severances team aimed to increase the number of land parcels processed per day by 50% in one field office in 100 days. The severances team increased parcels processed per day by 175%.

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How to Coach, According to 5 Great Sports Coaches

Harvard Business Review

” In 2000, Bill Parcells , a football (American football, this time) coach famous for turning around underperforming teams, wrote about his approach, which is slightly blunter than Ferguson’s. ” Still, having turned three underperforming teams around, Parcells doesn’t believe in just shouting his players into winning.

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How to (Gradually) Become a Different Company

Harvard Business Review

The executive team should not commit to specific moves, as factors outside of their control might require a change of plan. Acquisitions are part and parcel of a transformation. Clearly communicating about the vision and its rationale is crucial to keeping everyone committed, whether they’re employees our external analysts.

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Sometimes Cutting R&D Spending Can Yield More Innovation

Harvard Business Review

The chart may appear to show merely that Cisco’s patent filings lagged its R&D spending by three years, but in fact the decline in spending and the rise in patents were part and parcel of a deliberate strategic shift by the company in 2001. So what was going on?