N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Great leaders lead all people under their care, not just those who agree with them. As much as some don’t want to hear this, there is an “I&# in team because teams are comprised of individuals. If you crush the individual character and spirit of those who form your team, how can your team operate at its best?

Blog 419

Blog Gordon Follow-up Open-book 419

Deming Institute

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Much of my work focuses on involving people in activities and decisions about their work and how it will change as the technology they use changes. Having been a consultant/leader with a Big 4 firm, my project experience is extensive and varied. The “ask” from the team arrived in a one-line email: “Can you help us figure this out?”

Project 28

Project Deming Root Cause Analysis RACI 28

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

If you’re like most people working in an organization today, you’re probably on multiple teams at the same time. In fact, research estimates that between 81% and 95% of employees around the world actively serve on multiple teams simultaneously.

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Team Micromanagement Delegation Learning-by-Doing 9

Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

– who stole the show, Mitch Joel (Six Pixels of Separation), Nilofer Merchant (Rubicon Consulting), and Michael Eisner (former CEO of Disney), the day showcased some amazing ideas, great presenters and inspiration to spare. Collaboration does not = consensus.” “The Your team is being untethered!! Ctrl.Alt.Del. Happy leading!

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Management Simon COO Blog 48

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Welch was convinced that the speed of globalization and technological innovation in the 21 st century would require companies to work very differently – with shorter decision cycles, more employee engagement, and stronger collaboration than had previously been required to compete.

Welch 8

Welch Supply Chain Consensus Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

But collaboration is not consensus. Too often, people will try to collaborate on everything, and wind up in endless meetings, debating ideas and struggling to find consensus. He applied his specialized expertise to help this team evaluate the impact of construction-induced vibration on surrounding public transportation infrastructure.

Chief Operating Officer 8

Chief Operating Officer Consensus How To Project 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

An effective team is a powerful thing. Many of us have participated on teams where the members complement each other, trust each other and find ways of working that are not only effective, but also enjoyable. For teams like this, performance is typically much higher than might be expected of the sum of individuals.

Real Estate 9

Real Estate Talent Management Long-term Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2014

For example, at one medical supply company, integrating the analytics around “most profitable customers” and “most profitable products” has required a complete re-education of the account sales and technical support teams both for “upsetting” and “educating” clients on higher value-added offerings. Don’t fail your analytics.

CIO 8

CIO Information Technology Consensus Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

But how do you overcome obstacles to spreading innovation, like fear of change, resource constraints, and slow, consensus-based decision making? That gave hundreds of leaders, physicians, nurses, and other frontline staffers a chance to try out the technology and hear Jenny’s story.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation How To Video 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2011

Asians are frequently criticized for being reticent, more hesitant than other cultures to advance new ideas at a team meeting or promote themselves to their manager. In America it's 'the squeaky wheel gets the grease,'" says Jane Hyun, a corporate consultant and author of Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling. The result?

Human Capital 10

Human Capital Survey Globalization Policies 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Remember that the costs are not just those of the employees, consultants, lawyers and bankers involved: they also include the human cost of change and the disruption it can wreak on the businesses involved. This highlighted strengths in customer responsiveness, but a joint failing in the creation and dispatch of maintenance teams.

Process 8

Process McKinsey Due Diligence Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2017

This is perhaps even more the case in the world of management outside of academic medicine — whether it is finance, consulting, or technology — as the path from professional to senior executive requires more than individual success. Establish a Mentorship Team. Sam appeared keen, ambitious, and enthusiastic.

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Mentor Emotional Intelligence Project Career 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Most strategic initiatives are run by teams whose members are drawn from around the company — from different functions, different business units, sometimes different countries. When it’s time to make decisions, these teams often run into trouble because individual members’ interests aren’t perfectly aligned.

Project 9

Project Consensus Learning-by-Doing Incentives 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2012

Boston's Innovation District was launched with clear vision and commitment, but, surprisingly, one of its keys to success was that it had no detailed plan, budget, organizational structure, nor even an officially designated team. The mayor and his staff were inspirational facilitators, not controllers. In Boston it has become the Seaport.

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Innovation Real Estate Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist 13