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Fear of Loss of Group Membership is More Powerful Than Management

Mike Cardus

The district managers operated under a control and command system and asking them to switch to coaching & feedback was met with great resistance. For years the team emailed and bugged people, sharing data on who was NOT getting the budget reports to finance. This created the belief that many people were late therefore it was OK.

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How Do I Start A Small Business?

Strategy Driven

You can consider opening a franchise for any established company where you will only require to find a proper location and arrange funds for your operations. Mentioning the entire marketing and sales strategy with its amendments, financial projections, procedures of retaining customers. Cooperatives. Partnership.

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

They are simply meant to foster a spirit of cooperation. I think your approach makes most sense in project teams. One just left to lead a new project so now there are three of us.) Here I'll just add a couple thoughts. In my case. I work with a small group of leaders.

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Don Draper Is Replaceable; Joan Holloway Isn???t

Harvard Business Review

In season three of Mad Men , Sterling Coopers rainmakers — including Don Draper and Roger Sterling — are planning to leave the ad agency and to take as many clients as possible with them. HBR: Whats the main takeaway of the research? Then we measured the effect of their departures on firm survival.

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Is Your Company Ready for the Rise of Smart Cities?

Harvard Business Review

Telecom operators often provide the backbone communication networks required to run systems and applications. Companies that want to serve them directly often have to think outside the box when it comes to financing. In other cases, smart city projects present opportunities to generate advertising revenue and branding.

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The End of Banks as We Know Them?

Harvard Business Review

It is something I call community financing. Community financing refers to a form of cash-flow that channels the financial resources of the savers of a community into the well-being of that community via economic activities, which members of the community believe should be undertaken and therefore willingly supports with their savings.

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The End of Banks as We Know Them?

Harvard Business Review

It is something I call community financing. Community financing refers to a form of cash-flow that channels the financial resources of the savers of a community into the well-being of that community via economic activities, which members of the community believe should be undertaken and therefore willingly supports with their savings.