Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Although knowledge workers may know more about what they are doing than their managers do and have years of education and experience, they rarely know how to effectively influence up. Present a realistic cost-benefit analysis of your ideas--don't just sell benefits.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 25, 2019

Their raft might be micromanaging what gets done and how it gets done. Putting down the raft means describing targeted outcomes then empowering people closest to the work to make the decisions about how to achieve those targets. A raft that was essential for you to get this far, no matter how cumbersome or heavy, is tough to put down.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2016

How can you become less myopic about your elusive tasks? It’s all about rebalancing the cost-benefit analysis: make the benefits of action feel bigger, and the costs of action feel smaller. The reward for doing a pestering task needs to feel larger than the immediate pain of tackling it.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

However, look at these findings through the lens of a cost-benefit analysis. The costs associated with regularly participating in walking meetings are next to nil. What we found adds support to the notion of walking meetings being beneficial for workers. Most likely not.

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Marshall Goldsmith

APRIL 5, 2011

Many knowledge workers have years of education and experience in training for their positions, yet have almost no training in how to effectively influence decision makers. Present a realistic “cost-benefit” analysis of your ideas – don’t just sell benefits. Every organization has limited resources, time and energy.

Influence 139

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2016

How to Get the Most Out of an Informational Interview. Since they are starting “late,” they believe they should do a cost benefit analysis to see if their reorientation is “worth it.” If you only included financial costs and benefits, your analysis is flawed. Rebecca Knight.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

Trust is a common factor in the cost-benefits analysis, compliance with authority, or loyalty to leaders hypotheses. These models are intended to provide leaders with additional insight into what motivates followers and how to improve individual and team performance. Technology and its role in travel 2.0

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

The reality is that many businesses are quick to recognize great ideas, but they often have no plan for how to successfully integrate them into their business model. Assess : Put the idea through a risk/reward and cost/benefit analysis. Usability drives adoptability, and therefore it pays to keep things simple.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2014

These decisions require a shared strategic direction, not an on-demand cost/benefit analysis. Should the new product address the needs of a premium customer segment, or be a market disruption aimed at attracting non-consumers? So before you begin, make sure everyone is crystal clear about the primary strategic objective.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2018

For others, decisions about when and how to come out are often out of their control. Coming out is a constant cost-benefit analysis and requires weighing different risks. Some individuals are outed against their will , while others are forced to come out because of workplace policies.

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Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

You don’t get to be the CFO without knowing how to count, how to read a balance sheet, and how to handle money prudently. If we do a “cost benefit analysis,” we conclude that our relationship with our partner or friend is far more important than winning an argument about where to eat.

Skills 114

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Marshall Goldsmith

MARCH 1, 2011

You don't get to be the CFO without knowing how to count, how to read a balance sheet, and how to handle money prudently. If we do a 'cost benefit analysis,' we conclude that our relationship with our partner or friend is far more important than winning an argument about where to eat.

Skills 123

Skills CFO Cost-Benefit Analysis Welch 123

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Innovation-led growth can square a circle that is challenging modern capitalism: how to generate sustained and sustainable economic growth, built on high-value, well-paying jobs. The problem is how to get there. Static cost-benefit analysis cannot capture the transformative impact of strategic, market-creating public investments.

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